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Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:53 pm
by cjj
...can come early too. First snow today...

It's not sticking (yet), but it's definitely snow.
I'm glad I'm moving south...
Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:08 pm
by ajish4
cjj wrote:...can come early too. First snow today...

It's not sticking (yet), but it's definitely snow.
I'm glad I'm moving south...
OH MAN!
CJ, you are a better man than I....I moan and groan when it gets below 70 degrees!
Talk about winter depression, what do you guys get...two seasons? Winter & Spring?

Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:27 pm
by 8mileshigher
CJ --- snow in early September???
Wait a minute, didn't you used to live in California before ???

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:29 pm
by jps
So, by moving south you mean there won't be any snow, right?

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:01 pm
by woodyng
and i was grumbling because its been foggy and raining its butt off here today (its about 2 monthes early)----thanks for putting some perspec on that,cj.
Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:42 pm
by cjj
Yeah, I think the tomatoes are toast, so to speak. It's supposed to get down to freezing tonight.
Oh, and it's MID September! This has been a very cool, wet summer here in N. Montana. Usually, we have pretty hot weather up until early October. It's not doing the farmers any favors here this year. I'm so glad I'm not farming this year, I would have lost my @ss this year (well even worse than last year

).
As for there being no snow by moving south, well, no such luck, we're moving from 2300ft to 4200ft in the mountains, so there WILL be snow. But being a few hundred miles south means the weeks of -40F turn to days. There will be more snow since it won't just all blow away like it does here in Malta, MT, but I can deal with that...

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:57 pm
by jps
cjj wrote:Yeah, I think the tomatoes are toast,
Now, just wait a minute there pardner! I thought you said tomatoes were fruit!

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:58 pm
by jps
cjj wrote:we're moving from 2300ft to 4200ft
Moving up in the world, are we?

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:04 am
by bartyclue
cjj wrote:...can come early too. First snow today...

It's not sticking (yet), but it's definitely snow.
I'm glad I'm moving south...
Well I could brag and say that here in Edmonton, we will go four to five months with temps that reach -50 with the wind chill..but I guess that aint much to brag about. The upside is that there are no lawns to cut, no kids to take to outdoor sports, just stay in the house, keep warm and practise practise practise. Then do a New Years or Halloween gig and load in out at 2 in the morning when its oh 20 -30 below zero..... if we're lucky!
Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:23 am
by cjj
bartyclue wrote:cjj wrote:...can come early too. First snow today...

It's not sticking (yet), but it's definitely snow.
I'm glad I'm moving south...
Well I could brag and say that here in Edmonton, we will go four to five months with temps that reach -50 with the wind chill..but I guess that aint much to brag about. The upside is that there are no lawns to cut, no kids to take to outdoor sports, just stay in the house, keep warm and practise practise practise. Then do a New Years or Halloween gig and load in out at 2 in the morning when its oh 20 -30 below zero..... if we're lucky!
Wind chill, yeah right! Yeah, you're a bit further North, but there's plenty of wind here too, as well as the low temps. I mean, heck, Edmonton's record low is -46.1C, a mere -50.98F. The record low for Malta, MT is -56F, or -48.89C...

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:29 am
by cjj
jps wrote:cjj wrote:Yeah, I think the tomatoes are toast,
Now, just wait a minute there pardner! I thought you said tomatoes were fruit!

Well, toasting can be done to many things, including fruit...
Of course, I prefer toasting
with fermented fruit... Well, the juice anyway...

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:32 am
by bartyclue
cjj wrote:bartyclue wrote:cjj wrote:...can come early too. First snow today...

It's not sticking (yet), but it's definitely snow.
I'm glad I'm moving south...
Well I could brag and say that here in Edmonton, we will go four to five months with temps that reach -50 with the wind chill..but I guess that aint much to brag about. The upside is that there are no lawns to cut, no kids to take to outdoor sports, just stay in the house, keep warm and practise practise practise. Then do a New Years or Halloween gig and load in out at 2 in the morning when its oh 20 -30 below zero..... if we're lucky!
Wind chill, yeah right! Yeah, you're a bit further North, but there's plenty of wind here too, as well as the low temps. I mean, heck, Edmonton's record low is -46.1C, a mere -50.98F. The record low for Malta, MT is -56F, or -48.89C...

Yeah but thats a rarity...we have stretches of sub -25 for weeks on end and for the record the coldest overall temperature recorded in Edmonton was −49.4 °C (−56.9 °F), on January 19 and 21, 1886.[49]
Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:13 am
by cjj
Sounds like pretty similar weather then. But is it snowing there yet?

Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:43 am
by rickenbrother
8mileshigher wrote:CJ --- snow in early September???
Wait a minute, didn't you used to live in California before ???

Snow?! In September?!?!
Did you mean Mike Snow?
I think CJ should move back to SoCal!
Then I could try out his RIC outlet 4003! 
Re: Winter in Northern Montana...
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:08 am
by cjj
rickenbrother wrote:8mileshigher wrote:CJ --- snow in early September???
Wait a minute, didn't you used to live in California before ???

Snow?! In September?!?!
Did you mean Mike Snow?
I think CJ should move back to SoCal!
Then I could try out his RIC outlet 4003! 
No, snow as in that white, cold stuff.
And yeah, I lived in So. Cal a
long time ago, in the '60s. As for moving back, ain't gonna happen. I just don't see the attraction, well, mostly it's just too hard to see 'em through all the
detractions...
