Tuesday, April 09, 2013

It is Oklahoma in early April

Which means the forecast went from the last two days of "SEVERE weather, BIG hail, WE MAY ALL DIE!!" to this:
  • Tonight Rain showers before midnight, then rain, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 31. Windy, with a north northwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.
  • Wednesday Freezing rain likely before 1pm. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. 
So I just spent a while covering up everything in the garden, sacrificing half-a-dozen of the jugs I was saving for bullet testing to cover the tomatoes.  Also pulling grass out of the compost heap to cover some other stuff.

Bleeping weather.

The roads should be warm enough that they shouldn't get bad; otherwise this is bleeping strange.  At least it waited till after Med-Fair.

1 comment:

Billll said...

We got the cold end of that dog. Prediction was for 8-12" of heavy wet stuff. I got a bit but the part on the pavement melted as fast as it fell.

8 deg tonight. The budding plants may have to start over.