What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Rumncoke
Date: 18 Dec 12 - 03:08 PM

Here on the South coast of England it is trying to be cold, but there are still flowers in the gardens and insects about in the afternoons, my deadly mousetrap with it's month old bait of chocolate and caramel remains set and ready, but the mild weather has not sent any wee sleekit thing looking for shelter as yet.

There was a frost on the bins when I took rubbish out a week or so ago, but all the rest has been a lot of rain and a few clear days.

The Spring this year was very dry, the apple trees which were loaded to breaking last year produced a few small cracked fruits this Autumn. The fruit and leaves fell off early. The strain of drought then deluge might have been too much for them.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Dec 12 - 10:04 PM

Here in Juneau, Alaska, it is code.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ed T
Date: 17 Dec 12 - 09:27 PM

-6C last night, with wind. It's +2C now, rain tomorrow and +4C.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 17 Dec 12 - 08:38 PM

Cool to cold and drizzly!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,hg
Date: 16 Dec 12 - 08:32 PM

Wow, I started this thread eleven years ago! North Florida on the St. Marks River, where the Manatees go in winter to stay warm, is sunny, seventy degrees, witha bit of wind. Global warming, anyone??????



love, hg

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 16 Dec 12 - 08:23 PM

Hot again. Sunny and hot.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 16 Dec 12 - 05:47 PM

cold, wet, windy, dark. Typical.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 16 Dec 12 - 02:08 PM

It keeps changin, eh? Been pretty bad since yesterday. A dog don't go out in this kinda wether and neeterh d o I.

- Shane

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 15 Dec 12 - 07:32 PM

Going to be a white Chrissie, would you say?

It's 11.30am here, and already 31 deg. And I am sitting here at the computer drinking hot coffee......seemed like a good idea at the time, and I do make good coffee after all.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 15 Dec 12 - 04:06 PM

Put me longjohns on today. Gotta dig out me woolies fer tomorrow cause she's gonna be even colder wit a norwest wind. As I said on another thread, I am a fashion Nazi and nuthin makes a fashion statement better than yer heavy black wool pants and suspenders. Well, fact is, at -20WTFITS? (WTF is that s***?) I can still make a statement without my teeth chattering when I gots me woolies on, eh?

An, I seen 'iss guy goin in a parkin lot taday wit shorts an a t-shirt. I tot, buddy, yer gonna be buddled up like me in t'rty years and wishin you 'AD been taday on accounta my ar'tritus kept me up in pain alf da noight.

Amos! If I wins da loto tanight... yer property value is gonna go down.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Dec 12 - 07:46 AM

Well, JennieG... even tho the RH here at the moment is 88%, it's a dry RH. Ya don't feel it when it's sunny and -10C at 9AM.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 11 Dec 12 - 10:45 PM

Well gnu.....I don't really like extremely hot weather, but it is part and parcel of living in some parts of Oz. We moved out of Sydney (hot and humid summers) in May 2010 to a country town (hot and dry summers) and much prefer the lack of humidity here. Winters are cool and pleasant, and we don't get snow.....but an hour away, up in the hills, they do.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 10 Dec 12 - 10:39 PM

Ohhhh... it's beginning to look a lot like SHIT! About 4" of wet snow, sleet, freezing rain.

Told ya I could smell it. But, we had a wind shift and I expect it will melt. Then... anybody's guess for a while.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 10 Dec 12 - 10:25 PM

About 50-55 here today with gentle rain "inland" where I live but much heavier rain along the coast. Some may find it hard to believe that in a state as small as rhode Island we have micro-climates.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 09 Dec 12 - 06:02 PM

45.5 down under? Well, I just rearranged the garages, placed the snowblower in my garage, serviced and gassed it, gassed the generator, put brooms and small shovels and scrapers in both weehicles, put large shovels near the doors of each garage and inside my house by the back door, bungee corded one large shovel to the railing at my back door, and parked my truck with the back of the cab in line with the front of my house.

It was clear and sunny and 4C this afternoon with a 40kph NW wind that died to nare a strip o wind two hours before dark! First NW this fall when it was less than 10C. I can smell it! New moon on the 13th... any time within the next 24 to 96 hours we will have our first "winter". It won't be bad but we will see the face of Old Man Winter. Miserable old git that he can be.

Now, I could be wrong but my old man taught me well... we'll see.

Freda... 45.5C? That is insufferable! My heart sweats for you!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 08:31 PM

40? 40!!!??? I guess I LIKE being cold! Seeeweeet JAYSSUS!

Jennie.... I sweat for fer ye! That just ain't right, lass!

Ya know, I complain about the weather here but if I had to pick a spot to stay fer good, I can only think of two and I am already at one. So, I guess this is where I will die.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 07:58 PM

It's mild in RI right now--in the mid-fifties today, but we've already had snow twice, including some on Tuesday that left a white coat on everything but no snowdrifts.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 07:42 PM

High of about 80 in SW FL with a light breeze. Took out the 'yak this afternoon and got a big snook on fly and a couple of smaller ones.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 03:34 PM

We're having a heat wave, the past few days have been very hot - Saturday was 39.7 deg C, that's about 103 if you still think in old numbers. Today is forecast to be milder, only 35 deg.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 02:27 PM

67 light breeze

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 01:57 PM

Snow that's staying and now rain.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 08:21 AM

First fluffies! The little b*****ds will melt by this PM and then back to rain and plus temps for at least several days.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Oct 12 - 02:29 AM

We in Juneau Alaska are under a 'heavy wind warning' tonight until noon tomorrow. Very gusty. I was out with my little dog tonight and he was excited by it but after awhile of being blown around he decided he'd had enough and became imploring about going home. We had to duck into a couple of protected shop doorways on the way home.

It's not particularly cold - low 30s - but with the wind chill factored in it's brisk.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 20 Oct 12 - 08:41 PM

After some heavy rain yesterday and last night here in RI, today was beautiful with sunshine and temps in the very high 60s. I opened the doors and windows and let the air in.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Sep 12 - 03:33 PM

Yeah, rainin and blowin here, too... I am just up the road from you, Ed.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ed T
Date: 29 Sep 12 - 03:27 PM

Not cold here yet -warmer than normal for the season.
But, as Charlie Pride once sang "Rain dripping off the brim of my hat" today.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Sep 12 - 02:05 PM

My furnace is on. Had our first frost last week.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,hg
Date: 29 Aug 12 - 10:49 PM

A non event here, too Janey. Not sure about the coast near St Marks, St.George and Cape San Blas. Glad my roof wasn't destroyed before I can chop down some more of my beloved trees.....

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Janie
Date: 29 Aug 12 - 10:26 PM

What gnu said....

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Aug 12 - 07:28 PM

Good to hear, BWL.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 29 Aug 12 - 07:08 PM

Isaac's been pretty much a non-event here in my part of NW Fla. We've only had an inch or so of rain and there hasn't been enough wind to shake the dead limbs from the trees.

I hear there was some beach erosion and flooded roads down on the Gulf itself, but that's 50 miles south of my humble home in the woods.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Aug 12 - 03:19 PM

What's the weather in London, Terry?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Aug 12 - 01:50 PM

Small spuds to our friends down south, I know, but I sweated in a tee yesterday and i am cold in a sweatshirt today. 10C overnight. Feels like fall.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Janie
Date: 28 Aug 12 - 11:32 PM

Harpy and BWL, I know the Isaac passed well west of you, but are you high and dry enough?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: polaitaly
Date: 28 Aug 12 - 01:12 PM

"What's the weather like where you are?(Italy)"
hot
hot,hot,hot
hot, humid, and hot
mostly hot.

paola

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,hg
Date: 27 Aug 12 - 02:04 PM

Checking in again. The wind is still up and we are getting sprinkles with a lot of clouds. The air smells like mildew in the mildew capital of the south. Expecting more of the same but glad for the hot air in Tampa pushing the storm to the Mississippi where water is desperately needed.....love, harpgirl

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,hg
Date: 26 Aug 12 - 11:24 PM

Since I started this thread I thought I'd check in.....warm,sunshiny,windy,and the moon is now bright. The hot air coming out of Tampa has pushed Isaac farther away from Tallahassee and I may not have to worry about the thirty five trees within thirty feet of my house....hope everyone is well.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Aug 12 - 06:24 PM

The weather here in RI (and nearby CT, where I spent yesterday in Mystic) has been ideal for a few days. I hope all hurricanes stay away from here--or any place where people live. Stay safe!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 26 Aug 12 - 12:38 PM

Well, the most likely storm path has been being pushed gradually to the west. Currently, the bullseye is on Gulfport, Mississippi. That's 150 miles from here, and that's far enough away that I can put the Tums back in the medicine cabinet. From that far away, we'll get wind gusts in the 40 MPH range, and rain's pretty much a 100% certainty, but it looks like I won't be needing to board up the windows.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 26 Aug 12 - 11:46 AM

Yes, indeed. I hope all goes well, BWL.

Gee... blackbirds and bluejays and a full moon soon and 11C overnight to 26 day. I was gettin spoiled. It's almost 30 now (35H) so it'll be warm by supper time. I am expecting another good show by the hummingbirds in the heat and this eve.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Janie
Date: 25 Aug 12 - 08:57 PM

You have weathered more than a few of these, BWL, and are a sensible man (well, in some senses;>) Keep yer head down after you get the hatches battened down. Will be thinking of you with concern as the storm approaches, for what it may be worth.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 25 Aug 12 - 01:43 PM

NHC isn't saying it's gonna pack a punch but EC is... 155kph near landfall on Tuesday and carrying 120kph well on shore.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Aug 12 - 12:34 PM

Yes, Janie, we are getting ready for a visit from Isaac. Current "most likely storm path" prediction has the eye of the thing going over my house. But that path has been moving around a bit over the last few days, so it's way too early to know anything for certain. It's probably going to hit within 100 miles of here regardless, so we'll see some nastiness in any event. I'm hoping it goes to the east so we'll be on the less intense western side*.

We're not planning on evacuating for this one unless it's predicted to be Category 3 or above, and that's not looking to be the case. Ivan and Dennis cleared out most of the trees within striking distance of the house back in 2004 & 2005, and I figure that if the ones that are still standing didn't get knocked down then, Isaac's probably not going to do it. So I'm not much worried about getting crushed by a falling tree. But I do have plenty of gas and oil for the chainsaws just in case.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Janie
Date: 25 Aug 12 - 11:14 AM

This time of year is usually blistering hot, humid and dry here. The past two weeks have yielded plenty of rain but not too much, moderate temps, and right now it is only about 72F with highs expected only in the very low 80's.

Looks like BWL may get a hurricane early in the coming week!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 25 Aug 12 - 08:33 AM

A flock of blackbirds arrived several days ago. This AM, bluejays. Full moon soon.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 06 Jun 12 - 07:21 PM

We have had rain for all or most of the last several days, including a torrential downpour late Monday afternoon. Today the sun poked out briefly before rain resumed.

It's a good thing I keep two clean plastic trash bags in my car. Today was laundromat day, so when I took my clothes out of the dryer I put my laundry bag in one plastic bag, fill it with my clean, dry clothes, then slide the other bag down over everything to cover the opening in the inner bags. I wish it wouldn't rain on laundromat days, though.

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

Yup, Gnu, since my last post we've had about a foot of rain, solving the fire problem, and temperatures that seesaw from 55F to 90F. Currently, we're in harmony with the mother country, with New English weather of 55F and rain on and off for the past 5 days. The season is nevertheless advanced, with strawberry picking starting Saturday, about a week early. Roses are in full bloom or going by, something that usually happens for Fathers' Day (June 17). Hay crops must be ready to cut, but the farmers don't have a clear shot at 3 days of fair weather for about another week (by then it'll be 90 again, I suppose).

The freeze I worried so about apparently wasn't so bad as feared. The local orchard is celebrating it's 165th anniversary this month (in the same family) so I guess they knew where the trees should go. I do have a decent fruitset on the cherry tree, but the apple has gone biennial with only a few this year after a heavy crop last year (that got snowed on last Halloween).

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jun 12 - 02:46 PM

Even I am starting to dislike this... my furnace has been thumping for several days. Again today, 9C, rain and wind. It's crappy. But the full moon was Monday so I expect a change very soon. Of course, in a week or two, I'll be complaining about the heat.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 07:08 PM

Oh dear! Bettynh... that sounds absolutely dreadful! Seems to be the norm on the northeastern seaboard of America this year. Frightening, really. Everything seems a month early but that cold weather sneaks back in for a bit and messes things up. Good luck.

If you are really worried, you could place a lawn sprinkler near/under the tree. Of course, how many nights might you need to do that?... especially if you pay for water usage.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bettynh
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 06:31 PM

Here in southern NH we had the 80F degree weather with heavy winds and no rain for 3 weeks (and no snow melt of course), with brush fires all over. After a good rain it's now seasonal, but that means 20F tonight, and my apple tree is blooming. A heavy freeze will kill this year's apple crop, peach crop, and perhaps cherry crop. Even if everything else this season goes well, farmers around here will be in trouble. My cherry tree bloomed during the heat and drought and the petals just turned brown and hung on, never falling as they usually do. Does that mean the cherries didn't fertilize?? The tree is too big for me to harvest any but the lowest fruit, but it'll mean tough times for the catbirds this year. Lilacs are mid-bloom. I have no idea what a hard freeze will do to them.