OT Spring in Wyoming

[Don McDowell]

Here's one way to tell when spring is sprunging in good ol Wyo.

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid= ... f15180718c

[J Miller]

A bunch of baby bovines .... head 'em up, move 'em out.

I know, that was bad. But I couldn't resist.

Joe

[Griff]

Aye gawd, man... what's the world coming to? Cows on FACEBOOK?! Don, don't let that get out! Next thing ya know some of yer neighbors or them fellars from down-under have pics of their SHEEP!

Just a joke fellars... don't get yer dander up!

[Don McDowell]

AYe laddy, there's a plenty of the mutton on Facebook aready... Good to balance it out with a good ol range cow now tain't it?

[BigSky56]

Don calves look good but you got no snow have you finished calving yet, Ive got 2' in the valley and will finish calving around the middle of march. danny

[Don McDowell]

Danny this is about the 3rd chinook , you talk about mud now,,, we got it. Supposed to maybe get another batch of cold and snow starting Sunday, rain/snow mix tommorrow and friday...
Just getting started, and what a start it's been almost 1/4 done in just about a week. Haven't had anything today, but looks like any minute there could be another flood.

[kimwcook]

Our calving season is just about passed. It hit during the super cold weather we just had and some guys lost a few. They couldn't get up before they froze to the ground. That would really suck. Can't wait for the muck to leave. I'm getting tired of trudging through it.

[Don McDowell]

We're on a weather roller coaster here that is just horrible. Yesterday it got into the 50's, it did today after the fog burned off, but Saturday it was -2 at 6 in the morning. 413g's calf is probably going to loose both ears if the pnuemonia doesn't get him first.

[Hobie]

Calving going on here as well. Fairly warm today.

[Don McDowell]

Sounds like tommorrow is the last good day until sometime next week maybe... Should get a rush of calves then...

[BigSky56]

Don we've got a chinook and rain tonight going to make soup out of the 2'snow, when it gets real cold I get them good & dry and wrap the newborns ears they look like mickey mouse, it hard to sell seed stock with bear ears not enough room to put in a tattoo & tag. danny

[Don McDowell]

Yup it's a bugger trying to tattoo an ear that's not big enough for the numbers.
The forecast doesn't look horrendously cold for this upcoming storm but it's going to be a shiver maker. So thankful for these big barns we have.

[J Miller]

What is a "chinook"?

Joe

[2ndovc]

What is a "chinook"?

Joe

I'm glad you asked that!

jb

[Don McDowell]

It's a native american word for snow eater.
Basically its a warm downsloping wind brought by a highpressure system out of the southwest. Brings warm/hot temperatures and combined with the breezy to windy conditions can eat a foot of snow in a days time..

[jnyork]

Thread reminds me of the Charles Russell painting "waiting for a chinook" .

http://www.charlesmarionrussell.org/Wai ... inook.html


From Wiki, here are a couple of interesting facts concerning chinooks:
Loma, Montana boasts as having the most extreme recorded temperature change in a 24-hour period. On January 15, 1972, the temperature rose from −54 °F (-48 °C) to 49 °F (9 °C), a 103 °F (57 °C) change in temperature; a dramatic example of the regional Chinook wind in action.

The Black Hills of South Dakota are home to the world's fastest recorded rise in temperature. On January 22, 1943, at about 7:30am MST, the temperature in Spearfish, South Dakota was -4 °F (-20 °C). The chinook kicked in, and two minutes later the temperature was +45 °F (7 °C). The 49 degree (27 °C) rise in two minutes set a world record that is still on the books. By 9:00am, the temperature had risen to 54 °F (12 °C). Suddenly, the chinook died down and the temperature tumbled back to -4 °F. The 58 degree drop took only 27 minutes.[10][11]

[m.wun]

We get the same kind of wind in Ca. but they are called Santa Anna winds.These winds
can make it cold in the mountains and desert but warm on the coast.Sometimes with the off
shore wind the ocean will be dead calm like a glassy lake.

[Old Ironsights]

I remember the inversion-clearing chinooks in Lander...

Growing up there I never quite got the "wind chill" thing until I got into hunting because whenever it got windy in the winter it got warmer...

[Wes]

I just got my heifers in to start watching them here Don. Cows start closer to the 1st of April for me. We have about a foot of new snow today. Back in the brush it's up to my hip pockets. I am really hoping for a good 'chinook' so I don't have to plow calving grounds. My team is tired from pushing snow up over the roller on the bobsleigh. Been working another team at my uncles place and they are worked down to a frazzle too. I will be glad to see some bare ground. Something green sounds awesome right now too.

[Wes]

Forgot to send a picture or two.

Winter 2010 042.jpg

[Don McDowell]

Hang in the Wes June's a comin...
Friend of mine up to Afton emailed this morning and said to duck and cover , they got stomped again last night so he figure we'ld be getting it tonight, and looks of the clouds and the way the cows are drifting back to the barns..