Cold Front Finally Arrives

I didn't have long to wait for the temperature to start dropping after making the previous post. In fact, as soon as I ventured outside again, I noticed that the air was a little bit cooler. The gusting south wind laid just long enough for it to switch around and start blowing out of the north. The north wind was just as strong and gusty as the south had been and developed a chilly bite to it by dusk. Although a few more piddly little showers came through, we never received enough rain to amount to anything. Though we haven't needed it for the past four days, the wood stove is going strong tonight.

Cold Front Finally Arrives

Early Afternoon Rain

Today began with mostly gray skies, high humidity and a gusty south wind blowing. Although the sun tried to break through a few times, mostly cloudy has prevailed.

During the early afternoon we received a short, but heavy, rain shower that only lasted about five minutes. NOAA's satellite weather map shows tiny isolated showers scattered across northern Arkansas. It looks as if the map has been sprinkled with blue salt. We'll probably receive more scattered showers before the new cold front arrives. So far, the temperature is holding steady around 70º and hasn't started falling yet.

Early Afternoon Rain