Joys of Almost Spring

On the joys of it being almost spring, but not yet.....


From NOAA

• This Afternoon Partly sunny, with a high near 59. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
• Tonight A slight chance of rain before 4am, then a slight chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Tuesday A chance of rain before 10am, then rain and snow between 10am and 11am, then snow after 11am. Temperature falling to around 30 by 2pm. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming north northwest 20 to 25 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 3 inches.
• Tuesday Night A chance of snow before 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 24. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Wednesday A chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

We most certainly are going to have our hands full for the next two days. I was really hoping for a quiet weekend after such a busy past couple of weeks and weekends. But now Mother Nature has decided that I need to do some additional prep work to get the horses ready for this next storm.

I'd heard rumblings on Saturday that we were to get something on Tuesday and Wednesday but I hadn't heard anything more until I looked at the forecast today. Oh my. We are in the temps that we don't need blanekts but with the rain and snow coming and then colder temperatures, it looks like I'll have to drag the blankets out yet again. I'll be glad when I can see green grass shooting up.

Even the robins are confused and have been here for the past few weeks. I think they are ready for spring as well. But it IS only the middle of March so it is very likely that we'll get a few more snowstorms before the winter is over. I guess I won't complain too loudly because I don't want to be in another drought.

I'll post more later about this past weekend at the Tri State Horse Expo. It wasn't Sanctuary related but it's nice to hear about horse related activities. :-)