Your current weather?

[Atraveller]

I thought it'd be "Just Another Day In Paradise". I was sure that was a Jimmy Buffet song that mum used to play all the time, but my searches all come up with Bertie Higgins or Jimmy Vasson.

Did Jimmy do a version of that?

I don't think that Jimmy ever covered that one - but I could be wrong.... Of course I almost forgot "Margaritaville" and "Why don't we get drunk and..." but we digress...

:lol:

[Argos]

We're in for a record-setting week, as a cold spell of historic proportions engulfs South America. Some models predict massive snowfall in Paraguay [at low lying areas] and 5 C in the Amazon! :surprised

Temps and pressure falling right now.

If you´re into exotic meteorology: http://www.metsul.com/blog/

[Trebuchet]

About 65F/18C, partly cloudy, light breeze. In other words, absolutely perfect!

[Atraveller]

Can feel spring in the air - the days are getting longer, and the temperature is 24 C today.

[today]

today is cloudly

[jrkeller]

A surprizing Summer day in Houston - Hot and Humid

[danscope]

Hi,
We recieved some heavy duty rain today. Needed this. Good drink for everyone.

Dan

[mugaliens]

Hi,
We recieved some heavy duty rain today. Needed this. Good drink for everyone.

Dan

You drink rainwater? Directly? Blech! :)

Painfully boring, here. 75 deg F and partly cloudy.

[Atraveller]

today is cloudly

Hi Today - Welcome

Now I have to ask - are you talking about the weather?

Another lovely spring day here in paradise. 22C and bright blue sky...

[HenrikOlsen]

Today was sunny, apart from the bit where it rained.
Managed to get a sun burn from too much gardening, but also filled 4 bags with weeds.

[danscope]

MUGGY ! ! ! Humidity 79% Dew Point 77 degrees . Anyone have a schnorkel ?

Dan

[HenrikOlsen]

After a near record cold winter we had a near record hot first half of Juli, 4C(7F) above seasonal average.

[Dgennero]

Predictable: Humid, highs in the 90s, 9am shower, breezy, 2am shower.
Occasional flooding.

[Parrothead]

Still nice and toasty. We've had a couple of weeks of temps in the low 30's C, humidex hitting the low 40's C multiple times.

Cheers!

[Salty]

Local time 1758
GMT time 0058
Weather report time 1753 Local and 0053 GMT
Temperature 990F (370C)
Skies Scattered clouds
Humidity 30%
Wind speed Direction variable at 3 mph (4.8 kph)
Barometer 29.92" (1012.1 mb)
Dewpoint 620F (170C)
Heat Index 1000F (380C)
Visibility 10 miles (16 kilometers)

Metric values given as a courtesy to fanatics for the metric system

[HenrikOlsen]

Metric values given as a courtesy to fanatics for the metric system
Such as basically anyone not merkin? :)

[Salty]

Location Latitude 32.83 Longitude -97.35 altitude 687 feet (247.6meters)
(Fort Worth, Texas, USofA, Morningside Edition)
Time 0753 CDT (1253 GMT) this date
Skies Fair
Temperature 770F (250C)
Humidity 77%
Wind speed Direction South 3 mph (4.8 kph)
Barometer 29.97" (1013.8 mb)
Dewpoint 690F (210C)
Heat Index 790F (260C)
Visibility 10 miles (16 kilometers)

[Atraveller]

Location Latitude -30.10 Longitude 153.03 altitude 15 Meters
Brisvegas, Paradise
Time 17:13 EST (07:13 GMT) this date
Skies Overcast
Temperature 180C (640F)
Humidity 48%
Wind speed Direction North Eaast 13 kph (8 mph)

(Imperial measurments given for fans of a 17th century prussian who based a scale on the temperature of his wifes arm pit.)

[Buttercup]

It's hot here. At 4:00 a.m. we've already got the cooler on. Chances of rain later today! Last evening some beautiful thunderheads to the NW; lovely lightning display. No rain from that however.

[AndreasJ]

Warm (26°C) and clammy. I find myself hoping for rain.

[Atraveller]

Not my Weather - but it looks pretty ugly for you people being affected by the oil spill:

Tropical Storm Bonnie (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/024215.shtml?tswind120?large#contents)

Looks like any surface oil will be blown inland.

[Fazor]

"Heat advisory" for today. By 8:30am it was already at about 85 degrees (what, about 29C?) and relative humidity is already at 75%. Only good thing about being at work; I work indoors and we have a/c here (we don't have it at home).

But I can't complain too much, as I'd take this over our winter weather any day.

[danscope]

Hot again. 93 degrees, humidity 64% , dewpoint 74 degrees. Wind.... calm . Persperation... high. :)

[Buttercup]

Temp probably 95 F, humidity 30%. Big sooty-gray/blackish storm clouds across most of the central sky, extending from east to west. We've had a sprinkle (big drops not yet evaporated from atop my car). Thunder rumbling now. Hopefully we're in for a good 15-minute rain. But here the weather, particularly as precipitation goes, can be very unpredictable...even if the sky looks promising.

[Atraveller]

Temp probably 95 F, humidity 30%. Big sooty-gray/blackish storm clouds across most of the central sky, extending from east to west. We've had a sprinkle (big drops not yet evaporated from atop my car). Thunder rumbling now. Hopefully we're in for a good 15-minute rain. But here the weather, particularly as precipitation goes, can be very unpredictable...even if the sky looks promising.

Watch out for those tornadoes - they will rip your petals off...

pretty cool winter day here in Paradise. High temps of 20 C (68 F) lows are getting down to 13 C (50ish F?)

[Frog march]

I look out my window; what do I see; there's a crack in the sky and a hand reaching down for me....

[Atraveller]

Warm winter rain in Paradise...

warm winter rain (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/winter-warmer-mercury-rises-as-rain-sets-in-20100728-10uqn.html)

[Buttercup]

Lots and lots of tall dark billowing stormclouds extending from northeast to southeast. Intermittent rumbles of thunder. The sky to the west is filled with large white puffy clouds as well (might form into stormclouds later?). Beautiful! I hope we get a nice sprinkle at least. Weather in the desert is never a "sure thing."

[forrest noble]

Coldest July in recorded history in Southern California


Unusually cold temperatures in Southern California continued, with Los Angeles International Airport setting a record low on Friday.
LAX got to only 67 degrees, breaking a record set in 1926, according to the National Weather Service.

Considering the expression "in like a lion out like a lamb," hopefully the opposite for this summer will not be true here, i.e. in like a lamb out like a lion.

[Atraveller]

FOG!!!

Another warm winter day. It is supposed to hit 25 C, and hopefully burn off the fog. (You have to love winter in Paradise.)

[closetgeek]

Predictable: Humid, highs in the 90s, 9am shower, breezy, 2am shower.
Occasional flooding.

You are actually getting rain? It sure gets hot enough for those afternoon boomers but so far it's been a pretty disappointing summer. I mowed my boyfriend's lawn today; lost my weight in sweat and there was a perpetual cloud of dust surrounding me, coming up from his scortched lawn. We've had a few light sprinkles but no significant rain in weeks :(.

[Fazor]

You are actually getting rain? It sure gets hot enough for those afternoon boomers but so far it's been a pretty disappointing summer. I mowed my boyfriend's lawn today; lost my weight in sweat and there was a perpetual cloud of dust surrounding me, coming up from his scortched lawn. We've had a few light sprinkles but no significant rain in weeks :(.

Been about the same here. Sky got good and dark today; I was excited for the storm that was apparently rolling through. Then the clouds split and passed to the north, and to the south. Not even a single drop of rain where I am. Oh well.

[Argos]

Not my weather, but I´m shocked by someone else´s weather, as the 90F isotherm crosses the Arctic circle in Russia. Wow! :surprised

[megrfl]

We've had a few light sprinkles but no significant rain in weeks :(.

Yep! :( We got nothing from the "tropical storm" that came through last Friday.

[geonuc]

Yep! :( We got nothing from the "tropical storm" that came through last Friday.

Not sure where the 'Treasure Coast' of Florida is where you are, but I drove down to Crystal River this week and encountered some pretty spectacular and menacing thunderclouds towards the late afternoon. Before driving through the system, the car's outside temperature gauge read high 90's (F) and it dropped to high 70's in a matter of twenty minutes.

Low 100's driving back. :p

[geonuc]

Not my weather, but I´m shocked by someone else´s weather, as the 90F isotherm crosses the Arctic circle in Russia. Wow! :surprised

As you say - Wow.

[megrfl]

Not sure where the 'Treasure Coast' of Florida is where you are,
The Treasure Coast runs from Sebastian to Hobe Sound on the East coast of Florida.


but I drove down to Crystal River this week and encountered some pretty spectacular and menacing thunderclouds towards the late afternoon

Two weeks ago and before heading our way, my in-laws traveled from Tennessee to Crystal River for a family reunion. I know it's north of St. Petersbug, but I haven't been there. I asked them how they liked the area, knowing that my father-in-law stated he wouldn't give a dime for the whole state of Florida, I wasn't expecting a positive review and of course it wasn't. So, how do you like Crystal River? :)

We just traveled to High Springs, Fl. this past weekend, it's just north of Gainesville on I-75. We encountered rain the whole way up and even had torrential rainfall at the campsite and while tubing. Fun. For some reason our area has been hit or miss. We are well below our July average for rainfall. :(

[jrkeller]

Sunny with blue sky. This is probably the first time in a month that it hasn't been mostly overcast or raining. We have about 15 inches of rain this month

[geonuc]

Crystal River is ok, I guess. I was on a business trip at the local neighborhood nucular power plant and didn't have time to look around. The place could use some decent restaurants.

[Buttercup]

We've just had one of our famous "clouds build/part of sky darkens/thunders ominously for an hour" storms which ... produced a rainfall of only 10 minutes' duration. :rolleyes: But that's okay, because my husband's nephew has dropped by to have help fixing his truck.

[megrfl]

Crystal River is ok, I guess. I was on a business trip at the local neighborhood nucular power plant and didn't have time to look around. The place could use some decent restaurants.

Oh. I thought maybe it was one of your families favorite vacation destinations. I was hoping I could rebut my father-in-law with something like the Geonuc's go there every summer and they...

It's good to know it has a nuclear power plant.
:)

[geonuc]

We've just had one of our famous "clouds build/part of sky darkens/thunders ominously for an hour" storms which ... produced a rainfall of only 10 minutes' duration. :rolleyes: But that's okay, because my husband's nephew has dropped by to have help fixing his truck.

We get those a lot during the summers we're not in a drought - the rainfall cab be short but fierce.


Oh. I thought maybe it was one of your families favorite vacation destinations. I was hoping I could rebut my father-in-law with something like the Geonuc's go there every summer and they...

It's good to know it has a nuclear power plant.
:)

Heh. Well, in keeping with the thread topic, I'd say the area is probably best visited for a vacation in other months when it's not so hot and muggy.

[Whirlpool]

weather over here .....

rain - sunny - rain - rain- sunny and more rain ...............

and there will be more rain in the next 2 months ......

[danscope]

Ah.... Life is good. 74 degrees , a light wind , fair weather clouds . A fine afternoon for golf. Shot 39 with a couple of lip-outs. :)
We could use some rain. T-storms tommorrow and thursday.

[Spoons]

Another lovely day here - topping out at about 23 degrees C. It got to 24 yesterday. Expecting a few days of sporadic light rains coming up, then beautiful weather for the weekend again.

Freezing cold at nights though - down to around 5C, and the housemates crank up the heating, which I can't sleep in, so I have to crack the window and be cold overnight instead - at least I can rug up for that.

Nice work, danscope - that's a golfin'!

[danscope]

Thank you, Spoons. It was fun.
Dan

[Atraveller]

Another lovely day here - topping out at about 23 degrees C. It got to 24 yesterday. Expecting a few days of sporadic light rains coming up, then beautiful weather for the weekend again.

Freezing cold at nights though - down to around 5C, and the housemates crank up the heating, which I can't sleep in, so I have to crack the window and be cold overnight instead - at least I can rug up for that.

Nice work, danscope - that's a golfin'!

Hey Spoons, not to be pedantic but, "freezing cold" by definition means the temperature is 0 C or colder...:lol:

We got up to 27 C on the weekend - I didn't shoot anywhere near a 39, but I had a great round on saturday.

[Spoons]

Hey Spoons, not to be pedantic but, "freezing cold" by definition means the temperature is 0 C or colder...:lol:

We got up to 27 C on the weekend - I didn't shoot anywhere near a 39, but I had a great round on saturday.

Not to point out the obvious, but you are being pedantic. :lol:

Yes, but I didn't say what's freezing. How do you know I don't have an exciting collection of benzene?

Anyway, sounds like nice weather over that side of Happyland.

[Atraveller]

Not to point out the obvious, but you are being pedantic. :lol:

Yes, but I didn't say what's freezing. How do you know I don't have an exciting collection of benzene?

Anyway, sounds like nice weather over that side of Happyland.

Ah.... Yes - okay - you are swimming around in benzene? I had never thought that might be the case (seems obvious now you have pointed it out... and I thought the mining pollution was bad in Queensland.)

And yes, the right side of paradise rock has been nice - spring is coming. The roo's are jumping. Can't wait for the blooming jacarandas (the best time of the year here.)

[Spoons]

Can't wait for the blooming jacarandas (the best time of the year here.)

Hey, hey, no need to get over-excited. Blooming heck! ;)

Oh, you really mean blooming, like, botanical blooming. Yes, that is a lovely time! Spring in this country is a great time and place.

[Trebuchet]

Summer in the Great Northwet. Or, at this time of year, NorthDry. A lot of folks around the country believe it rains here year round. We like letting them think that.

Near 90F today. Much too warm for me, as is anything over about 70F!

[danscope]

Ah.... cool, dry air for the weeked. Dewpoint 49 Degrees, humidity ..55 % . Nice day for a Cadillac Show. My friend's 49 Cad fast back Coupe.
Good weather brings out the Duchess . :)

[Atraveller]

Ah.... Life is good. 74 degrees , a light wind , fair weather clouds . A fine afternoon for golf. Shot 39 with a couple of lip-outs. :)
We could use some rain. T-storms tommorrow and thursday.

Hey Danscope, a beautiful winter/spring day here. The temp is 22 C (74 F - you would love winter in Paradise.)

And best thing - I just shot a 40 - It would have been 38, but a kangaroo got in the way of one of my shots (I didn't hurt him, the ball was rolling slowly by the time he interfered. But we play a strict 2 stroke penalty for hitting a roo.)

[BigDon]

Hey Danscope, a beautiful winter/spring day here. The temp is 22 C (74 F - you would love winter in Paradise.))

Your winter is warmer than my whole summer this year.

Coldest summer since they've been keeping records.

[danscope]

That's Awesome!!! And yes, we have ta take good care o the roos . Good rule,that.
Nice golf. You're pouring them in for that 40. Good everything but...makin the putts. Big!! :)
Best regards,
Dan

[Atraveller]

Your winter is warmer than my whole summer this year.

Coldest summer since they've been keeping records.

Hard to believe the city by the bay is having a bad summer. Sorry to hear that.

And yet Seattle is having a record hot summer. And moscow (nearly in the arctic circle at 56 degrees North) is in the mid to high 90's.

And Dan, my putts are still rubish, but I'm getting some nice approach shots. (Avoiding sand is a big plus too...)

[Trebuchet]

...And yet Seattle is having a record hot summer...

Except that since this weekend is the culmination of Seafair, and the opening of Gillian's Ren Faire, it's turned cloudy, with rain yesterday. Other than that, it really has been very nice, although too hot for me.

[danscope]

Hi , 88 degrees , humidity 68% , dewpoint 74 degrees. Sweating bullets . The weekend was nice and dry as opposed to the
present omnipresent moisture!

Dan

[Atraveller]

I am attending a trade show in Latte Land (Sydney - the one in Australia, not the one in Nova Scotia.)

It is frigging Cold Here - high of 16 C today - Low of 6 last night - That is almost freezing (of Benzene anyway...) Atleast the rain stopped.

Can't wait to get back to paradise.

[danscope]

Got 78 degrees, dry and a light zephyr through the curtains. A beautifull day. Shot 37 last night. Not bad.
Dan

[Torsten]

Too windy to do my work in the woods today. More old dead trees come down here every time the wind picks up.

[Fazor]

Yesterday was hot ("heat index" at like 107), until we had a pop-up storm at about 1:00. Then the powergrid went down. 26,000 people without power on one of the hottest and most humid days of the year. My office was in the blackout area. So was my home. Power went out at 3:00pm and we didn't end up getting it back until 11:00pm. No a/c (I went without a/c for six years, so no biggie), but no fans either. Sucked.

I took a nap, then when I woke up it was too dark to read and my acoustic guitar doesn't have playable strings. I sat in the dark for about an hour and a half then finally grabbed a bag of citronella candles and went out on the deck. I just finished lighting about 10 of the little things and kicked back with my book. Made it through two pages at a much reduced rate of speed (due to barely any light), when a few soft pops filled the otherwise quiet night and lights all around the neighborhood came back on. Figures. But I was happy that it meant I would have fans and a/c while I slept.

Today is another hot one, but not quite as bad as yesterday. Still under a heat advisory, but humidity is *only* at 82%, and it's only supposed to get up into the low to mid 90's (putting the "heat index" at around 101-104.) Yesterday they were saying we would have more scattered storms, but now they're saying we won't. I'm just hoping for a clear night tonight to see if I can catch any of the Persieds.

[geonuc]

Death Valley weather: hot

[Atraveller]

A lovely winter day - It is 28 C today (that would be 82 in the dead prussian's scale.)

Winter in paradise is not that hard to take... :lol:

[Torsten]

We've been under a pall of smoke for days from numerous forest fires burning in this province. Daily highs have been ranging 25-30C. We've had about 20 mm of rain since the start of June. This in a region where much of the forest is dead pine from a beetle epidemic that blew through here a few years ago.

A nearby fire that grew over the weekend to 2000 ha was just shy of 7000 ha at noon today, and then the wind came. Thunderstorms with just a touch of rain and gusts to 70 km/h. It was expected, and all the crews and machinery were pulled out before the front arrived. It burned up 100,000 m3 of timber that I'd had a hand in getting ready for logging. Evacuation orders and alerts have been issued for nearby communities (depending on proximity to the flames). At 7:00 this evening, almost 2 hours before sunset, the smoke was so thick here that it was almost dark.

The wind was supposed to have calmed this evening, but it is currently howling here.

The smell of a forest fire is different from that of a campfire. There's something about burning soil that just adds nastiness to it. Yuck is all I can say.

What a summer. I've never longed for rain so much.

[TheOncomingStorm]

What a summer. I've never longed for rain so much.
Tell me about, last summer one day we had 50mm of this summer I don't think we had that all summer.

[Trebuchet]

It's "Fogust" here in the Great Northwet. Warm, humid days followed by cool nights = morning fog. Around the water, warm humid days + cool water = surface fog. I mowed the grass (lawn being too generous a description) at the vacation house the other day and almost needed to get a jacket due to the cold fog drifting over. Couldn't even see the bay 1/2 mile away.

[TheOncomingStorm]

In '99 I was hired to do research for a prof. One of the duties was taking images from telescope for his research on cepheids. Half the summer the observatory was under construction the other half of the summer Halifax was fogged in. every morning I heard the fog going and wishing it would go away. A year later the decided to renovate the entire 22 story building the observatory sat on and redid the observatory again.

[Torsten]

Calm again. Air is clearer tonight, and I'm not coughing every time I go out, but still stinks.

The fire I mentioned 4 posts up took a run of 25 or 26 km and grew by another 31,000+ ha since noon yesterday, combining with another fire on different flank from the main run. It burned up a few thousand ha of plantations in cutblocks that I had layed out and written the site plans for over the last 15 years. :(

[AndreasJ]

Overcast, too hot, looks like it'll rain again.

(Sometimes I just want to move to Noril'sk. Or at least Kiruna.)

[TheOncomingStorm]

RAIN.

[Atraveller]

Rainy winter day yesterday - but back to sunny and 23 C today (74 by the old prussian scale.)

[TheOncomingStorm]

The rain mentioned above was just a couple of mm not enough by far, right now forty days and fort nights will be too short.

[Spoons]

Lovely day today, though a bit cold. Still a nice change from the overwhelming humidity of Bali over the last week. Not the place to take an overcoat, let me tell you.

[TheHalcyonYear]

Possibly the coldest summer on record. If not a record breaker, certainly it ties some of the coldest.

[Atraveller]

Possibly the coldest summer on record. If not a record breaker, certainly it ties some of the coldest.

So where are you?

We are having one of the warmest winters here in Paradise (Brisbane). And the first official day of spring is one week away. We spent yesterday getting the pool cleaned up, and turned the solar heater on... Should be swimming in a couple of weeks.

[HenrikOlsen]

Possibly the coldest summer on record. If not a record breaker, certainly it ties some of the coldest.
We have an August that's going to have about double the average rainfall (on the 20th, 94mm had already fallen, with a further 35mm expected for the rest of the month), based on the 1961-1990 norm(67 millimeters), though based on the last 10 years(84 millimeters average) it's not quite as unusual.

A July that was the fourth hottest measured in 150 years (1941, 1994 and 2006 were hotter).

And interestingly enough, while the globe as a whole had the hottest first half year on record except for the strong El Niño year 1998 (this year started as a weak El Niño and seems to be entering La Niña mode), Denmark had the coldest first half of the year since 1996.
Quite a strong reminder that weather's not climate

[Buttercup]

We just got a massive downpour of rain; a real gully washer. Lasted 10 minutes. Storm had been building for a while; I'm working (at home) and of course didn't notice until rumbling of thunder an hour ago. Still thundering. We really need this rain and it's so fresh/cool now. :D

[Fazor]

We just got a massive downpour of rain; a real gully washer. Lasted 10 minutes. Storm had been building for a while; I'm working (at home) and of course didn't notice until rumbling of thunder an hour ago. Still thundering. We really need this rain and it's so fresh/cool now. :D

"Gullywasher!" Haven't heard that in ages.

Saturday was like that; about 4:30 it started raining and rained off and on for about 2 hours. I didn't realize how much it rained until I left the house later that evening and saw that half of my back yard was under water. That only happens when we get a ton of rain all at once.

We went to the soccer game Saturday night . . . 3 of the 4 goals, and another goal that was called back because the ref apparently thought it was done too correctly, occured on our end of the field, so we had a great view for all the scoring! (the 4th goal was not only at the opposite end, but was scored before we got to the game, since I was halfway to Columbus before I realized neither Tara nor myself had grabbed the tickets! :doh:)

Anyway, almost as soon as the second half started, the skies opened up and it poured. It only rained for maybe five or ten minutes, but it was enough in that short time that it left standing water in the stands (so I suppose that's appropriate, eh?) At least it was almost 80 degrees out so it wasn't all that uncomfortable (a bit of water never hurt anyone. Right?) And watching soccer in the rain is tremendous fun, as long as no one on your club gets hurt. :)

[Buttercup]

"Gullywasher!" Haven't heard that in ages.

:) I never knew what "gullywasher" meant until moving here. It's like going from absolutely nothing to hard-driving-pounding-blinding-MASSIVE rainfall in a concentrated area. Once so bad I had to pull off to the side of the road; and I'd just moved down from the Midwest the year prior, so was no stranger to harsh weather.

As for your rain, it's always lovely at a moderate pace and on a warm day. Down here even moderate rain doesn't last long enough to enjoy it; 10-15 minutes and it's over. :( The only exception is when a hurricane remnant sweeps over.

[TheOncomingStorm]

Rain but this time we are suppose to get about 20 of rain (just under an inch). This probably will save what plants are still alive in the garden bu this of course happens in the week I have to split 6 cords of wood.

[DonM435]

Our local central Florida weather media love hurricanes, as it gives them something to talk about. No storm is too small or too far away for them to trot out their emergency preparation pitch.

With two other named storms in the Atlantic, forecasters detected yet another tripocal storm/disturbance/wave/bubble. "Just watch," I told Mrs. M. last night. 'If you Google "Florida Today" and "triple threat," it'll be there.'

Just a few minutes ago, I did, and it was.

[Trebuchet]

We had a good hard rain yesterday, the first in quite a while. Of course we're nearing the end of August, the end of the Northwest summer.

Since we're all good friends here, I'll let you in on a little secret, one we keep from the rest of the country, especially Californians: Summers here in the Puget Sound country are generally really nice. We like to let the rest of the world think it rains all summer like it does the rest of the year. Keeps the rif-raf out. From July 5 (it has to rain on the 4th) to the end of August, we have very little rain, blue skies, and warm, but usually not too warm, weather. Last summer was the first time in my memory that it got over 100F, and I've lived here more than 40 years.

[TheOncomingStorm]

about 21 C, breezy, low humidity. Great day to work outside before the humidity comes back tomorrow for a week.

[publiusr]

Humidity and temps have dropped.

[TheOncomingStorm]

33 C and feels like 37 now, and it is suppose to get hotter tomorrow.

[Atraveller]

First Day of Aussie Spring tomorrow!!!

Forcast is for 24C - Currently 22 and sunny. (That would be around 74 on the old Prussian Scale.)

[Spoons]

I don't care what the BOM says, if our rumoured bonuses go into the bank account tomorrow it will be a sun-shiny day!

It has been raining though all day today.

[Atraveller]

Almost 5:30pm - should have left work a half hour ago - but it is still sunny out there. Yes Spring is coming tomorrow!!!

[Spoons]

Lucky you, good sir! It's looked like a sad sprinkling six pm all day today. I reckon it could be interesting weather for some dark, gloomy atmosphere photography, but sadly I'm too busy to take a fun-break.

[Buttercup]

At 11:30 PM last night a vicious thunderstorm blew up. The lightning was directly overhead and so fierce my husband jumped out of bed, and I hurried to shut the window for fear lightning might strike through it. At "first strike" our cat literally FLEW from off the window ledge where she'd been sitting, lol! Tons of much-needed rain. Strong crashing thunder. Cat remained wigged out; she'd pounce on the bed meowing pitifully, then run and hide again. :p Rain persisted off/on throughout the night, but thankfully the lightning and thunder was only approximately 30 minutes in duration (and as of 5:18 AM hasn't recurred).

[HenrikOlsen]

http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/n025.gif
... , and I hurried to shut the window for fear lightning might strike through it.
Erhm, lightning doesn't work that way. Shutting it to not get rain in, that was smart though.

[MAPNUT]

Hurricane Earl is heading my way, ETA midnight Friday-Saturday. This is just one possible path, of course. Hurricanes heading north tend to go out to sea. Since they nearly always have a northeast component to their track when they get this far north, it's almost impossible to hit New York City at anywhere near full strength. They have to come overland somewhere south of here, thereby losing their strength. I hope.

I had a 5-day power outage last March after a windstorm, and wouldn't care for another of those.

[Buttercup]

http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/n025.gif
Erhm, lightning doesn't work that way. Shutting it to not get rain in, that was smart though.

It might not work that way (although around 2006 a woman here in the States was struck by lightning in her kitchen), but it sure gave me peace of mind! ;)

[HenrikOlsen]

It might not work that way (although around 2006 a woman here in the States was struck by lightning in her kitchen), but it sure gave me peace of mind! ;)
I strongly suspect that was a lightning strike that hit the electrical wires outside the house and got in that way. If your power lines are on poles in the street, electrical appliances should be a bigger worry than open windows, and not really big at that.

For me, if there's a thunderstorm, peace of mind isn't the first thought. After "better get the washing in" the next one is "where can I best watch it".

[kevin1981]

Hello ! It is nice and sunny here in the south of England. I will be going for a bike ride in a bit to catch some rays.

Will they be waves or particles... opps wrong thread:exclaim: :doh:

[danscope]

Hi, Pushing 90 degrees and clear skies. And....... by the end of the week, maybe the effects of a hurricane. Hopefully, not direct.
Nice to have weather satelites to bolster our knowledge of a storm.
Dan

[TheOncomingStorm]

Today it is 32 C, tomorrow the predicted high will be 35 C and I will be a black jeep for several hours getting to and back from an interview.

[Trebuchet]

Chilly. Cloudy. Windy. Rainy. I'm calling it. Summer is officially over, The Great Northwet has returned to normal.

Sure, we'll have random sunny days from time to time, but putting two or three of them together will be a rare thing until about July 5 next year.

[HenrikOlsen]

Denmark had some bad rains the last couple of weeks, including a major rainstorm (90mm in 3 hours) two days before I got back from England. Film clip of scenes from the storm here (http://jp.dk/jptv/indland/article2151445.ece).

Just found out today that I have water damage in the things I still have stored in boxes after the last move.
As I wasn't stupid and therefore put the heaviest boxes at the bottom, it's highly likely that I was stupid and stored my books in water http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/traurig/g035.gif .
I'm afraid to check to see what actually got ruined.

[Spoons]

For me, if there's a thunderstorm, peace of mind isn't the first thought. After "better get the washing in" the next one is "where can I best watch it".

Yep, thunderstorms are my favourite weather. The power of them leaves me in awe. Sinister beautiful.

[Atraveller]

Today it is 32 C, tomorrow the predicted high will be 35 C and I will be a black jeep for several hours getting to and back from an interview.

Looks like Earl may come right up the bay at you - prepare for some rain on the weekend. Should cool you down a bit too...

First day of spring here in Oz. Bright and sunny, and 25 C - unlike those unlucky people of the left coast...

[Spoons]

There's actually some large patches of beautiful blue sky out there today, though it is only 11 degrees C right now, heading for 16-19 C max.

Incidentally, on this day in 1972 we stopped measuring temp based on the nasty armpit method and stepped into the modern era. ;)

[Trebuchet]

Denmark had some bad rains the last couple of weeks, including a major rainstorm (90mm in 3 hours) two days before I got back from England. Film clip of scenes from the storm here (http://jp.dk/jptv/indland/article2151445.ece).

Just found out today that I have water damage in the things I still have stored in boxes after the last move.
As I wasn't stupid and therefore put the heaviest boxes at the bottom, it's highly likely that I was stupid and stored my books in water http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/traurig/g035.gif .
I'm afraid to check to see what actually got ruined.

That's why I've learned to put a board under the boxes. You never know when a little water will make its appearance.

[Atraveller]

There's actually some large patches of beautiful blue sky out there today, though it is only 11 degrees C right now, heading for 16-19 C max.

Incidentally, on this day in 1972 we stopped measuring temp based on the nasty armpit method and stepped into the modern era. ;)

Here Here - to 17th century Prussians, and the temperature of their wive's armpits!!!

You really should try the right coast some time - absolutely glorious day - and some of the jacaranda's are already making thier appearance. Another day in Paradise.

[swampyankee]

Today it is 32 C, tomorrow the predicted high will be 35 C and I will be a black jeep for several hours getting to and back from an interview.

You will be a black jeep? Interesting...maybe you could be one with a working airconditioner ;)

Where I am -- a bit south of NB -- the weather is such that one would go into a sauna to cool off.

[NickW]

Yeah, no A/C needed, rain and 65 degrees today.

[Spoons]

Here Here - to 17th century Prussians, and the temperature of their wive's armpits!!!

You really should try the right coast some time - absolutely glorious day - and some of the jacaranda's are already making thier appearance. Another day in Paradise.

Yes, I must get over that way some time... definitely. My cousin moved to Sydney recently, so I want to visit her some time anyway. I reckon I'll have to pop up the coast, as I have a friend in rehab (spinal) in Brizzy. I shall start saving and see how quickly the cash puddle increases.


High 30's, swampyankee? Sounds nice.

You've got my weather from yesterday, Nick.

[AndreasJ]

It's 15°C, but feels much warmer as the Sun beats on my windows. Summer's most definitively not over here.

[danscope]

Hi, Temp 92 degrees. Humidity 53% . Dewpoint 65 degrees. Dripping weather. Honey, let's turn on the AC.

[Atraveller]

Hi, Temp 92 degrees. Humidity 53% . Dewpoint 65 degrees. Dripping weather. Honey, let's turn on the AC.

It looks like it will be getting a lot wetter and windier in your neck of the woods...

NHC - Earl (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/212340.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents)

Earl is on his way - R.I. is under hurricane watch now...

[Taeolas]

We hit 34C today, 41C after the humidity factor. Yesterday we broke a 140 year record if 31.3C when we hit 33C, so I'm sure the records were broken again today. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.

And just in time for the Long Weekend, "Hello, My Name is Earl" is coming to visit. Luckily I'm up in Freddy Beach so unless he visits Maine, I should be safe, but it's gonna make for a messy/rainy weekend I'm sure. I just hope he sucks the heat and humidity out of the air. (According to the forcast it should; we're going from 31-33C temperatures to 20-22C temperatures once Earl leaves)

[Atraveller]

We hit 34C today, 41C after the humidity factor. Yesterday we broke a 140 year record if 31.3C when we hit 33C, so I'm sure the records were broken again today. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.

And just in time for the Long Weekend, "Hello, My Name is Earl" is coming to visit. Luckily I'm up in Freddy Beach so unless he visits Maine, I should be safe, but it's gonna make for a messy/rainy weekend I'm sure. I just hope he sucks the heat and humidity out of the air. (According to the forcast it should; we're going from 31-33C temperatures to 20-22C temperatures once Earl leaves)

Earl may indeed suck - the heat out... :lol: Looks like NHC has Earl going right up the bay - forcasting storm surges in St John - I guess it will depend what the tide is doing when he arrives. It could turn nasty.

Is Freddy Beach near Fredericton? You would be quite inland - probably still get some wind and rain there though.

NHC seems to have Earl heading up to Greenland after he is done visiting Canada...

[TheOncomingStorm]

We hit 34C today, 41C after the humidity factor. Yesterday we broke a 140 year record if 31.3C when we hit 33C, so I'm sure the records were broken again today. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.

And just in time for the Long Weekend, "Hello, My Name is Earl" is coming to visit. Luckily I'm up in Freddy Beach so unless he visits Maine, I should be safe, but it's gonna make for a messy/rainy weekend I'm sure. I just hope he sucks the heat and humidity out of the air. (According to the forcast it should; we're going from 31-33C temperatures to 20-22C temperatures once Earl leaves)

I hope so too.

[Salty]

Well, we have a thunderstorm now, for which I thank goodness: it knocked the temperature down from the upper 90'sF (380C) to the lower 70'sF lower 20'sC.

Here we go.
Weather as of 1853 local (2352GMT)

Temperature: 760F (240C),
skies : rain,
humidity : 94%,
wind : East at 15mph (24kph),
barometer : 29.84" (1009.5mb),
dewpoint : 740F (230C),
heat index : 760F (240C),
and visibility : 10 miles (16 kilometers) up from 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) at 1753 local (2253GMT).

[Taeolas]

Freddy Beach is a nickname for Fredericton, even though we don't have any Beaches. (Well we do up at Killarny Lake, but none on the river itself).

*edit to add*
Just woke up this morning and checked Earl's current track. His track has shifted and now he's practically going over my head. Ugh. (Not quite, but it's threading the needle, going between Fredericton and St John, and then between Fredericton and Moncton).

He seems to be slowing down a bit though; now estimated to get to us sometime on Saturday.

[TheOncomingStorm]

Looks like it be a tropical storm when it hits New Brunswick and I am in that zone, it will still a hurricane when it Nova Scotia unless it changes direction.

[Taeolas]

It's still a ways out to tell where exactly it will hit, but no matter what we're getting rain and rain on Saturday. It's moving at a good pace according to the radio and EMO officials, so it'll probably only be a couple hours of heavy rain and then Sunday should be nice. (and COOL). Freddy is further inland , but otherwise as much in Earl's track as St. Stephen is by the look of the NOAA Google tracking.

[Atraveller]

NHC has Earl making a fairly sharp right turn in two hours... if it doesn't turn it will be taking a bead on DC...

NC must be getting a bit of rain, and the beginning of the storm surge right about now. Anybody in NC able to tell us what is happening?

[TheOncomingStorm]

We just got a heavy rainfall warning here for Charlotte county, most of the rain is predicted in coming from 12 am to 1pm tomorrow.

[Taeolas]

I'm hoping it doesn't come until late tomorrow morning in any case. Friday Night Magic up here went till 1AM last week, and I walk home afterwards; I don't want to be walking in the rain.

But I'm also hoping Earl will wipe this humidity out too. Two nights in a row my pillows have been absolutely SOAKED from sweating through the night. Ugh. (and yuck). Forecast is looking good in any case for the heat to drop.

[TheOncomingStorm]

The upper part of Student Union still being used by the gamers, I got stuck there for a few hours during a snow storm once luckily it was just the evening.

There are worst places to be during this storm. Right now I figure being on one of the islands in the Bay would suck during this storm.

I hate this heat too at least this year my asthma is not acting up.

[jrkeller]

It's rainy and overcast here in Houston. I got 2 1/2 inches of rain overnight and it looks like more is one the way. This is probably a day for 4 or more inches of rain. Not that uncommon for summertime in Houston.

[danscope]

Temp: 75 DEGEREES, humidity ....100% , light rain , dew point ...75Deg. Wind 3 mph, 041 deg. Not much to write home about. Lucky .

[TheOncomingStorm]

Rain, Earl is more directly effecting Nova Scotia than here.

[Atraveller]

So was Freddy Beach, and St. Stephen affected by Earl? Did the temps come down at all? Did you lose power?

I'm still trying to reach my sister in Cape Breton - but I think she must have lost power...

Paradise in Oz is getting a whack of rain - 50mm over the weekend - but the temps are around 28. Not too bad for early spring.

[TheOncomingStorm]

The temps have gone down, no power outage or anything.

[megrfl]

The bad weather down here is putting a damper on our un-Labor Day.

[Atraveller]

The rain has cleared here, but is continuing down in South Australia. They are having massive flooding down there (after a 15 year drought.) Yet another extreme weather event - but one that seems to happen every ten to fifteen years.

And happy Labour Day Weekend to all the american and canadian BAUTers (we celebrate labour day in May.)

[Trebuchet]

Each year at this time, Seattle celebrates the Labor Day holiday by holding a big arts festival at the Seattle Center. (1962 World's Fair site.)

It's called "Bumbershoot". There's a reason for that.

It's raining, of course. Just like it did Saturday, although yesterday was fairly nice.

[Taeolas]

Earl went well east of me in Fredericton, so we just had some rain, not even heavy rain. But the temps plummeted thank goodness. Had the first good sleep in a week last night.

I did have a power outage that day though. Apparently the apartment block next to me lost power around noon. So my power went out around 8PM so they could fix it all up. (Took about an hour)

[Githyanki]

It was a nice day of 72F, yet the Portenos were wearing heavy jackets as if it were cooler; I was walking around in a T-shirt.

[Atraveller]

Lovely warm rainy spring day - 25 C but no sunshine....

[Atraveller]

Thanks to the solar blanket, and the roof top solar heater, the pool got up to 28 C on the weekend. So we had to open it up and go for the first swim of spring.

[Spoons]

It got a little warm over this side of the rock too. I forgot that the block of units has a pool, so I ended up splashing around in a puddle instead.

I am looking forward to swanning about in the pool come some warmer weather. Shouldn't be too far off either.

[Atraveller]

Well Pluck a Duck - what could be better than paddling around in a puddle?

Summer is coming... YEAH!!!

[Trebuchet]

We've been in a fog all day. >90% humidity makes watching the paint dry on my new trebuchet even more like...well, like watching paint dry.

It's almost 5:00 PM and I can barely see across the street.

[Atraveller]

Just hit 29 C out side - aircon is working. (that is about 82 in the arm pit scale)

Anybody here in Bemuda? Looks like you are going to get a visit from IGOR with 110 Knot winds.

[TheOncomingStorm]

light rain.

[Atraveller]

Just three weeks into spring - and already it is the wettest spring on record.

[Spoons]

We're having lovely weather here today! 28 degrees... poifect! Nyuck nyuck nyuck!

[Atraveller]

You deserve some nice weather one or two days a year too Spoons...

Hey we both live in the lucky country - we shouldn't rub it in on the rest of the world...

[Trebuchet]

We had a good day on Saturday for my pumpkin event -- surprising, considering the rain both before and after. It's supposed to be raining for the second event this Saturday, we'll see.

One of the official rules for the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race (http://www.ptkineticrace.org/) is "In case of sunshine, the race will be held anyway". That pretty well tells how our weather is this time of year.

[Atraveller]

So how did you do at the pumpkin chucking?

We have another rainy sping day here...:(

Oh well, the jacarandas will be out soon.

[Trebuchet]

So how did you do at the pumpkin chucking?

We have another rainy sping day here...:(

Oh well, the jacarandas will be out soon.

I won my class -- for which I was the only entrant. I did a LOT of hurling, since in addition to my competition machine I had a small catapult that I let kids in the crowds fire from the sidelines. They even got a certificate saying "I hurled a pumpkin".

[Spoons]

That's too bad Atraveller... 25 degrees and shiny sun again today. I'm hoping for lovely weather the rest of the week and for the long weekend. I've got from Friday through Monday off work, and I'm heading around 400km north to laze about and maybe a spot of fishing.

[Fazor]

For the second time in a week (last Thursday, and again tonight), my new 45 minute drive home* has been to the chorus of tornado sirens and screaming high winds. Yay.

*Same job, but someone at our main location quit so I've had to start working up there. 45 minute drive rather than 5 minutes. Yippe.

[geonuc]

Late September and it's been in the mid-90's here. That's mid-30's for you furriners.

[Atraveller]

Late September and it's been in the mid-90's here. That's mid-30's for you furriners.

Who you callin a furriner?

Hey Spoons, have a great long weekend. I'm envious of the fishing... I could use a long weekend of that myself. I'll have to settle for a round of golf instead...

[Spoons]

Cheers!

27 or 25 max every day for the next 5 days - fantastic! We've been told of a couple of nice fishing spots up there, and my brother is bringing his tinny with him, so if it's not too rough we'll probably pop out in that once or twice. Good luck with your round. Remember the driving tips from Dan.

[Buttercup]

Delightfully cool (maybe 65 F) with LOTS of rain. :) The remnants of a Pacific tropical storm are passing over. We were supposed to get lightning and thunder with this, but it's only been gentle sporadic rainfall. Nice!

[Atraveller]

A lovely spring day - lots of big fluffy clouds out there, but no rain yet today.

[PetersCreek]

While I was out in the yard today...mowing, mulching, and blowing leaves...it started snowing. It melted as soon as it hit the ground but it was snow all the same.

[Van Rijn]

Here near Sacramento it was around a 100F, and expected to be about the same tomorrow. For the most part this has been an unusually cool year (by our standards) and I'm liking this bit of hot weather before it turns cool again. Of course, given our delta breeze it drops to about 60F at night, so even with the hot days it's still pretty cool at night.

[AndreasJ]

Drearily overcast, the temperature hasn't budged from the 10-12°C range for over 24 h. Good biking weather, so it's bound to start raining or become sunny and hot towards afternoon, when I'll have to bike across town.

[Trebuchet]

Muggy! Only about 74F/23C but so humid you can hardly breathe. Frequent showers of drizzle. Ick.

[Berengar]

It's getting autumn here in Germany. Rain the whole day and night, cold. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Atraveller]

Anybody here from LA? I heard you had your hottest day - Ever. How is everyone coping with 45C weather? (115 on the armpit scale.)

[Spoons]

Is 45 degrees their hottest day ever? Heheheh... mild summers day! At least it'll keep their lattes warm.

[Atraveller]

It was so hot Monday that it broke the all-time record — and the weatherman's thermometer.

The National Weather Service's thermometer for downtown Los Angeles headed into uncharted territory at 12:15 p.m. Monday, reaching 113 degrees for the first time since records began being kept in 1877.

We don't know from 45 C here in Paradise. This being Goldilocks land - not to hot, and not too cold. You guys on the left coast get much more extreme.


la-me-hottest-ever-20100928,0,329968.story (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hottest-ever-20100928,0,329968.story)

[Spoons]

Yep, we're all about extremes over here. We can probably sell them some real thermometers if they like. Ones that can go past 50 and all. Or they can just using a cooking thermometer. Keep running them there Hummers and we might need 'em.

[Atraveller]

We are getting some nice thunder boomers right now.

Now Spoons, take a look at this article and tell me that I don't live in paradise:

Gold Coast Tacky Bikini Race (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/no-alarm-over-tacky-bikini-race-20100928-15v1f.html)

I may just have to take a drive down the gold coast...

[Spoons]

Looks fantastic! :)

I saw the event in California that they're talking about on some Beach something show on Foxtel... it was quite a sight. Seems the expected prudes make an appearance in the comments section. Of course they expect people to care about their opinions. If it drives those sorts away from the area then I guess it's a visually pleasant form of social cleansing. Two thumbs up!

Yes, if you're near this, your home is better than my home.

[Atraveller]

I had some friends come over from the Great North Wet of the US last year, and we spent a couple days on the gold coast (an hours drive south from brissy.) They compared the Gold Coast to that scene in Planet of the Apes where the statue of liberty rises out of the sand. (NOT saying Gold Coast residents resemble apes.)

It is just so unexpected seeing a whole city rising out of the sand.

And the feel of the city is much like Miami (they even call part of it Miami - and another part hollywood - think they have issues?) And it is summer all year round...

[Spoons]

We have Hollywood and Miami over this side too. Hollywood does happen to be one of the areas where the rich kids come from, and Miami is to the south and an area where lots of retirees move to.

[thoth II]

It is now about 85 degree F with dew point about 75 in southern Florida. So typical , all summer long, and we are looking forward to getting relief about November 1 or so, and some cooler, drier air. It's now a tropical storm warning for broward, dade and palm beach counties

[publiusr]

New York under a Tornado Watch until 6 pm: http://www.weather.com/weather/today/USNY0996

Recent woes http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/brooklyn-tornado

Not unknown:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Brooklyn_tornado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2010_Bronx_tornado
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/bronx/bronx-tornado-20100726-akd
http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/nytorn.htm

The value of weather forecasts
http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2010/09/700000000-weather-forecast.html

[Atraveller]

I'm currently looking out my office window at the biggest mushroom cloud I can remember. Not a nuclear cloud - just the biggest CumuloNimbus I have ever seen. Monsterous anvil at the top. Funny - it isn't showing up on the radar:

Brisbane Radar (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR664.loop.shtml#skip)

[closetgeek]

Severe weather warnings all day. Tropical Storm 16 is making it's way to Florida. We are on day three of rain and it's getting rather depressing.

[Buttercup]

Hot and sunny. It's seasonally chilly around dawn, but summer-like temps later in the day. We're expected to hit 93 F by 2 PM. Yesterday had the air conditioning on in the car -- in late September! :( Even for this area it's too much. But we're forecast to "cool down" to low/mid-80s temps next week.

[tlbs101]

I got a BlackBerry about a month ago, so I installed the Weather Channel app. Three clicks and.... 88 °F Fair, mostly sunny.

[Spoons]

Ah same here. Well, one of those smartphone type things. It's cool eh? Gadgematronic! I've got 19degrees C - it's only 7:30am, but it's only going to gain another 7 degrees today, apparently.

It says sunny day, but it doesn't mention the fact that it just rained 30 odd minutes ago. I guess it's passed.

[Atraveller]

Severe weather warnings all day. Tropical Storm 16 is making it's way to Florida. We are on day three of rain and it's getting rather depressing.

Hey She isn't tropical storm 16 anymore - she has a name: Nicole

It is just much better to be able to put a name to the thing that is about to whoop your butt?

NHC (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)

[Spoons]

Oh, hey, that reminds me... should a cyclone that is named and being referred to as such be capitalised, both words? I probably should PM this to Gillian really, I don't know whether she reads this thread.

I would expect that you don't refer to it as Gerry, it's full name, as a proper noun, is Cyclone Gerry, hence both words capitalised, rather than cyclone Gerry. I saw it written the latter way somewhere the other day and it looked wrong. (I think it was in the local paper, The Worst Australian, a paper which appears to have gone downhill a great deal in the last 15 years.)

[Atraveller]

Just my two bits, but I would think it is a proper title, like Doctor.

So in this case it would be Hurricane Nicole, or Tropical Storm Nicole

[Romanus]

Weather's been gorgeous all-week, the best in months; last weekend's front blew out all the humidity, and finally gave us all a break from grass-cutting. And the clarity..."The skies at night, are big and bright..." ;)

[Atraveller]

After the wettest September on record, the first three days of october have been solid rain. I'm thinking of building an arc (or at least buying a boat...)

Funny, in the last four years in Australia we have had drought, fire, flood, and we are forcast to have a plague of locust this summer... Where is Moses when we need him?

:think:

[BigDon]

Well the Summer That Never Happened finally came to an end with a heat wave. So after months of cool, humid temps (mid 50's F) all the succulent growth that was occuring everywhere got seared by two weeks of high temps of over 100F then mellowing to the upper 80's F. And this, just before the rains come. (The first big fronts usually hit by the last week of this month.)

[BigDon]

I blame the volcano in Iceland.

[Atraveller]

South East Queensland has now had two solid weeks of rain. This after the wettest September ever recorded (data only goes back 150 years.)

The golf courses have standing water on most of the fairways, and are completely unplayable.

[Spoons]

On the upside, the pools are being filled up in time for Summer. Just add chlorine.

[Atraveller]

On the upside, the pools are being filled up in time for Summer. Just add chlorine.

The pool has been overflowing for weeks - and because there has been so little sun, the temperature has dropped to about 21 C.

And we just add Sodium Chloride - not chlorine - and the electrolysis cell turns it into chlorine for us... The wonders of modern pool chemistry.

But I was really looking forward to using all those tips Dan gave us on the golf course.

[Spoons]

Grab some crazy golf kits and head out. The crazy golf balls will float on water, I believe - could make for some fun with the Big Bertha.

[Atraveller]

It isn't just the golf balls that need to float on water. We need amphibious golf carts, and dry suits, or really good foul weather gear. I have a survival suit I use when sailing in really bad conditions - I might dig that out...

We may be looking at record flooding in SEQ. My apartment is 14 meters above Norman Creek - in '74 Norman creek was 8 meters above it's banks... so I have a 6 meter margin.

[Cougar]

The golf courses have standing water on most of the fairways, and are completely unplayable.

Pity! That's, like, some extraordinary rain, eh? I'm still playing here in the Wild West, but it's cooler, and the courses will before long be covered with snow, which unquestionably makes them completely unplayable. :sad:

[Atraveller]

Pity! That's, like, some extraordinary rain, eh? I'm still playing here in the Wild West, but it's cooler, and the courses will before long be covered with snow, which unquestionably makes them completely unplayable. :sad:

Three years ago Brisbane was just coming out of a decade long drought - water supply was down to just a few months reserves. Strict water restrictions were in effect.

Now we swim to work...

Other than the standing water on the fairways - we play golf in shirtsleeves all year round (there are reasons this place is paradise...)

[danscope]

Been quite a nice day. 73 degrees , calm wind . Indian summer at it's best. Columbus day weekend weather of the finest kind. :)
Dan

[Trebuchet]

Nice here in the Northwet as well. First nice day in several, enabled me to get out and do a little yard work.

I grew up in Montana. We used to have really nice Autumns there -- sort of the classical Indian Summer. That generally followed at least one cold snap in early September, including snow, which knocked the leaves from the trees. I vividly remember marching in the HS band at a football game in driving snow -- on about the 30th of August! Autumn around here tends to be more in the line of gray skies and rain.

[Atraveller]

In Canada it was always most depressing in November. The trees would be past their glorious splash of colour, and all the leaves would be gone. The excitment of Halloween would be past, and it was a month to christmas. The skys were inevitably cold and grey. A most depressing time of year, with nothing but the long winter to look forward to.

[Spoons]

I love that sort of doom and gloomish weather. Sinister weather makes me smile.

[danscope]

Oh, you should try february and early march round these parts ...(New England) . 30 kts of wind , grey mixed with lots of grey , punctuated with sleet , freezing rain , and occasional driving snow . I'm actually glad to hear rain falling , and that first spring thunder storm is
just majical !
(well, it's not all that bad; it just seems that way sometimes).
Best regards,
Dan

[tommac]

abnormally warm for October. I think it was 86 in NY yesterday.

[thoth II]

a really nice overview daily of North American weather is , click video on below link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/10210

[Buttercup]

It's FINALLY autumn-like around here.

Temp is probably 73 F and it's a bit overcast.

My sister recently asked if I'm in the mood for Halloween. Well no -- when the leaves are still full and green, it's 95 F mid-day, it's like mid-August -- nope, not in a Halloween mood.

[Torsten]

Raked the leaves off the lawn last weekend. It snowed for four hours two weeks ago.

The last two days it has rained and the temperature might have reached 10C. I'm not keen on dragging myself through the woods in this kind of weather. But at least they're not on fire anymore.

[Trebuchet]

Nice sunny but cool days here in the Northwet lately. A bit unusual for us, sort of an Indian Summer. I'll take it.

[Atraveller]

More rain again today (I think that makes it 45 days straight of some rain showers.)

This is the wettest spring on record for this "Arid" part of Oz...

The dams are full - if it didn't rain again for five years we would still have water.

Meanwhile it has been hard to get a decent round of golf in [/whinge]

[danscope]

More Indian Summer. Good . I'm replacing my boiler...... no heat for a couple days . High 63 degrees. Low...45 . No worries . :)

[Atraveller]

A brilliant sunny weekend. Managed to fit two rounds of golf in, lawn work (grass was looking distinctly long) cleaned the pool, and added salt.

Dan - I'm getting at least 10 meters longer drives (with my 3 wood) thanks to some of your hints - but the driver still sucks (must be the driver's fault - can't be me...:))

[Spoons]

So the rain streak was finally broken?

[danscope]

Hi, Of COURSE it is the driver's fault!!!!!!!!! Always blame the tool. :) Tip: try 3 wood . More vertical spin. Many is the time I saw the great
Jack Nicklaus use 3 wood on a tough hole, kept it in play and scored well. Opposition OB, hitting three, not good.
Tip : Find your best teeing height....ie use indicator. And never try to "Help" the ball get up. The club does it's job if you will let it.
Along with extreme power comes aberrations in ball flight. The great Butch Harmon says : " The trees are full of long hitters " .
Now that is nt to say 'fear the driver' . No. But if today, there is something wrong, take out the three wood. Truth is.... I carry two....three woods.
One is a deep faced (read large head) three wood for tee shots, and one is for working the ball off the deck (grass) . They serve me well .
For someone who plays once a week, I stay away from long irons and admire those who can use them effectively. These are usually quite tall
people made of iron .
Just for fun; what is the ball doing? I'll help if I can.
Best regards,
Dan

[ABR.]

On the tail end of a weekend full of heavy rain, our first good one for the season here in the Sierra Nevadas. So Fire Season seems to have ended and the Rainy Season has begun. Even the rain beetles have started flying.

[Atraveller]

Yeah, we actually got to see the sun for two days. It rained on Friday, cleared for saturday morning - was brilliant all day sunday, then with sunset some big T-storms moved in, and drenched everything again... It rained heavy all night.

[Atraveller]

Hi, Of COURSE it is the driver's fault!!!!!!!!!
Just for fun; what is the ball doing? I'll help if I can.
Best regards,
Dan

So glad you agree with me.

If I leave the driver's face open, I get nice loft, and a hard slice.

If I close the face a bit, I lose most of the slice (untill the ball starts rolling.) If I close the face up, it goes straight, but not as far as a well hit 3 wood.

I carry long irons around with me (I used to be able to hit a 2 iron many years ago) but I just leave them in the bag. The 3 iron I'll choke up on to get under trees. Otherwise I use the 3 wood on the deck, the 4 hybrid, and the 5 hybrid (shorter than that I'm into the 7 iron.)

And it was so nice and sunny on sunday I actually got a bit of sun on my forearms (to keep on topic.)

[danscope]

Hi, Depending on how much recent golf you have found time for, much of the problem can often be traced to "Over swinging", swinging for the trees. The problem is that we can only deliver so much power ..... as a function of comfortable strength in our hands . If we exceed this level,
we get ahead of the clubface at impact; the clubface is open, slapping the ball. It goes out seemingly well to about 60% of it's distance and then tails right. Sound familiar? I had an 8 degree driver that did that. I placed it in the trash can. It is not for me. 10.5 degrees works fine.
Just for fun, If you find a cheap driver .... $15 cheap, drill a hole in the top and add about 7 oz of lead dust and epoxy, or bits of solder and epoxy, anything to make it heavy. Some people "BUY" a heavy, weighted club. The point is practice a little bit each day, swinging this club ....
maybe 10 times. Hit a whiffle ball with it. Don't swing for the trees, just nice and easy. You don't want to hurt yourself. Just get used to feeling it throughout the swing. It will carry itself through the back swing, nice and smooth like. And surprisingly, this slower, smooth back swing
will give your muscles more time to stretch, fully collapse (extend) and be ready to work with everything else connected to the swing.
When you pick up your regular driver, it will feel light as a bird. Your natural extension will improve, and, by degrees, your hands will help deliver the power you summon with your body. The secret is " delivered power". I try to swing at 95% of my ability when I am in good form.
Early spring, I take it easy and keep it in play. I get to the practice tee once a week. This is good. Practice and patience help to build tone in your system. Golf teaches us so many things.
Let me know how you make out, now and later.
Best regards,
Dan

[Atraveller]

Thanks Dan. I'll head over to a Cash Converter (Aussie Pawn Shop) and see if they have a cheap driver to "modify".

My current driver is a 360cm 10 degree. Been thinking of getting a 475cm 10.5 degree, but want to be able to hit it before I invest in a Big Bertha.

Since we have endless summer we play golf all year round - so we don't have that excuse that we are on winter break...

[danscope]

Calloway on line has a used club facility. Good stuff cheaper. I should mention that there is a lot of majic in the particular shaft you need.
Sometimes, the golf stores have a club fitting / demo day . These are interesting. If you have access to that, I would try it for fun.
Best regards,
Dan

[Fazor]

For the last two days, they've been calling for some "really very bad" weather to come through this afternoon. I always expect any predictions for weather that are made more than 24 hours in advance to be pure guesswork, but they're still calling for it. "Storm of the century" some stations are even saying. We'll see.

But we have been getting the wind gusts all morning. Not yet as bad as they're supposed to get (calling for 65+ mph gusts). But the awning over the front-door at my office has had one of the posts ripped away from where it was screwed in since about this time last year. The weight of the awning can still easilly be supported by just propping it up; but with the wind gusts we've had this morning, it kept lifting the awning up and allowing the post to fall over. Which is why it should be attached to the awning in the first place.

Fearing that the strong winds that may come later could do some real damage to it, I ran home on my lunch break to retrieve my drill and some long deck screws. I had a piece of hard wood at the office I could use as a brace. What had happened initially was that the aluminum post was just screwed into an aluminum cross-beam, and so when the winds last year got strong enough, it just pulled the screws out of the aluminum, 'tearing' the holes and leaving nothing left for screws to bite into.

The cross beam is a "V channel" beam, and the post was only screwed into the one side of it. The new screws I used were long enough to screw through both sides of the beam, and into a piece of hard wood I set behind it. That should hopefully give the screws enough "bite" to hold up in stronger winds. The only weak link is that the post itself is still relatively flimsy metal, so with enough force, the screw holes could pull and become big enough for the heads to slip through and detach the post from the awning. That can be solved with some kind of metal brace piece, but I didn't have one, and needed to do something in case these storms that are coming are as strong as they say.

I'm interested to see if my handywork will hold, though with my luck, I'll have gone through all that only to have a tornado level the whole place! Or the neighbor's giant tree may be felled upon our small, defensless building. Or, as I always suspect, the storms won't end up being that bad. Radar doesn't look good though.

ETA: Two minutes after posting this, and the tornado alarms are now going off. The bad skies still look to be a ways off though, so it may have just been triggered due to activity in other parts of the county

[Buttercup]

Immense blue sky of October, white puffy clouds floating along, soft breeze, temp is probably 72 F. Divine and perfect day.

[Trebuchet]

It's been a bit nasty the last couple of days, lots of wind and rain. At least we got the roof fixed so I don't have to go pick up shingles.

[Torsten]

It snowed in the morning, turned to rain later. All my raingear could not keep me dry while pushing my way through dense underbrush.

So Fazor, how did the fix hold up?

[LaurelHS]

There's an old joke that you know you live in Canada when you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. Well, it's Halloween and we're having our first autumn snow. The snow is falling fast but I don't think it will stay because the temperature is still a few degrees above zero. But it definitely looks like winter outside right now.

[TheOncomingStorm]

It is snowing here and carved the pumpkins while it was coming down. Most of what has come down so far is meellttiinngg.

[Atraveller]

We had a glorious weekend here in paradise (I took off monday, and got a total of three rounds of golf in.)

However - The stats are in on October. This was the wettest October in Brisbane in nearly fourty years. The average rainfall in October is 70mm - this October we had 306mm (the last time there was that much rain here in October was 1972.) In all of Queensland, October was the wettest ever on record, which follows September which was the wettest ever on record.

If it keeps raining like this paradise may turn into a swamp...

[Spoons]

Well, over on the happy side of the country we've got a beautiful 33 degree day today.

[Atraveller]

Saw you were getting up to 33 today. We are only going to hit 27 ish... :eek:

This seems fair - you were colder in winter, and you will be warmer in summer. In goldilocks terms, you will be too hot, or too cold, but Queensland is just right...:clap:

[Spoons]

No, we're extreme, like Pepsi Max. And Pepsi Max is just right, so that means we are too.

You guys have it pretty good over there too though.

[Atraveller]

You should try Canada if you like extreme - Just north of Toronto you can get 40 C (with 90%+ RH - can't forget the humidity) in summer, and then -40 C in the cold snap in winter... (with wind chill that can freeze the reproductive organs off a brass monkey in seconds flat.)

[Spoons]

...(with wind chill that can freeze the reproductive organs off a brass monkey in seconds flat.)

Ah, a reproducible experiment. We'll see whether that statement was bunk or not then. ;)

[Hornblower]

Sunset near Fredericksburg, VA, Saturday, October 30.
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3319/dscf3621.jpg

The weather was just about as it is right now in northern Virginia, cool and dry with high thin clouds. This was a perfect setup, with clear sky just over the horizon so the setting Sun could light up the clouds from below.

I may try painting out the road sign in the foreground. There was no avoiding it as I was waiting at a red light on U.S. Route 1 a few miles south of Fredericksburg. The display faded quickly before I could find a place to park.

[Buttercup]

More rain again today (I think that makes it 45 days straight of some rain showers.)

This is the wettest spring on record for this "Arid" part of Oz...

The dams are full - if it didn't rain again for five years we would still have water.

Meanwhile it has been hard to get a decent round of golf in [/whinge]

Sounds exactly like what a friend of mine has been saying, who lives in Alice Springs.

We're cool and sunny, clear as a bell! Temp is probably 65 F. Lovely deep blue November sky.

[danscope]

Hi, Temp dropping like a rock. Good viewing. Dead clear. 36 degrees , calm , void of wind alltogether. Time to break out the earmuffs and gloves. Last week, 73 degrees in Brewster, Cape Cod ........ by the sea . Can't win every day.
Good job I got my new boiler installed last week . Timing is everything.

Dan

[Atraveller]

So is that it for the Golfing season in R.I.? (In Canada we would go till the ground froze, and the snow fell - finding the little white ball when the ground was covered by white made the game too challenging even for the most ardent golfers...)

Here in Paradise, it is the third day of the month of November, and we still haven't seen any rain. But that might change by the look of the clouds I see outside the window.

And Buttercup, even The Alice is wet this year. But it is still a little too warm there...

[danscope]

There is some golf. You need to pick your days . And the leaves like to hide your ball , but when the wind is down , it beats a day at the office .
How's your game coming along ?
Best regards,
Dan

[Atraveller]

I'm still struggling with getting the driver under control, but my 3 wood is hitting much longer, and is (usually) fairly straight. I'm hitting it fairly consistently from the deck too, so two good hits from my 3 wood, and a reasonable approach (with either my hybrids or higher irons) and I'm getting onto the par fives in three - what more could I ask?

Was a lovely long weekend - slightly overcast - but no rain on monday. Managed my best round in several years.

[Salty]

Elevation 607' (183.94m)
Lat/Long 32.730N 97.290W
Weather at 1953HRS local (0153GMT)

Temperature 530F (120C)
Skies overcast with light rain
Humidity 96%
Wind N 14 G 20 mph (22.4 - 32 Kph)
Barometer 30.06" (1017.8 mb)
Dew point 520F (110C)
Wind chill 490F (90C)
Visibility 4 miles (6.4Kilometers)

It's been raining all day sometimes right briskly with thunder. But, since about 1700CDT (2300GMT) it's been a mild rain with no thunder.

[danscope]

Hi, Now THAT is some very good news indeed !!!! Nice to hear from you. Enjoy your game . Always .
Best regards,
Dan

[Spoons]

And Buttercup, even The Alice is wet this year. But it is still a little too warm there...
Everywhere in Australia has been wetter than usual except for Perth and the South West region, which is having it's third dryest year on record.

We had our 33 degrees day yesterday, but that was a little poxy, so we're upping the ante and going 36 degrees C plus today. Bring it on!

[danscope]

Hi Salty , Well, the light rain keeps the dust down. :)
Best regards,
Dan

[Atraveller]

hey Spoons, remember what I was saying about Goldilocks land? Your porridge is just too hot...

(The difference between 34 and 36 C is the difference between a fan, and an aircon.)

[Spoons]

I grew up in this sort of climate, so it's no sweat for me. Well, a little sweat, but that just helps anyway.

[HenrikOlsen]

If it keeps raining like this paradise may turn into a swamp...
At least you don't have as many fires now.

[Spoons]

We've had a few bushfires start up already today, so along with a bunch of traffic accidents there was a long list of dramas in the traffic report on the way home.

[megrfl]

Gorgeous! 82 degrees with big poofy clouds and a bright blue sky.

[Atraveller]

Rainless November came to an end hard today. 10mm of rain in Brisbane in 30 minutes. Still reasopnably warm thought - 26 C today.

(Hey Spoons, I saw you are getting some fires - hope that didn't affect you? And your temps dropped to 25?)

Looks like a wet weekend coming up - so much for Golfing...

[Spoons]

They tell us it'll be 25 today, but it's 8:30am and already 23 degrees, so we'll see about that.

[Atraveller]

Oz is rated the second best place in the world to live according to the UN.

Australia second best place in the world to live (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/united-nations-names-australia-as-the-second-best-place-in-the-world-to-live-20101105-17g3f.html?autostart=1)

Norway got first place - now I love Norway, but obviously the people who rated Norway first have never been there in winter.

Nope - given the weather, Australia is still paradise.

And along that line, we have a lovely warm rain again today in Brissy... 26 C and overcast

[Trebuchet]

Record high for November in Seattle today at 65F. The weather guy on TV was just explaining it as related to La Niña -- which portends a nasty winter for us.

[closetgeek]

Right now, it's about 55F. It's our first cold snap of the year and I forgot to set the thermostat last night so the house was quite chilly this morning. Naturally this would be the morning to run out of hot water. Usually, at least one of my kids, showers before bed so they can sleep a little later; not today. The hot water tank can handle three showers, maximum, and that's if everyone is considerate. Me being the mom, had to take one for the team :(.

[Buttercup]

Clear and sunny. Last night the temp dipped to approximately 37 F. Currently it's nippy (for us) at maybe 58 F.

Looks like we might be in for a dry and sunny winter. We're "supposed to get" a December to early February rainy season, but generally that's not occurred the past 4 years. I can never get used to sunny Januaries. :(

[Githyanki]

It's about 25C here; the oven's on and it's only going to get hotter and hotter.

[TheOncomingStorm]

Rain here, day 4 out of 5. I think I just saw a large vessel with some animals go by where the field used to be.

[danscope]

No dove with an olive branch...... with fresh berries on it?
Got 40 degrees, rain ,..... woke up to an inch of wet snow . Yuk . Winter's first insult !

[Atraveller]

A little rainy here today - but still nice at 27 C.

Was forcast to rain all weekend - but we had two beautiful days. Lovely golfing weather - and summer is almost here.

[Buttercup]

A "cold" front has pushed in from the northwest, bringing tatters of white-gray clouds with it (partly cloudy). Temperature has dropped maybe 10 degrees in the past 2 hours; we're probably at 58 F currently. Feels good. :D Hope we get some rain out of this later!

[TheOncomingStorm]

Saw the sun for the first time in days and it was setting.

[Buttercup]

Another cool front. Our night-time low should be 30 F. Otherwise sunny and clear skies. Such a deep beautiful BLUE November sky. :) Current (1:50 PM) temperature is probably 60 F. That's seasonal for us.

[AndreasJ]

0°C. The wet snow on the ground is going to turn into lots of lovely ice over the night.

[Buttercup]

0°C. The wet snow on the ground is going to turn into lots of lovely ice over the night.

Going ice skating tonight? :) :p :(

Sounds rotten! I know that sort of weather from where I was born and raised.

[HenrikOlsen]

Luckily we didn't have any precipitation recently as the local forecast promises about -1C all night tonight.
This may be the first time in a month I have a chance to see stars.