What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: DougR
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 12:24 PM

Low 70's.

DougR

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 10:01 AM

11 degrees wind chill, clear with 6 chemtrails rpidly spreading.
The 90 ft tree in back still has all of its green leaves and probably won't drop for another week.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 10 Dec 05 - 09:39 AM

-12C and snow last night, but only 50mm. -8C and sunny. Another skiff of snow tonight and 6C with rain tomorrow. We are a month behind calendar-wise. But, with the full moon Thursday, I suspect we may catch up.

Guest Katie - hope all is okay.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 30 Nov 05 - 01:01 PM

Early morning sky was crimson and the ocean's sooty water in places was painted with its colors. Now an hour later there are bright skies and it's breezy and crisp and cold. With my binocs I see the town thermometer seven blocks away and it says it's 26F out there.

When this cold snap breaks we have snow forecast but I don't know when that is supposed to be.

We've had snow on the ground a few times- had a foot of it up here on the hill the other day - but it's all gone. Except on the mountains, of course.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 30 Nov 05 - 10:11 AM

We had a cold snap last week north of DC but the last couple days were a balmy 65 F which has been great for hot tubbing at night under blustery and threatening skies.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: number 6
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 11:47 AM

As gnu said .... sunny and warm here in southeastern N.B.today .... but this certainly isn't going to last.

sIx

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Katie
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 11:21 AM

I am in the canary Islands and we have just had the first EVER tropical storm. It was meant to haed for Cuba, but changed direction and came here. Scary !

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Metchosin
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 10:54 AM

Yeah you better gnu, its usually you whining, not me. Doesn't look very pretty here this morning, the temperature has risen above freezing, the snow is plopping from the trees and the drive is mostly bare with a few slushy patches, so it looks as if I'll be able to do the move after all. Thank you, thank you, thank you......

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 10:36 AM

12C and sunny here in Southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.... better enjoy it!!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: leftydee
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 08:39 AM

Snowy and slushy on and off. Close to 50F today but the lakes are iced so I guess I can't get my old boat out again 'til April. Rats!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From:
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 06:39 AM

Its cold here and overcast, but no snow!!!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennyO
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 05:17 AM

Funny you should ask - right now there is lightning flashing and thunder booming around the house and it is pouring with rain. We didn't get any severe thunderstorm warning tho, like we normally do. The radar shows it being very isolated, so I think it will be gone soon. If it gets any worse I might turn the computer off for a while.

We've had a lot of weather like that lately, and afternoon thunderstorms have been predicted for the next few days. It's exciting anyway, and my garden is very happy with all the rain!

Jenny

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 04:08 AM

Cold and snowy here in the north of Scotland, but then I bet lots of you think that's normal for here. ☺
G.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MBSLynne
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 02:40 AM

Well yesterday as I sat actually looking at a local internet weather forecast showing cold but sunny and no sign of precipitation, it started to snow, and snowed quite heavily for the next couple of hours. It's freezing now, and white everywhere, but the sky is a clear, early morning blue and it's all rather pretty. Better if I could stay in here and not go out in it though!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Metchosin
Date: 29 Nov 05 - 02:28 AM

Damn! Its snowing. Its not supposed to snow this early here. I've got to move a few loads of furniture tomorrow in a van with summer tires........

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: dianavan
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 02:43 AM

Its grey and damp and the garden is like a jungle. Its been nothin but rain, rain, and more rain. We get a couple of days of partial sun once in awhile. Summer has not yet arrived in Vancouver. Its hard to believe its so late.

Of course I'm hoping for an Indian Summer.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jul 05 - 03:56 PM

Pat, it ain't the weather; it's yer calendar that's all screwed up. Get a new one and see what happens.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: catspaw49
Date: 04 Jul 05 - 03:02 PM

It's hot....It's humid....The air quality stinks.....It was the strangest June on record. 85% of the total rainfall in June came in the last 4 days of the month. The crops are confused.

And it is just too damn hot even for early July....This is like August. June was like August. My only hope is that August will be like April.

Spaw

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Le Scaramouche
Date: 04 Jul 05 - 02:43 AM

It's 40 (celsius) out there if it is a degree.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 04 Jul 05 - 02:32 AM

If our weather doesn't go back to 'normal' soon, our climate will have officially changed.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jul 05 - 01:42 AM

Climate's what ya expect; weather's what ya get.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Kaleea
Date: 04 Jul 05 - 01:36 AM

It shudda been a hundred & plenty but wow it's been raining in most of Kansas today. After temps in the 90's, we had quite the thunderboomers, 50-100 mph winds (depending upon where in the state one was attempting to stand), the occasional twister/rope tornado, & of course, some street intersections here in Wichita with waist deep water which idiots just had to drive into only to be swept aways down the block/into cars, buildings, etc. Tomorrow, supposed to be 95 here. yee-haw!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,sandra in sydney walking thru the backdoor
Date: 03 Jul 05 - 10:59 AM

today it was warm & sunny, maybe 18C!!

I could have left my jacket at home when I went grocery shopping at 2pm, & it's still pleasant now (12.47, time to get to bed soonish) but I am wearing a medium weight tracksuit & will be sleeping under a 80% down quilt as it does get a bit nippy in the wee hours. I haven't heard Monday's forecast yet.

Winter in my part of Sydney (a few hundred metres from the CDB & Sydney Harbour) is always relatively mild. I don't use a heater, tho JennyO & freda certainly do cos they live a few kilometres from the coast, & I keep my windows permanently locked open so I can get fresh air.

My suburb is full of tourists from colder climates who wear summer clothes here as they think our winter is really summer.

sandra

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 03 Jul 05 - 12:39 AM

Here in the California Foothills, it has been a cool summer, with much more rain than we usually get. It got up to 100 degrees the last day or two, but won't stay up there for very long. My wife and I took a hike today to Donner Peak, up at the summit of the Sierra off Interstate 80. Much of the trail was covered with water from melting snow, but we kept our feet dry by walking on rocks.

But we didn't make it to Donner Peak. The snow was too deep, so we found our way to a rocky crag with a beautiful view of Donner Lake. The wildflowers were spectacular. Unfortunately, so were the mosquitos.
Beautiful hike, though.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: harpgirl
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 11:23 AM

Hot as blazes and so humid that you begin dripping as soon as you walk outside! A friend from a nicer climate said it was difficult to breathe, as well. Plus, the rain is frequent in the summer. Oh, and did I mention the hurricanes? (Gee, maybe I've gone to hell already????!!!)

love, harpy

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: *Laura*
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 10:32 AM

drizzling.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: freda underhill
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 10:10 AM

hi gnu and jennyo - all dry on the western front here (12.07 am - not too bad..) jenny i think gnu was about when i was carrying on earlier in the week about not being able to SLEEP - and was belting this message about in various ways til about 4.00 am - had to get up and go to work the next morn - still recovering!

deeps sleeps and happy dreams to you both!!

night

freda

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 07:27 AM

I think she's just a bit like me - gets hooked into Mudcat and stays up late, then can't get to sleep. We've both been known to haunt the chatroom in the not-so wee small hours!

It's probably worse for her because she knows she has to get up early, whereas I don't have to be up so early. I know from experience that sometimes when you have a deadline and you can see the hours disappearing and you know that if you don't get to sleep soon, you won't have had enough sleep, and you TRY so hard that it actually keeps you awake.

By the way, her most recent post on this thread, at 10.50am would have been 12.50am here - not really all that late - for us anyway :-)

Jenny

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,gnu
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 06:49 AM

I thought she wasn't sleeping well.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 05:56 AM

I hope Freda is sound asleep and never sees this. Poor dear.

Gnu, I don't know what you think she was going through - she lives in Sydney, same as me. We live about 7 km apart. Our part of Sydney did get some of the highest rainfall - the suburbs further west didn't get as much. We both had the same conditions to contend with yesterday, except that she uses public transport, I drive - more risky for drivers, but probably drier.

Anyway, I've seen worse here. It was up in northern NSW that got it worse. Three people dead I believe.

Today as promised, it was sunny. I had to go out and try to repair the little home made greenhouse that we made a few weeks ago. Some tomato plants were blown over by the wind, and a couple of plant pots were tipped right over, but a tray of capsicum seeds that have just germinated were still okay.

And after all that, they are saying that the rainfall has hardly made any difference to the water level in our catchment dams. They say it would have to rain heavily and continuously for a week to be useful. We are still officially in a drought - that's Australia for you :-1

Jenny

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Janie
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 11:14 PM

Hot and muggy in Hillsborough,Norht Carolina---Just got back from walking the dog at 11:00 pm, and am dripping sweat.

Janie

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST, Ebbie
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 06:26 PM

Rain Country
Ebbie 1999

In the Winter it's raining. The clouds are dark and low.
(It's the normal condition- everybody wants it so
With snow-covered mountains and the valleys wet below)
In Southeast Alaska, we have more rain than snow.

In Spring the clouds are heavy with impending change
Fog and hail, brief sun and wind- we go all the range
There is no predicting but always - or in the main-
In Southeast Alaska, in Spring there is rain.

Ah, but in the summer the misty air's serene,
Clothes damp-dry on the line, the grass is cool and green,
But hang your coat by the fire, lest you go out again
In Southeast Alaska, Summer brings rain.

In Autumn the storms return, dark clouds are in the sky.
Wind strips leaves from all the trees and sends them flying high.
Waters rush, galoshes slosh. A familiar refrain:
In Southeast Alaska, it's raining. Again.

We're a special kind of people who live here, don't you know-
We've made our peace with weather (with rain, not with snow)
So we take pride in saying, though it may cause some pain:
In Southeast Alaska, bring on the rain.
This is Southeast Alaska- BRING ON THE RAIN.

When you are geographically located this far north with mountainous terrain and practically surrounded by ocean you get a lot of rain (upwards of 90 inches a year, PLUS 105 inches of snow.) Winter can arrive most any time. I've seen snow fall on the mountain tops in July, finishing up the old year and new snow fall in September.

On the other hand I've seen the Northern Lights in every month but June and July (the sky is just too light in those months).

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,gnu
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 05:31 PM

"...the tops of the maple trees give hints of fall color..." Oh dear, already? Nooo? This soon? An early fall? How early can you get it?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST, Ebbie
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 04:33 PM

Another silvery day here in Juneau, Alaska. (Silvery is different from grey- the sun is on just the other side of the clouds, lending a silvery glow) The temperature, the last few days, has been around 60F, a little cooler than typical. Before this, we had several days of upper 70s-- very hot for this part of the world.

Everything - the grass, the bushes, the mountains - is green, the fireweed is brilliant and about 2/3 of the way finished ("Fireweed half done = Summer half gone"), the mountain ash berries are in the dull-brown wispy stage before they burst into heaps of brightness, the tops of the maple trees give hints of fall color (as seen from my window), autumn morning fogs (most common in August) force our many cruiseships to moan their way into our harbor. We may have an early fall.

Everything has been early this year- We had a very short spring. We seemed to jump from winter almost directly into summer.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,gnu
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 04:21 PM

Thanks JennyO. I hope Freda is sound asleep and never sees this. Poor dear.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,bobad
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 04:19 PM

HOT

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 11:40 AM

Gnu, I don't think any of us in Sydney were in too much trouble, as long as we drove carefully - I certainly did.

As you can see here 256km Sydney Radar Loop the rain is now moving out to sea. They are predicting a foggy morning and a sunny day tomorrow - amazing!

Some people in other towns in Northern NSW were not so lucky:

Northern NSW on alert as floodwaters rise

Jenny

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,gnu
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 11:28 AM

Hope everything os OK with you, Freda. Glad to hear the storm is letting up. Did you finally get some sleep?

Moncton, NB, Canada: 30 to 35C and humid until last night at 8PM... I kid you not... went down 10C in twenty minutes... 13C at 6AM. Me mum's got a sweater on! Supposed to be no more than 24C all weekend... then, we'll bake for about six weeks.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 11:12 AM

I got to see one photo before it insisted I register. I don't like having to do that, so I'll have to miss them.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,freda, from the back door
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 10:50 AM

Big Wet forces thousands to flee

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,freda, from the back door
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 10:35 AM

after turning my front footpath into a river, the rain has finally become much lighter. here are some photos of today's rainy day in sydney and in new south wales..

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 10:27 AM

Yes, I was thinking about the contrast as I was inching my car through the wild rain and wind today. The words of Dorothea Mackellar in her well known poem about Australia - "My Country" - came to mind. She certainly had it right:

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 10:18 AM

I don't think the weather knows quite what it's doing here. I went out yesterday morning and could hardly move for the heat, then got caught in the mother of all rainshowers walking back from the pub at chuckin out time. It was that really wet rain, too (don't deny it....you all know that some rain is wetter than other rain!)

Now it's just kinda grey and uninspiring. No wonder the Scots keep emigrating...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: freda underhill
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 09:55 AM

after four years of drought, our dams are nearly empty and the Premier of our state is wondering how to continue to provuide drinking water to us sydneysiders. so it finally starts to rain.   and rain. and rain. and rain. It is coming down in troughloads outside as I write, pouring off the gutters and drenching the street. there are floods further north and a gale warning has been issued. The wind is coming up now - its getting wilder and wilder - imagine a huge drenching downpour, and then triple it!

this is typical in this part of australia - its all or nothing - long harsh months and years of unremitting heat and drought, and then a maniacal downpour leading to flooding, trees coming down, cars being tossed along flooded road (two deaths already)...

what's the weather like where you are?

freda

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennyO
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 01:00 AM

Beginning of winter officially in Australia, but our winters in Sydney are quite mild compared to lots of places in the world. Lately it's been fine and sunny every day with temperatures getting up to 17-20 degrees C during the day and down to 3-5 in my particular part of Sydney at night. Everybody I know has colds - me included - the day starts to cool off quite suddenly from about 3pm and you can find yourself breathing cold air before you know it. It's also been very dry - we are still very much in drought conditions - the water level in our main supply dam has fallen below 40% for the first time in a long time, and they have just brought in more severe water restrictions.

I'm actually enjoying this weather at the moment. If you can find yourself a sunny spot in the middle of the day, it is very pleasant, and a good time to be gardening because it is not too hot and humid, like it is in summer. Some seeds from the tomato plants from summer decided to germinate where they fell, and they looked quite healthy, so we decided to give them a little bit of protection by building a sort of green house over them, made of clear plastic on a frame. One of the plants has even set some little tomatoes, so we'll see how that goes. The soil temperature is going to drop, but a blanket of mulch might help. The space is 8ft square and sloping on top - big enough to walk in. I'm going to try a few other plants in there too. It will be an interesting experiment anyway.

Jenny

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 01:00 AM

cloud flurries and chances of snow - miserable start to summer.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 12:45 AM

Well, in Juneau Alaska, the sun is shining as it has for the last few days. This is the time of year that our days get really long and bedtime can slip right on by. It's the only place I've ever lived where perfectly good parents suddenly realize that it's almost 1:00 AM and their kids are not in bed yet.

I don't think we've hit 70F yet this year but I know it's been 68 a couple of times. That's good and warm, I can tell you.

It's scary to think about but we may have a VERY early fall. From my third floor window, looking down on a number of trees I can see that the top branches of the maple trees are yellowing. And these are NOT Japanese maples...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Jun 05 - 06:04 PM

May was wet and cold here in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Had to shut my windows every night. Then, May 30, it didn't rain. May 31, the sun peeked out. Yesterday was sunny and I had my windows open all day and night... warm and a nice breeze. Today, I shut my windows at 10:00h. 33C at 17:00h!! Mom nature sure is a moody bitch!

How's by you?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: annamill
Date: 03 Mar 05 - 03:11 PM

No comment here in San Diego, California.

;-) *BG*

Love, Annamill

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Layah
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 04:39 PM

I agree with Laura. The snow here is not nearly good enough. No chance of classes being canceled because of it. At least living in California it didn't get cold, now I'm in Edinburgh and it's cold but not snowy. Snowed this evening, but it didn't stick, and now it's all gone. And rain and hail, which are not nearly as nice as snow. The best snow I've ever seen was last week when it snowed and it stuck (first time!) and it was like an inch deep. Now that was exciting.