This is what we woke up to this morning … which was actually less snow than we had yesterday morning! Fortunately yesterday’s snow melted by evening. But we were braced for far worse, because the Missoula office of the National Weather Service had issued a Heavy Snow Warning for us today:
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BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
830 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2008
…HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON..
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS…INCLUDING MACDONALD AND HOMESTAKE PASSES AND GEORGETOWN LAKE. LOWER
ELEVATIONS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES…INCLUDING THE CITY OF BUTTE.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
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The horses have shed out their winter coats by now, so this is not what they need. We had to leave the horses in the barns all day yesterday because it was blowing so hard and the snow was coming in sideways. Our cottonwoods have all their leaves out, so we have to worry about major tree damage with these June snowstorms.
Fortunately, as today wore on, the temperature began to rise and the snow turned to … thank heavens … rain. But it’s still a cold, wind-driven rain, which is equally miserable for the horses, so they are back in their stalls for the night.
And here we thought we were done cleaning stalls for a while.
Or splitting wood for the woodstove to heat the house. Which I’ve been doing every night for the past week!
But, we’ve still come a long way from this scene back in January:
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