Long range forecast is saying 70's starting this coming weekend until ???,spring will finally arrive!!!!

Good luck filling the freezer!  sounds like fun...
 

Whooooops-
Just after my last had 20 mins of nice rain and the winds picked up.
Rains stopped and spotty sun with big winds on the tail of the  storm outa that green ya see on radar- they are still coming .
 
Lost a few big limbs lol- chainsaw for a few days and a number of leafy branch trips to the landfill.

It rained po pretty much all day in Syracuse. Will check on amount here soon

We got 5-6 inches but very little wind.so all my preparation for power outage issue was not needed.However,all the streams and creeks are flooding more than I've seen here in a long time.Took a ride to see what the Little Lehigh looked like and it was flooding more than I can remember.The local trout nursery on the LL was flooded so it looks like the LL got a stocking of trout.Too bad most of the trout were small.

Guess I just live in the right spot-
 
bout 5 yrs ago there was  huge downburst that resulted in very heavy damage to  part of our town just to my North and my place had nothing whatsoever.
3 yrs ago the tornado missed me by about 800 yards to my South- that too caused VERY  bad damage to many.
Yesterday - although I had a few limbs drop and a lot of leaves I essentially had no damage-
now this AM read that hundreds of thousands in Ct are without power and suffered heavy damage.

I'm back on line with power and internet after being without for over 60 hours.  Many in the mid Hudson region and east into CT are still without power.  Thankful for the Generac 22KW standby generator we installed nearly two years ago. 
  

OK - no measurable rain in weeks- temps generally in the low 90's with a breeze- everything is dried out and dead.
Soooo today its supposed to RAIN- GRREAT.
Wellll we got a slight little drizzel for bout a half hour - not enough to even wet under shrubs and flowers.
Hmmm the radar had shown a great long ball of nice green rain coming--back to the putor to see whats up.
Radar shows the nice green ran has split with heavy rain just to my North and heavy rain just to my South and a line of nothing a couple of miles wide in between.
This open no rain area goes on  many miles with some rain at the tail end--
We will see,
 
Most all my apples have fallen all dried out and small- my neighbors grapes in his vineyard are tiny and drying out  on the vine- leaves are dried and falling off shrubs and small trees.
Only good thing is hardly no bugs or mosquitos.

It rained - nice slow soaking ,likey not an inch but
rain at last.-

Ok, now we are on day 5 without rain. Just set up the sprinklers for the garden.
Not seeing anything on radar in terms of percipation this week. It seems temperatures and humidity will be lower which is good.

Since we now have to eat dinner early ( by 6pm ) I gotta run. It really messes up my routine of working till dark and eating later but such is life.

Here too- thankfully-
Nice unexpected thunderstorms last night producing almost half an inch

Now it will turn green with algea  because of all that untreated water throwing it outa balance and ya will have to shock the dickens out of it, happens every time lol.
My kids and grandkids moved further away and I got older and moved too- no mo pool - wow did I save money and time lol.
Was GREAT for many years though.

Glad you finally got some rain! And I have enjoyed the bit of break in humidity finally, though still gets to you quick when working outside mid day.

 
Been raining here for a few hours now.
Certainly more rain than we have had in at least a couple of months combined -which was  less than an inch.
Guess this is the end of the Drought warnings.

Too little too late, like half an inch fell