It was clear weather today and we have a large volume of rain moving in so Lulu and I cleared out one of our stalls and stacked firewood. Lulu's son was planning to do this but he came down with the crud that has been going around and stayed home this week.
Got about a half-cord stacked with another half to go. This stall is attached to the equipment barn and had originally held animals. I had been using it for storage and as a general dumping ground - now that we have the dumpster, these areas are getting emptied out. The space will be perfect for storing the tractor and farm equipment. The other two stall areas are used for firewood storage and a home-brewing space.
The ski area will not be happy with this rain forecast - from the National Weather Service Hydrologic Outlook:
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
359 AM PST SUN DEC 7 2014
...RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...
WEATHER MODELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES OVER THE OLYMPICS AND NORTH CASCADES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.
More:
5-8 INCHES WILL FALL OVER THE NORTH CASCADES WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING IN THE CASCADES FARTHER SOUTH. THESE ARE IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS AND IF CORRECT WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING.
And:
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE QUITE HIGH FOR MOST OF THIS EVENT...ABOVE 7000 FEET. THIS MEANS NEARLY ALL THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE GETTING RAIN RATHER THAN SNOW.
Well crap! Here is what we are looking at:
The only really good news is that this front will move down through California bringing some much needed rain to the farmers there.
Fixing a big pot of ham and bean soup for dinner tonight (and lunch at the shop for a few days).
