What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 31 Jul 21 - 08:43 PM

Rumncoke,
if those courgettes in the greenhouse look 'dangerous'
then why are you giving them fertilizer --
will they revolt if you don't ??

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Aug 21 - 10:06 PM

rain, rain, and more rain

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 Aug 21 - 04:48 PM

Today the sun came out !

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: robomatic
Date: 06 Aug 21 - 09:56 PM

Anchorage, Alaska: We've had a pretty optimal Summer so far. Temperature currently in the low to upper 60s (=15-20 degrees C) It was closer to the higher figure a couple of days ago and felt like a heat wave. We are due for rain.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: pattyClink
Date: 07 Aug 21 - 12:00 AM

Northeast New Mexico: clear and sunny, high 90, low 70s. Hazy from the western fires, where a friend is working the Dixie fire in California Sierra Nevada, which has been burning since July 13.

Was supposed to be halfway to the northern great plains by now, but a big heat dome is making Kansas as high as 102 degrees for a few more days. So, weirdly, hiding out in the southwest til the midwest cools off. And the SW is strangely humid and fairly buggy.   Who knew?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 07 Aug 21 - 03:26 AM

A nice sunny winter day, but with a cool little breeze that didn't around......it went through. The past couple of mornings have been frosty and foggy, with more of the same tomorrow.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Aug 21 - 09:24 AM

The last couple weeks in upstate NY and Mass it has been cold enough to need a jacket. Heat is on the way.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Aug 21 - 11:07 AM

... and here comes the heat, all right.
A big heat wave with the extreme thunderstorms
triggered by the heat, is the forecast
for New York today,
and the system will grind its way east
into the New England region soon enough.
Thunderstorms overnight
and temperatures too hot and humid overnight
for comfortable sleeping, without refrigerated air.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your air conditioners.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Aug 21 - 04:56 PM

Looks like the weather is ging down the tubes

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 12 Aug 21 - 05:41 AM

I see that the European temperature record has been broken at Siracusa in Sicily, provisionally 48.8C. We spent a week there in 2016, just over the bridge in Ortigia. Siracusa town is a workaday, dusty old place, but at the top of the town there's a stunning archeological park with both Greek and Roman amphitheatres, and much else. On one day there there was a deluge of biblical proportions...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Aug 21 - 01:23 PM

The HEAT is upon us and we can barely take it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 13 Aug 21 - 07:07 PM

"Taking heat" is, more often than not, a function of the relative humidity. Here in Bude, when we get temperatures in the upper 20s Celsius (it rarely gets hotter than that here), the RH is routinely around 60-70% or higher, and it gets pretty unbearable at times. A good sea breeze often helps. We were in Perth in Western Australia in a temperature of 36C, but the humidity was in the teens and we were fine. We've been to Andalucía a few times in August, enduring temperatures of 40C (Córdoba is the hottest city in Europe), with humidity in single numbers or teens, and it's easy to take as long as you can keep out of the hot sun. I find bars with ample umbrellas to be the ideal resort, though the coffee is much better in Italy. The cold beer, though, is just as good. Cruz Campo is great, but Alhambra, if you can get it, is even better.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Aug 21 - 10:27 PM

Its official, 2021 is the hottest year in recorded history
and beyond.
Also the UN issued a strongly worded letter regarding manmade climate change.

Today Donald Trump tried to play golf on his empty golf course. He felt
something fall off his face and found in the sunburned grass that it was part of his ultra thick makeup that had melted in the NJ heat.
After a quick glue job and color spray he resumed his golf indoors with a McDonalds takeout order.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 14 Aug 21 - 03:42 AM

Well there are still four and a half months to go, so it can't be official. What I have heard as official is that, globally, July was the hottest month ever recorded.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Aug 21 - 07:47 PM

More roller-coaster stuff here,
going from one extreme to the next --   

although the humidity is reliably high.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 03:05 PM

The east will have two weeks of rain
while the west is in a drought
the fires will burn and cause great pain
or we'll drown without a doubt.
Who will survivors choose to blame?
Its ourselves it is about.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Aug 21 - 10:58 AM

What's it like?
It's so humid that
all last night,
the humidity sensor in my bathroom here at the clinic
kept the exhaust fan going non-stop.

I could have slept through it, regardless,
if I had actually been sleepy and not merely depressed.
Ah well.
Then you get up the next day
and do it all over again.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Aug 21 - 01:45 PM

This week if you are not depressed you are crazy.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 22 Aug 21 - 08:23 AM

What many climate scientists ignore is the likelyhood of a cascade event that will advance global warming 100 times faster than current estimates.
THE REASON WHY IS OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND. - 25% OF THE Northern hemisphere is permafrost. That permafrost is and has melted! The now rotting organic matter of carbon is being released by microbes.
Permafrost is not just a thin layer, it can be deeper than 50 feet and does not refreeze even over the winter. It will not matter to our kids if this obsevation is ignored or critisized. Were not talking about great great grand children anymore, this is going to be quicker beyond anything we can do. All we can do is buy time since the carbon release will exceed all oil deposit release, forest fires, and man made control of carbon release. Sorry guys game over even if some of the percentage numbers are not spot on.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Aug 21 - 12:38 PM

The rain is on its way here.
The shade on the window is up,
and every outside surface remains dry,
although the cloud cover is already in place
and there are these ominous gusts of wind.

When the rain starts coming down,
I reckon I will pull down the window shade,
as the rain will fall so loudly
that one can hear it without seeing it.

In the meanwhile,
the exhaust fan in the bathroom grinds away all night
because the switch is connected to a humidity sensor.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Aug 21 - 08:04 PM

That hurricane/tropical storm warning early this week
was much ado about not very much, after all.

The humidity is still with us, though.
I calculate that the bathroom ceiling exhaust fan,
operated by a humidity sensor,
ran for five days and nights non-stop.
Only recently it returned to intermittent on and off,
as it is still very humid here.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Aug 21 - 08:14 PM

In the Northern Hemisphere,
there is a lot of cursing and gasping about the heat.

Of course the antipodes are another story . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: mg
Date: 27 Aug 21 - 09:54 PM

sorry. perfect where i live. no air conditioner. no fan. wearing fuzzy fleece.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Aug 21 - 12:10 AM

The excess humidity in the air here is probably pushed ahead of Hurricane Ida, though it is hundreds of miles to the SE. Each day has topped out near 100 for the last week or so.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 09:12 AM

Back down to the 80's

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 10:08 PM

At sunset, I looked -- hard -- for a rainbow,
because there had been a real downpour,
and then the sun had come out.

Too bad. Saw some lovely peachy pink clouds though.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 10:18 PM

It is quite pleasant late winter weather. Nights are still cool - down to single figures in C degrees (we haven't done F degrees since the early 1970s and the world hasn't stopped spinning as a result) with an occasional light frost. There is usually, however, a gap between the actual temperature recorded at the official weather station - the airport, which is 10 kms outside town - and what it really feels like in other parts of town; it feels cooler, sometimes several degrees cooler.

We may have a shower or two at the weekend, which would be nice.

Spring flowers are starting to bloom, too.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 21 - 07:35 AM

A very rare rainbow Fire rainbow

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Aug 21 - 09:45 AM

It's about to get really wet for a lot of the mid-Atlantic Mudcatters. Tropical Storm or weather event Ida is still packing some soggy clout and she's on her way.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Aug 21 - 02:06 PM

Yeah...Maryland/DC right in the path. I'm doing 3rd level of patching leaks in my basement windows. I also found an old submersible pump that still works and put it in the window well that has often failed.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Aug 21 - 09:00 PM

thanks for posting the link to APPOD, Donuel I'd forgotten about it& sent the link to as friend with 2 very inquisitive grandsons. Teacher friend, lawyer daughter, scientist grandsons?????

ps. back to topic - official first day of spring & in sunny Sydney we are expecting 24 (approx 78F)- Sunny, Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening & at 10.50am Wednesday it was 20.8 (approx 72F)

this is the time of year some folk get out their thin summer gear & pretend they are not a tad cold! And others wear heavy stuff & pretend they are not a tad warm!

Of course, some folk have internal temperature gauges (thyroid in my case until it was removed) that are not set at "normal".

sandra (11.00am Sydney)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Sep 21 - 02:12 AM

There was alot of damage from tornados but the floods are not terrible.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 04 Sep 21 - 08:21 PM

Well we had a very nondescript August. After the 11th it's hardly rained at all, and my grass is going brown. But August was pretty cloudy, often windy and not that warm. We had some nice days towards the end of the month, but then it turned grim yet dry again. But September has girded its loins. Yesterday we had sun and 23.5 C (74F). Today we had sun and 24.0C (75F). Both those days were warmer than any day in the whole of August!

It's last hurrah barbie season...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Sep 21 - 09:27 AM

In the land of the annoyed when the Earth and life was destroyed
in novel new ways as it has been for billions of years,
Homo Sapiens marked their 'end' in a pyramid myriad of alerts.
There were digital attack alerts, domestic terrorist alerts and climate
fire flood and tsunami alerts even Hawaii flirted with nuclear alerts.
What I will miss in advance, are mysteries and histories left unknown,
not just human mysteries but of whales wondering about the space
between our fingers and the dark of the deep.
Secrets of all life that time will forever keep.
Mutations won't drive evolution into a rapidly changing world now gone
as much as our exogenetic genes from our past that turn back on.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Sep 21 - 11:09 AM

The bean counters in the town of Wusa have warned for twemty years that their main intersection needed a stop light but someone had to die before the town would approve the expense.
Now that millions have died at this intersection we are finally at the stage of deciding for the next ten years what kind of stop light is needed.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Elmore
Date: 05 Sep 21 - 11:11 AM

Seasonal

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 Sep 21 - 06:10 AM

We've had some bright weather this summer in Juneau, Alaska, but it is often quite wet. Our temperatures have mostly topped out in the upper 50s-lower 60s this year.

This week- and for the foreseeable future - it's misty and cool, quite nice really. I much prefer this weather to a glaring sun that hurts my eyes and my head and makes my skin prickle. Back when I was treated for lupus I was given orders to stay out of sunshine and for more than 20 years I did just that. I've been in remission for many years and don't plan on ever having an active case again so I do just what feels good to me. I think I must be in the right part of the world.

To me, 67F is just about perfect. Hitting 70 is getting a touch overwarm.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Sep 21 - 09:58 AM

The sun is blazing down from a cloudless sky. There's no breeze to speak of and it's 25C (77F). The humidity is about 80%. An hour ago I spent half an hour sawing up some scrappy old logs for my fire pit. I got into such a lather that I turned the garden hose on myself. There was no-one around I hasten to add. Not typical Cornwall September weather! We don't get those balmy Mediterranean evenings unfortunately (hence the fire pit, which at least has the compensation of driving the mozzies away). So we'll be sitting outside 'til bedtime again. I'm just off to check if I have something chilling in the fridge.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 06 Sep 21 - 11:32 AM

Same here Steve. Same temperature and blazing sun from a cloudless sky. (But not the humidity, thank goodness)
Neighbour-across-the-road came to trim back the two honeysuckles at our front door, and (as she hilariously put it) "Oi s'll trim yer bush 'n orl", meaning the large shrub she calls the 'diarrhoeia' (Spirea). She's the same age as me (!) but toiled away with a stepladder, shears, secateurs and shovel. She was soaked in sweat and I kept begging her to stop. Her face was bright red. But Norfolk people born to the land never give in. They keep a-troshin'.
I was exhausted just watching! (Husband was toiling away too at the school where he cleans, in mask and visor)
It is indeed unusual weather for September, but I like it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 08 Sep 21 - 11:01 AM

shrubbery


The suffocating humidity turned off like a light switch on Labor day.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Sep 21 - 06:15 PM

The sun is out, however it feels like autumn.
The breeze certainly helps,
as it confounds the expletive-deleted mosquitoes,
which were everywhere as long as the humidity was high.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion
Date: 14 Sep 21 - 09:12 AM

It's the tail-end of summer in Stratford, Ontario, which means alternating doses of rain, steamy heat, and brisk cool weather that makes one wonder if all trees intend to dump their leaves next week or the week after.

In summer, rain usually comes in the form of the Perth County Particular, a thunderstorm of remarkable vim and vigour due to squall lines blowing east from Lake Huron. We had one of those last night, with donner and blitzen from suppertime to long after I went to bed. Today is grey and humid with promise of another storm. I should collect the downed tree branches from last night before another load lands on the lawn.

I have yet to see a south-bound skein of geese, however, and the municipal swans are still on the river, so we have plenty of warm days -- and the thunderstorms that come with them -- to look forward to.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion's brother Andrew
Date: 14 Sep 21 - 05:39 PM

In Ottawa, the geese are gathering in flocks on the Rideau as they fatten up as if they are planning on migrating.

Mother Nature has planned a sound and light show for you around midnight, apparently.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Sep 21 - 06:12 AM

The paths of hurricanes/cyclones

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Sep 21 - 03:41 PM

Changeable. Storm systems blowing rapidly from west to east,
dumping rain, then the sky clearing and the sun coming out.
And the wind can be a dry, withering one.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 24 Sep 21 - 10:13 PM

Now that classes have started I am ok with it not being hot...

Today, first long pants, first long-sleeved shirt, but no socks yet!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Sep 21 - 11:32 PM

Don, it looks like SE Asia is screwed as far as the weather goes.

We've dropped about 15^o since early in the week, and it looks like it will stay in the mid-80s for the forseeable weather future. No rain, and we could use some.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: robomatic
Date: 25 Sep 21 - 06:33 PM

We've had the snow line creeping down the mountains and finally yesterday we had irregular snowfall. From over 13" in the east part of town to about a quarter inch in my part. And then rain and a slushy street situation. But Anchorage did not have its first official snow day, despite the schools being closed, because the offical determination is made at the international airport and they didn't get a measurable amount.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 25 Sep 21 - 10:22 PM

Early spring here. A pleasant day although the breeze is a little chilly, particularly in the shade, as there are clouds floating around.

Official stor season starts next week, on 1st October - and right on schedule, the first rainstorm of the season is forecast for Thursday/Friday.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Sep 21 - 10:04 PM

Now that we're past an equinox again,
it's doubtful that the temperature extremes will resume soon,
but one never knows.
It's that time of the year --
happens twice a year --
when you might not have heat at night
and so you pile on the blankets, comforters, and quilts
so as not to be chilly in your sleep.