You ever know how bad a wind storm will be in Oregon.

[JasperFrank]

Its up today. And don't know if a microbust will happen. Everything is put away and secured. Get getting for the power to go out and get the wood stove up.

 

[bmaverick]

You really need to move to the mid-west. It's daily living with the wind.

 

[jyoutz]

You really need to move to the mid-west. It's daily living with the wind.

Same for the the southwest from March through May

 

[camshawn]

I watch this guy on u tube. I think he does a great job of explaining what weather is coming in the Pacific North West. He also has a California channel.

 

[CalG]

When I first came to New England as a young man "from the Dakotas", I came to be friends with an old fellow in north New Hampshire by the name of George Tucker. He had in his yard every sort of construction equipment one could imagine, including a stone crushing mill and a logging skidder fitted with a back hoe. (that didn't steer well) .

Any way, when I revealed to him that I was originally from the Dakotas, he smiled and said to me, "you must appreciate it here, being out of the wind and all"
I agreed that I had noted that very aspect.

It was breezy and warm here today. One of the tractor covers slipped out from under it's ropes. The wind died with the setting sun, like it always does. I'll reset the cover tomorrow.

It was a great day for drying the ricked up firewood/

 

[oldballs]

Today was not so windy, but the previous two days were gusting to over 40mph most of the day and night.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[oosik]

I can get wind here - any time of the year. The very strongest - around 40 mph. I have a semi-circle of large Ponderosa pines that shield the house and out buildings. Anything above 35 mph can get pretty loud. I've never had any wind damage. Knock on wood.

 

[Oaktree]

Any way, when I revealed to him that I was originally from the Dakotas, he smiled and said to me, "you must appreciate it here, being out of the wind and all"
I agreed that I had noted that very aspect.

Yeah, what we consider a major windstorm would be a light breeze in some parts of the country.
We're on the SE side of a mountain ridge, so we're protected from most of what does come thru. The downside is that from about now 'til mid-Feb. we have only a few hours of sunlight per day as it doesn't get much above that ridge this time of year.

 

[ponytug]

Yeah, what we consider a major windstorm would be a light breeze in some parts of the country.
We're on the SE side of a mountain ridge, so we're protected from most of what does come thru. The downside is that from about now 'til mid-Feb. we have only a few hours of sunlight per day as it doesn't get much above that ridge this time of year.

I'm a little confused here. I understand the wind protection from a ridge, but wouldn't being on the southern side of a mountain ridge maximize your sunlight, unlike being on the northern (south facing) side of a ridge? Are there other ridges to the south that also block sunlight.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Oaktree]

I'm a little confused here. I understand the wind protection from a ridge, but wouldn't being on the southern side of a mountain ridge maximize your sunlight, unlike being on the northern (south facing) side of a ridge? Are there other ridges to the south that also block sunlight.

The sun is so low in the sky this time of year that it barely clears the ridge. Only sun we get in the winter is fairly early in the morning. If the house was even a couple hundred yards to the east it'd be an improvement.
Then again, that whole ridge was probably totally clearcut in the 1830s when this house was built, it's totally forested now.