I was remeniscing (sp) about perhaps my most fond snowstorm (and entire winter) ever. On December 25, 1996, while visiting grandma in Montana, an extremely potent snowstorm moved into the Northern Rockies and began dumping snow at an unbelievable rate. By the day's end 38 inches of snow had fallen within 24 hours. The next day, another 13 inches. Then more after that. Total tally in Anaconda was 78" from one storm that lasted several consecutive days. Consider also that this came on top of 2 feet that had already fallen previously.
In order to get inside the house, we were forced to climb a ten foot snowdrift to a window upstairs. Entire bottom story was smothered in snow. And it didn't melt, either - a month long period of sub zero temperatures (along with 2 weeks of -20 and three days of -40 to -50) set in, and snow just continued to pile on all the way through April - although I was back in NYC by then.
I want a repeat of that winter. I NEED it!!!!!! It was by far our most intense winter on record, but still the possibility exists.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Funions!
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Total ticket cost: $377.99
Taxes & Fees: $24.31
Flights Total: $402.30
Flight: Bozeman to Seattle
Traveler name: Jack Kearns
Bozeman to Seattle 11/21/07 2:20 pm - 3:25 pm Alaska Airlines
Seattle to Bozeman 11/24/07 5:35 pm - 8:15 pm Alaska Airlines
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Flights Total: $402.30
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Traveler name: Jack Kearns
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
More snow pics
http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/omgitsjackwtf/Winter%202007-2008/
A slushy accumulation of 3 inches. Now we have 8 inches. I drove to the grocery store and could barely see 20 feet ahead of me.
A slushy accumulation of 3 inches. Now we have 8 inches. I drove to the grocery store and could barely see 20 feet ahead of me.
Friday, October 5, 2007
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT (I swear this will be the last one of these for a while :P)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT. A STRONG SOUTHERLY JET STREAM AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND COMBINE WITH COLD AIR FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE BEARTOOTH AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE GALLATIN AND PARADISE VALLEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ABOVE 8000 FEET.
MTZ067-060600-
/O.UPG.KBYZ.WS.A.0013.071006T0000Z-071007T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBYZ.WS.W.0006.071006T0000Z-071007T0000Z/
BRIDGER/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-PARK COUNTY-GALLAIN COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOKE CITY...RED LODGE...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE...LIVINGSTON
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
AREAS OF SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEARTOOTH AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 8000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING...DROPPING TO AROUND 4500 FEET BY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN BOZEMAN...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...LETHALLY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 100MPH ALONG FAVORABLE VALLEYS AND CANYONS...INCLUDING THE GALLATIN VALLEY AND BOZEMAN. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID DAY SATURDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. STAY INDOORS AS LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.
$$
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT. A STRONG SOUTHERLY JET STREAM AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND COMBINE WITH COLD AIR FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE BEARTOOTH AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE GALLATIN AND PARADISE VALLEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ABOVE 8000 FEET.
MTZ067-060600-
/O.UPG.KBYZ.WS.A.0013.071006T0000Z-071007T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBYZ.WS.W.0006.071006T0000Z-071007T0000Z/
BRIDGER/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-PARK COUNTY-GALLAIN COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOKE CITY...RED LODGE...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE...LIVINGSTON
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
AREAS OF SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEARTOOTH AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 8000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING...DROPPING TO AROUND 4500 FEET BY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN BOZEMAN...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...LETHALLY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 100MPH ALONG FAVORABLE VALLEYS AND CANYONS...INCLUDING THE GALLATIN VALLEY AND BOZEMAN. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID DAY SATURDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. STAY INDOORS AS LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.
$$
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Picture taken this evening
This is what my street looks like at this moment:
:D
As you can tell, I live in the hood. It's rough up here. Pimps, ho's and crack dealers abound. In Montana we hunt them for fun.
:D
As you can tell, I live in the hood. It's rough up here. Pimps, ho's and crack dealers abound. In Montana we hunt them for fun.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
WINTER STORM WATCH - BOZEMAN
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
230 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2007
MTZ009-010-012-014-015-044>046-048>055-041130-
/O.NEW.KTFX.WS.A.0011.071005T0600Z-071005T1800Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-
JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS..
HELENA...LINCOLN...ENNIS...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHOTEAU..
FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...BOULDER...TOWNSEND..
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
230 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
A STRONG EARLY FALL STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MONTANA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
INTO THE LOW 30S OVER THE PLAINS AND IN THE VALLEYS WITH RAIN
MIXING WITH AND POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. WHILE THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE
FORECAST...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA
AND THE SOUTHWEST MONTANA VALLEYS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION FRIDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TO RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANYONE WHO HAS TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR
PLANS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
230 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2007
MTZ009-010-012-014-015-044>046-048>055-041130-
/O.NEW.KTFX.WS.A.0011.071005T0600Z-071005T1800Z/
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-
JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS..
HELENA...LINCOLN...ENNIS...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHOTEAU..
FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...BOULDER...TOWNSEND..
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
230 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
A STRONG EARLY FALL STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MONTANA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
INTO THE LOW 30S OVER THE PLAINS AND IN THE VALLEYS WITH RAIN
MIXING WITH AND POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. WHILE THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE
FORECAST...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA
AND THE SOUTHWEST MONTANA VALLEYS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION FRIDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TO RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANYONE WHO HAS TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR
PLANS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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