What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 23 Nov 22 - 10:43 AM

I can still remember a (newspaper?) picture from the days when water was so short that we had standpipes in the streets: a standpipe poking out of floodwaters. It may or may not have featured on the front page of Private Eye.

.... but at least said floodwaters were caused by rain, not Thames Water mains-pipe leakage. England at its best.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 23 Nov 22 - 04:42 AM

We've had six inches of rain in November so far. More to come, and no sign of an end to our hosepipe ban!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 23 Nov 22 - 04:15 AM

Thanks to my very kind sister who sent me the money, I ordered heating oil and it arrived this morning. There was a frost on Monday, so I need to keep the pipes in the loft from freezing, and the house is nice and cosy now.
I feel so sorry for people who can't afford to heat their homes. And the Winter Fuel Payment of £500 still hasn't arrived. The Government letter said 'If it hasn't arrived by January, contact us'. January?? Silly fools. I bet they're all sitting around in their cosy mansions drinking champagne!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Nov 22 - 06:31 PM

Coldest day/night yet in this oncoming autumn/winter in the Northern Hemisphere. And a biting wind.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Nov 22 - 09:40 AM

I have been in serious blizzards in Buffalo. Its an all hands on deck scenario.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Nov 22 - 09:31 AM

I believe the meteorologists call it "thundersnow", Donuel,
and on the Weather Channel they rejoice in it.
We civilians, not so much.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Nov 22 - 08:58 AM

The NYS Thruway is closed as 4 feet of snow is in Buffalo headed for Toronto. Drifting makes it 6 feet deep. There is no mention of biblical snow but it is one hell of a storm with lightning shattering the silence.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 16 Nov 22 - 12:02 PM

What we do best in Blighty. Biblical rainfall in the middle of a hosepipe ban.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Nov 22 - 10:55 AM

Our first snow, which quickly changed to rain
-- NOT freezing rain, thank goodness.
It's the wet slushy stuff, but it's white enough to be called snow.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 13 Nov 22 - 01:38 PM

Another sunshiny day with 17.5°C on my (reasonably accurate) thermometer. We were out on the Bromptons again. The weather is exceptional, even making the news. By now, we could expect 10° and chilly nights, but we're getting mid-May (but without the long days) instead and there's no frost in sight. All my summer bedding is still in full bloom. It'll certainly make this winter seem shorter, but there is, of course, a worry behind it all.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Nov 22 - 12:25 PM

The sun has got his hat on,
hip hip hip hooray,
the sun has got his hat on
And he's coming out today.

Sun is right in my eyes, through the window, as I type this.

This is something to celebrate
after two days and two nights of
the remnants of Nicole, with pouring rain and lowering clouds.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 12 Nov 22 - 08:26 PM

We are having an exceptionally mild autumn. Best of both worlds today as it had dried up and the sun peeped out. We had 18°C yesterday and 17° today, both exceptional. Mrs Steve and I took our folding electric Bromptons for a spin along the Tarka Trail in north Devon, setting off from East The Water, and we had lunch, sitting outside, at the wonderful Fremington Quay café, which has stunning views across the Taw/Torridge estuary to Braunton Burrows and Baggy Point. It was a lovely day out, the low light was gorgeous and we felt exhilarated enough to go home and scoff spag bol from on our laps as we watched Strictly. One of the days of the year, and at the end for me of yet another spell of ill-health with cellulitis, which, for once, I'd managed to shake off in under a week, thanks to my doc's rapid intervention. And it would have been my mum's 94th birthday today so we raised a glass to her. Not, unfortunately, with her favourite tipple, which was Baileys. On that alone, she and I could not agree!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Nov 22 - 06:22 PM

The past thirty-six hours have run the gamut.
Last night was uncommonly warm and muggy, thanks to
the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole migrating north.
Today started out warm and cloudy;
the temperature has plummeted during the day,
and the next few nights promise very cold temperatures.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Oct 22 - 06:21 PM

Uncommonly warm and humid --
dangerous, if you are trying to avoid getting overheated and thus being
vulnerable to chills.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Oct 22 - 11:17 AM

Rain, which will bring down many of the autumn leaves still on the trees.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 23 Oct 22 - 05:25 AM

We rarely get the heavy downpours (nor the cheaper hail-damaged cars) of Sydney but grey and overcast here in Manchester, England, for the next few days - the great indoors (although my late auntie told me that in her younger days she and her friend would often head-out to walk in the rain).

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Oct 22 - 11:21 PM

here in the Land of Oz, we're heading into summer & we've had lots more wet weather this year. Some areas are facing their 3rd floods this year.

Strong Antarctic polar vortex adds to south-east Australian rainfall and flood risk, BOM says

shift in the wind direction across Sydney is behind the city's record wet year

Bureau of Meteorology flags potential low off east coast as rain and storms continue

too much info!

Rain is forecast for greater Sydney every day this week.

My little bit of Sydney, near the CBD & the harbour is not in danger of flooding, but I always carry my raincoat.

sandra

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Oct 22 - 08:47 PM

Good to hear from Mooh!

Expecting rain next few days.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Mooh
Date: 18 Oct 22 - 06:18 AM

+6C, showers, 50km wind

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Oct 22 - 08:49 AM

Fog: not pea-soup fog, but fog for all that.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Oct 22 - 04:28 AM

Rain, rain, and more rain.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Oct 22 - 06:59 AM

No more Indian Summer, St. Martin's Summer,
or whatever name you call it --
it's autumn, plain and simple,
with frosty nights now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 29 Sep 22 - 08:00 AM

Sadly, the storm jogged slightly to the south of the projected cone and hit gillymor's area directly, trapping many in a storm surge flood at high tide.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gillymor
Date: 26 Sep 22 - 08:30 AM

We're a little bit south of the NOAA warning cone at this time but as we learned with Irma these things can change suddenly. At the very least we'll likely get some heavy rains and wind.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Sep 22 - 07:37 AM

Fresh water

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Sep 22 - 07:07 AM

Gillynor is going to get very wet in 48 hours from Hurrican Ian.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Sep 22 - 12:04 PM

I set the thermostat to 69F. 25.5 C.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Sep 22 - 11:51 AM

I'll be shocked if we get any more warm weather.
Sunny, yes, but not warm.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 24 Sep 22 - 10:34 AM

Our house and garden are on raised ground a good few feet above the surrounding farmland and there are no watercourses nearby. The two entrances to the house both have several steps up before you get inside. They had good sense 130 years ago! We simply can't flood whatever happens. Also, we're 120 feet above sea level with the sea less than half a mile away, so we're safe from even the worst tsunamis too!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Sep 22 - 07:44 AM

Ready or not, autumn is here,
and the maples are turning golden and red.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 22 Sep 22 - 12:18 AM

More heavy rain last night, more floods......

Having grown up in this town and knowing about its propensity for the occasional flood before moving back after many years away, there is a reason we bought a house on a hill. If our house ever goes under, the rest of Oz is in deep shi.....trouble.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Sep 22 - 06:49 PM

Thunderstorms and raining "comme une vache qui pisse."

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Sep 22 - 09:53 AM

The last 90 F day for many a moon.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Sep 22 - 07:05 AM

Forecast to be the last Indian-summery day of the season,
the temperatures are all downhill from here.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Sep 22 - 07:35 AM

Hazy and cool. More and more the weather reports are blaming the haze on the fires out west.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 16 Sep 22 - 02:30 AM

Yesterday I felt rather tired, so I told myself that today I'd be a good girl and mow both lawns (which have shot up due to recent rain.) As my lawnmower is an electric one, the ground has to be dry for me to do it safely.
But during last night I awoke to hear heavy rain and this morning the ground is sodden. "Oh dear, what a shame, never mind!" I shall just have to potter around indoors, then sit on The Bench if the rain stays away and watch the grass growing yet more.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 16 Sep 22 - 12:58 AM

It's flooding! The river which flows through the centre of town is well up, two of the three crossings are cut. The region had a heap ton of heavy rain last night, and there is still more to come downstream.

Apart from that, it's a nice sunny spring day.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Sep 22 - 02:33 PM

Autumnal. Nice enough with the sun shining at the moment,
but directly the sun goes down, the night will be a chilly one.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Sep 22 - 07:04 PM

Yes, we had us a thunder-filled downpour,
and there will be more rain tonight.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Sep 22 - 01:27 PM

Damp all day, but there was sunshine in the first part of the day.
Now the thunderclouds are overhead,
and we are in for thunderstorms any minute now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Sep 22 - 11:59 AM

Its time to report record state temperatures.
Exxon loves this href="https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/weather/record-lowest-temperatures-by-state">https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/weather/record-lowest-temperatures-by-state

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 08:33 PM

It's the hottest today that I can remember in the 20 years I have lived in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California - 111 degrees Fahrenheit, about 44 degrees Celsius.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 07:51 PM

I hope that people who say we need the rain are satisfied,
as the rain just does not let up over here.
Nights are cool. Now if the house where I stay only had heat . . .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 06:50 AM

3 years ago I saw my first and only vertical rainbow. The foot of the column of color as where we were. I haven't seen one of these.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 02:13 AM

At around 2am last night I was awakened by the sound of absolutely torrential rain. It was bucketing down, terrific noise. We've had such a long drought, and I was worried that the concrete-hard earth wouldn't be able to absorb the deluge, and we'd have flooding.
I got up as usual at 5am for my morning cup of tea, and had a look outside. No floods thank goodness,and the water has filtered down nicely. I bet the river Wensum has risen. This sometimes floods the road out of this village. Hope not! But many of the village children have purchased paddle-boards recently, and they may come in useful now!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Sep 22 - 08:25 AM

Rain, rain, and more rain.
Holiday plans may suffer for many people (Labor Day),
but everybody says we really need the rain now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: pattyClink
Date: 02 Sep 22 - 07:09 PM

Splendid. I can strongly recommend Labor Day week on the shores of Lake Superior. It can get a bit windy, but, this week, simply splendid.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 Sep 22 - 05:17 PM

Dry, if nothing else -- dry and windy.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Sep 22 - 07:11 PM

Days are still warm in this part of the Northern Hemisphere,
but the nights are cool to downright cold now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Sep 22 - 11:24 AM

After a summer from hell it has finally cooled into the 90-degree-range (yes, that is cooler). And rain - we've had it off and on for the last week and a half. It's very welcome, though a lot more is needed to address the ongoing drought in these parts.