Our relative remoteness and new “occupation” necessitates keeping a close eye on the sky. However, the outlook from various angles vary widely so we are never sure what to expect.

Here’s the current forecast from this site, using an RSS feed from (I believe) Mountain View, 20 miles to our south – even though I labelled it Hartshorn.

And, here is Weather Undergrounds forecast for the same period.

Our weather radio (that keeps me up at night blaring alarms for RAIN every 20 minutes) sits inches to the left of my office monitor. That will give me the direct NWS forecasts and usually provides a 3rd option of what could happen.

Then, we have the local radio stations providing additional views. Here, I sometimes trip myself up by streaming WDGY or another MN station and the forecast initially startles me until I realize that forecast isn’t for our locale.

Then, we have the ever present YouTube weather porn industry continually forecasting Armageddon for Missouri that rarely materializes. Here, thankfully, the risk skirts just to our north so I guess I should be concerned. Also, Sherry left this morning for MN for a nieces wedding and will be driving directly through the red blob of horror. But, she left early enough that she should easily get through it before everything heats up but I’ll keep praying.

I guess it’s not a big deal. I can just digest it all, take a look outside and usually get a pretty good idea of what will happen and when – and then we plan activities and tasks accordingly.

My BIG hang up right now is having a convertible that doesn’t exactly have a trustworthy hydraulic system for raising/lowering the roof. I’ve got it open now and I think I could close it if needed but am not certain so it ONLY rolls out of the garage if there is NO chance of any rain whatsoever. It looks like it is staying inside today.