The weather forecasters had predicted some of that white stuff was heading our way. Terms like winter storm watch & winter storm warning being tossed around and we were all bracing for the possibility of shoveling, shoveling, and more shoveling.
There was a cold front from the north and a pacific storm from the west that were on a collision course in Montana. As it turned out that collision happened mostly north of us. Somehow, SW Montana has dodged and significant precip. While towns all around us seem to have gotten hammered with up to a foot of snow, we got about an inch that all but melted away yesterday. The higher elevations got a little more snow but the relative heat wave has made for slushy conditions so the snow bike has been 'on hold' throughout the week and the dreaded trainer has been dusted off to try to maintain some fitness.
In a weird way, it almost seems like a shoulder season where the conditions are in between for being able to get out and get much done in terms of play. The good news is we have Pipestone that is a short drive away that enables the play factor...so it is looking like a Pipestone weekend...unless of course the weather changes.
btw - weather forecaster....nice gig if you can get it...the expectation bar is low such that people just expect you to be wrong frequently...not sure there are many jobs like that...although I suppose they do have many a variable to try to predict while trying to forecast!
There was a cold front from the north and a pacific storm from the west that were on a collision course in Montana. As it turned out that collision happened mostly north of us. Somehow, SW Montana has dodged and significant precip. While towns all around us seem to have gotten hammered with up to a foot of snow, we got about an inch that all but melted away yesterday. The higher elevations got a little more snow but the relative heat wave has made for slushy conditions so the snow bike has been 'on hold' throughout the week and the dreaded trainer has been dusted off to try to maintain some fitness.
In a weird way, it almost seems like a shoulder season where the conditions are in between for being able to get out and get much done in terms of play. The good news is we have Pipestone that is a short drive away that enables the play factor...so it is looking like a Pipestone weekend...unless of course the weather changes.
btw - weather forecaster....nice gig if you can get it...the expectation bar is low such that people just expect you to be wrong frequently...not sure there are many jobs like that...although I suppose they do have many a variable to try to predict while trying to forecast!
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