What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Sep 23 - 04:44 PM

It was whatever passed for Ophelia here in Maryland, but it rained non-stop for 24 hours.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Sep 23 - 03:09 PM

Raining, I don't know whether or not Ophelia is responsible,
but definitely raining.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Sep 23 - 06:38 PM

We're watching a tropical storm named Ophelia, just in time for
the autumnal equinox (Northern Hemisphere)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Sep 23 - 08:56 PM

Do read the thread title. You have multiple opportunities to rant about your upcoming dystopia on this forum, but this particular thread is about the WEATHER where we all are. It's a very nice idea for a thread, so kindly try to not undermine it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Sep 23 - 08:34 PM

Optimistically we can ignore the risk of dystopia and tell each other its going to work out.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Sep 23 - 08:23 AM

This thread is supposed to be about weather, not a platform for ranting about future climate catastrophes, etc. Anyway, it's persisting down here and it's washing out our Bude WW2 memorial weekend, sadly.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Sep 23 - 08:16 AM

With 5 billion dead that would leave a population of 3 billion, the same as when I was a kid. Wholesale genocide of WWII had only just stopped. Perhaps 3 billion people were too many. One million could not support a global civilization so what number of humans would be stable? Billionaire tribal chiefs would have lost their status and power. Farming communities might make a go of it depending on raiding party threats and climate. As for Jesus, he was a no-show.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Sep 23 - 07:14 AM

As we fly through the tipping points of global warming There are a hundred million or more evangelicals, Q anon and Trumpists who actually want end times because that's when Jesus will return.
The rest of us are doing our part by bringing bags to the store or charging an electric car from coal power plants.

Fires, floods, and heat killed people in the hundreds and now in the tens of thousands. Usually, when something really bad happens we band together and get things done. So the question is, how bad will things have to be before we all join to confront a problem like climate?

Millions died from a pandemic that has nothing to do with the weather but a single close person seems to have more impact than millions of strangers.
Perhaps millions lost to climate isn't enough to mobilize the world.
Is a billion enough ? If a billion of only the poorest people died they may hardly be missed. Five billion people would probably have the desired impact but what could be done by then?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Sep 23 - 11:19 AM

Still don't know what Hurricane Lee is going to do.

IN the meantime, conditions are cool enough that
the walk between buildings is no longer Mosquito Alley,
which is a welcome relief.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Sep 23 - 04:32 PM

And now we are anxiously watching Hurricane Lee,
headed into the North Atlantic Ocean
and coming close to the maritime states.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Sep 23 - 04:49 PM

Forecast of thunderstorms with hail and stiff winds. Gee thanks . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Sep 23 - 10:05 AM

By: Jimmy Buffett
1973
I once knew a poet
Who lived before his time
He and his dog Spooner
Would listen while he'd rhyme
Words to make ya happy
Words to make you cry
Then one day the poet suddenly did die
But he left behind a closet
Filled with verse and rhyme
And through some strange transaction
One was printed in the Times
And everybody's searchin'
For the king of undergound
Well they found him down in Florida
With a tombstone for a crown
Everybody knows a line
From his book that cost four ninety-nine
I wonder if he knows he's doin'
Quite this fine
'Cause his books are all best sellers
And his poems were turned to song
Had his brother on a talk show
Though they never got along
And now he's called immortal
Yes he's even taught in school
They say he used his talents
A most proficient tool
But he left all of his royalties
To Spooner his ol' hound
Growin' old on steak and bacon
In a doghouse ten feet 'round
And everybody wonders
Did he really lose his mind
No he was just a poet who lived before his time
He was just a poet who lived before his time

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Sep 23 - 10:08 PM

More hot. On top of hot. Same ol' same ol'.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Sep 23 - 07:03 PM

If the forecast is to be believed,
we are headed for hot humid weather,
the opposite of what we had for most of August.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Sep 23 - 09:41 AM

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful
My thoughts aren't too clear but don't run away
My girlfriend's a bore, my job is too dutiful
Hell, nobody's perfect, would you like to play?
I feel together today
Well, now that's just the start of a well-deserved overdue binge
Meanwhile, back in the city certain people are starting to cringe
His lawyers are calling his parents
His girlfriend doesn't know what to think
His partners are studying their options
He's just singing and ordering drinks

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful
The skies are too clear, life's so easy today
The beer is too cold, the daiquiri's too fruitful
No place like home when you're this far away
I don't care what they say
He's goin' back to New York pack it up and let everyone know (back to New York)
It was something that he should have done such a long time ago
Still, time to start a new life in the palm trees
Ah, Billy Clyde wasn't insane
And if it doesn't work out, there'll never be any doubt
That the pleasure was worth all the pain

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful
The skies are too clear, life's so easy today
The beer is too cold, the daiquiri's too fruitful
No place like home when you're this far away
Time for to play
I need time for to play
Time for to play
I need time for to play
I need time for to play
I need time for to play
I need time for to play
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriter: Jimmy Buffett

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 30 Aug 23 - 06:37 PM

It's remarkably changeable.
This morning it was raining and thundering.
This afternoon it turned clear and sunny.
Now there are non-rainy clouds rolling in at sunset.
You have to be ready for anything at any moment around here.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 30 Aug 23 - 04:23 AM

I don't know how many records, weatherwise, that have been set in Juneau, Alaska, this year but I'm sure there are a few. We've had rain- even HARD rain, which is very atypical for us- but we've had more sunny days in the last couple of months than I can remember. At the moment it is a bit hazy but we haven't had more than a sprinkle of rain for days. Temperatures top out at about 65F. Great for walking dogs.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Aug 23 - 07:35 PM

It's crickets all night until the first hard freeze.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Aug 23 - 04:54 PM

Today, we have the weather that everybody else wants.
The sky is blue, the sun is shining,
it's warm but not blazing hot, it's reasonably dry,
and a nice brisk breeze is keeping the mosquitoes away.
It's just lovely -- not hot and humid the way August usually is.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Aug 23 - 10:50 AM

A rainstorm swirling around and around means that
we see alternating sunshine and rain today.
Keep the umbrella handy,
but leave the layers off --
it's warm like a sauna.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Aug 23 - 04:49 PM

Arizona is still dry but Texas is due for a 'sprinkle' next weekend.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 21 Aug 23 - 01:27 PM

Thinking of the Mudcatters out California/Nevada/Arizona way.
(any Mudcatters in Mexico?)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Aug 23 - 08:05 PM

LIFE THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLOODING FOR S. CA.
national weather service.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Aug 23 - 07:57 PM

Got on board a westbound 737
Didn't think before deciding what to do
Ooh, that talk of opportunities
TV breaks and movies
Rang true, sure rang true

[Pre-Chorus]
Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before

[Chorus]
It never rains in California
But girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours

[Verse 2]
Out of work, I'm out of my head
I'm out of self respect, I'm out of bread
I'm under-loved, I'm underfed
I wanna go home

[Chorus]
It never rains in California
But girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Aug 23 - 05:14 PM

Death Valley is going to flood. CA is bracing for Hurricane Hillary.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Aug 23 - 07:55 PM

It actually felt like summer today, sunny and warm.
Unusual for this summer in this location.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Aug 23 - 10:11 PM

This, being southeast Alaska, is a cool region; temperatures rarely go above75F or below zeroF. We do get a lot of rain, however, more than 2 inches in a 24 hour period is noteworthy. We simply don't get many extremes of any kind.
This summer has been a strange one. Spring months, from mid-April to early July are typically our driest, sunniest months. But this year, May was an exceptionally rainy month and then our atmosphere dried out and we have had a LOT of SUN since. True, we still have rainy days, even some rainy weeks, but sometimes the sun is so blindingly bright I keep thinking that I'm going to have to break down and get sunglasses. Frankly, I prefer misty, silvery days.

Right now we're in the middle of wind and rain. Supposed to continue until Sunday. I love it. Not so, my dachsie. He doesn't like rain - or snow- falling on his back.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Aug 23 - 12:17 AM

Hot hot hot. Triple digits every day for the last couple of weeks, usually coming in around 110^o by late afternoon.

Dreadful.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 06:23 PM

What's it like?
It's most unusual for August, I can say that.
The temperatures and humidity are uncommonly low,
and in August both are usually rather high.
Although we do have rain now and again,
there is rain forecast for tomorrow.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 08 Aug 23 - 07:34 AM

Flambeau or flambé :-) ?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Aug 23 - 10:27 AM

We used to have snow birds that escaped the cold in the winter.
Now we have flambeau birds escaping the heat in the summer.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 07 Aug 23 - 08:28 AM

A soaking rain, without the thunder and lightning for a change.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 Aug 23 - 06:33 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Aug 23 - 11:15 AM

Sorry Texas, DC has had 50 and 60 F morning temperatures all week.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Aug 23 - 10:54 AM

This is, for a change, the ideal summer day:
blue sky, puffy white clouds, warm temperatures, dry air,
and just enough breeze to keep the mosquitoes at bay.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Aug 23 - 06:54 PM

We've had the worst July I can ever remember. Twice the average annual rainfall , cool throughout, quite windy and bereft of sun. And today, first of August, we've had as much rain in one day as we had in the whole of July 2022.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Aug 23 - 08:10 AM

Today's weather is the answer to our prayers.
The temperature has cooled down to an early autumn level,
and the humidity has dropped as well.
We still have early morning fog to burn off,
and the mosquitoes still ask to be slapped to death.
But these are minor complaints
after the high heat and humidity of all of July.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Jul 23 - 03:41 PM

Parts of the Caribbean seawater is 100F+.
-conjecture-
This bodes for stronger slower storms since the jet stream slows in response to the hotter climate.
Maybe Hurricanes will become quaint and we will just call them super storms with 20 inches of rain.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Jul 23 - 06:44 PM

This week has been 100% fatal to all the coral around the Florida Keys.
The ocean reached 100 degrees F and killed all the organisms quickly forgoing the usual bleaching which sometimes recovers.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 24 Jul 23 - 02:34 AM

Husband is home now after the funeral of his mum in Africa. (Thank you so much for your condolences Keberoxu) His suitcases are full of soggy clothes stained dark red from the African mud. (During their rainy season the roads and pathways are seas of reddish mud).
I'd hoped that our weather here in Norfolk would brighten up, but no - it's now gloomy and rainy. He must have brought his weather with him on the three flights from Abidjan!
(I was hoping he'd set to and cut our lawns and do a bit of heavy gardening, but he can't in the rain can he? I'll just have to get on with all that mucky laundry and hang it up in the conservatory!)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Jul 23 - 08:15 PM

Sunshine and mosquitoes, that's what it's like.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 14 Jul 23 - 01:32 PM

Heat Alerts have new rules. There is such a thing as heat coma. We used to have heat exhaustion but heat is more severe now. Third degree burns of the feet are now possible in AZ.
The friendly skies have become more violent with airline turbulence.
Climate change has no new normal. It will become progressively worse.
Other kinds of turbulence include migration, political and agricultural.
Enter AI with the ability to coordinate all global weather data to avoid microbursts and see weather down to an individual runway. So far Jet Blue is using AI.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Jul 23 - 07:44 AM

The Texas power grid held up during the heat wave because of solar power plants - to their credit. Air conditioning, an American invention, is a power-hungry beast.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MudGuard
Date: 11 Jul 23 - 01:54 PM

today, up to 36°C outside, inside ONLY 26°C ...

I am melting ...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Jul 23 - 08:08 AM

Condolences, for sure, to your husband, Senoufou. How sad.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 10 Jul 23 - 03:23 AM

The weather forecast for Norfolk UK always says 'rain and possibly thunderstorms', but not a drop falls in our small valley on the Wensum.
My husband is in Africa at the moment, and it's the rainy season there. He says the pathways are a sea of mud, but the rain is cooling down the fierce temperatures. (His mother died two weeks ago, and poor man he's had to take three flights to get there and sort out the funeral and burial. The grave has needed bricking over to stop the torrential rain from eroding it.)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: robomatic
Date: 09 Jul 23 - 07:10 PM

We are having maybe our third day of Summer today ( sunny and warm ) in Anchorage. We've had cooler than usual, cloudier than usual, rainier than usual, weather since June. no complaints, really, it'll be good for the gardens but I need a new roof.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Jul 23 - 09:55 AM

Threat of flash flooding from the thunderstorms and rains.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 08 Jul 23 - 06:51 AM

Now that permafrost has reached fermentation temperatures, the runaway greenhouse effect has exceeded all the projected maximum global temperature increases. Our most aggressive remedies can only slow the process and buy time. If we stopped all human CO2 release we would be in a temperature rising event for hundreds if not thousands of years.
It is worth the sacrifice to buy time, but we are talking about mankind.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 07 Jul 23 - 10:41 AM

The record for high temperatures has been broken three times in England, on three successive days.