What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 17 Mar 23 - 08:40 AM

No more blowing or falling snow,
we will be digging out for some time --
some areas of western Massachusetts got more than two feet of snow this week.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Mar 23 - 08:35 AM

My part of western Massachusetts has over twelve inches of snow on the ground now,
and we are all digging out from under.
At least the snow has stopped falling,
although there is a wind causing snowdrifts.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Mar 23 - 07:46 AM

I wonder how the California floods will affect their fire season.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Mar 23 - 07:35 AM

Frank Zappa, of 'My dick is a monster' fame?
Alphonso's famous pancakes?
Frank Zappa is still ahead our time.

Over here a yellow snow alert would turn into a 10 minute diversion of the news.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Mar 23 - 10:29 AM

Shades of dear old Frank Zappa:

Watch out where the huskies go, and . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 12 Mar 23 - 09:26 AM

In the last week or two (during a recent Catnap), I was delighted to hear my favourite weather forecast: a yellow snow warning. The forecasters on the telly were most careful to step around it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 12 Mar 23 - 08:29 AM

The climate change snow in Californis is a disaster

All the land is soaked (all the land is soaked)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in D.C.. (if I was in D.C.)
California's screamin' (California's screamin')
On such a winter's day
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher has lost his faith (preacher has lost his faith)
He knows were gonna go (knows were gonna go)
California's scream' (California's screamin')
On such a winter's day
All the hills are snow (all the hills are snow)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
If I only told her (if I only told her)
We can't leave today (We can't leave today)
Global Warming's changin' (Global warming's changin')
On such a winter's day (Climate change is winning')
On such a winter's day (Climate change is here')
On such a winter's day

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Mar 23 - 09:19 AM

The sun is out, which helps no end.
About half a foot of snow everywhere. Blinding to look at.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Mar 23 - 03:57 PM

That was a lot of fuss over nothing much --
about four inches of slush, easily treated.
Here they were saying we could expect a foot of snow . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 Mar 23 - 05:35 PM

More snow in the forecast, and darn it all,
we don't need any MORE snow.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: leeneia
Date: 02 Mar 23 - 12:34 PM

When an ice storm is predicted, I spray my car windows with Windex (or similar) so the ice can't stick as well. And once the ice is off, the windows are sparkly clean.

I would tell you how wonderful this winter has been in Missouri, how the tulips are coming up and the birds are singing, but you'd hate me.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 23 - 02:37 PM

The first daffodil bloomed today. I'm not used to a snowless winter.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Feb 23 - 08:56 AM

Last night brought about two inches of
the worst kind of snow there is,
the kind that is half-frozen, heavy with ice.
Just finished scraping it off of my parked car.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: pattyClink
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 06:43 PM

I did stay parked and inside all day. But after 2 electrical things failed to work, ventured outside to discover my heavy 30-amp power cord had been blown out of its receptacle. Yikes!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 03:12 PM

Yes, pattyClink,
February is definitely a peak month
for tumbleweeds in New Mexico. I remember it well.
Especially when you are driving down the freeway
and the tumbleweeds collide with your moving vehicle . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: pattyClink
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 02:31 PM

Violent winds near Albuquerque all day, gusting to 80 mph. Watching hundreds of bushes turned to tumbleweeds, flying by my windows.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 12:56 PM

Its 80 F here on Thursday.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 12:12 PM

Our reservoirs in Devon and Cornwall are at 65% of their capacities, and at least one major reservoir is at just over 40%. That's almost unprecedented in modern times (we've increased capacity considerably since the severe drought years of 1975-76). This time last year we were at 88%. Winter is when our water storage is replenished, but this year the replenishment is faltering severely. In typical years, spring is our driest season.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 11:35 AM

We've had just half an inch of rain in February so far, and it looks like that will be it for the month as yet another high pressure builds in. We had just a third of an inch in the second half of January. In more normal times we'd expect about six times as much rain as we've had since mid-Jan. The south-west of England (where I am) and East Anglia are still officially in drought, and there are are fears of big trouble if we have a summer like we had last year. We still have a hosepipe ban in Cornwall that started last August, the first in 27 years (and the last one was short-lived).

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Feb 23 - 11:13 AM

Could be a winter storm.
May have to miss chorus rehearsal.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Feb 23 - 10:05 AM

The weather can't make up its mind, hereabouts.
It may snow before the week is out,
but now it is warm enough for rain instead of snow.
This even though we're in the Northern Hemisphere
and should be a solidly winter month.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Feb 23 - 06:17 PM

I tell you,
somebody is softening us up on purpose
with this warm weather so as to
jolt us with more winter weather before it's all over . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Feb 23 - 06:28 PM

Too warm for winter, again.
A premature "mud season."

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 07 Feb 23 - 12:36 AM

It's a bit warmish....daytime temps reaching the mid 30s C (I don't know what that is for those of you who still think in old money, you would have to look it up) but nothing we can't handle. Until Christmas the weather was fairly mild, but I'm not complaining about a late start to summer's heat for once.

Storms forecast for the next day or two or three, par for the course for this time of year. Our storm season runs from October to April.

Rain is not bad, providing there is not a surfeit. Storms - not so much so, as they cause damage.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Feb 23 - 10:05 AM

30°C is 86°F, Sandra (damn nitpicker I am!)

We're having the first typical Brit winter for many years. A bit of this, a bit of that, sometimes wet, sometimes dry, sometimes warm, sometimes cold, and a lot more night frosts than we've had for years. It's very nice and sunny just now with 10°C and frosty nights. We went for a stroll by the sea and we could feel the warmth of the strengthening sun for the first time this year. The vitamin D will have to all come from food for another month.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Feb 23 - 07:54 PM

Thats weird Sandra
I figured with global warming I wouldn't need snow tires this winter. I was right.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Feb 23 - 12:55 PM

Well, we have got above freezing, and I hope we stay there for a while.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Feb 23 - 06:33 PM

I don't know how cold it really is,
but it's TOO cold. (Southern New England)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Jan 23 - 05:06 PM

we've has some really hot & humid days (typical Sydney summer) with rain (typical Sydney summer) in the past few weeks.

During several nasty days I was reading 2 books - both mysteries - one set in Hawaii in 1890s in hot/humid times - US visitor hated it & could barely cope, the other in Italy, August 1960s, when the local detective had to battle similar weather.

I was hoping my next read would be set in winter while I struggled thru hot humid days & nights - tho with an electric fan blowing cool air on me at home, & scurrying between air conditioned trains, buses & buildings, & other air conditioned trains, buses & buildings I was much better off than those fictional characters. I hate humid weather as much as they did!

Sydney has longest spell of days below 30C in 140 years (11 January)
Sydney averages 15 days above 30C per year. The run of sub-30C days is set to continue into mid-January      (& it did)
As most of southern Australia sweats under a prolonged heatwave, Sydney is on the verge of recording its longest spell of days below 30 degrees Celsius in 140 years.
While the weather has definitely at least resembled a version of summer since the pre-Christmas record cold spell, Tuesday's maximum of 26.6 degrees at Observatory Hill marked the 323rd consecutive day under 30C, already the longest stretch in three decades.

The article refers to the offical Sydney CBD weather station on the Harbour, as always Sydney's western suburbs had many days of temperatures over 30. (30C = 84F)

sandra (in sunny Sydney, 9am on Wed 1st February, 22C = 72, forecast for 27 = 81)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 29 Jan 23 - 11:19 PM

Last week the blower was in use to move the rays of sunshine off of the dry pavement. This week the rain is making all of that sunshine rather sodden. #Silliness

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 04:50 PM

3"- 6" - near enough ...

I've got a 1961 shilling, Australian of course, it sits with a few foreign coins I was given in change over the years. Dunno where the shilling came from. It has a Merino ram's head on it cos Australia rode on the sheep's back from 1871 to the 1960s. I wonder if the change to decimal currency in 1966 had anything to do with that!

But I don't have a meter to put it in.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 26 Jan 23 - 09:03 AM

> metres (6" longer than yards)

A metre is 39.37 inches, which is a yard plus 10% VAT. A meter is what you put your shilling in.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 25 Jan 23 - 08:36 PM

Well, it's going to be a hot one. Forecast temp here is for 38 deg C (that's about 100 deg for those of you who still think in old money) so, Australia Day or not, we are staying home and staying inside.

There may be a storm later, after the heat builds up. Some rain would be useful.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Jan 23 - 04:31 PM

Sleet.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Jan 23 - 06:32 PM

Here we have a good six inches of snow on the ground,
with snow and ice predicted tomorrow.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 22 Jan 23 - 08:00 PM

Don't complain too much, Sandra (I know you don't...). When it gets like that here it can stay muddy and miserable for weeks, even in summer. In 2006 I was in Perth, WA, and the weather was generally pretty good. But one day we has a good old Cornish wet and windy blow, with a temperature of 13°C. Misery! The very next day the sun blazed out dawn to dusk and the temperature reached 36°C, and by midday there wasn't a puddle in sight. We absolutely never get that here...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Jan 23 - 07:50 PM

typical summer - hot or rather warm days, rainy days, humid days, hot or cooler nights ...

I've never been as wet as I was yesterday - heavy rain & wind as I walked several hundred metres (6" longer than yards) from the bus stop to the Folk Festival pulling my trolley. My Akubra normally shelters my glasses & keeps my face dry - it mainly did, but the rain leaked thru & my forehead & hair were wet! My rain jacket stops above my knees & my mauve Indian hippy dress was soaked, it was obvious I was wearing a black petticoat (also soaked) & of course my sandals were wet & muddy .... quack, quack, squelch, squelch.

Naturally the showground was muddy but the music was wonderful & conversations with friends were fantastic.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Jan 23 - 06:28 PM

Cold and dark.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jan 23 - 07:28 PM

Earlier than what?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Jan 23 - 07:22 PM

To put an unnecessary fine point on it, The plum trees here have bloomed exactly 15 days early and were never said to have been fooled.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jan 23 - 11:33 AM

There are many different varieties of flowering Prunus trees and they flower at different times, quite a few in mid- to late winter. They're not easy to fool.

The jet stream is having a meridional winter, so it's blowing alternately warm and cold here. When it's mild it's wet. At the moment we have a northerly burst, but it probably won't last. We have a lazy wind (it goes straight through you instead of going round you).

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Jan 23 - 06:28 AM

Plum trees and forsythia are blooming in DC. Its been 40's to 60's this winter. Only a few cherry trees have been fooled by the warmth.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Jan 23 - 06:55 PM

And after another warm spell,
another plunge into the deep freeze.
In the dark of winter, up here in the North.
I just long to see a little more light, cold or no cold.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Jan 23 - 06:54 PM

The weather is usually better when the sun comes out.
There are exceptions, usually involving hot weather.
But where I am right now, it's freezing cold.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Jan 23 - 10:36 PM

California is facing the worst floods in 50 years. The landslides continue.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 05 Jan 23 - 06:29 PM

our hot summer has become a cooler rainy summer, at last for the next few days! I normally sleep under the sheet with the fan on but didn't need it the last 2 nights, & even needed go into th cupboard to find my thinnest blanket = a fine woollen shawl.

Rain has stopped & I need to go out shopping soon, so will take my raincoat.

Rain has started again, I'll wear my raincoat ...

today's forecast is 25C (80F)

sandra in (cooler wetter) Sydney

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 05 Jan 23 - 05:14 PM

We've had the warmest year on record in the UK, going back to when reliable records began in 1884. A two-week cold snap in December failed to spoil the party. The ten warmest years have all occurred since 2002.

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

Bless Californians with luck. A storm will release and great landslide in a couple of days.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Jan 23 - 09:54 AM

Likewise,
southern New England, in North America,
is having record-breaking warmth today,
along with mist, fog, and some rain.
That means "mud season" here.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Jan 23 - 07:23 PM

There's been what's been described as an extreme weather event in central and southern Europe. Over the two or three days of the New Year, temperature records for heat have been smashed at hundreds of weather stations. Many Central European countries that we normally regard as frozen wastes in January have been pushing 20°C, and one station in northern Spain has recorded 25°. In their own wintry way, these figures are just as spectacular as the unprecedented extremes of last summer.