Pellet heads!! What's up today?

About the same down here no white stuff just rain .

 

whens winter comin

 

Hopefully never!

 

i cant like that

 

lol.... I figured that!

 

Soon Skeeter, soon!

 

if it doesnt,im holding you responsible

 

last I heard it was an inch or two then freezing rain. Must have changed its path, or the forecasters have no clue

 

Cleaned both stoves pretty well - just didn't do the exhauast pipe since I did LBT not too long ago. Did clean the fan on the P61a (it was nasty from the crap pellets) and looked to make sure the path to the probe was okay - no problems there. The fan for the P43 was clean and the path to the probe was the same way. Course it runs better pellets, and not so many as the big stove.

Got groceries and now have a vegie stew going in the crock pot; sweet potatoes, white potatoes, carrots, butternut squash and onion in chicken broth. Will add some frozen cauliflower later and maybe 1/2 a bag of Autumn Blend heirloom lentil soup that took my fancy while shopping.

Did some reading this morning and will probably do some more while "watching" the early game. Will definitely watch the Pats play though.

 

Issuing Office: Portland
Source: National.Weather.Service
3:01pm EST, Sun Jan 22

... GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM EST TUESDAY... * WINDS... NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. * SEAS... 6 TO 11 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * HAZARD TYPES... SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 6 INCHES... ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY LEAD TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * WINDS... NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES... IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. &&

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... SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL TRACK UP THE EAST COAST AND BRING AN ARRAY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES TO THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS WEEK. A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE MARITIMES WILL PROVIDE A SUPPLY OF COLDER AIR... BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT MAKES IT BEFORE STALLING. CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH THAT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ACROSS LARGE PORTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A BRIEF WINTRY MIX BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA AWAY FROM THE COAST. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL THEN CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... BEFORE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL MAINE. HOW FAR NORTH THAT WARM AIR ALOFT MAKES IT REMAINS A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST... SO FOR NOW THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING.

 

It is now nap time for the Bear.

 

Well, we now have the same, as CleanFire had said. Fortunately, the office for my night job is closed tomorrow (some sort of company outing), so I can concentrate on cleaning up stuff at home after my day job.

 

want me read ya a story??

 

I would be HAPPY to send all that beautiful white stuff over your way Skeeter.

It's not the white stuff that concerns me: me no likey the ice (and wind) that's coming along with it.

Unless the track moves, looks like we're gonna get blasted again here. Oh well, white chit happens.

 

What about the game?

 

Smoke must be wearing a brown paper bag

 

that's just sick. it violates the PETA principle........ people eating tasty animals!

 

well, since I posted last, the forecast has changed..........dramatically.

"A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS... THE EASTERN CATSKILLS... MID HUDSON VALLEY... SCHOHARIE VALLEY... MOHAWK VALLEY... HELDERBERGS... CAPITAL REGION... TACONICS... BERKSHIRES... AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES... SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION. SOME LOCATIONS COULD HAVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING... THE PRECIPITATIONS WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. THE PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE MOHAWK VALLEY... CAPITAL REGION... AND BERKSHIRES DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SNOW... SLEET AND RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET IN THE EARLY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING NORTH OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY. SLEET WILL MIX WITH THE RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY... SOUTHERN TACONICS... AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. ALL THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS... ICE... SLEET... SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. UNTREATED WALKWAYS... DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. * WINDS... NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH"

 

Savage.

 

errr NO