Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Senoufou Date: 21 Feb 24 - 03:54 AM We've had so much bloomin' rain here in Norfolk that many of the roads are under inches of water. But our village has the river Wensum flowing through it, and now it's burst its banks and seriously flooded the road out of the village. Fortunately our bungalow is on a road which is never flooded. Husband found an 'escape route' via Fustyweed to get us safely out on to the main road to Fakenham, and we were daft enough to pay the excellent team of Kurdish folk at Langor Bridge to wash our car and vacuum the inside. But (of course!) on the way back, we had to pass through loads of big puddles, and now our car is mucky again. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 19 Feb 24 - 06:15 AM Temps here are 25 degrees above historic normals. Of course normals aren't normal anymore. The daffodil sprouts are 8 inches high. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 18 Feb 24 - 09:15 PM we've just had a ginormous summer lightning-&-thunderstorm. I await the Weather Bureau's 1pm Monday update to see how much rain we got in Sydney sandra 1.15pm |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 18 Feb 24 - 05:56 AM hot, sunny & humid ... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 17 Feb 24 - 06:31 PM A snow squall swept through the area today. Not that much fell, but it was a spectacular sight while it came down. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 16 Feb 24 - 07:46 PM A couple weeks ago a weather front in the morning resembled a 2,000 foot high Tsunami with white breakers at the top about to sweep over the land. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 16 Feb 24 - 04:35 PM Blow, blow, thou winter wind . . . |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 14 Feb 24 - 07:18 PM Having dodged the snowstorm, we are now below freezing and there is a bitterly cold wind blowing. It is supposed to stay this way for a while. I'll be relieved when the temperatures become more moderate and the wind dies down. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 13 Feb 24 - 01:27 PM The snowstorm stayed far enough to the south that only southernmost New England got the heavy snow. The rest of us got a mere dusting of snow. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 10 Feb 24 - 07:44 PM The storm that brought rain to Texas is poised to bring snow to the New England area in a few days. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Mrrzy Date: 07 Feb 24 - 06:53 PM Cold at n8ght but nice in the dsy, now |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 07 Feb 24 - 05:14 PM Bracing for an early thaw, some danger of flooding. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 03 Feb 24 - 08:32 PM In the southwestern New England area, they are reporting that this past month was one of the "mildest" January months on record. This in spite of two modest snowstorms. We might get some snow this month, and then again . . ? |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Jan 24 - 02:40 PM Much of January has been overcast here in North Texas. The mood follows the gloom, so today's bright warm blue sky is a welcome burst of energy. Time to start getting the garden ready for some of the crops that do well in the cooler months - potatoes, onions, and asparagus. Working in the sunshine helps health and mood even more than just seeing it through an open door. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 27 Jan 24 - 02:58 PM Why summers are getting more humid and how that can be dangerous I went to bed at midnight with a fan blowing cool air on me at 85% humidity & woke at 6 to 98% - 45 mins later it has fallen to only 95%. We're expecting a warm day of 27C (mid 80sF) tho in the past few weeks we've had days in the mid 30s, over 100F. Since time immemorial When I got home from work or whatever, I always change into a housedress - but twice this week I've dropped sodden clothes into the hamper & had a shower. By the time I go to bed in this kind of weather, I often feel like I could benefit from another one! In recent days skin cancer experts were warning people to cover up &/or keep out of the sun as record crowds flocked to beaches!! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 26 Jan 24 - 10:00 PM On Monday it was 7 and our kid slipped doing volunteer work and broke his kneecap. Today was 72 and I sprained/tore the ligaments in my fingering hand opening a window with one finger for the cat . |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 26 Jan 24 - 07:11 PM So, just in time for the rain to have thawed both snow and ice, we have a Sunday forecast for a major snowstorm. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 24 Jan 24 - 07:02 PM I've just been warned to be careful walking back to my residence; under the rain puddles on the sidewalk, there is ice. I've been advised to stay on the snow-covered grass . . . |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Helen Date: 24 Jan 24 - 05:27 PM You want warmer weather, keb? Come over to Oz for our two days of major heatwaves. LOL Newcastle NSW usually misses most of the really hot weather because we get the coastal breezes but the forecast is for two days of 40 to 41 deg Celsius (approx 104 to 106 deg Fahrenheit) today and tomorrow. Luckily a cool wind is predicted for tomorrow afternoon. This all follows a few weeks of unusually high humidity, even at night. I'm over it. Tomorrow is Invasion Day, aka Survival Day, known by the English colonisers as Australia Day. A public holiday where a huge number of people are expected to flock to the beach or other water areas and subsequently get heatstroke. Not me. I'm staying indoors with the block-out blinds drawn, sipping my strawberry flavoured, home made iced tea spritzer. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 23 Jan 24 - 07:00 PM Warming up, which is welcome news. Freezing rain and snow, not so good news. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 21 Jan 24 - 04:51 PM Storm force winds throughout the UK, with a side dish of rain that's blown so hard that it feels like hail. Curiously, despite the recent flooding of local farmland, our local reservoir looks half-empty .... only the English can manage to produce a drought in the middle of a monsoon. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 21 Jan 24 - 02:24 PM It is colder than the proverbial witch's you-know-what. Simply brutal. And the roads are treacherous with snowdrifts from the high chilly winds. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 19 Jan 24 - 02:44 PM Snowing again! Lightly, though, which is good news -- we've had enough precipitation that there is a risk of flooding, which we don't need. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: harpgirl Date: 17 Jan 24 - 11:18 PM It was 20f last night in north Florida. The wonky jet stream from global warming blasted that frigid air all the way down to us. I lost all my in ground plants but the fruit trees are dormant right now so no loss. and everything grows back here in Florida, anyway eventually. My precious plants are overnighting in my living room. So sad about gnu…. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 17 Jan 24 - 08:48 AM warm & humid, plus rain (tho not at the moment!)- it's heading towards 1 am, & we've had some heavy rainstorms this evening. Thursday's forecast sez more of the same, tho not much rain! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 17 Jan 24 - 07:39 AM Changing seasons have their own taste and aroma. Winter begins with cinnamon and grows bitter with the cold. Spring is sweet and barbecues return. Summer is tender with vegetables and fruit. Autumn smells like cider and warm freshly baked bread. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 16 Jan 24 - 06:52 PM The models that combined El Ninyo with a polar vortex were correct. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Mrrzy Date: 16 Jan 24 - 02:23 PM Snow! Finally! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 16 Jan 24 - 10:59 AM We have snow falling today. Because the temperatures are below freezing, the snow is the dry light powdery sort. it looks very pretty on the bare tree branches and trunks. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 15 Jan 24 - 07:17 AM https://www.southampton.ac.uk/seafaring-timeline/#vars!date=44328%20BC-08-06_10:50:57! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 11 Jan 24 - 08:58 AM The month-by-month temperature graphs I saw on the TV worried me more than somewhat: from May onward, 2023's temperatures were *way* higher than the previous records. It looks like we've already passed a tipping point, and the average isn't yet 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels. Does anybody have the technical drawings for an ark handy? |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 09 Jan 24 - 11:48 AM From the New York Times and probably many other sources, 2023 was officially the hottest year on record (of this modern era when such measurements are being taken.) Month after month global temperatures didn’t just break records, they surpassed them by far. This year could be even warmer. The numbers are in, and scientists can now confirm what month after month of extraordinary heat worldwide began signaling long ago. Last year was Earth’s warmest by far in a century and a half. Meanwhile, here in the neighborhood it has been very windy. The leading edge of the storm blowing across the US this week, bringing much colder temperatures by the weekend (even in the south it will be well below freezing). |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 09 Jan 24 - 11:38 AM Tonight, high winds may bring down power lines, and rain may induce flooding as the snow melts. Not boring, anyway . . . |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Steve Shaw Date: 08 Jan 24 - 06:26 PM It's stopped raining but it's turned nippy. A bit brass monkey. Positively parky. A lazy wind (goes through you instead of round you). Three minutes at a bus stop and you're dead. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 08 Jan 24 - 06:00 PM Here come some flash floods. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 08 Jan 24 - 03:04 PM Total of six inches, but now we have a high wind advisory which will contribute, I fear, to low visibility when driving. THe snow is pretty in the sunshine, though. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 07 Jan 24 - 08:38 AM Wake up, everybody . . . Southwestern New England here, and we have about four inches of snow. It's still falling, but lightly. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 06 Jan 24 - 03:57 PM THe Weather Service is getting into the act again, giving the winter storms names. THe one on the east coast is Ember, and to the west, Finn is right behind it. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Mrrzy Date: 06 Jan 24 - 02:02 PM Looking wintry, finally. Right about freezing, grey and raining. Should turn to ice, then snow. But I have no need to leave the house. I plan... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Senoufou Date: 05 Jan 24 - 04:09 AM It's grim isn't it Steve? I feel sorry for the poor farmers. Here, the fields are completely under water, and our village farmer has had to move all his cattle. There was a lovely flock of seagulls floating on his 'lake' a couple of days ago! But the weather forecast yesterday indicated there might be a fall in temperature very soon, which will bring ... SNOW! Gaaaaagh! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Steve Shaw Date: 04 Jan 24 - 06:13 PM Well, Eliza, it hasn't stopped raining here since New Year's Day, on top of all the rain we've had up to Christmas. Our lane keeps flooding and the farmer has left mud all over the place to boot. After today it's supposed to dry out a bit for a week or two. Fingers crossed! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 04 Jan 24 - 04:39 PM we have a lot of wild weather in the Land of Oz, here's one example of someone who deserved a Darwin award from the north coast, a long way from Sydney. For years now we've had campaigns with graphic photos telling drivers not to drive thru flooded areas ... |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 04 Jan 24 - 03:08 PM We anticipate the first snowstorm of the year this weekend. I hope it doesn't make a mess of the roads. People around me, however, are impatient for snow. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Senoufou Date: 04 Jan 24 - 01:52 PM Our village has been flooded by the incessant rain during the past few weeks. The river Wensum burst its banks last night, and now the only road out of the village is under about a foot of water. Our village 'chief' has raised the issue with the local Council and help may be at hand. Luckily, one can navigate the road in a car (maybe an amphibious one?). Luckily, our bungalow is up a sloping road and we have no flooding. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 02 Jan 24 - 07:16 AM I slept through a small earthquake just under 3.0 last night. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Steve Shaw Date: 02 Jan 24 - 06:00 AM The three months up to the end of 2023 have been exceptionally wet here in Cornwall. In that time I've recorded just shy of 20 inches of rainfall in my garden. The 1991-2020 average for Bude for those three months is c.12 inches. It's also been depressingly sunless and very windy. We've had just two frosts in all that time, both in November, and there's been nothing even approaching a frost in December. The new year has started in the same vein, with gales both yesterday and this morning, three-quarters of an inch yesterday and persisting down again this morning. I've just sent off for an ark construction manual. My house is on slightly elevated ground above the surrounding farmland and there's no water-course anywhere near. Highly recommended! |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 01 Jan 24 - 09:25 AM Bright sunshine for the New Year's Day. (albeit chilly) |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: Donuel Date: 30 Dec 23 - 09:53 AM The reason we have seasons is probably the result of a giant asteroid impact that tilted the Earth. Which one is not yet known but there are clues in magma that aligned with that era's magnetic field. My bet is on the one that blasted the moon into a close orbit. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: keberoxu Date: 25 Dec 23 - 10:13 AM Merry Christmas (what made me type Marry Christmas?) on this bright sunny day. |
Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are? From: JennieG Date: 21 Dec 23 - 04:58 PM And the longest daytime here! |
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