You can call me crazy but!

[azsnowman]

If I didn't know better, I'd SWEAR FALL is here!! Fall like temps, fall winds and certain plants are showing signs of an EARLY, EARLY Autumn!! I was in the backyard yesterday for the first time in a week, my Autumn Blaze Maples are turning RED, my Burning Bush's are turning RED, the Virginia Creepers are RED, Autumn Joy Sedums are RED, the Autumn Asters are in FULL bloom, the wild sunflowers have lost all their pedals..........like I said, you can call me crazy but I truly believe we're in for a early, cold autumn with a EARLY winter in the cards!

Dennis

[azskyman]

I got this from a weather friend living in the Montana mountains on Friday. Snow was in the forecast!

MTZ067-130315-
ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COOKE
CITY 643 AM MDT FRI AUG 12 2005

REST OF TODAY PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WEST
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT...CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING THEN RAIN LIKELY
OVERNIGHT. SNOW LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

SATURDAY SNOW LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN LIKELY IN
THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES. HIGHS AROUND 50. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

SATURDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY
IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE
IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5
MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

SUNDAY PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE
AFTERNOON.

[Stephanie]

They did have snow above 7,000 feet in Montana the other day.

You could be right Dennis. This past spring and our summer has been full of extremes for us (in my neck of the woods). It's been one of the coolest springs on record and though in 2002 we had a record 46 days of above 90 degree temps, we're at about 26 days now. Fortunately this summer we've had the rain to go with it whereas in 2002 we were in a drought situation.

I do hope for the SW's sake that the mountains are blessed with alot of snow this coming winter.

[vbhoutex]

Dennis!!! BRO!!!! YOU ARE CRAZY!!!!!! But we have always known that!!!LOLOL!!!!!!

Sounds llike you could be right in your assessment of the situation in your area. It would be a nice change from some of the past falls and winters, wouldn't it?

[WindRunner]

I ahd to go back and look at my station's archives to find a 50F reading - it was 6/1! Upper 20s? Late March! I could use some of that Montana weather, I've got cross-country practice (distance running) and it's supposed to be 91 with heat indeces back over 100 again (3rd straight practice). Man, i should move

[Aslkahuna]

I've seen snow fall in the Sierra and Wasatch in July and in the CO Rockies in August so snow above 7k in Montana in August is not unusual-uncommon perhaps but not unusual. Meanwhile the monsoon has given us 2.87in of rain this weekend.

Steve

[azsnowman]

WELL.....I've got the forced air FURNACE running as I post this, we just had 1.28" of rain in 48 minutes with dime sized hail and now it's 56° It's down right CHILLY for August (the reason I'm cold, I just woke up from a 2 hour NAP! ) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dennis

[azsnowman]

Dennis!!! BRO!!!! YOU ARE CRAZY!!!!!! But we have always known that!!!LOLOL!!!!!!

Sounds llike you could be right in your assessment of the situation in your area. It would be a nice change from some of the past falls and winters, wouldn't it?

"HEY NOW!" LOL! Just KIDDING!!! Yes Bro, it WOULD be a NICE change! Being the OLD mountain man I am, it's looking MORE and MORE like a EARLY AUTUMN, of course, really, look at the calender, in reality, it's NOT that FAR off

Dennis

[azsnowman]

54° now and it's still raining, not hard, just a drizzle but there's more on the horizon, "Throw another Log on the fire!"

Dennis

[coriolis]

(Sigh) Dennis, I wish I could send you some degree-days. We're dying over here with this heat wave. I could go for some 60's, let alone 50's about now.

[Stephanie]

(Sigh) Dennis, I wish I could send you some degree-days. We're dying over here with this heat wave. I could go for some 60's, let alone 50's about now.

I hear you Ed!!

However, I'd settle for 70's - we really didn't have much of that this past Spring!

I got a power washer for my birthday from my brothers and mother ( we've all been asking for one). I went out yesterday and today to use it on the house and I STILL looked as red as a beet when I came inside!

[JamesFromMaine2]

Here in Maine it looks like fall! The leaves are dieing the grass is turning brown! but its not an early fall here! We have barely gotten any rain this month! We are like way below normal and what rain we do get comes in thunderstorm down poors and never has a chance to get into the ground! but one good thing is that it has been raining tonight so maybe that will help some! lol

[feederband]

HOT HOT AND HOT ......I think owning a air condition company would be good right now...

[azsnowman]

And yet MORE signs this morning.......SPIDERS in the HOUSE Yes, I'm man enough to admit, spiders scare the living crap outta me, ESPECIALLY the BROWN RECLUSE I killed this MORNING!! The field mice are looking for a nesting spot, "Not in MY house on MY WATCH!" Saw 2 mice inside yesterday evening, sat 2 traps and in less than 15 minutes *snap*

Dennis

ED....PLEASE don't send the heat this way, I had my record breaking temps last month, 101° was ENOUGH!!

[beachbum_al]

No FALL here. More like the middle of a humid summer for me.

[Pburgh]

BROWN RECLUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES

It's so dry and hot here that almost everything is turning brown. All of my perennials have bloomed out early and the trees are dropping their leaves. I'll send you some heat if you'll send me some rain.

Hey Stephanie, want to do a rain dance??????

[GalvestonDuck]

It's freaking hot here!!!!!!!!!