Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 15 Dec 16 - 07:49 PM Cold and windy here, and tomorrow is supposed to be worse. I would have icicles hanging from my nose and ears if the air wasn't so dry. Rain is predicted for the weekend, but so are warmer temps. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 15 Dec 16 - 03:30 AM we had a very pleasant day, more like a spring day, in summery Sydney, Australia, cool, cloudy with a spot of rain, but very high UV readings. I live on the edge of the CBD & have the advantage of harbour breezes, those who live in Sydney's western suburbs are always a few degrees higher. Here in the CBD we had 2 days around 36C (about 98F) + high humidity, temperatures fell to 30C at 6pm yesterday. Today (Thursday) was much cooler with 20 at 2.30am & 19 @ 2.30pm & no horrible humidity, yah!! Those like JennieG who live much further west in the Small Smoke get higher temperatures, with very low humidity. sandra |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 14 Dec 16 - 12:40 PM Donuel's report is on point. The weather is in a condition of conflict, as there are several systems fighting each other. Whip-sawed, I tell you, we are being whip-sawed. Tomorrow, into the subfreezing nadir for several days. Then a warm storm system on the weekend brings the temperature above freezing. Water-repellent boots, and put the dress boots someplace warm and dry. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like in DC ? From: Donuel Date: 13 Dec 16 - 04:50 PM one day until official winter. Tomorrow Wed. it will be 17F but by Sun. it will be 60F 1,142 days till election day 2020 |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 Dec 16 - 12:31 AM Yes, but possibly black ice during the morning commute! Drive carefully if you live in the affected area! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 12 Dec 16 - 05:01 PM A few more welcome days of warmth. Meaning, above freezing. Swell while it lasts. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 05 Dec 16 - 08:15 PM Here, a little morning snow changed to rain and then to sunshine. Now the sky is clear, the moon is bright, and the stars are twinkling. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 05 Dec 16 - 12:19 PM Snowing at last. Warm enough to turn to slush underfoot, everything is swimming in puddles. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 02 Dec 16 - 03:44 PM Gallus Moll, your report describes disorientation indeed! Can't tell if the seasons are coming or going. It's a little too warm for December here, as well. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 01 Dec 16 - 07:50 PM Here in Rhode Island, I wore sandals today with my jeans and flannel shirt after two days of rain. I hear that colder weather is coming. That's good, because these temperatures have unnerved me. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Rumncoke Date: 30 Nov 16 - 08:40 PM It is officially Winter on the South coast of England - I am putting on a jersey to go outside. Until now a tee shirt has been adequate. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ed T Date: 30 Nov 16 - 05:39 PM Heavy rain last night, overcast today 5C, 9 C forecast for tomorrow. Winter stay away. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 30 Nov 16 - 01:50 PM Ah, gnu, in for the long haul, you are. In my youth, especially at university, I had no love for rainy winter days, like the ones we are having this week. Now I am grateful for days that are warm enough for rain and too cold for freezing. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 30 Nov 16 - 01:39 PM Yesterday, I saw it. It started real gentle like. Small and large flakes gently wafting straight down. I knew the last forecasts were wrong. One of those, "Oh crap." moments. Well b'y, when I looked out afore I headed fer me bunk around 00:30 today, she looked like the arse end fell out of a cloud. I rose at 6:00 and walked through heavy wet snow 8+" deep and scuffed off the driveaway at Mum's back door. Lights flickered three times around 7:30 so I checked the outages... around 8000 in Moncton but we held steady. City plow didn't show up until about 9:30. That first wet snow plays hell with hydraulic hoses 'n such, eh? Don't bother me much. Booked an appointment two weeks ago and got me badass HD snow tires with studs put on yesterday. Tell me who knows da wedder, eh? I suppose it could be just the Luck o' the Irish but I'll take the credit like a' Irish would. >;-) |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 27 Nov 16 - 06:37 AM Told ya. Some rain and then 2 - 5" of snow coming this afternoon and evening and it will be all gone by mid morning tomorrow. Sadistic advertising dollar chasing bastards that don't care how many elderly people they scare. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 26 Nov 16 - 12:39 PM awww, gnu, that one SMARTS. The sun and the clouds are agreeably co-existing overhead today. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Gallus Moll Date: 25 Nov 16 - 07:20 PM Baltic here for the last few days, tho' less cold today and this evening--- however we have had blazing sunshine during the short days! Quite amazing. The nights have been 'fair drawing in' - sunrise is about 7.30/8am and chickens are all in the hutch roosting by 16.00/16.15 -- - and yet there are still flowers in bloom, green leaves, and spring bulbs appearing - very confusing! I don't mind the winter when we have a blink of sun and blue skies- - not so pleasant if there's lots of rain and lowering clouds. We seem to have less snow than in the past; being on the coast does often keep it at bay - - salty air? |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 25 Nov 16 - 06:28 PM Depression can add to electile dysfunction. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 25 Nov 16 - 06:06 PM On top of weather stuff, was that change from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. Suddenly it was dark an hour earlier at night: instant depression, if you ask me. And right next to THAT election. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 25 Nov 16 - 02:09 PM I have been getting ready for the first "big snowstorm that wasn't" of the season. Even had a big article in the trashpaper about it. The weather terrorists laced into this one full bore. Twits. I expect, at present, some light snow and then light rain. Anyway, got gas for the car and quip, got the snow clothes ready, got the shovels ready... all the necessities. I figure it'll be just a matter of weeks before we actually get a real storm so why not? After all, I am a Boy Sprout. Always Prepared. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 25 Nov 16 - 01:01 PM The Scots, I hear, call it "dreich." At least it is well above freezing. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: gnu Date: 24 Nov 16 - 10:02 PM Lot of cold hearts in Ottawa. If they sign the TPP, can foreign countries sue us if it snows? |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Charmion Date: 24 Nov 16 - 09:00 AM It's snowing in Ottawa. Again. Faugh. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 23 Nov 16 - 11:58 PM I'm hoping my son and his family won't! They live near Worcester, MA, and we are supposed to meet with other family members in Newport, RI, to celebrate. I want them to have a safe round-trip drive. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 22 Nov 16 - 08:22 PM Who's having a white Thanksgiving? Here's hoping I WON'T.... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 18 Nov 16 - 02:06 PM Hear there's a snowstorm grinding its way across the North American continent? |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 16 Nov 16 - 11:01 PM I drove through last night's rain, up 95 and 495 to the Worcester, MA, area and home again. It was not fun, but the earth must have been a lot happier than I was. It was good to see the sun today, but the earth really does need more rain. We experienced drought conditions in '77 which ended with the Blizzard of '78 in February of that year. I hope this drought ends without a blizzard or floods! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 16 Nov 16 - 11:30 AM And after yesterday's thorough soaking, puffy pale-grey clouds are moving rapidly across the sky, and an occasional hole in the clouds allows a well-scrubbed clear blue sky to peak through. Of course, now that the sun is on the verge of coming out, it will shine on trees that are mostly bare, which was not the case even one week ago. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 16 Nov 16 - 02:11 AM I'd never seen that phrase but my early high school French kicked in from a distance part of my memory & I read it. It's an excellent way of describing wet weather. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 15 Nov 16 - 06:50 PM My French teacher taught me a memorable turn of phrase: "Il pleut comme une vache qui pisse." Which is what it is doing today, pissing down rain. Certainly needed, though. There are as many leaves on the ground as there are remaining on the trees; and the drier the weather, the more the dried-up leaves contribute to dust and dander and everything. It was time for things to be safely damped down. At least it is warm enough, for some reason, not to have frost or freezes making things wintry tonight. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Elmore Date: 14 Nov 16 - 12:12 PM Dreadful here in the mountains of North Georgia. No rain for weeks and the smoke from not too distant forest fires is unhealthy and unpleasant. It's even worse in nearby North Carolina. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 13 Nov 16 - 08:19 PM Last night was the first time this season I slept with the fan on. Sunday I washed my quilt cover & packed away my 80% down quilt as I've not used it for a week. If we get a cool snap I'll bring out my thin blanket or my even thinner wool shawl. Warm & very warm days, some with humidity, tho none last night! We are heading into the normal hot humid Sydney summer, but this weekend I'll be 250km out west where nights are still cold (memo to self pack clothes for summer days & cool nights) sandra |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 Nov 16 - 07:55 PM It was lovely at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, today, too--warmer than usual at this time of year, though there was a good breeze near the river. The demonstration squad must have appreciated the weather even more than I did. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 13 Nov 16 - 02:29 PM For people in my blue state of Massachusetts -- some of us are blue in more ways than one -- today is like an unexpected gift. Although it is November and past Election Day, we are having October weather: warm, clear, and dry, with this cloudless blue sky overhead. It is possible for people who have been curled up indoors to come out today, and pretend that November hasn't even happened yet. And all that comes with November. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 31 Oct 16 - 04:43 PM The sun is back, at least. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ebbie Date: 31 Oct 16 - 02:18 AM In Juneau, Alaska today, we are forecast to have one more bright, dry day, closing October's record-breaking month. The weather in Juneau is typically cool, even nippy (we are at latitude 58) pretty much year 'round with lots of rain, right at 100 inches of it, on top of another 100 inches or so of winter time snow. These last couple of years have not been normal - last winter the ground didn't freeze to any depth. And now, just like many other places in the world, we're having record-breaking temperatures. I'm hoping for a snowy winter this year- we're far enough north - and with mountains all around - that warmth traveling to us from the south may react to the Pacific Ocean outside our door and give us snow instead of rain. Fingers crossed. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 30 Oct 16 - 03:04 PM I don't know how much farther south I am from keberoxu, but while Friday here was rainy and cold, both Saturday and Sunday were nice enough for me to walk to a local breakfast place in jeans and a flannel shirt, making them two of my favorite days of the year. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 28 Oct 16 - 02:34 PM More of the same. Yuck and yuck again. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 27 Oct 16 - 04:50 PM oooo, yuck, that's what. At least here the temps are enough above freezing that the precip is liquid. Between Albany, NY and Chicopee, MA, on the Thruway/Pike, driving speeds are reduced thanks to the falling SNOW. That cursed s-word. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 26 Oct 16 - 09:25 PM Temp's predicted to drop to freezing, but not below, tonight! But I saw and heard black-capped chickadees in the bushes outside my living room windows this afternoon. What cheerful birds, and they can spend the winter here! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 23 Oct 16 - 02:49 PM I'm afraid that wind will blow all the leaves off the trees before they finish changing colors. That's what happened last year. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 23 Oct 16 - 02:37 PM aaggh, that wind...expletives deleted.... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 22 Oct 16 - 03:40 PM Ah, that wind is back, as we all knew it would be: biting, withering, and cold. We had a nice break from it, though. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 21 Oct 16 - 08:58 PM And today,it was slightly warm and felt warmer because of humidity which eventually became rain. Normally I would go to a chantey sing in Bristol, RI, on the third Friday of warmish months, but it's held around a campfire. The planners promised if it rained we would move indoors because this is the last one until spring, but I couldn't picture myself walking through rough, wet, unlit fields to get to the historic farmhouse or back to my car. I could see lightning in the distance and I heard flash flood warnings, so I turned my car around and drove home through Providence's commuter traffic. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 20 Oct 16 - 07:49 PM Ebbie, I hope YOU get all the snow, unlike the recent winter when Massachusetts got eight feet plus! Chantey Lass, you spoke true; just arrived at the Providence airport, and it is more mild outside than the day I left. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: ChanteyLass Date: 19 Oct 16 - 08:49 PM After some seasonally cool days, we've had three days of almost-summer warmth. Gradually the cool air will return, starting tomorrow, and by the weekend things will probably be normal for this time of year. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Ebbie Date: 19 Oct 16 - 02:04 AM We had an early snowfall in Juneau, Alaska, even beating both Anchorage and Fairbanks, which are much farther north. On October 16 our little but long town got from 3 to 9 inches of the white stuff. I'm glad. I hope we have a snowy winter for a change. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 18 Oct 16 - 10:41 PM Almost time to head north and east, leaving Arizona for home. Good thing I packed summer clothes, they were needed here. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 11 Oct 16 - 10:51 PM its cold, In fact were all home with colds. So I'm definitely posting too much. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 11 Oct 16 - 08:31 PM When my flight left Providence, Rhode Island yesterday, it wasn't all that cold really; must have been in the '60s Fahrenheit. The problem was the wind. After the rainstorms moved out, the wind pushed in. The kind of wind that says, Summer is SO OVER. Dry, cold, biting, withering wind. I needed several layers, including the winter parka with the hood up, to get from my parked car to the airport terminal. This morning I wake up in Paradise Valley, part of greater Phoenix, Arizona, where they tell me it is no longer so hot as it had been all summer. Now that it is no longer summer here, they actually get through an entire day without breaking 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and the nighttime temperatures drop down to almost 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In my rental car, however, I still pack my winter parka -- to wear indoors, when the refrigerated air is especially, erm, refrigerated. Especially if I am sitting still at a computer. |
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