The storm is supposed to start here any minute now. It’s supposed to be a huge wild one…with rain, then snow and blizzards in appropriate places.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* SNOW ACCUMULATION…4 TO 8 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES AT CERRO SUMMIT.
* WINDS…SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN
We are ready. (Although, we still don’t have a furnace, we do have lots of wood 🙂 )
(This is what the sky looks like, day after day, after day.)
( At least we have a tinge of a sunset…nothing for a sun rise)
What I will be glad about is sometime after the snow leaves the SUN RETURNS!!! We have been without sunshine for over a week now. Beautiful sunshine. Threecollie wrote a wonderful post about sunshine, which so speaks for me also.
Yes, I know that the temperatures are going to plummet to way below the normal for this time of year, dropping to 7 or 3 or even zero Fahrenheit, but I can handle it if there is sunshine. These gray days are horrid.
Anyway, if you are in the path of this monster storm and arctic air mass
I hope you stay safe and warm and dry!
Thinking of you and sending you warm magic thoughts,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I’ll be thinking about you and hope you stay very warm!! My son would love to be there waiting for the first flakes.
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sorry about the no-furnace status, but at least you’re otherwise prepared!
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That sky is what they live with in the North west – which is why I had to leave Portland!
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Hi Linda! Sending sunshine from Black Forest – the wind is starting to pick up here, so I am sure the cold & snow will follow. I have wood to bring in yet, but otherwise set for a few days. Sure hope it doesn’t hang around too long – we all ned our sunshine. Take care! Elaine
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Well..don, t know about being in storms path..but here in Bulgaria last nightbwas -10 and that was a bit nippy. We are lucky that we have big wood fire and heated radiators so we keep warm . Like you we were all prepared, also like you , our sun disappeared as well….but it will come back in timefor Spring and Summer
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Oh my! I hope you are staying warm and comfortable in the storm.
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Stay warm and safe…I’ll be under the covers keeping warm.
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I don’t like the dark days either, but the sun will start coming back in just 18 days.
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I’m glad you are prepared for this onslaught. I agree, the presence of sunshine creates a different outlook when compared to a gray, dreary day.
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I think we have had more gloomy days than sun also. We still have had a pretty mild season so far but it seems once January and February rolls around the heavy snow makes its appearance. I actually love the wood heat better than the furnace,(even if it is a lot more work). Stay warm and safe!
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Hoping you make it through unscathed with everyone warm in front of the stove. Soon it should arrive here.
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Sorry for your cold, snow and gray. We understand. We are frozen solid up here in Idaho. If you have any extra warm magical thoughts please send them our way. Stay warm!
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Hope you will be safe and warm. ♥
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We have had some crazy weather… that’s for sure! I hope you are back in your sunshine. I think one might be able to say that you know you are a Coloradoan if you get upset when you don’t see the sun for three days! I can’t imagine living where overcast days last even longer!
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