Chilly night and morning at the Aerie

The winds are finally starting to die down here at the Aerie. They blew all yesterday afternoon and through the night with gusts up to 50 and perhaps even 60 mph. It's a wonder we didn't suffer any power outage. The deck chairs and even the grill moved across the newly stained--and somewhat slick--deck and only stayed on the deck because they wedged themselves against one another.

The rains that washed in with the winds were carried horizontally against the windows and even under the covered porch against the sliding door. While the trees in the area were lashed back and forth through 30 degree arcs. A few small, dead snags went down but caused no damage.

The temperature, too, went down; down to 30.9 degrees. That resulted in a brief snow flurry or two over night that left some accumulation on the deck and truck. There wasn't much, however, as the wind swept it away.

I had left the bedroom windows cracked open a few inches during the afternoon and found it was 56 degrees in there when I went to go to bed. A little too chilly for my taste. So they got closed and the heat turned on in all but the workshop. All thermostats are set for just 62 degrees, so it didn't take long to warm the house up.

It's still completely overcast, sunless and just 34 degrees as I write at 10 AM.

The good news is that the forecast is for clearing skies. We shall see. The forecast high is for the upper 40s--that's some 20 degrees below the average for this date.

The bad news is that, with the dying winds and clearer skies, the low tonight is forecast for 27 degrees. The record low is 25.

Yeah, it's "weather" and not "climate" but still....

We are getting as much daylight now as during late August. I hope this isn't the weather we can expect in August! Then again, Terry and I will be in Alaska and British Columbia in late August.