Our weather this week fell into an early spring pattern bringing us Mildly Wet conditions with 1.78" precipitation falling over 4 days as rain. The week started with a trace of snowpack that rapidly melted with daily temperatures roller-coastering between a little above seasonal average in the mid 40's(F) to way over seasonal average getting into the mid-50's and 60's (F). We had our first significant thunderstorms of 2026 on Friday, which were powerful enough to generate rampaging tornadoes in counties south of us with tragic consequences for the communities that were in their paths. Fewer birds are visiting the bird-feeder daily. The first snow drop flowers of the season are blooming in our neighborhood. The recent rains of this week along with the snowpack melt from a couple of weeks ago have resulted in muddy local farm fields with a lot of standing water in low areas.