Weather

While the next bone post is strung together, a short "of interest only to me" post for posterity, and since weather continues to dominate our training this will sort of memorialize our problems.

The latest (above) omg moment bearing down on us Thurs., 2/4/10. With regard for the East Coast and their 2 feet of snow, around here snow forecasts are 100% of the time exaggerated. Saturday's radio reports of 6-8 inches for KC turned into less than 1/2 inch, though we enjoyed the battalions of snow plows driving about. Good to see they are ready!

This blog was conceived in late 2006 with the idea of detailing a racing operation. It's been anything but since I purchased Art and Rod in on-line bidding at 2006 and 2007 at Oct. Fasig Tipton. Our constant training companion ever since has been ridiculous weather, and, as the 2009 stats suddenly appear for KC, I'm relieved to notice my perception of constant rain was other than a personal illusion.

According to National Weather Service from KC International Airport 10 miles down the road from the farm, in 2009 it was dry 137 days, i.e. this area received at least some precip. on 228 out of 365 days. Of those 228 115 days (1/3 a year) exceeded .1 inch, and this was with Jan.,Feb., and May 2009 receiving hardly any rain at all. Both March and April in addition to constant rain had all time daily rain falls recorded, with huge daily rain falls on a couple of the other months.

Oh well. Explains in part why our running paddock has been wet since September, and so on. Unknown where we to go from here. Jan. and Feb. like last year have been dry but cold reminding of winters of old and keeping large snowfalls on the ground. Our aim is Lincoln State Fair in May. We'll see how it goes.

Training:
2/8-1/10: Off due to weather down to 10 degrees, but looks as if we're on the upswing with a nice Accuweather forecast for next 2 weeks.