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Snowmobiling is all you'll be doing for the nxt. month at least according to accu- weather . I know long range forecasts are typically useless but with nothing else to do right now I've been going on a number of sites and the news is not good even in the short term. Maybe with all the new tech we can figure out how to thaw the trees out .HAHA I wanna know where the guys in southern ohio heard temps were going in the 50's this weekend. we are in ohio right?
Just looked at the long range. It looks like the week after nxt. it's gonna be 40's to 50's. If so I will be tapping starting nxt. wed. the 12th. Although I know how long range forecasts go ! I think sometimes accuweather is in tune to us and throws out these little teases now and again. The puzzling part is long range for March is nothing for the most part in the 30's. Now I wish I would have become a meteorologist like my niece.
I am south of you, SW of Canton, and thinking similar. Probably tap toward the end of next week if forecast stays same or warmer.
next weekend is showing 29,28,24 fri-sun for chardon , but we all know how that can change .
What I see on accuweather is a bit warmer nxt. wknd, though may not be good for sap to run it's the following week that gets my attention. It takes me 3 days to tap so if the following week holds up I want to be ready. Besides it's getting to the point by then I don't think it will be to early to tap.
I've been sitting here bored to death and upon looking at the extended forecast(which is just a waste of space) for northeast ohio they are forecasting after this coming week, low 40s to 50 that sounds great, but when you look at march the first 3 weeks anyways there is not a temp above forty. At least you would think that far out they would throw in a 40 or 50 somewhere. Just goes to show why they shouldn't keep trying to forecast that far out. I still say those weather guessers are playing with us.
I went out and replaced 150 drops, met a friend back at the house and he said the neighbor had steam rising. I thought I had better go check and Keith was testing his new pans. Water was freezing on the floor but we had some heat and he got most of his testing done.
Forecast looks the same across the line. So we continue to get ready. To cold to clean tanks!
Regards,
Chris
Once again I'm getting cautiously excited about starting to tap. Just read an explanation on accuweather about why there will be a pattern change coming at the end of this coming week. the following week will feature mid 40's to around the 50 mark. time to tap! They also said March will be normal in the sense there will be temperature swings from cold to mild etc. pretty much a normal march. lets wait and see.
man you guys are tweaking to tap !! ;) ill be snowmobiling at the ice festival at lake chautauqua this coming weekend... from the attached screenshot, it looks like next monday's the day for me !
I love Presidents Day. NO SCHOOL. We be tappin.....