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Atraveller

2011-Jan-26, 11:31 PM

We are clear and sunny here in south east Queensland. The forcast is fo highs of 32 C and lows of 22 C everyday for the next week. This is more like the weather I expect here in Paradise.

However, It looks like there might be a little trouble north of paradise - Cyclone Tony (Anthony) is forcast to hit the coast south of Cairns around Sunday...

And Spoons, Cyclone Bianca is heading your way. She is supposed to follow the coast right down to you. (too bad about the Pommes in the cricket - Been a disappointing year for the lads...)

Spoons

2011-Jan-27, 05:00 AM

Bah, good luck to Bianca. If she makes it down here it'll cause a little excitement. I can't see it happening, or if it does, hard to see it doing too much damage, but then I love a spot of chaos, so long as nobody I care about is hurt.

With a little luck it'll create a few photo ops, though I expect it'll die out pretty well before it hits us. Shonky wannabe weather crystal baller Ken Ring predicts it'll be a cyclone in Perth... I don't see it having any strength by the time it gets here.

Mister Earl

2011-Jan-27, 05:02 AM

Blizzard conditions outside as I write this. About to drive home from work. It'll be... interesting. Approx 7-9 inches of snow on the ground at this time.

swampyankee

2011-Jan-27, 01:52 PM

I don't think it ever got quite blizzardy here, but there is way too much snow on the ground.

Gigabyte

2011-Jan-27, 04:07 PM

Washington DC and metro area
Calm clear and cold. Today.

But yesterday, now that was epic. Beyond imagining really. Thunderstorms moving in from the ocean, that rained in Maryland, then turned into thundersnows around 3 in the afternoon, so not only was there lightning, the snow came down like a thunderstorm drops water. Snowfall was 3 to four inches in an hour. Wet heavy sticky snow. The rain early in the day washed the salt treatments off the highways, the feds let everyone out early, but not early enough. Traffic and roads became nightmarish, with a 20 minute trip turning into a 6 and a half hour disaster, in sometimes white out conditions. Tree branches snapped under the weight of the heavy sticky snow, taking out power lines and transformers blew, sending glowing sparks up into the storm, while the power went out, back on, out and back on.

Shrubs bent down to the earth, cracking and breaking, as tree branches sagged and the power line to the house was close enough to touch. From the ground, which seemed like a bad thing. As I cleared the snow from the branches I could hear nearby trees snapping and popping as branches just let go, and crashed to the earth. This made it all slightly exciting, that and it being cold and snowing like a sumbich the whole time.

so tired today. Back hurts. So much still to do ..... thanks global warming. Thanks so much

Buttercup

2011-Jan-27, 04:14 PM

Sunny. Clear as a bell. Calm, no breeze. Temp probably 55 F.

danscope

2011-Jan-27, 05:00 PM

Sunny, clear , storm has moved out and left a little calling card.....12" of new snow . Got 29 ° with some wind.

Taeolas

2011-Jan-27, 05:19 PM

Calling for 10-15 cm of snow today (which we're in the process of getting), but clear skies tomorrow and into next week. Good for me since the Magic: The Gathering prerelease events are this weekend. :) In the mean time schools are shut down, but otherwise not much is happening.

Last Friday, we had a late day snow storm that gave kids a half day at school. I went to play Magic at the local shop and we had 7 people show up. Even so, our store was open longer than the Liquor store was. :)

CJSF

2011-Jan-27, 10:48 PM

Magic: The Gathering prerelease? That's a 90s throwback, isn't it?

CJSF

Atraveller

2011-Jan-28, 06:11 AM

Sunny and warm at 32 C today - driving downtown you would never think two weeks ago the streets were flooded - except how tough it is to find parking (they are still cleaning out the underground parking lots.)

Hey Spoons, it is going to get windy over your way - and there may be a few waves from the storm surge. Cyclone Bianca is supposed to hit Perth on Sunday morning. Check the BOM site. Warnings from Jurien Bay to Albany - With Perth on the wrong side of a cat 1 storm. The surge will go right up the Swan...

Spoons

2011-Jan-28, 08:48 AM

I know what it says. I don't buy it for a moment that it's anything more that a heavy breeze. They are trying to make it sound dramatic over here, but there'll be nothing in it by the time it hits the land.

We did have a little bit of wind going on earlier (when I say a little bit of wind, this is one of the windier cities you'll encounter, so it was probably fairly windy really) but I wouldn't expect much splashy stuff going on anywhere north of Mandurah way, and much as they may lie to, I wouldn't regard them as Perth. ;)

Mind you, I'm still using it as an excuse not to go on a booze cruise through the winery area of the Swan Valley, so I can stay home and watch the cricket. Just in case.

Oh, and another 40C day here. It's been up at or over 40 for the last 3 or 4 days, I reckon.

danscope

2011-Jan-28, 08:10 PM

We're having a heat wave. 39 ° F, winds light. Sky is grey . (surprise...surprise) .

Buttercup

2011-Jan-28, 08:39 PM

Sunny. Clear as a bell. Calm, no breeze. Temp probably 58 F. No rain in sight.

Monotonous!!!! :mad:

danscope

2011-Jan-28, 10:17 PM

Soon, it will be " Groundhog Day " . To be celebrated with a " Groundhog Day Cake " !!! :)
Yes, we have a little groundhog sculpture (figurine) which sits next to the hole and chocolate sprinkles for the shadow.
To be gobbled down with enthusiasm as a cure for cabin fever . Take one slice with a sombrero . Call me in the morning .

Dan

Buttercup

2011-Jan-29, 06:21 PM

Want to know how sunny it's been here for weeks?

Half an hour ago (indoors, in a home office whose 2 windows are covered with standard curtains) I immediately noticed a change in the quality of sunlight: It'd noticeably dimmed.

Clouds?! Must be! :) We need rain.

Well, it is a cloud: Mostly wispy, though with a bit of bulk; just covering the sun, with a bit "extra" around it. But mostly a small and UNsubstantial cloud. And yet I noticed its effect on the sunlight.

Don't kick me, northern dwellers. I'm just sayin'.

danscope

2011-Jan-30, 02:41 AM

I shall hope that you get and enjoy a moderate amount of rain. You are deserving. :)

Spoons

2011-Jan-30, 07:55 AM

The cyclone fell apart before it hit land. I'm sure someone said that'd happen.

It did create some rain and a bit of wind, but now the news is doing their best to continue sensationalise it as the Former Tropical Cyclone Bianca, causing devastation. A few tiles got lifted. Like they always do in heavy winds. No biggie. Worst part, we were forced to play bowls in the rain.

It was 43 degrees C when we started playing, humid as heck, then it rained and got worse. Still, it was good fun. and we won. Plus we were playing in beautiful Glen Forrest, just around the corner from where I grew up in Darlington. I always feel something special when I'm up that way.

Spoons

2011-Jan-30, 12:01 PM

Well, the AC is off and the humidity is back. I'm not sure whether there's a link. I might be doing everyone a favour if I turn it back on.

Atraveller

2011-Jan-30, 11:46 PM

A beautiful sunny day with a few fluffy clouds - after a beautiful weekend - temps in the low 30's (C)

Danscope, thanks much for those golfing tips. I shot a 7 over on a par 72. I've never broken 80 before. I'm getting some nice long straight drives with the driver.

Spoons, glad the cyclone turned out to be a bust. I've been through a few that weren't and I have a very healthy respect for all cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons. I see we will be getting one on Thursday...

Spoons

2011-Jan-31, 05:54 AM

Yes, I noticed you're looking at one (Cyclone Travis?) coming up soon. Good luck with it!

danscope

2011-Jan-31, 09:16 PM

Hi Atraveler, I am extraordinarily pleased with your excellent results. It does my heart good ! Teaching in the dark is a hobby of mine, and I so enjoy finding good results with this great game. One shot at a time , you will enjoy your success.
Best regards,

Dan

danscope

2011-Jan-31, 09:21 PM

No golf today. 25 ° F , with the promise of 6" of fresh snow tomorrow. And 12" and better the day after .
Where do we put this stuff ? I'm going to have to adjust the governor on my snow thrower so as to throw the snow higher
upon the great piles lingering on my driveway. LOL !

Dan

Buttercup

2011-Jan-31, 10:01 PM

We're mostly overcast with fleecy white and dark gray clouds. Rain is definitely in the forecast; in fact, we might get snow on Wednesday. Chilly, temp probably 45 F with a mildly gusty breeze. We were warmer (62? F) and partly-cloudy earlier in the day, but the predicted cool front has definitely moved in...

Atraveller

2011-Feb-01, 01:27 AM

A lovely sunny day - with a few fluffy clouds, and temps around 31 C. A perfect day for golfing - too bad I'm stuck in an office all day.

But, Northern Queensland is bracing for the second Cyclone in a week. Cyclone Tony was a catagory 2 when it hit near Townsville. Cyclone Yasi is set to hit in the same area at a catagory 4 (maybe 5) Those people must not live right to get this kind of punishment.

Danscope, i don't think I'll ever be a scratch golfer, but I'm really encouraged by that round on the weekend. Just need a little more advice if you have the time. I'm thinking of investing in a new set of clubs - can't quite afford the custom fitted ones, but would you recomend any over others? Ans my current driver is a 10 degree 375cc - Thinking of a 10.5 degree 460cc - do you think that will get me the extra 20 meters I need to knock another 4 or 5 strokes off?

Spoons

2011-Feb-01, 04:28 AM

They were saying on ABC Local Radio that it could be up to 250kh/hr wind speeds near the centre. Sounds brutal. Poor fellas in Queensland. They're really copping it sweet.

Torsten

2011-Feb-01, 06:35 AM

It was -28C when I left the house this morning, and -20 when I returned. It may have warmed to -15. Last week we had temperatures up to 5C, and rain on the deep snow that had fallen the week before. So, last week the snowshowing was horrific, today it was like walking on pavement. Covered a lot of ground....

Buttercup

2011-Feb-01, 07:27 PM

It's cold today (maybe 30 F) and spitting snow! :) Mostly overcast earlier, but now the clouds are parting a bit; fluffy billowy white and sooty-gray clouds. A bit of wind, perhaps gusts of 15 mph.

Chances are we'll go partly-cloudy to cloudy, and then back again, and more "snow" the remainder of the day. :rolleyes:

CJSF

2011-Feb-01, 07:51 PM

It's been near 80 again today, with some patchy "fair weather" clouds. Unlike the last mega-storm to our north, we aren't expecting much in the way of severe weather from the current ice monster. Batten down the hatches, Dan. The ice storm cometh.

CJSF

Atraveller

2011-Feb-01, 11:16 PM

We are already getting rain bands here in Brisbane from Cyclone Yasi. Nice and warm at 32 C (85 ish in the arm pit scale)

Yasi is a real monster. The actual storm is a catagory 5 with winds in excess of 300 km/hr. Storm winds are 500 kms across, with a 70 km eye wall. Rain bands extend from PNG to Brisbane (more than 2500 kms. To put that in perspective - that is like a storm that extends from Miami to New York.)

Xelebes

2011-Feb-02, 02:10 AM

On the ascent on the weather-coaster. Was -25C this morning with -35C windchill, now it's around -6C and pleasant. Will be about 4C tomorrow and a bit warmer for the day after and then it will bottom out again.

danscope

2011-Feb-02, 06:23 AM

Hi, It's a delightful 18 ° F , winds light , and snow to begin this morning. May get 4 to 6 " fresh snow; then turn to sleet or freezing rain. Must move the snow before the change over. The rest can be satisfied with the liberal application of salt .

Dan

Buttercup

2011-Feb-02, 11:06 AM

Massive snowstorm wallops much of United States:

Snow in the desert! :) We've gotten 2 inches since last evening (began around 7:30 pm). It's still snowing (4:00 am). Current temp is a cold 7 degrees F. North of here (about 70 miles) was reporting subzero wind chills. The snow is very pretty...and we're fortunate that by mid-day it'll likely mostly be melted. I was born/raised in the Midwest, btw -- so I *know* snow and cold. This is tame by comparison, but still "quite a thing" for natives to this region.

Spoons

2011-Feb-02, 04:36 PM

I wonder about any impact on local flora and fauna due to such a peculiar event.

Jim

2011-Feb-02, 04:44 PM

My computer is telling me it's 27F outside right now. My outside thermometer was registering 20F at 6am. It may snow here Friday.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-02, 04:58 PM

Still snowing! :) Total of 3 inches accumulation. We were without power for 1.5 hours. Temperature is about 20 F.

DonM435

2011-Feb-02, 07:43 PM

Last night we were watching the WGN News* on cable TV to check out the Chicago weather (I have relatives there).

Time and again, a reporter or an interview subject would be identified by the caption
"STUCK ON LSD"
and I wondered if hallucenogic drugs were compounding the problem.

It turns out to be an abbreviation for Lake Shore Drive that I had never before encountered.

It should probably be called The Billy Sunday Storm, as he's the one who could not shut down the town (if you believe the song). Not until now at least.

(*It's called News at Nine, though it came on at Ten. Something about their longitude, I hear.)

Ara Pacis

2011-Feb-02, 11:31 PM

WGN news is on at 9pm, local time. Most network affiliates in the timezone air their half-hour late news programs at 10pm, local time.

My current weather is clear and was sunny until sunset. Of course, that was after it dropped 16 inches of snow here, with drifts up to the eaves.

Trebuchet

2011-Feb-03, 01:37 AM

And I've still no idea where Coruscant is, other than it's apparently somewhere in the southwestern US.

Buttercup, do you know your "my beautiful city" image is 1x1 pixel? Not a lot of data there.

DonM435

2011-Feb-03, 02:26 AM

danscope

2011-Feb-03, 05:17 AM

Got 17 ° F and icing .... in a gig way .All that wet snow that didn't get moved is frozen now. Are we having fun yet ? :)

Dan

danscope

2011-Feb-03, 05:21 AM

In Chicago, maybe they are re-thinking how smart it would have been to announce the day before that they will be shutting down the roads , especially Lake Shore Drive..... so that the plows can do their job un hindered . What a mess.
These are the times that try men's souls and stop their cars . You'd think they would learn , but..... NoOOOOOOOOO !
Hello,, stay home .

tlbs101

2011-Feb-03, 05:06 PM

This morning I walked outside to experience -15F with a wind-chill temperature of -35F -- which ties the coldest still-air temperature I had ever experienced and sets a new record for the coldest wind-chill temerature I have ever experienced.

I did it without gloves or a hat (but with a heavy coat). Within seconds my hands and face were in pain, and within seconds after that I was back inside the shelter o the garage. Even my car, inside an insulated attached garage, was hard to start.

We have very little snow, but the cold is making it impossible to start school busses, so schools are either delayed starting or closed althogether. Natural gas is in such high demand that towns north of Albuquerque are without gas due to critically low pressures. Fortunately my new house has a fireplace, and it is a brick house (better insulated than most).

I am concerned with my vacant house in Albuquerque, because I programmed the thermostat to 50F. I will have to make a trip over there today to check on the pipes and start some water dripping from the faucets.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-03, 05:28 PM

And I've still no idea where Coruscant is, other than it's apparently somewhere in the southwestern US.

:confused: It's in a galaxy far far away!

Buttercup, do you know your "my beautiful city" image is 1x1 pixel? Not a lot of data there.

I'll see if I can get C3PO to take a better photo for me. :)

(Seriously? I'm 45 miles north of El Paso, Texas city limit. And we are cold by local standards! Furnace keeps coming on, set at 58 F. Outdoors is hazy-sunny and temp is probably 20 F)

danscope

2011-Feb-03, 09:44 PM

Ah...... 20 ° F and calm . Just cleaned the culvert , We " may " get some rain saturday. The ice puddle cometh .
I feel for you ,TLBS . Mind numbing cold . And this is a reflection of global warming. Agitated jet stream .
Are we having fun yet? Hmmm..........

Dan

Atraveller

2011-Feb-03, 11:22 PM

32 C, sunny, with a few fluffy clouds. We got hit with a bit of a rain band from Cyclone Yasi yesterday, but all nice today - great golfing weather...

(sorry to see you guys in NA getting all that snow... It reminds me why I left Canada for paradise...)

Trebuchet

2011-Feb-04, 03:03 AM

:confused: It's in a galaxy far far away!

I'll see if I can get C3PO to take a better photo for me. :)

(Seriously? I'm 45 miles north of El Paso, Texas city limit. And we are cold by local standards! Furnace keeps coming on, set at 58 F. Outdoors is hazy-sunny and temp is probably 20 F)

Thanks!

Tinaa

2011-Feb-04, 03:43 PM

We are out of school for a snow day - mainly the freezing rain that coats the roadways. I hate it. This means we have to give up a day in May. Would much rather have a day off in May rather than now!

Buttercup

2011-Feb-04, 07:05 PM

Snow is 2/3 melted. Icicles have nearly vanished; what remains is drip-drip-dripping from the eaves. Temp is still chilly for us, though; maybe 34 F. Sunny today. No wind (thankfully).

We're in for a gradual but quick warmup; by Sunday we should be a balmy 62 F. :D

Gigabyte

2011-Feb-04, 11:55 PM

Aha! At long last I know where this paradise is! Got a but nippy there, didn't it?

Spoons

2011-Feb-05, 01:27 AM

Oh, the cats outta the can of worms now.

danscope

2011-Feb-05, 05:06 AM

16 ° F , wind is calm . Snow to the left of me. Ice to the right of me . More to come tonight .
The groundhog says it will be an early Spring !!!!!! :)

Dan

Graybeard6

2011-Feb-05, 05:39 AM

Right now, 20C. I just use Celsius to make my Yankee friends & relatives feel better. It's been a pretty winter, mostly, on the Space Coast. Talked to my brother in Ripley, NY (on the lake, ~60 mi. SW of Buffalo) and it's cold, but very little snow "I haven't used a tank of gas in my snow blower."

danscope

2011-Feb-06, 03:38 AM

Right now...... 34 ° F and rain , at times very heavy. I should think we will be hearing about all the forced flooding tomorrow.
Not as bad as Australia though . I shall be thankful.

Dan

Atraveller

2011-Feb-07, 12:45 AM

Australia seems to be working through the biblical plagues - and a few that weren't other wise specified... We had the plague of frogs (well cane toads actually) and the plague of flies (SOP for Australia really) The river flooded and ran red as with blood (a dark browny red actually) and there was a plague of locusts. We also have had fire storms and cyclones.

Ah well - paradise dose have a few snakes..

Meanwhile, we had a lovely weekend but a little warm 35 C for most of the time.

Golfing was good, but hard to keep hydrated. And sweat in the sunnies made it hard to see the ball some times...

Spoons

2011-Feb-07, 01:47 AM

Nasty bushfires to the north-east and south-east of Perth too. Thankfully they're not yet affecting anyone I know.

It's almost like we're being punished here in Australia for being so darn good-looking or something.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-07, 02:02 AM

Aha! At long last I know where this paradise is! Got a but nippy there, didn't it?

Yes. Our low on Thursday (morning) was 9 F.

Yesterday and today (Sunday) we rebounded back into mid-50s temps. :D Sunny today too. A bit breezy mid-day, but only for a few hours.

Nice not to have the furnace kicking on every 5 minutes!

My sister semi-sarcastically asked how I liked "our winter weather"; she's still in Iowa. I said I didn't...and that it's her own fault for still living there (she did move here in 2004, but went back less than 6 months later). :rolleyes: I've lived *here* nearly 19 years now and have acclimated. No more Iowa for me. :hand: She's got no cause for begrudging me.

Atraveller

2011-Feb-07, 04:02 AM

Stay safe Spoons. Hope those bush fires don't come anywhere near you...

Spoons

2011-Feb-07, 04:37 AM

I'll be fine, living in the city and all, but I'll transfer those kind wishes over to my family and friends who live up there. Thanks!

I notice they're suggesting there will still be further flash floods in various regional areas of QLD and possibly Vic. Jeez, this weather sure carries on.

emmylou

2011-Feb-07, 05:34 AM

Its dark, cold and wet in Berwick :(

Atraveller

2011-Feb-07, 06:01 AM

I notice they're suggesting there will still be further flash floods in various regional areas of QLD and possibly Vic. Jeez, this weather sure carries on.

Welcome to the new climate - according to CSIRO it will get worse...

2010 was found to be tied for the hotest year on record http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20110112/

And add to that there is more moisture in the atmosphere than ever recorded... so more rain, more cyclones, and more snow in less temperate zones - (accroding to Hansen.)

Glad you're safe.

Ara Pacis

2011-Feb-07, 07:18 AM

Speaking of cars getting stuck, I forgot to mention a story I heard the other day. A dar after the blizzard, some people were rescured from a deserted county road after being stuck for 19 hours. They had 2nd degree frostbite because they couldn't safely run the car for heat because they were buried beneath a 17-foot snowdrift. That's a bit unusual for these parts.

Spoons

2011-Feb-07, 11:21 AM

Its dark, cold and wet in Berwick :(

Want to trade? It's bright, hot and dry in Perth.

I have to wonder, if this sort of thing becomes a regular occurence in Australia, will QLD become a ghost-state?

chrissy

2011-Feb-07, 01:57 PM

The wind is blowing at 32 mph, we have had strong gale force winds for almost a week now. I have washing on the line and I am hoping it is all still there and I am not having to go to Scotland to collect it all later. :(

danscope

2011-Feb-07, 07:54 PM

Get's tough when you need carpenter's clamps to secure your laundry !
I've got 45 ° F today with a light breeze and some melting going. Maybe the ice will release in the driveway. :)

Dan

chrissy

2011-Feb-07, 07:59 PM

Just wondering Dan, do you not put salt down on the ice to help it thaw a bit more?

BigDon

2011-Feb-07, 09:17 PM

Now I feel guilty that I can still squeak out a couple of blossoms on my rose bushes even in January. The main issue being length of daylight. And of course my cyclamen are all running over with blooms due to the cool weather they prefer. All north facing walls and sheltered areas are getting a nice layer of moss.

To me, you people live on Titan or something.

I've never spent a whole winter in snow. I've only visited it. Encluding a couple of genuine adventures in it. ie, one time as a teen some friends and I wandered way too high up a mountain that still had over twenty feet of snow on its south face even in August. With no more equipment than you would bring on a warm dayhike. That was the trip I learned about those damn tree holes. A hazard beyond my experiance before. Someone slid into one head first and I fell in trying to get her out. Though once in the hole with her I was able to push her up out of it and she got help.

I also had that delightful surprise of admiring a great view from a dramatic edge then making the rather distressing discovery I was actually standing on the edge of a cornice when a four foot across section of it, behind me, fell away to show me I was standing on a shelf of snow/ice about two feet thick over nothing but 3 to 4 hundred feet of air. I could even see through the hole that I had wandered off the cliff about twenty feet back.

I may have said bad words. I really, really wanted to freeze in place and taking the next step back to the real edge was very hard. I've only ever been in a couple of stickier spots.

Then there was the river that flowed under the snowfield I walked over. all these light girls are putting there legs through the snow layer and revealing a five foot drop into a three foot deep waterway that stays under the snowfield for several hundred feet before going over a falls and into Gold Lake. And my big butt didn't break through. Maybe I had bigger feet or something.

and to top the day off I developed snow blindness. My vision had turned crimson by four o' clock.

It's a good thing that fate had other plans for me. That whole day was one long round of "asking for it".

Atraveller

2011-Feb-07, 11:17 PM

I have to wonder, if this sort of thing becomes a regular occurence in Australia, will QLD become a ghost-state?

Oz is still the best place in the world to live (and I've tried quite a few places...) And particularly Queensland is paradise. Now we just have to adapt to the floods, and the cyclones...

SeanF

2011-Feb-08, 02:34 PM

The air temperature right now here (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, about 8:30am) is -17 degrees. That's fahrenheit, BTW, so it's about -27 celsius.

Luckily, there's no wind at the moment, so there's no additional wind chill.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-08, 09:13 PM

Our high today was forecast to be 72 F, with wind moving in mid-afternoon. Winds are now gusting maybe 30 mph. Sky is slightly dusty. Cold/arctic air pushing down and a very warm belt of air coming up from Mexico is causing the wind. :( Our temps will drop again; forecast high tomorrow expected to be 35 F but sunny; perhaps a slight chance of rain.

Torsten

2011-Feb-08, 10:19 PM

Chrissy: We had a thaw here a little while ago, so the compact snow on my driveway turned into a sheet of ice. This happens every year, without fail, and I prepare for it by keeping a couple of large buckets of coarse sand in the garage, ready to apply when required. I don't use salt.

BigDon: You were really lucky with that cornice. There is a mountain outside of the town where I grew up that I used to climb several times a year. A large cornice forms on the broad ridge between two of its peaks every winter and usually falls off each spring. One year it persisted into August. Traversing the ridge, we kept at least 50 feet from the edge, and that was plenty of distance for safety. But about 8 years ago, a young couple hiking it in early September got too close and the edge either crumbled beneath them or they slid off and fell a few hundred feet to their deaths. At that time of year the snow that remains is very hard and it is easy to start sliding on it.

I'm not sure how I'd deal with not experiencing a winter with snow each year. It's part of the normal yearly cycle for me. Though I have to admit, I'd prefer a month lopped off each end of it where I'm currently living.

Yesterday I was about 1.5 km from my vehicle into the woods, laying out the centreline of a proposed road, and while readjusting a snowshoe, managed to break one of the straps. I was able to tie it up differently, and continued with my work. The snow is a little under a metre deep there, with a crust about 30 cm down that won't support a person without snowshoes, so walking out without that snowshoe would have been awfully tiring. However, I would have done a field repair using the surveyors tape before trying that. Today I spent an hour repairing it and doing other maintenance on them.

While it got up to about -5C yesterday, last night it fell again to -27C. Today's a town day.

HenrikOlsen

2011-Feb-09, 06:01 PM

Looks like we're finally getting back to winter temperatures after a long period of thaw. Not much snow though.

chrissy

2011-Feb-09, 07:24 PM

danscope

2011-Feb-10, 07:12 PM

Here comes the sun, Chrissy! No thaw here. High is 27°F , sunny with a light breeze . No snow for a while. GOOD !

Dan

Buttercup

2011-Feb-10, 08:12 PM

Sunny, cloudless sky. Cool, perhaps 50 F. Calm.

CJSF

2011-Feb-10, 08:21 PM

We had some weirdness today. This morning it was warm and muggy, overcast and fog, but with sun burning through. I went home for lunch at it was about 80 degrees. I took a lunch nap (yay for working near home!) and we had a rain shower. I went out to head back to work. Looking out the window, the sky looked the same, so I figured the weather was the same. Stepped out and YIKES.. CHILLY! The temperature dropped 20 degrees in less than an hour. It's now in the upper 50s.

CJSF

chrissy

2011-Feb-10, 08:32 PM

It has been 5°C today and the sun has been out again...yay!

BigDon

2011-Feb-11, 03:46 AM

We had a spell of 70F days that have since went bye-bye. Being a hot-house orchid I start whining at about 43F, especially if there is any wind. Like right now.

Tried a new breakfast place today. Not bad. Only half the walk as the old place.

chrissy

2011-Feb-11, 10:35 AM

It is rainy today, but what I still can't believe is my yellow Jasmine has been flowering for a couple of weeks now. Sorry it's a bit blurry, as the battery is dying. :(
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jokergirl

2011-Feb-11, 10:58 AM

Snowstorm! Augh!
20cm last night and the buses refuse to go. (One might think that Scandinavia can handle snow these days. Yeah, right.)

;)

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Feb-14, 05:51 PM

Today foggy, snowy and about 5C, maybe the beginning of the end of winter.

Atraveller

2011-Feb-15, 12:40 AM

A lovely 31 C, sunny with a few fluffy clouds.

First day of Autumn is two weeks away...

HenrikOlsen

2011-Feb-15, 12:51 AM

Windy and a few degrees frost. No precipitation.

Trebuchet

2011-Feb-15, 01:05 AM

Rain, rain, go away... oh wait, it's winter in Washington. We're actually getting into the season when people start in on the preliminary yard work. I guess I need to as well.

danscope

2011-Feb-15, 02:24 AM

Surprise! A sunny day; made 48 ° F with a light breeze . A nice respite from the winter snows . Cold tomorrow, but warmer weather to return soon . The groundhog was right !!!! :)

Dan

Spoons

2011-Feb-15, 02:32 AM

Beautiful weather, beautiful day. Ah, I'm in a charmed mood today. Combo of it being my brother's birthday, hitting the gym fairly hard this morning (well, warming back up from an absence there - build up the heart's work), and being back in regular touch with someone very dear to me.

And my cousin is visiting this weekend from Sydney. Whoop! 32C all weekend for that.

35C and sunny today. Lovely clear skies outside.

Githyanki

2011-Feb-15, 03:14 AM

Esta claro aqui con nubes pocos. Tambien, vientos menos son fresco y yo mucho gusto.

Atraveller

2011-Feb-15, 06:09 AM

Sunt sordidis nubibus atra magna extra officium elit. Puto poterimus aliquantulus of a ruina. - isn't google translate fun?

Hey Dan, counting down the days to the first tee off?

Spoons - your side of the rock looks like it may get a little rain over the next few days.

Spoons

2011-Feb-15, 07:11 AM

We're told there could be afternoon storms over the hills region on Thursday. I doubt that will have much impact on the rest of the metro area. Apart from that they suggest slightly cloudy until Sat, when it'll be much as it is today - hot and sunny.

danscope

2011-Feb-15, 10:19 PM

Hi, Got 20 °F with a stiff breeze . Not surprising with yesterday's 57° . Nice for a stroll around Wickford by the sea.
The shops were glad to see us and the comparatively warm breeze was a delight . 50's on thursday/friday .
And.... yes, I need some golf,....need, need, need!!! For now, I can live vicariously through Bill Murray !

Dan

ABR.

2011-Feb-15, 10:48 PM

The rainy season has returned to Northern California.

Tensor

2011-Feb-16, 04:56 AM

Well, for the next week, our forecast calls for highs a bit less than 80 F and lows a bit less than 60 F. Light winds (just enough to get a nice cross breeze through the open windows), and sunny. I'm going to get suckered by my wife into riding her around all day on the motorcycle. Please don't make me ride that motorcycle. Can someone come and rescue me?

Spoons

2011-Feb-16, 05:44 AM

It's 37C outside right now. A little humid too. And being someone that now loves to challenge myself, I've gotten my bicycle fixed this morning and I'm going to ride home from work this arvo. Then, since I'll have left my car at work, I'll need to ride to work int he morning too. The trick is to make it a forced requirement, then I can't cop out.

Should be fun. At least tomorrow morning it'll still only be 25C or so (though a little humid, I expect) on the ride in to work.

CJSF

2011-Feb-16, 01:13 PM

Avro?

CJSF

Buttercup

2011-Feb-16, 02:04 PM

Today's high expected to be 77 F. :) Will be sunny (by the looks of it at 7:03 AM "as clear as a bell"). We might get a bit breezy later in the day. I've gotten out my Capri slacks with the flower embroidery on them. :D Time to dress up for "summer."

danscope

2011-Feb-16, 06:26 PM

WooHoo!!! Get the capri slacks !! :)
We're having a heat wave. Got 45°F , broken clouds and a light breeze. Can spring be far away? :)

chrissy

2011-Feb-16, 08:43 PM

Avro?

CJSF

Afternoon. ;)

Atraveller

2011-Feb-16, 11:03 PM

30 C again, a little rain overnight, but a beautiful clear day right now.

Hey Spoons, you talking aussie at people again?

Spoons

2011-Feb-17, 12:06 AM

Whoops, yeah, arvo = afternoon. Hey, I'm trying to learn another language, you guys can learn a little Aussie too. It could come in handy if an Aussie, a New Zealander and a South African walk into a bar. Or something.

I tells ya, it's a lot easier to quit smoking than to take up cycling. I now realise I really need some of those padded shorts. Padded at the back, I mean. ;)

Weather was perfect for the ride this morning, only about 20-23C. I found that the ride home is much easier than the ride here, so I might hold the routine I've been planning for the start of riding. Ride home one arvo (afternoon) then back to work in the morning, leaving my car at work so I can then drive home and to work the next day. Alternating this seems like the best way to start with.

danscope

2011-Feb-17, 05:32 AM

Yep,....the shorts help . In a big way .

Atraveller

2011-Feb-17, 06:42 AM

good that you specified where you needed the padding...

:eek:

Spoons

2011-Feb-17, 06:56 AM

Well, I just picked up the shorts. It's really handy that as soon as I decided I wanted to get back on the bike I checked and found there's a bike shop half a block up the road.

Just got the tight bike shorts, because I can wear them under my normal shorts or endulge the bulge as I choose.

ETA: You're a cheeky lot, Atraveller, so I figured it best to specify before someone jumped on it. The comment, jumped on the comment.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-17, 12:28 PM

We broke a high yesterday; 80 F. Ironically 2 weeks ago we broke a low temp. Today is supposed to be 76 F, sunny and calm. I'm working early to be finished early, so I can get out there and enjoy our fine weather!

We might be in for rain early next week. We do need rain rather badly.

Spoons

2011-Feb-17, 12:30 PM

Finally warming up then. Good to hear... been pretty cold lately in your neck of the woods, it seems.

Atraveller

2011-Feb-17, 11:44 PM

Yet another brilliant day in paradise. It was 28 C as I drove to work this morning - supposed to hit a high of 30 C (that would be mid 80's in the armpit scale.) Lots of fluffy clouds, but little chance of rain...

Looks like the left side of the rock has a cyclone lingering about. What do you think Spoons? Will Dianne spit the dummy and take a bead on Perth?

Spoons

2011-Feb-17, 11:52 PM

TC Dianne? She won't do anything much to Perth, and I don't expect a huge impact for any of WA really. I'd say Perth might get a bit of extra wind and humidity stirred up, but nothing startling. I'd probably avoid going boating in the next 2-4 days or so.

Torsten

2011-Feb-19, 06:39 PM

Well, it finally got down to -35C last night, I think it's only cracked -30 a couple of times this winter. Presently -28 under glorious clear skies. Five days ago, we had sleet and rain. You'd think a person would get used to the variable weather conditions, but I am still impressed (and often annoyed) everytime a big change happens. Maybe it's because the weather is either enabling or hindering my ability to earn, as I do a substantial amount of my work outdoors.

chrissy

2011-Feb-19, 09:18 PM

Snowed for most of the day...YAY!............not! -.-

forrest noble

2011-Feb-20, 04:05 AM

Pretty pre-spring yellow Jasmine, Chrissy. Hope the snow doesn't interfere with their flowering. There are lots of winter rains here in Southern California, today being one of them, but I would say that the rainfall average here is about normal so far. Lots of pre-spring flowering here because it doesn't get very cold, about 10C nights minimum, so lots of plants don't know what season it is and flower mid winter.

Githyanki

2011-Feb-20, 10:18 AM

La llavia esta aqui. Yo mucho gusto la llavia.

forrest noble

2011-Feb-20, 06:09 PM

La llavia esta aqui. Yo mucho gusto la llavia.

Did you mean "está lluviendo aquí. Me gusta la lluvia?"

Gigabyte

2011-Feb-20, 09:53 PM

I dunna oondastand tha speeking

Spoons

2011-Feb-20, 09:57 PM

I think they said, "Small puddles at Vulture Shark Sculpture Park".

Atraveller

2011-Feb-20, 11:20 PM

Lovely day with a high around 30 C - bright blue sky.

Was a lovely weekend too, but a little warm. It got up to a high of 36 C (around 100 F.) Had to go to the golf course on top of mount Tamborine to find a course that wasn't too hot. Still melted a bit walking the round.

danscope

2011-Feb-21, 07:42 PM

Any golf is....' something' . Got 30 ° F and 2 inches of snow . The heavy stuff went south of us....for a change .
Can spring be far away? :)

Dan

Trebuchet

2011-Feb-22, 08:10 PM

Dang, I had a whole post submitted and seemed to lose my internet connection briefly.

Anyhow, it's been nasty here in Port Townsend, WA today. It started out with wind and sleet (what the locals tend to call "hail") which built up on the roads. I had to go into town and saw a couple of cars in the ditch. Now it seems to have settled into normal snow.

I just talked to someone on the phone who had previously spoken to someone in Port Angeles, about 50 miles west. He said it was sunny there. Indeed, I can see a trace of blue in the sky in that direction.

chrissy

2011-Feb-22, 08:35 PM

It snowed again yesterday (all day) then it rained, so the snow vanished...YAY! Today has been quite warm when the fog lifted and that golden orb was in the sky again.

@Forrest, the yellow Jasmine seems to be doing fine, the flowers just keep on coming.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-22, 09:34 PM

Sunny and clear. A bit of breeze (very mild). Temp is probably 60 F.

CJSF

2011-Feb-22, 09:48 PM

I have to admit, Buttercup, I was starting to miss your "Sunny and clear as a bell no wind" type posts. They were a nice meditative center-point for my day.

It's been mid 80s (F) here since last week, with some quite dense fog in the interior before sunrise. So far the fog hasn't been too bad nearer the coast. There has been a persistent, albeit faint, smell of smoke in the air since the weekend. If megrfl is watching this thread, has there been smoke in your area at all lately?

CJSF

Gigabyte

2011-Feb-22, 11:27 PM

I must confess, I was contemplating moving to where Buttercup lives, until I found out it was in Texas.

Atraveller

2011-Feb-22, 11:37 PM

Another beautiful day - temperature is only 28 C - cooled down nicely from the weekend.

Dan - we golf all year here. In "winter" the day time temperature might be as low as 18 C (65 F?) so you wear pants instead of shorts, and maybe a sweater.

Spoons

2011-Feb-22, 11:48 PM

We have a lovely day ahead. It's only 23C now, but heading for somewhere around 36C. I think I may hang back a little later than normal at work today, both to get a bit more work out the way and to let it cool down a pinch before the trip home.

CJSF

2011-Feb-23, 12:05 AM

I must confess, I was contemplating moving to where Buttercup lives, until I found out it was in Texas.

It isn't.

CJSF

CJSF

2011-Feb-23, 10:23 PM

I did smell smoke! It was stronger this morning. Apparently, someone's been setting brush fires all along the coast here. Five so far, but they have all (relatively) quickly been put out.

CJSF

emmylou

2011-Feb-23, 10:26 PM

it's really warm tonight 8 c with cloud :(

Trebuchet

2011-Feb-23, 10:28 PM

Torsten

2011-Feb-23, 10:45 PM

Snowing hard here in Port Townsend now. We cancelled our return to Everett because we didn't want to risk getting stuck somewhere with my mother-in-law and two cats. The evening commute on the other side of Puget Sound is likely to be "interesting". I'm glad to be retired.

And of course we're having howling winds out of the northeast and daytime highs of -15C.

"WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT"

Office day.

Graybeard6

2011-Feb-24, 06:51 AM

CJSF, You must live inland; we haven't smelled smoke beachside. All we have is lots and lots of yellow Pollen. My wife had the Mercedes detailed on Friday and it looks like it's been coated with mustard.
A dear younger friend (I taught her to drive a stick shift 39 years ago, and guided her army career wherein she learned computer hardware) is in Redmond with a bum knee (arthroscopic surgery Tuesday) and forgotten how to drive in snow. She's lived in South Florida for ~30 years. To quote " I'm not supposed to have knee problems, I'm a geek!"

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Feb-24, 05:26 PM

The las big snowstorm of the year maybe coming tomorrow then there is a rain/snow strom coming next week then rain and hopefully it will stay thet way. The last few nights have been about freezing in the day and -15 to -20 at night, great if you make maple syrup. I could use a warm up now at to get rid of some of the snow and ice.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-24, 06:57 PM

Sunny, calm, no clouds, temp a bit cool -- probably 60 F.

CJSF

2011-Feb-24, 10:20 PM

Grrr... current weather ... OVERCAST and ZERO SHUTTLE VISIBILITY from my house! Got to watch NASA TV though .... They had 2 seconds left of time to "play with" to get a range equipment issue resolved, but they are in orbit (and I am back at work ... boo ...).

CJSF

BigDon

2011-Feb-25, 06:34 PM

We are forecast to have lows of 20F this evening and through the weekend. Snow down to sea level.

I've got to move plants indoors, specifically some cacti. I fear for my pink jasmine and my bounganvilla. :(

Trebuchet

2011-Feb-25, 07:01 PM

Sun shining brightly on several inches of snow. Rather pretty, but cold for here. We need to travel tomorrow, but I think it'll be ok. More snow is possible Sunday.

danscope

2011-Feb-25, 07:05 PM

Rain ... maybe 2 inches of it,....which floats down the drain easily, and all by itself. :) Good.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-25, 07:49 PM

Sunny, calm, no clouds, temp a bit cool -- probably 60 F.

Ditto for today. :rolleyes:

ABR.

2011-Feb-26, 12:48 AM

8-12 inches of snow today with more in the forecast. One large tree down. It just missed the house, but wiped out several smaller trees.

danscope

2011-Feb-26, 09:44 PM

We made 40° F today with a light breeze , partly cloudy for a while , greyed over now , and I didn't have to shovel snow.
That is a good day.

Atraveller

2011-Feb-28, 12:34 AM

Last day of summer here - 33C clear blue sky.

It was official over a month ago - but they are saying this was the wettest summer on record for Queensland. It was also one of the warmest summers on record for Queensland. So paradise was hot and muggy.

Glad you had a good day Dan - this weekend was Almost too hot for golf - just almost. Used your tips and had another good round - the streaching really helps with those first few holes.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-28, 02:48 AM

We had horrific winds today. Very early morning started out clear/calm. By 7:15 a.m. the predicted winds picked up. We had a sand/dust storm. Wind consistently 40 mph at least, with frequent nasty gusts upwards of 70 mph. :( Dark gray clouds rolled in; totally overcast mid-morning to late afternoon. An hour before sunset it was mostly sunny again, and shortly after sunset the winds died down. Our temperature also dropped considerably; yesterday's high was 79 F whereas today it was 48 F.

Jamotron

2011-Feb-28, 04:30 AM

Hot and sunny with a strong chance of aftershocks :) 25 Celcius today. Not a bad day at all.

DonM435

2011-Feb-28, 06:02 PM

Grumble. Hot and humid. Had to use the air conditioning yesterday, first time this year.

Torsten

2011-Feb-28, 06:43 PM

Grumble too. Cancelled a field day due to -25C and windy. Presently -21, with wind chill of -33.

So I finished a review of a paper, but am now running out of things to do in the office that actually pay.

Not pleased.

Buttercup

2011-Feb-28, 08:02 PM

Today is an entirely different "animal" to yesterday: Completely calm, sunny, temp has rebounded to probably 70 F. :)

Atraveller

2011-Mar-01, 12:21 AM

Happy first day of autumn to everyone in the lucky country.

35 C out there right now - a might warm for autumn.

Spoons

2011-Mar-01, 12:36 AM

The weather is almost just the same over this side right now. They're predicting 34C, which is a little lighter than usual here lately.

I heard the other day we hit a record for the number of days in a row that it didn't drop below 20C. Somethign like a month.

neilzero

2011-Mar-01, 05:06 AM

Here in NE Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, highs about 80f, lows about 55f the past 3 days. It was about 10 degrees cooler before that, with several light frosts in December and January. The early spring flowers are blooming. Neil

jrkeller

2011-Mar-01, 03:03 PM

A rare day in Houston. Cool, around 55F, sunny and low humidity [the rate part]

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Mar-01, 03:56 PM

Got more yesterday, the neices had a for day weekend. One stayed at home with me on friday and watched the first 2 lord of the rings movies, watched the last one saturday.

DonM435

2011-Mar-02, 03:20 AM

Grumble. Hot and humid. Had to use the air conditioning yesterday, first time this year.

Cooled off nicely this p.m., so the windows are open again. But I fear that our short fall-winter-spring is over.

danscope

2011-Mar-02, 04:01 AM

20 °F for now, tomorrow 47°F , maybe I can remove some ice from the front steps. :)

Buttercup

2011-Mar-02, 12:00 PM

Was out in sunshine for a couple of hours yesterday (family [in-laws] get-together). Got a sunburn on face and upper chest. :( Didn't expect that on March 1st, not even for this area! Calm, pretty day, temp upwards of 70 F. Probably more of the same today.

danscope

2011-Mar-02, 06:41 PM

Ah..... I remember sunburn; a warm glint on the face, the carress of a summer's breeze as I glide across Bristol harbor.

Got 50 ° F ! Can you believe it?? :) Perhaps the ice will release from the steps ! :)

Buttercup

2011-Mar-02, 07:00 PM

Ah..... I remember sunburn; a warm glint on the face, the carress of a summer's breeze as I glide across Bristol harbor.

Yeah. :) Mine's just enough to give a sensation of heat, and very mild itch. Applied lotion. Thankfully it was mostly on upper chest and NOT the face.

Got 50 ° F ! Can you believe it?? :) Perhaps the ice will release from the steps ! :)

I hope it gets even warmer for you soon!

Trebuchet

2011-Mar-02, 07:50 PM

Sun? What is this "sun" of which you speak?

Buttercup

2011-Mar-02, 07:56 PM

Sun? What is this "sun" of which you speak?

It's a big warm (sometimes HOT) blazing yellow ball of light which "rises" in the east in the mornings and "sets" in the west much later.

It's currently very warmly shining on my house, with dappling of rays through my front mesh door. ;)

danscope

2011-Mar-02, 10:51 PM

Grey......grey.... lots of grey. Can't tell which way is east without a compass ! There's more sunshine here on the Bautforum.
Temp dropped to 34° heading towards 20 ° . Wind has come down . The 20 pound crow bar broke up some of the ice. :)
A bit extreme, but friday we have most important company..... a bunch of hungry middle school teachers . Fridays bring out the best in people. :)

Dan

Atraveller

2011-Mar-03, 11:28 PM

We have lots of grey too. It has been raining for two days, and is forcast to continue raining for the next three days (yes - all weekend.)

But at least it is a warm rain. It is 31 C out there right now. Hot and muggy is us...

Spoons

2011-Mar-04, 01:08 AM

You guys get a long weekend this weekend, Atraveller?

We've got a cooler weekend coming up, at least the next two days, which is good timing. I've got a bucks night tomorrow arvo/evening, and my lovely friend is doing a triathlon Sunday. Both days are expected to be 28 or 29C.

Trebuchet

2011-Mar-04, 01:57 AM

Back to normal in the GNW, rain and grey skies. There are still a few little clumps of snow where it was piled up but I expect we've seen the last of that for the year. Time to start the spring yard work.

Atraveller

2011-Mar-04, 03:48 AM

Hi Spoons, they are saying your side of the rock has had the hottest summer ever on record. And you have had the longest string of +30 C days on record at 28 days in a row...

And we have had the wettest summer ever on record - and one of the warmest.

Brisbane is supposed to be on the edge of the tropics... not in the tropics.

(No long weekend, but I was hoping to take the afternoon off)

Spoons

2011-Mar-04, 07:40 AM

I'll be doing a fair bit of work on Monday anyway, and hopefully popping out for a nice lunch.

But working in boxer shorts isn't really working anyway. Wooooooo!

Atraveller

2011-Mar-05, 12:56 AM

Too many details...

Still grey and rainy, but the temp has dropped to the high twenties (C). Too wet to golf...

Spoons

2011-Mar-05, 02:13 AM

One would think boxer shorts would be not enough if anything...

Beautiful day today, nod to high twenties. C, that is. And I'm off for a bike ride to buy some ice trays.

BigDon

2011-Mar-05, 09:12 PM

So the huge hyped cold wave I was crying about didn't happen. So much so that one of those annoying shock jock rock station ran all day weather skits with live reporters "on scene" for the 49 degree F snow flurries and such.

It was funny, and I'm not complaining.

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Mar-06, 03:33 PM

11 C and the snow is melting.

danscope

2011-Mar-06, 08:57 PM

54° F with some substantial rain ( Not snow ) in today's forecast. It's a great day for America !
Dan

Buttercup

2011-Mar-07, 09:57 PM

Wiiiiiindy!! Gusts up to 50 mph probably. Sand and dust whipping and drifting around. Occasional dust devils. Partly cloudy. Temp is 77 F last I checked. Winds expected to continue another 8 hours at least (until 11:00 PM local time). Boo hiss! I hate wind.

BigDon

2011-Mar-08, 12:19 PM

Too heavy to be drizzle and too light to be rain. 50F with steady 14 mph winds from the north.

I'm going to delay my morning constitutional. The coffee is perking, (I use a percolater) and I have an ear ache.

danscope

2011-Mar-08, 06:54 PM

Clear skies and 45°F with a light breeze. The mighty Blackstone river is near flood but holding fine. That's a lot of snow melting fast with all the rain we had had . The reservoirs must be full as a tick .

Dan

Buttercup

2011-Mar-08, 07:10 PM

Overcast (medium-thickness pearly-milky white clouds), breezy, cool; perhaps 50 F.

Wish it would rain. I keep wishing that don't I? *sigh* We need rain. If there's going to be clouds out there, please RAIN!

CJSF

2011-Mar-08, 10:22 PM

70s, sunny and a nice breeze today. Hope it stays that way through tomorrow for Discovery's landing!

CJSF

Atraveller

2011-Mar-09, 01:13 AM

Wish it would rain. I keep wishing that don't I? *sigh* We need rain. If there's going to be clouds out there, please RAIN!

We have lots of rain - wish we could send it to you...

A monsoon has settled in over the northern part of the state. They are getting flooding *again*... (three cyclones, and four monsoons so far this summer.) Down here in the South East we are getting some rain, but no flooding. And it is still a warm rain - high 20's C.

ABR.

2011-Mar-16, 12:10 AM

It's raining felines and canines here in the Sierra foothills. How about in the Bay Area, BigDon?

BigDon

2011-Mar-16, 12:27 AM

Yesterday was so beautiful it was the first Official Tank Top Day of the year.

One woman walking down the street was soooo spectacular that of the 8 cars in line of traffic I was stopped at, I saw no less that three different men getting hit and or slapped by their significant other.

Today it's raining ice water and winds are out of the north

Spoons

2011-Mar-16, 01:27 AM

Mmmmmmmm... ice water.

Torsten

2011-Mar-17, 04:39 PM

Most of February and the first two weeks of March were cold, even going down to -35C one night. But the last week has been great, and the ice pack has finally melted off my street. But I still have a ~five foot snow bank next to the driveway.

Yesterday I made the mistake of agreeing to go in the woods with another fellow to do some layout. A thin crust had formed on the snow overnight, not strong enough to support a person, but thick enough to catch the toe of the snowshoes and make walking difficult. By noon all semblance of a crust was gone and I was sinking to my knees. We gave up at 1:00 and headed back to the vehicle. You'd think that doing this sort of work 2-3 days a week for the last two months would prepare a person, but no, my legs felt like they were on fire after that. But I love the prospect of the snowpack settling, and that period in late March, often extending through April, when a person can scoot around the forest on a thick crust in the morning, and even the afternoon snow is not that bad because it has had time to really settle in. I guess you have to do this to appreciate it.

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Mar-17, 04:39 PM

About 10 C today. Tuesday it was really nice day out I decide to go for a little walk. I took a long a garbage bag to do some cleaning at my destination and end up picking bottles and cans, a while garbage bag full in just over 3 km.

Eta when I got there the snow was still on the path in the woods. Walked up the snow was soft in some areas so my feet wnet straight through. When coming down the path I ended up with my kiester in the snow. I already get one foot wet from trying to get one can that was in the ditch, the water melted underneath so it was not such a firm spot to put my foot.

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Mar-21, 03:28 PM

A bit chillier this weekend. took a couple of short walks with my niece in one of the fields. Saw a lot of deer tracks and a birds nest that fall down. A couple hours after we had our walk a couple of deer were standing in the field.

ETA: We have snow forecast for tonight, it'll melt away quickly.

danscope

2011-Mar-21, 06:30 PM

Yes,......snow. Winter-spring's final insult. Getting snow today as we speak. Temp 33°F . Forcast- grey with periods of
less than white . No golf today either. But......soon. :)

Dan

Atraveller

2011-Mar-22, 01:35 AM

No golf today either. But......soon. :)

Dan

It rained all weekend here... so no golf either.

Now the work week has started it is bright and sunny, temp 28 C... figures...

Spoons

2011-Mar-22, 01:47 AM

Yes, because we need that nice bright sunlight shining through the window to ever so slightly illuminate our office desks.

We've got a full week ahead of us of 30-36 degrees C. Apparently there was some nice lightning last night, but I missed it. Aw well, next time.

Trebuchet

2011-Mar-22, 02:23 AM

What is this "Spring" of which you speak? Solstices mean nothing to us. It's cold(ish) and rainy. Spring, in these parts, begins about the 15th of June. Followed by summer on the 5th of July and the rainy/winter season on the first of September.

danscope

2011-Mar-22, 05:18 AM

Hi, That sounds about right. Spring comes late-ish and eventually...... some leaves and stuff .

chrissy

2011-Mar-22, 09:06 PM

Well today was lovely and warm the sun was out and the temperature outside was 18°C. YAY! Spring seems to be coming. :D

danscope

2011-Mar-23, 05:02 AM

" Dear Diary, It was cold today, but the sun came out later, so I strolled about looking at the shops. But I didn't really see anything I liked,.... so I didn't buy anything..... On my way home, I posted a letter. Been quite a nice day" ------------ The Moody Blues

Van Rijn

2011-Mar-23, 07:32 AM

We keep having rain around here (not unusual this time of year for Northern California, but we've had a few dry years), and then there was some extremely nasty wind over the weekend, which damaged the fence in two locations. Fun. Yesterday, some distance from here, but close enough for local news, there was a tornado. Not a powerful one, but tornadoes are a novelty here, so Californians treat them the same way Midwesterners do earthquakes (even a modest one is big news).

chrissy

2011-Mar-23, 12:35 PM

Another warm day so far the temperature outside is 16°C (61°F). :)

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Mar-23, 01:25 PM

A couple of mms of snow came down this morning.

danscope

2011-Mar-23, 11:36 PM

I used to dream about 61°F. It were like summer to us. Best we could do today was 35°F .... with the promise of some wet snow tonight.
Good for you, Chrissy. You deserve some nice weather !! :)

Dan

Trebuchet

2011-Mar-24, 12:18 AM

Wow! Two very nice days in a row. The fruit trees (all two dozen of them) are almost done getting pruned. If this keeps up, I'll have to install the outdoor blinds on the south and west sides of the house.

Xelebes

2011-Mar-24, 01:43 AM

Snowing, although I think I did see a faint light that resembled the sun today.

Atraveller

2011-Mar-24, 02:15 AM

Since monday the weather here has been beautiful: 30 to 32 C for the highs, and no clouds to speak of...

Forcast for the rest of the week till friday is more of the same.

But the forcast for the weekend is rain... figures...

danscope

2011-Mar-24, 10:33 PM

If only it would rain on wednesdays !!! Is that so wrong? :)

danscope

2011-Mar-25, 07:09 PM

Hey, we made 46°F today with sunshine ! I think I'll go for a walk with Celine . Life is good ! :)

Buttercup

2011-Mar-25, 07:43 PM

danscope

2011-Mar-25, 08:06 PM

Water , water every else where, and not a drop to drink. :( I'll pray with you. Hope you get some.
Dan

Buttercup

2011-Mar-25, 08:30 PM

Water , water every else where, and not a drop to drink. :( I'll pray with you. Hope you get some.
Dan

Thanks Dan! Our poor almond tree. :(

And there is no rain in the forecast either. We had 3 inches of snow in early February, and in late December had a 10-minute light rainfall.

Otherwise nothing since September! And the effect is showing.

chrissy

2011-Mar-25, 09:03 PM

Dry, sunny, dry, sunny. We are in a serious drought (remember all my mentions of wanting and needing rain?). Usually all trees and flowering things have budded/blossomed by now. Only half of trees here are showing fragile new leaves. :( Our almond tree seems dead, despite watering the lawn once a week. Temp is a cozy 80 F.

I do like sunshine, but we desperately need clouds and rain!

You can some from me, we have rain forecast tomorrow.

Today it started out misty (not a Clint Eastwood film), and the sun popped out later it was lovely and warm again. My plants are sprouting up everywhere.

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Apr-01, 02:08 PM

We have a heavy snowfall warning today, it has already started snowing.

Trebuchet

2011-Apr-01, 03:45 PM

We're having a VERY wet spring. If you don't believe me, you can ask the duck in my backyard. I think she may have a nest in the shrubbery. I just wish it would stop raining long enough for me to cut the grass.

Rivers in the area are flooding. While that isn't unknown in the spring, it's not so common as in November and December. And there are a couple of houses here in Everett that have slid off their foundations into the valley due to saturated soil.

rommel543

2011-Apr-01, 04:37 PM

Cloudy, icky and about +1c.

HenrikOlsen

2011-Apr-01, 04:49 PM

Here, March had 2/3 the normal rainfall, 140% the normal amount of sunny hours, and 1C over normal average temperature.
Today was sunny, dry and up to 15C(60F) tomorrow's expected to get to 18C(65F).

publiusr

2011-Apr-01, 08:41 PM

Severe weather outbreak possible on April 4, 37 years after super-outbreak. Early April is a time to be on the lookout.

danscope

2011-Apr-01, 08:51 PM

Just a couple inches of wet snow. Winter's final insult....I hope! :)

Chuck

2011-Apr-01, 10:56 PM

96°F in Phoenix, Arizona right now.

publiusr

2011-Apr-02, 04:02 PM

Sunny for now--waiting for severe weather outbreak. Straight line wind event for the southeast, or so it appears now
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BMX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/

The past
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_04031974

More recent
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=tornadodb_2011
http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=14333088

A few weeks back, there were reports of roaring from skies that wasn't from a twister. This was likely due to ducting:

http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/%E2%80%98whale%E2%80%99s-mouth%E2%80%99-june-%E2%80%9906/
http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_13796.html

Of course, the woo woo crowd calls it other things
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread677757/pg1

Interesting... if not audible to us here: http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/superdarn/downloads/98JA02295.pdf

WPXI had some nice tornado footage on the Weather Channel a few days ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLM4Y3RkfOo

Small whirls can be caused by aircraft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C17_Reverse_Thrust.JPG
http://www.ensight.com/Aerospace-Simulation-Visualization/featured-animation-engine-ground-vortex-ingestion.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BnrLCvMgYo&feature=related
http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/Vortex/allen_auvity.pdf

Not as nuts as this
http://rc.runryder.com/helicopter/t609766p1/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqEPxBYGCKw

Spoons

2011-Apr-04, 03:13 PM

Aw jeez... weather keeps things interesting.

I just took my car in this morning to get some dents popped out and repainted, because of some cheeky rascals who tried to break into it, failed and then scratched and belted 3 or four panels in anger. Now I check the weather (www.bom.gov.au) and it looks like we're going o get the first rain we've had in WA for months, and a bit of it over the next 2 weeks. My car will be in the shop for the next 2 weeks, and I'm riding my bike to and from work every day for that period of time.

Heheheh... heck, I can't complain. I like rain. This will just make things interesting.

danscope

2011-Apr-04, 11:23 PM

Rain today, temp rising; 51°F , slightly grey. Should brighten up tomorrow.

megrfl

2011-Apr-05, 04:28 PM

Yikes! (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=34957) Starting to just now sprinkle, but the wind.

BigDon

2011-Apr-08, 05:50 AM

Yikes! (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=34957) Starting to just now sprinkle, but the wind.

We had wind and lightening today. But it wasn't a solid cloud cover. Puffy, towering white clouds. Sustained winds of 30 to 35 miles per hour. Colder than a well digger's knee. Most of my outside time today was just going between vehicles and buildings.

ABR.

2011-Apr-08, 06:06 AM

Some lightning here, too. We had hail and snow up in the hills. It didn't amount to anything, though.

captain swoop

2011-Apr-08, 08:11 PM

Hot and sunny today, Carp taking dog biscuits off thesurface, lovely fishing.

Trebuchet

2011-Apr-08, 08:23 PM

Beautiful and sunny here for a change. Wednesday I took a quick from here in Port Townsend back to Everett and discovered it had snowed there! Didn't last of course, but I did wind up mowing the lawn in the rain yesterday.

BigDon

2011-Apr-08, 10:44 PM

Winds have dropped to a sustained 20 mph and it's clear with big puffy white clouds and still too cold to be standing around outside just because.

Glom

2011-Apr-08, 10:54 PM

Clear skies and lovely crescent moon with bright earthshine.

danscope

2011-Apr-09, 03:32 AM

Got 37°, looking at 60°F tomorrow !! Peep frogs are finally out. Spring must be here at last. :)

Dan

publiusr

2011-Apr-09, 05:51 PM

Another severe weather outbreak on the way. This time, up North.
"Typically the highest tornado threat is focused over Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. Not this weekend. We're talking possible tornadoes in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin..."

From:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/timing-severe-weather-april-9-11_2011-04-08

HAARP rants on the very first post, there.
Pentagon tornado
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=53185

More responsible:
http://www.stormtrack.org/

More on Tornadoes
http://www.facebook.com/TRACAlabama
http://www.alabamawx.com/?s=tornado&paged=2
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nwa-2011-town-hall
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=53670
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=53903
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=54102

danscope

2011-Apr-10, 06:23 PM

68°F !!!!! Pushing 70° . I can't believe it. The flowers are pushing up . Life is good.

Ara Pacis

2011-Apr-10, 11:37 PM

Low-Mid 80s here, but the TorCon dropped from 7 to 5. WI is gonna get our twisters instead.

baskerbosse

2011-Apr-11, 12:42 AM

CAVOK 20.7C and climbing here in Sydney. -Winter is coming, but not quite yet..! :-)

publiusr

2011-Apr-11, 08:21 PM

Tornado watch for the South now http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/torcon-daily-forecast_2011-03-24

Iowa struck hardest http://www.weather.com/

Other photos
http://www.stormtrack.org/

The worth of chasers, spotters: http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2011/04/miracle-at-mapleton.html

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Apr-12, 12:28 PM

Today at 9:30 am it is about 10 C sunny and windy.

publiusr

2011-Apr-18, 10:41 PM

Nation digging out of this latest outbreak: http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_24468.html
Special program tonight http://www.weather.com/ http://www.tornadovideos.net/

Hand of Azathoth reaches for victims--shades of The Mist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIJ_Tul1zM

Cthulhu's tentacles--the Winds of Zarr--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70lh4UmujY

Shai Hulud--again, it is the legend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qYfsPxfnfE

Praise his comings and goings...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiNTlWZX7Iw

What strode across my state
http://www.alabamawx.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZitzAPUSTGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vfeb2LxR2g
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_04152011
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BMX&product=PNS&issuedby=BMX
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/15-state-tornado-outbreak-deadliest-since-2008/M-Y_6RFlj0m58WnULBANQQ.cspx

The final words of the original version of film THE THING still holds true--keep watching the skies
http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/latest-forecast-for-severe-weather-365
http://www.stormtrack.org/
http://twitter.com/myfoxstorm
http://www2.alabamas13.com/blogs/vtm-weather-blog/

The April 15 2011 Tax Day Outbreak
http://www.alabamawx.com/?paged=36
http://www.alabamawx.com/?paged=37

Tuscaloosa was hit--though not so bad as what was to come http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44408

The town of Geiger was also struck
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110428/ARTICLES/110429668/-1/news06?Title=-Geiger-tornado-damage
http://www.abc3340.com/story/14470570/geiger-tornado-victims-survey-damage-credit-god-for-survival
In fact Geiger was denied Federal aid
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/14519441/geiger-residents-still-in-the-midst-of-storm-cleanup

Tornado video from barge http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44391
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44608
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44337
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44345
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=43948
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44301
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44288
http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=44375

Trebuchet

2011-Apr-19, 02:33 PM

"Unsettled" is about the only word for it here in the Puget Sound regions, especially here in the Great Puget Sound Convergence Zone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound_Convergence_Zone). Yesterday, rain, sun, sleet, and rain again, all within 1/2 hour. This morning there's even a trace of snow on the roofs.

Still, we're well off compared to people on other regions, and I have to keep reminding myself of that.

captain swoop

2011-Apr-20, 10:35 AM

Lovely sunshine for over a week, hottest day of the year so far.

jrkeller

2011-Apr-20, 11:09 AM

Starting off as your typical Houston day. Warm and muggy, which will lead to hot and muggy by dinner time.

Summer's just around the corner - along with all the assorted fun of hurricanes and tropical storms.

Trebuchet

2011-Apr-20, 04:55 PM

After an "interesting" day yesterday, it's looking beautiful here today. We're about to take off for a drive among the tulip fields, although I'm not sure if they are blooming yet after the cold spring.

TheOncomingStorm

2011-Apr-20, 06:08 PM

Today we have had lightning, hail and rain.

HenrikOlsen

2011-Apr-24, 04:59 PM

Lovely sunshine for over a week, hottest day of the year so far.
Ditto here, It's driving me nuts, it's too hot to do anything.

Nicolas

2011-Apr-24, 05:06 PM

"De Kempen", sandy grounds & forests in the Belgian inland. Currently the hottest area in Europe (these days that is, as overall the mediterranean countries are a lot hotter on average). 29,5°C.

I know that Easter doesn't fall at the same astronomical date each year, but 3 years ago we had snow in the south of Belgium. Now the sun is too hot to work in. (just to show the variation, no GW argument implied)

Torsten

2011-Apr-24, 05:53 PM

Yesterday was the first day in months that the temperature here rose above 10C. The snow in my back yard finally disappeared yesterday, and the small pile next to the driveway in the front may be gone by the end of the day or tomorrow.

My field work has benefitted from overnight temperatures of -6C or so. The snow in the woods was like concrete in the mornings last week and I could scoot around on it without snowshoes for the first few hours of the day. Fantastic conditions, and one of the most enjoyable times of year to be doing reconaissance and layout work in the woods. It'll all fall apart this coming week as it's forecast to be above freezing some nights.