Cascading Waters can be found at 135 Olean Street on the eastern edge of Worcester's northwest parklands, the Cascades. The Cascades are 350 acres of park and conservation lands along the borders of Worcester, Paxton, and Holden, Massachusetts. Home to countless species of plants and animals, the Cascades are open to passive recreation year-round.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Gentle breeze, partly clear, warmer

Well, it is a whole lot more pleasant than it has been of late, nearly warm, and it appears to have been more pleasant here than it was in D.C. as well. They looked cold.

The weather conditions at 9 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Temperature: 24.4 and rising: 17.8 and falling;
Humidity: 74% and steady: 67% and steady;
Pressure: 29.56" Hg and steady: 29.59" Hg and steady;
The USFS Fire Danger Class is LOW;
There is a gentle breeze;
The Cascades Brook is running.

Today was a good roof snowpack melting day, but not warm enough to do much else.

We also get a final tally from the snow the other night.
It was 8.2" to midnight, but the snow didn't stop then.
Well NWS says another 1.7" fell from that point, taking the storm total up to 9.9"!
Not bad!

This also takes the yearly total up to 51.6"!
Now were talking.

Lots of birds today.
Chickadees hovering by the window looking in the Lodge,
Bright red male Cardinal,
The Black and White Warblers,
The Juncos,
The crazed Grey Squirrels (who think they are birds and "fly" to the feeder, and "fly" away);
and that is all that I noticed off-hand.

1 comment:

Joe said...

Maybe the squirrels aren't crazed, but clever- they're trying to fool you into thinking they are birds, so you'll allow them to use the feeder...