Updates
  • Out/pneumonia Pardon the interruption again, folks. John had been coughing more and more frequently lately. Difficult breathing yesterday resulted in an ambulance ride to the local…
  • May 8, 2024 report May 8, 2024 Summary  High pressure aloft is  located 500 miles off the northern California coast. Low pressure is centered over Wyoming and the Dakotas…
  • May 6, 2024 report May 6, 2024 Summary  An elongated trough of low pressure extends from the Gulf of Alaska to the Pacific Northwest while high pressure is setting…
  • May 4, 2024 report May 4, 2024 Summary  A low pressure center is off the coast of the Pacific Northwest this morning. This low will move southwestward into northern…
  • May 2, 2024 report May 2, 2024 Summary  upper level high pressure is upwelling ahead of a low pressure system located in the northeast Pacific. This will drive temperatures…

Heart

April 18, 2021 A funny thing happened on the way to healing from the craniomety.  Another emergency trip to Urgent Care showed a collapsed lung.  This was last Thursday.  On Friday, surgery was performed to close up the hole in the lung.  How that hole developed is something of a mystery.  Anyway, during surgery, the…

return date

April 12, 2021 We have to say “Thank you” once again for all of your prayers and support.  We believe strongly in the power of prayer and truly feel it has affected John’s outcome.   He’s healing well and at this time is planning on returning to work April 19.  He does have an appointment…

John update

Wanted to keep you in the loop on John’s recovery.  He’s doing well, at least I think he is.  All the symptoms from pre-surgery are gone and he’s back to normal, whatever that is.  The incisions seem to be healing well and he has a great appetite. He;s still shooting for returning to work on the…

humbled

The out pouring of love and support overwhelmed both John and me.  Both of us say we work  for the greatest people on earth, ag businessmen and women, and the  point has been driven home in a way we could not foresee.  Thank you. As an update, poor John has been released to my care.  I…

Surgery

March 29, 2021 We apologize for the break in service.  John fell several weeks ago and hit his head.  Hard.  Fast forward to last week and a CT scan led to the discovery of a brain bleed.  Emergency surgery was successful, and John is recuperating nicely.  He’s currently in an ICU and getting what we …

March 25, 2021/report

March 25, 2021 A rather energized but moisture starved low pressure system is diving into Nevada and Utah this morning.  the jet stream is zipping along at 150 MPH along the California/Nevada border.  Strong differences in pressure will develop through tonight as barometers fall rapidly over the Desert Southwest with surface high pressure developing over…

March 24, 2021/update

March 24, 2021 Some high, thin clouds are already streaming in from the north/northwest as the next weather system dives through the Pacific Northwest.   They’ll move into the Great Basin Thursday.  Light showers will spread down the high Sierra on Thursday as a strong north/northwest flow moves over central California.  The lift over the Kern…

March 24, 2021/report

March 24, 2021 As one low pressure system dives into the Four Corners region, another is racing southward into the Pacific Northwest along the eastern rim of upper level high pressure off the Pacific coast.  Like its predecessor, the low will dive into the Great Basin tonight and Thursday.  All of the active weather will…

March 23, 2021/update

March 23, 2021 A robust low pressure system is centered over central Arizona this afternoon.  Strong high pressure remains just off the west coast with a ridge into the Gulf of Alaska.  Surface high pressure will just briefly build over the Great Basin tonight and early Wednesday, resulting in a strong off shore flow.  Over…

March 23, 2021/report

March 23, 2021 A rather energized low pressure system has dropped through the Great Basin and is now centered over northwest Arizona.  A large high at the upper levels of the atmosphere covers the eastern Pacific Ocean off shore, resulting in a strong northerly flow aloft.  In fact, the jet stream will be sweeping right…