Gusty Day

Above, near the Cibola National Forest perimeter fence. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Today was spent indoors.

It is too windy to be out Jeep driving. With the 35+ mph gusts, it would be hard on the vinyl top of the Jeep, especially the door windows, which are only held closed by strips of Velcro.

So, that being the case, I just watched The Godfather Part 2 (1974), one of the great movies of the 1970s.

I did some maintenance on the Jeep, including checking the oil and water. So it is all ready for the next jaunt once the wind dies down. The Mustang continued to start just fine today when I went down to the Flying J to check the mail.

We might be getting some snow showers tonight and tomorrow.

According to the National Weather Service:

This Afternoon

Isolated sprinkles. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Windy, with a southwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tonight

A slight chance of rain and snow showers between midnight and 3am, then scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Windy, with a southwest wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday

Scattered snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.