What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 22 Dec 21 - 08:51 AM

The sun is beginning to return.
Every winter blade of grass is asleep; waiting till spring to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Dec 21 - 12:59 AM

It's a white Christmas after all in southern Berkshire County,
where I am staying this year;
we had snow the night before Christmas Eve,
just enough white powder to make everything look like a picture postcard.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion's brother Andrew
Date: 25 Dec 21 - 02:00 PM

We are about to set out on a 90Km trip to my sister-in-law's four-season cottage in the wilds of the Lanark Highlands. We have diligently consulted the condition reports on the provincial and municipal highway sites: all seems bare and clear, despite the previous 24 hours of ice pellets, freezing rain, snow, crap, and other unhelpful manifestations of the North American climate.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 25 Dec 21 - 04:57 PM

Christmas Day is but a distant memory here in the land of Oz, the post-christmas sales would have started a few hours ago & I'll be contacting my ISP sometime soon (they close on Christmas day!) as for some reason I failed to connect to my email server yesterday afternoon which is when I found out they close Christmas Day! But as they have an Australian call centre, unlike many other companies, & I was able to get on to the WWW, I didn't mind. I just wonder how many emails are lined up waiting for me. If there are none, I'll be very sad ...

Today's forecast fro Sydney - Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and early afternoon. Winds southerly 25 to 35 km/h. (ps only 1-5mm of rain is expected)

Summer is cyclone season at the top of our Island continent but the latest warning had been downgraded. Cyclones occur around the tropical north between beginning of November & end of April.

sandra (brekkie time, sunday morning)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Dec 21 - 08:19 AM

Yesterday was 66 with sunshine in DC. It tied a record.

Subject: RE: Is there weather where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 29 Dec 21 - 06:03 AM

New Years day will be 70 in DC with ominous thunderstorms.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 31 Dec 21 - 04:34 PM

In Juneau, Alaska, at noon, it is 28 degrees and gusty. We are in a winter storm warning, with up to 18 inches more of new snow forecast. We live in a pretty world.

Elsewhere in Alaska (Kodiak, for instance, which is farther north than we are) yesterday the thermometer hit 66 degrees. I suspect that 'normal' no longer has a meaning.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 01:46 PM

We just got alotta snow (for us... About 6-8" between midnight and noon) and it will get bloody cold (for us, teens°F about -10°C) tonight. But the power is back on already after only about 5 hours and there are still about a half-million without power in the surrounding counties, so, good for my city, doing great work. My kid got me a bunch of those UPS [uninterruptible power supply?] things so I was able to charge my phone, my vape pens, and the other thing same kid got me that you can charge stuff from... And I own a lot of those blankets-with-sleeves things. Outside is much, much beauty, seen from my cocoon.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 05:15 PM

Today in Juneau, it is gusty out there. And cold.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 06:29 PM

Had 4-5" of snow this morning...first serious snow since 2016. I shoveled and cleaned the car, because bottom layer was wet, and the upper layer was soft... and it's gonna freeze tonight. Ice on the ground OR on the car is no fun.
Many, many traffic problems from here South..trucks jacknifed.. etc..
I am warm, well fed and tired.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 06:31 PM

A couple of areas south of us got 11-15".

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: robomatic
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 06:49 PM

We just got through 48 hours of high winds out of the north, changing +10 degF to windchill -10 degF. North of town a trailer truck was blown over. My house cooled below what my furnace could maintain. This morning the wind was gone but the actual temperature was -7 degF. Warmed up to 1 whole degree now.

BTW, this is nothing compared to what conditions can go to in Fairbanks, points North, and the bush villages. I had a landlady from McGrath once who could tell me what it's like at -80 degF.

We have the occasional moose pass through, we do not expect bears because they should all be hibernating long since. On the plus side, no bugs, you can leave your frozen foods in the trunk if you're too lazy to truck them into the kitchen all at once, and it's pretty.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 08:52 PM

Yeah the power went back out right after my last post. Still off.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jan 22 - 09:29 PM

We had a Blue Norther blow through on January 1 that dropped the temperature by 50^o in one day, from 70 to 21. Brrrrr! I had plants in the greenhouse so set up the heat plug - a device that if the temperature drops to 37^o or below it allows the power to run through it (so I have a heater plugged into it and in the "on" position.)

Before that it was very warm for most of December. Unseasonably so.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 07:33 AM

Weather report tonight hints that you are not quite finished with the cold weather, robomatic. The wind in southcentral is fierce. Stay warm.

In southeast Alaska, it is cold and still windy. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 0 degrees. That's the HIGH, folks.

On the plus side, you might not believe how fast a dog can relieve himself thrice a day.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 08:16 AM

Bill should have warned Virginia that the roads would freeze up. It did... and a 50 mile stretch of the main artery of I-95 is stopped for about 20 hours now stranding thousands in the cold teens overnight.
Do bears shit in the woods? People do it on the highway.
A few rescues by ATV have taken place for medical emergencies.
They need a Dunkirk rescue by monster trucks if only there was room for them to get by the bumper to bumper tangled mess. Any suggestions?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 08:24 AM

Still no power. Looking for a hotel with a generator...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 08:46 AM

The Giant grocery store actually looks like the ones in the movie 'Contagion'
- empty due to no transportation in the snow and lack of staff.

The empty shelves brings out the hunter in us. For some reason they still had tons of Nathan's frozen hot dogs in a blanket throughout the store for $14.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 09:25 AM

Among the thousands stranded on the highway are Govenor Northam and Senator Tim Kaine. Their tweets are evidence of their peril. Temperatures will get above freezing for a couple hours on Thursday.

What would Ted Cruz do?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: robomatic
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 11:35 AM

Anchorage has been comparatively lucky. Mat-Su, the district directly north of us where many folks commute, still has strong winds. More than one trailer truck have been knocked over in winds that have gone as high as 90 mph. Many small parked aircraft (and when you park small aircraft you also tie down the wings and tails) have flipped, and some roofs have been unzippled.

For two days we walked my friends' exceptional Labwithsomedoodle in strong winds with windchill well below zero F. Yesterday it was 0 degrees in very little wind. She has no fat on her, is only 9 months old, and gives no sign of noticing that it's anything but balmy out. We're pretty sure she'll start feeling too warm when it gets up to 20.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 04:38 PM

Local news 4 did report the pooping on the highwway story from 4 AM on. Yep some people are still stuck. I speculate the Senator and Govenor threw caution to the wind and went.
We used to make fun of Atlanta drivers during Snowmageddon.
Its not so funny anymore. Many truck drivers shared what food they had.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Jan 22 - 06:52 PM

Found a hotel room, spent most of the day hanging out in the lobby watching them tell everybody else No room at the inn... But I am hearing of neighborhoods getting power back, so, progress...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Jan 22 - 08:14 AM

You're probably more of a mini bar, room service person than a camping person. You were one of 80,000 without power.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 Jan 22 - 10:41 AM

Actually 500,000. I am not alone.

I *have* camped. Definitely prefer a hotel room. No mini bar no room service but cable, heat, lights.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 Jan 22 - 04:12 AM

Today's paper kind of explained Juneau's snow situation. It is not so much that we are in record-breaking status but that we haven't had warmer, thawing weather between storms. So we have November's snow still on the ground, covered by a few feet of newer white stuff. It has stayed cold.

This week it is forecast to remain cold -zero is tonight's forecast- but starting next week rain is on the menu. I love snow; I despise wet stuff raining INTO snow.

Oh, wait. I just checked. the forecast for next week has returned to snow. Forget the rain. Ah.
'

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Jan 22 - 10:19 AM

Home! Power on. Rain sleet snow expected tonight, in that order. Pourvu que ça dure! dit maman Létitia, avec son accent corse...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 07 Jan 22 - 04:30 PM

Happily, although Berkshire County received snow,
only a little snow fell, and what is more,
it is the dry powdery stuff
which comes off one's parked car at the touch of a brush.
No freezing or scraping or heaving of
what one Weather Channel luminary describes as "white mud".

And it certainly is cold and dark outside. Brrr.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 07 Jan 22 - 07:15 PM

Well here are my unofficial numbers for December from three miles outside Bude on the north Cornwall coast.

Rain, 82mm, well below the average of 102mm.

Average max, just shy of 11C (52F), around a degree above average. Just one night of frost, when the temperature went down to -1.5C just briefly. My geraniums are still flowering in places. The average is five nights of frost.

I don't have a sunshine recorder, but my subjective record indicates a dull month. There was one severe Atlantic storm at the start of the month, which was devastating up north but which didn't do much damage in Cornwall.

Typical of recent winters and nothing like the ones of my yoof...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 08 Jan 22 - 10:08 AM

We did not get much more snow but it is bloody effing cold.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 08 Jan 22 - 10:39 PM

Here in the Emerald city (aka the Harbour City) in the Land of Oz we are expecting 27 (84F) Cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers, becoming less likely in the afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and early afternoon. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Latest reading is 26 at 2.30pm Sunday, a pleasant summer day with similar temperatures & similar chances of rain for the rest of the week. We've had a few big, heavy overnight storms in the past week.

sandra

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Jan 22 - 09:29 AM

We had early morning ice rainbows :^)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 09 Jan 22 - 12:13 PM

Over 400 weather stations globally broke their records for highest temperatures last year. Ten national records were broken, the "winner" being Furnace Creek in Death Valley, which recorded the highest ever reliably-recorded temperature on earth. Siracusa in Sicily demolished the all-time European record in July with 48.8C. I spent a week there in 2015! !

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 09 Jan 22 - 01:58 PM

Whoa. With more than three feet of packed snow on the ground, already, today's forecast is for another 20 inches. Worse: RAIN is forecast, beginning tonight. That one is BAD.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 12:34 PM

The ice storm went Saturday night throughout Sunday to sundown pretty much.
Today there is sun and it is possible to free the car in the outdoor parking lot from its casing of ice.
In fact, one had better do so now.
Tonight AND tomorrow the temperature will plunge well below freezing
and anything that has re-frozen will stay frozen for a while.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Jan 22 - 08:32 PM

yep its in the teens through Tuesday.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Feb 22 - 05:18 PM

Everything had just enough time to start thawing,
the parking lots looking like shallow ponds,
and NOW the temperatures plunge --
it will all freeze overnight. grrrrrr.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 Feb 22 - 11:53 AM

I had forgotten, if I ever really knew,
what frozen mud is like.
My car was parked on it.
I managed to drive the car off the frozen mud.
Better than sheer ice, I suppose.
Now my car is parked on plowed parking-lot asphalt,
and of course icicles on
all the parked cars, including mine, since the sun is out.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion
Date: 06 Feb 22 - 12:03 PM

The tires of my car freeze to the garage floor at this time of year. I always give the accelerator a bit of a shove to break loose on start-up.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion's brother Andrew
Date: 06 Feb 22 - 06:03 PM

I was abroad in Ottawa late this afternoon. The slush had refrozen and had taken on a polish it does not usually have. Footing was very tricky.

And that, boys and girls, is why Charmion moved to Stratford.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion
Date: 07 Feb 22 - 11:15 AM

Yep.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Feb 22 - 10:03 PM

The skies have been so gray and dreary
that I didn't wear sunshades,
and I wear sunshades almost religiously.
Even when it is overcast there can be a glare to those cloud covers.
But lately it is just really dark.

Hope it lightens up soon.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 10 Feb 22 - 08:41 PM

Thawing, thawing (the sun came out),
and after several obscenely warm days,
BANG the temperature is going to drop below freezing again. Sheesh.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Feb 22 - 02:00 PM

And here comes the next cold snap.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 May 22 - 10:14 PM

Wherever you are on the globe,
the seasons are changing.
Here the lawn was mowed for the first time.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 May 22 - 03:56 PM

We're in the 90s all week, hot even for North Texas. New Mexico is burning. Life in the SW isn't entirely pleasant this spring.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 10 May 22 - 07:16 PM

Opened the windows here, it gorgeous. No bugs either.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 May 22 - 08:35 PM

In many languages time and weather are the same word.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 May 22 - 06:02 PM

Thundershowers over here.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 May 22 - 06:28 PM

Rain, rain, rain,
and then we're supposed to have an uncommonly warm day this weekend.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 May 22 - 12:25 PM

Elsewhere Charmion remarked on this past weekend's storms.
They were very picturesque here as well, no damage though.

The beauty of it is that the passing-by of the storms
cooled everything down,
and today the sun shines,
and it feels the way May is meant to feel,
not hotter than July the way it felt on Saturday.