“For four days after you read my article last week, we had some incredible temperatures out there. Remembering that our normal temperature should be 47 for our high, we had 73, 64, 68, 58. I mean, everything until just recently has been above normal. That’s about to change.
But the one good thing that did happen in the last 3 or 4 days is we got some very useful rain. When you add it all together, we ended up with 7/10th of an inch. Doesn’t sound like much, but it wet all those leaves and everything and we sort of removed the fire danger and things that was out there.
Believe it or not, over in Binghamton and Syracuse. They got almost nothing. So, I’m thankful for that. Now the next thing that’s coming, when it gets here, is something called a nor’easter. There are two different scenarios. One says we will get some snow in the lower elevations. The other one says only the higher elevations will get it. The rest of us will get some very cold rain. We’re also supposed to get wind. That always comes with the nor’easter. So expect something to happen because the storm hasn’t even formed yet. They’re making a good guess of what they think is going to happen, and it all depends on where it actually forms and where it actually goes. But something is going to happen, and the one thing I can promise, for at least the next 4 or 5 days, is just going to get cold out there. Nighttime temperatures, probably in the 40s and nighttime temperatures in the 20s. Maybe low 30s. Daytimes, maybe in the low 40s.
So just to be prepared, I put the snowboard out so I can measure the snow. I found my snow shovel and put it on the front porch. And since I was finding all that, I decided to pull out the snow rake also. Hopefully it won’t need that until later in the year. Everyone always gets happy. Oh, look, it’s snowing. And then come January and February, say, oh, it’s snowing. It doesn’t take long to get tired of looking at it, but usually in the beginning people get all excited over it. If you haven’t winterized and things around your home, it’s time and don’t wait too long. Cover the air conditioners, lower the storm windows, take off the hoses, do all those things that you’re going to say. ‘Gee, I should have done it, but do it now, quickly.’ Last week, the weather service came here, they cleaned all my equipment. They said sometime during the next year, they’re going to upgrade things. That’ll make me kind of happy. And they also presented me with a plaque for 30 years of being your National Weather Service observer for this area. They also told me there’s something else will eventually get here. They’re still waiting for it. I’ll have to wait and see what that is. So what I can say is, get ready for what’s coming, but believe it or not, next Tuesday, Nov. 17, they’re talking about maybe hitting 50 again. There we go above normal. We’ll just have to wait and see. Keep smiling and just get ready for whatever mother nature gives us. Talk to you next week.” ~ Frank Ward
