Good morning from Seaman, Ohio. It is - 5 with a wind chill of -30.

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17. 48 with 22 mph winds in Durham, NC

Skies clearing after it rained all day yesterday with temps predicted to rapidly fall to the 20's during the day to 10 overnight.

I just went out and sprinkled birdseed buffet along the retaining wall in my courtyard. Flock of juncos immediately flew in as soon as I went inside. Expect to see Blue birds and doves shortly. Some days I get as many as 14 doves at a time.

Edit: About an hour later a gust of about 45-50 mph came through. Blew over my lit, decorative stick tree that was staked to soil in a whiskey barrel pot WITH both a paving brick and rock on top of its stand. Also blew over a wrought iron glider loveseat without any cushions on it. I'd have thought the wind would go right through it. Nope. Brought the decorative tree into the garage and left the glider on its side. Sleet came down about 10 minutes later.