I Think That Temperature Reading May Be a Bit Off

Wed   16 Jan 2008   15:14 by Kevin McGehee 40° and snow shower in Coweta County, GA 4 comments [Coweta County] [Nature]

...not that it couldn’t be 40°F. and be snowing. We’ve got a respectable-looking snow shower going as I type this, but as yet it isn’t sticking. There’s a winter weather advisory posted that isn’t even in effect yet, alleging “sleet or snow mixing with rain this afternoon,“ turning to rain and then freezing rain. I vote we just keep the snow. It looks nicer. Update: That’s about as good as a camera phone is going to give you (click it for slightly bigger). It’s been 25 minutes since I first posted this entry and it’s still falling. Looks like it really wants to start sticking, too. The Weather Channel gizmo in Firefox claims it’s still 40°. Riiiiight. ‘Nother Update, 3:56 p.m.: It’s sticking—in select spots, such as the lowest shingles on our roof. Even poor Lucy had some trying to stick in her coat!

 

Prudie said: I’m jealous! I’m in Cobb County and we’ve got nothing. Alas. We need a good snow around here. Or at least, we need some rain. I just crossed over Allatoona; it’s looking mighty silly right now with the water level so low on the upstream side of the dam. Oh, and I just got back from Wal-Mart. I wasn’t there for snow supplies, but all the milk, beer, toilet paper, and bread looked to be picked over already. Heh. » Wed   16 Jan 2008   15:40 Kevin McGehee said: I needed to hit Kroger for a couple of things today just before noon, and when I saw that the parking lot was packed I had visions of a store with checkout lines stretching all the way to the produce section. To my surprise it wasn’t crowded at all (yet). They just did a huge expansion and are still resetting, and I guess most of the cars in the lot belong to people brought in to work at one thing or another. I’ll bet when the locust swarm sees the crowded parking lot they’ll go to Publix, and the Kroger people will wonder why they didn’t get slammed. » Wed   16 Jan 2008   15:45 Kevin McGehee said: And in the few minutes since I took the roof picture, it’s begun sticking on the deck. » Wed   16 Jan 2008   16:02 Prudie said: We have snow! Ours isn’t sticking yet. » Wed   16 Jan 2008   17:26 You must be registered and logged in to comment.