HAPPY NEW YEAR from DOWNUNDER

[Leo Tanner]

Sunny taday.  That means trimming limbs but I could use some time outside burning calories.  Had fish, spary-grass and sweet tater fries last night.  May be worth a repeat.

[Stu Kettle]

Did the storm hit yet Del?  Woke to what I'd call normal January weather on this end of the state, snowin' cold $ windy.  A far cry from the 63º we had on Friday, but I wouldn't call it a storm. . . yet.  I cooked some fish yesterday too - fried up the last of the catfish in the freezer & served em with some spaghetti squash hash browns.

[Delmonico]

Did the storm hit yet Del?  Woke to what I'd call normal January weather on this end of the state, snowin' cold $ windy.  A far cry from the 63º we had on Friday, but I wouldn't call it a storm. . . yet.  I cooked some fish yesterday too - fried up the last of the catfish in the freezer & served em with some spaghetti squash hash browns.

We had about a 1/4 inch of ice, we're in a lull right now, snow to start this afternoon, add 25-40 mph winds and it won't matter we're only to have 4-8'.

[Leo Tanner]

Lil has been wantin ta do the sketty squash since we had it at a picnic last summer.  We baked the fish, it was basa or something like that.  Good trick is to put a layer of thin sliced onion underneath and a strip of raw bacon on top.  Lemon juice, lemon pepper, garlic an olive oil with a little water in the pan.  Makes a nice sauce an a good piece of fish.  The bacon flavor really soaks in though ya might want to save the bacon fer the dog when it is done.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Ours has been upgraded from a watch to a warning. 10 P.M. tonight until  noon Wednesday......Buck

[Delmonico]

Ours has been upgraded from a watch to a warning. 10 P.M. tonight until  noon Wednesday......Buck

Here's what ours is:


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

IAZ055-056-069-079-NEZ045-051>053-066-067-078-010530-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-
SARPY-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...BLAIR...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE
320 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE TUESDAY
  NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WINDS: GUSTS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
  RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS BITTERLY COLD
  WIND CHILLS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
  MORNING AND MAY CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DRIVING
  CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.


=7 right now, 18mph winds, WC -12.  Snow is just really starting, I got home safe, not many out, even the grocery stores are almost empty in the parking lots, guess everyone got their milk, eggs and bread and are making french toast.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Got 3.5" so far.

Issued by The National Weather Service
Green Bay, WI
8:39 pm CST, Mon., Jan. 31, 2011

... ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IN THE FOX VALLEY THIS EVENING...

SNOW HAD INCREASED AGAIN ACROSS THE FOX VALLEY THIS EVENING... AIDED BY AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SNOWFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOX VALLEY REGION THROUGH MIDNIGHT... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW POSSIBLE IN EASTERN BROWN AND NORTHEAST CALUMET COUNTIES... WHERE LAKE EFFECT BANDS WERE PENETRATING WELL INLAND.

EVENING TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.

Slim