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Title: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on May 20, 2019, 05:47:31 PM
It's snowing here!

We often get one last snow around Mother's Day, but this is ridiculous.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on May 20, 2019, 06:05:28 PM
Raining. It's a bit grey and dreary, but every rainy day makes a forest fire less likely/catastrophic, so...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on May 20, 2019, 07:11:15 PM
91 degrees F with a low of 75 expected tonight. Humidity of 73%.
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Post by: Antiphon1 on May 20, 2019, 07:59:12 PM
Storms.
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Post by: bhiennsona on May 21, 2019, 08:11:37 AM
Hot and humid (90+ F with 80%+ relative humidity). At this point, I'd welcome some wind and/or rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on May 21, 2019, 09:38:41 AM
Very windy and dry the past few days, lots of fire warnings.  Cooler due to the winds but moving back into the 90s with low humidity.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 21, 2019, 11:11:36 AM
Clear (for the moment). Yesterday (or the day before) we had sunshine one minute, a cloudburst the next, and ten minutes later...clear skies again.

Durnedest thing.

I'm carrying around extra sweaters and scarves because it's still chilly in the evenings, but have stopped wearing so many layers at once just because it's easier to add or subtract a sweater than a second T-top.

But we're past the latest day for a snowstorm in my memory (May 5th, 1984) so...there's that.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on May 23, 2019, 05:13:33 AM
Raining, but set to reach near 90 degrees (F) later in the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: pgher on May 23, 2019, 05:25:07 AM
Storms. Possible tornadoes within 30 miles each of the last 2 days. Not a whole lot of rain in the gauge because they move so fast, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on May 23, 2019, 07:05:19 AM
Cool and cloudy. We had some beautiful sunshine the last few days, but now just clouds and rain for the next week. This is problematic, as I have no access to a dryer, so I must plan my laundry according to the weather. (Winter's okay because I can use the radiators.) Now the towels are getting manky, and there's no good time to dry them for the foreseeable future. Last summer was unseasonably sunny and beautiful, and I got a bit spoiled not having to worry about laundry.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: RatGuy on May 23, 2019, 07:37:54 AM
Currently 78 -- I just walked the dog -- but it's expected to top 95 today. Cloud cover isn't expected, so it'll heat up. Luckily the humidity is likely below 75%.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 23, 2019, 08:08:07 AM
Quote from: mamselle on May 21, 2019, 11:11:36 AM
Clear (for the moment). Yesterday (or the day before) we had sunshine one minute, a cloudburst the next, and ten minutes later...clear skies again.

Durnedest thing.

I'm carrying around extra sweaters and scarves because it's still chilly in the evenings, but have stopped wearing so many layers at once just because it's easier to add or subtract a sweater than a second T-top.

But we're past the latest day for a snowstorm in my memory (May 5th, 1984) so...there's that.

M.

Rinse (two days ago) and repeat.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 23, 2019, 08:49:32 AM
No rain for the last several days.  That may make this the longest period with no rain so far this year.  And none in the immediate forecast!  Very good, since we're holding an outdoor event at work tomorrow evening.

Maybe by September the river will finally be down enough to hold the annual bass tournament.  It was scheduled to take place in another week or so.  They postponed it when they realized that the boats would have to put in directly from the highway.  Nobody without diving gear has seen the boat ramp in months.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on May 23, 2019, 06:26:16 PM
We didn't get snow today, but we had significant winds.  I'm getting tired of having my hat on the string get blown inside out and then choking my neck.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 23, 2019, 06:59:48 PM
1st post on the new forum!
A major thunderstorm moved through the area earlier today. Cooled the air some too.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 24, 2019, 02:50:17 AM
Quote from: pgher on May 23, 2019, 05:25:07 AM
Storms. Possible tornadoes within 30 miles each of the last 2 days. Not a whole lot of rain in the gauge because they move so fast, though.

Eek!

Hope you're OK.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: azaz_the_unabridged on May 24, 2019, 07:06:50 AM
Cloudy and warm at the moment. We had thunderstorms this morning though, and I suspect they'll return this afternoon (if I'm lucky, they'll wait until after I get back home).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Thursday's_Child on May 24, 2019, 07:33:26 AM
Sunny, hot & getting hotter, no rain in sight unless the heat starts causing thunderstorms.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on May 24, 2019, 08:53:27 AM
Sunny, hot, and humid; sigh.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: pgher on May 24, 2019, 09:18:06 AM
Quote from: mamselle on May 24, 2019, 02:50:17 AM
Quote from: pgher on May 23, 2019, 05:25:07 AM
Storms. Possible tornadoes within 30 miles each of the last 2 days. Not a whole lot of rain in the gauge because they move so fast, though.

Eek!

Hope you're OK.

M.

Yep. The good and bad of tornadoes is that they are super local. Lots of damage not far from here, absolutely nothing here. Now it's sunny, hot, and muggy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Hibush on May 25, 2019, 07:20:22 PM
It's been completely calm since noon yesterday, here on the Fora. But now we're back.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: turing_complete on May 26, 2019, 08:14:20 AM
Yesterday it was sunny when I left the house to walk to a friend not too far away (about 15 minutes walking).  By the time I got there, it was a major thunderstorm.  Some parts of the area got a lot of hail, but it seems to have missed where I am.

Today it's again sunny, and the forecast says no chance of rain at all, so I'm going to risk going walking again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: namazu on May 26, 2019, 11:13:28 AM
Great clouds of mosquitoes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 26, 2019, 03:00:18 PM
Cool breeze, sunshine.

Last night's thunderstorm might have been related to the one discussed above.

My friend who's moving just told me that she was about to leave her new place when it hit.

She ended up staying overnight at the new digs, sleeping on her yoga mat with her purse for a pillow.

Now it's nice out...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: backatit on May 26, 2019, 03:44:14 PM
Tornado warnings. But mostly over now. Heading back into the miserable heat tomorrow, so hopefully the weather will clear up.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Thursday's_Child on May 28, 2019, 07:32:17 AM
Pleasant and almost cool (mid-70's) while walking the dog (6 to 6:20), steadily increasing temps for the next hour while watering, closed up house and turned on AC about ten 'til eight when it was approximately 80oF with enough humidity to raise that at least three degrees.  AC will remain on until bed time - about 10 tonight - but I doubt windows can be opened until at least 2 a.m.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: backatit on May 28, 2019, 07:58:29 AM
96 at 11 am today. I love the WTF weather app, even if it's NSFW. If I have to live in this perpetual sauna, I might as well have something to laugh about.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on May 28, 2019, 08:56:13 AM
91 degrees F as I write this at 11:55 a.m. Eastern in central NC.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hungry_ghost on May 29, 2019, 09:03:05 PM
tornado warnings, hail
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 30, 2019, 11:24:01 AM
Slightly overcast, but warm enough to be comfortable without coats.

Which is a good thing for all the screaming graduates in the tent just outside my library window...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: azaz_the_unabridged on May 31, 2019, 11:51:23 AM
Mid 70's and overcast, which makes for a good change from the torrential downpours we've been having this week. I swear, I'm about ready to trade in my car for a canoe if this continues through the summer.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: brixton on May 31, 2019, 03:28:49 PM
Marine layer gray (June Gloom/May Gray)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on June 02, 2019, 06:07:33 AM
We have enough humidity in the air that they are predicting rain.  That's very exciting for June, but terrible for my hair.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 02, 2019, 07:18:18 PM
Downpours earlier this afternoon.  Some places had hail!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paddington_bear on June 03, 2019, 09:26:56 AM
53F and sunny! It's a little cooler than I'd like for almost-summer, but I still love it! I'd be happy if it were this cool for the next 4 months.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on June 03, 2019, 02:44:30 PM
80 degrees F today, which is much better than last week's 90- to 95-degree temps.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: zyzzx on June 03, 2019, 03:54:55 PM
It was hot today - high of 93! I am so excited that summer is finally here. Of course everyone else is moaning and groaning, especially since there is no AC around here, but I love it!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on June 03, 2019, 04:10:56 PM
Still hot and humid.  94 today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on June 03, 2019, 09:10:58 PM
We did get rain!  Enough rain that we still had puddles when I got out of work.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on June 04, 2019, 04:14:12 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on June 03, 2019, 09:10:58 PM
We did get rain!  Enough rain that we still had puddles when I got out of work.

So did you jump and splash in them?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on June 04, 2019, 05:58:38 AM
Quote from: aside on June 04, 2019, 04:14:12 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on June 03, 2019, 09:10:58 PM
We did get rain!  Enough rain that we still had puddles when I got out of work.

So did you jump and splash in them?

I was tempted, but they were gone by the time I had on non-work clothes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 04, 2019, 03:22:33 PM
Cool, balmy, clear, calm.

I'm sitting in a garden, having just eaten a late lunch/snack/pre-dinner meal, before returning to the library to do more work.

Sigh...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 04, 2019, 03:31:47 PM
A very powerful storm just moved in very quickly.  I had heard a rumor that there might be rain this afternoon, but the skies looked as lovely as usual.  Then, suddenly, there was rain.  And it passed! Skies were blue.  Then I went outside, and within three to five minutes the storm came out of the south and blew north to cover the entire valley.  One crazy wind gust finally made me run inside.  I don't think it was quite the 60mph that was suddenly expected, but probably close.  There is supposed to be nickel- or quarter-sized hail, but that has not happened (yet?).  Storms here come so quickly.  It seems that the weather can change at the drop of a hat, and my five weather apps never agree on anything.  Makes life interesting!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 04, 2019, 03:38:51 PM
Today? Perfection (yesterday, too).  James Russell Lowell wrote "What is so rare as a day in June?/Then if ever come perfect days."  Well, he did live in New England, where one sickens of winter, but I'm not entirely distant from that locus, so a fine June day near Boston can be a fine June day hereabouts, too.

I don't call Lowell exactly a poetaster, but he is certainly a dim light in the poetic firmament now, despite this good Q/A that has long stuck in my mind (usually surfacing on a fine June day).  Not taking time looking up the quotation, who can name the poem it comes from?  It's the first two lines, too.  And I had to look it up again, anyway.  Then he goes on about trees and flowers and birdies.  I stopped.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 05, 2019, 06:04:56 AM
Quote from: Juvenal on June 04, 2019, 03:38:51 PM
Today? Perfection (yesterday, too).  James Russell Lowell wrote "What is so rare as a day in June?/Then if ever come perfect days."  Well, he did live in New England, where one sickens of winter, but I'm not entirely distant from that locus, so a fine June day near Boston can be a fine June day hereabouts, too.

I don't call Lowell exactly a poetaster, but he is certainly a dim light in the poetic firmament now, despite this good Q/A that has long stuck in my mind (usually surfacing on a fine June day).  Not taking time looking up the quotation, who can name the poem it comes from?  It's the first two lines, too.  And I had to look it up again, anyway.  Then he goes on about trees and flowers and birdies.  I stopped.


I'd have to look it up to answer, but I do believe his gravestone, set in a veritable sculpture garden of neoclassical urns and orbs, is modeled after colonial gravestones made two centuries earlier--because he inhabited a (still-standing) colonial-era house nearby, and wanted his gravestone to go with it.

(Apropos of current events, too, that home was the site in which the concept of "gerrymandering" was born...by a previous owner.)

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: southerntransplant on June 05, 2019, 09:33:08 AM
Rain. Lots. Of. Rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 05, 2019, 09:49:13 AM
Quote from: mamselle on June 05, 2019, 06:04:56 AM
Quote from: Juvenal on June 04, 2019, 03:38:51 PM
Today? Perfection (yesterday, too).  James Russell Lowell wrote "What is so rare as a day in June?/Then if ever come perfect days."  Well, he did live in New England, where one sickens of winter, but I'm not entirely distant from that locus, so a fine June day near Boston can be a fine June day hereabouts, too.

I don't call Lowell exactly a poetaster, but he is certainly a dim light in the poetic firmament now, despite this good Q/A that has long stuck in my mind (usually surfacing on a fine June day).  Not taking time looking up the quotation, who can name the poem it comes from?  It's the first two lines, too.  And I had to look it up again, anyway.  Then he goes on about trees and flowers and birdies.  I stopped.


I'd have to look it up to answer, but I do believe his gravestone, set in a veritable sculpture garden of neoclassical urns and orbs, is modeled after colonial gravestones made two centuries earlier--because he inhabited a (still-standing) colonial-era house nearby, and wanted his gravestone to go with it.

(Apropos of current events, too, that home was the site in which the concept of "gerrymandering" was born...by a previous owner.)

M.

OK, found it: "The Vision of Sir Launfal," at:

   https://poets.org/poem/vision-sir-launfal

And here are links to the homesite

   https://www.cambridgeusa.org/listing/elmwood

and gravestone:

   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/648/james-russell-lowell/photo#view-photo=76383

The stone is closely fashioned after the work of colonial carver Joseph Lamson (L 17th-E 18th c.); the too-squared-off leaves in the side panels and the typographic style of lettering in the tablet betray its derivative nature, but it's a very good effort. Lamson stones are found in abundance in the Old Cambridge Burying Ground in the center of Harvard Square, about a mile or so from Mt. Auburn Cemetery.

I know, TMI...ask about the weather and you get a gravestone lecture...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: wellfleet on June 05, 2019, 10:18:22 AM
Mid sixties and gorgeous, after months of damp cool. I'll take it!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: magnemite on June 05, 2019, 12:32:54 PM
Bit of rain, cool wind, temp in 50's...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 05, 2019, 12:53:18 PM
Here comes another storm out of the blue! Whee! Maybe it will just threaten and move on.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 10, 2019, 09:27:11 AM
We had a couple dry days around 100 degrees.  Then last night a dust came in with an overnight wind advisory.  This morning we were gently awakened at a nice early hour by egregious thunder.  It's been thundering and lightninging on and off but raining pretty continuously.  I just got some areal flood alerts.  It's typically so dry here that rain coming down in big barrels is I guess what my spouse refers to as a "toad strangler" storm (anyone heard of that?!).  Literally, the toads or frogs or whomever have to come out of the ground, and then they start moaning really loudly.  It's quite a treat.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Ruralguy on June 10, 2019, 09:47:45 AM
Wet and unusually so for what would normally be summer by this point (unofficially). I was getting used to the idea that there was no such thing as a summer rainy around here.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 10, 2019, 09:51:47 AM
Cool, pleasant, sunshiny!

Yea!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 10, 2019, 12:10:26 PM
Drippy, cool.

                           Afternoon(nap weather)

                                                                                       Hey, some of us are retired.  And it's summer break, anyway.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: wellfleet on June 10, 2019, 04:38:44 PM
Giant heat wave here--we hit 90 today and yesterday, which basically never happens. Luckily, it's not humid and it still cools down at night. I hope we'll be back to normal (60s) soon.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hungry_ghost on June 11, 2019, 01:42:10 PM
Sunny and calm. Not the kind of weather that makes me want to stay indoors and write like I need to be doing.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on June 11, 2019, 05:41:16 PM
Quote from: Juvenal on June 10, 2019, 12:10:26 PM
                           Afternoon(nap weather)

Did you get a nap?  I'm looking forward to having good nap weather on Friday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 12, 2019, 01:40:20 PM
Quote from: polly_mer on June 11, 2019, 05:41:16 PM
Quote from: Juvenal on June 10, 2019, 12:10:26 PM
                           Afternoon(nap weather)

Did you get a nap?  I'm looking forward to having good nap weather on Friday.

Yes.  And another today, although it was a "morning nap," needed because a) slept poorly, anticipating need to b) get to the pool at 6 a.m. opening and c) fatigue post-swim.  Astonishing how boring swimming is.  And the chlorine reek that lingers for hours...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: the_geneticist on June 12, 2019, 02:00:14 PM
It's 105 here.  In the shade.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on June 15, 2019, 06:12:39 PM
I can hear the thunderstorm rolling in.  I'm hoping it will be a nice stormy night.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on June 15, 2019, 06:57:41 PM
Quote from: the_geneticist on June 12, 2019, 02:00:14 PM
It's 105 here.  In the shade.

You have shade?  Lucky!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 16, 2019, 03:57:10 PM
Humid, beclouded, low 70's.  Acceptable.

So far, no need to turn on the A/C.  In some years past, hereabouts, ninety-plus before now.  If I were religious, I'd pray for a "cool summer."  If I remain off my knees and I get a hot one, does that say I'm among the damned?  And all the millions in a hundred or so miles from my front stoop?  Theodicy... a real stumper.


Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 17, 2019, 08:46:34 PM
Cool, comfy...I ate my salad/dinner outside near the rock fountain after the library closed.

Could still rain....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on June 18, 2019, 04:07:51 AM
It rained yesterday.  We're planning a work trip for tomorrow and the suggestion has been to park our cars somewhere covered in case the hail actually comes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: monarda on July 19, 2019, 08:29:17 PM
It's close to 10:30 PM and it's cooled down to 87F (feels like 97F).  Above 75% humidity. Yuck.
Earlier this afternoon it was 92F (felt like 108!) Only 30 more hours of this heat wave.
Sunday's high is forecast to be below 80, then we'll be rewarded with a glorious, cool week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: waterboy on July 20, 2019, 04:56:19 AM
Hot...Stinking hot...Humid. Did I mention it was stinking hot?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on July 20, 2019, 08:20:27 AM
Today, tomorrow: nineties and humid.  I laugh at this.  Or is that laughter I hear coming from myself?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on July 20, 2019, 09:46:46 AM
To quote Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam: "Hot. DAMNED hot."
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: bioteacher on July 20, 2019, 12:50:08 PM
Quote from: paultuttle on July 20, 2019, 09:46:46 AM
To quote Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam: "Hot. DAMNED hot."

This plus more humid than a laundromat's dryer vent. It's low 90's but we have cloud cover, which has keep it from getting even worse. Heat index is only 103 deg. F.

I am so thankful to have central air. With our small house, the electric bill isn't that bad.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: monarda on July 20, 2019, 01:18:42 PM
Yay! The thunderstorms came and the temperature dropped 20 degrees!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on July 20, 2019, 01:36:52 PM
Heat index currently 109 and the same again tomorrow. Very unusual for here (or used to be anyway).

My apartment has central AC but the house I'm buying doesn't so I need to look into portable units and what it would take to install central AC. Good motivation to do that this weekend!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: bioteacher on July 20, 2019, 06:16:02 PM
Puget, if the house has forced air heating, adding central AC might be more cost effective than running several window units. Definitely worth looking into since heat waves are the new normal and when the humidity is that high, staying hydrated and cool with just window fans becomes difficult if not impossible. Our house doesen't veintallate at all. When our AC died a few years ago, even a box fan in my bedroom window wasn't enough to move air. It was over 90 F. in my room well after midnight. In the house i grew up in, in contest, my corner bedroom had two windows and it was possible to get a breeze going pretty easily and spend a not-miserable night by just leaving the windows open and shades up. Older houses were often built to keep the air moving. New ones, not so much.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 20, 2019, 06:20:32 PM
90s?

I don't  know.

No thermometers available to the average person-in-the-street in 1773.....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on July 20, 2019, 06:30:57 PM
Quote from: bioteacher on July 20, 2019, 06:16:02 PM
Puget, if the house has forced air heating, adding central AC might be more cost effective than running several window units. Definitely worth looking into since heat waves are the new normal and when the humidity is that high, staying hydrated and cool with just window fans becomes difficult if not impossible. Our house doesen't veintallate at all. When our AC died a few years ago, even a box fan in my bedroom window wasn't enough to move air. It was over 90 F. in my room well after midnight. In the house i grew up in, in contest, my corner bedroom had two windows and it was possible to get a breeze going pretty easily and spend a not-miserable night by just leaving the windows open and shades up. Older houses were often built to keep the air moving. New ones, not so much.

No forced air unfortunately-- boiler with radiators (which is the norm around here), so putting in central AC is non-trivial.

There are a ton of windows for better and worse (house was built in 1890 pre electricity)-- I love the amount of light, and as you say it will help with cross breezes, but they will need insulating blinds. The bedrooms also have ceiling fans which will help.

I'm really pretty happy at about 78-80 degrees so don't need a ton of cooling, just enough for the hottest days and cooling down the upstairs a bit at night. I looked at portable (vent with a hose out the window instead of sitting in the window themselves) units online today, and they are pretty reasonable and double as dehumidifiers, so I'll probably get a couple of those. I don't relish trying to install and remove window units every year, or blocking my nice windows, so those seem preferable.   
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 20, 2019, 06:39:29 PM
Wicked hot here in the metro Baltimore/DC area.  Stay cool folks!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: fast_and_bulbous on July 21, 2019, 05:50:46 AM
Quote from: Puget on July 20, 2019, 06:30:57 PM

No forced air unfortunately-- boiler with radiators (which is the norm around here), so putting in central AC is non-trivial.

There are a ton of windows for better and worse (house was built in 1890 pre electricity)-- I love the amount of light, and as you say it will help with cross breezes, but they will need insulating blinds. The bedrooms also have ceiling fans which will help.

I'm really pretty happy at about 78-80 degrees so don't need a ton of cooling, just enough for the hottest days and cooling down the upstairs a bit at night. I looked at portable (vent with a hose out the window instead of sitting in the window themselves) units online today, and they are pretty reasonable and double as dehumidifiers, so I'll probably get a couple of those. I don't relish trying to install and remove window units every year, or blocking my nice windows, so those seem preferable.   

Our last house was built in the 90s and had hot water heat, 2 levels... which was friggin' fantastic. But, no AC, which was not. We tried wall units, followed by one of those hose jobs you mention and returned it the next day it was so ineffective. So finally we relented and had central AC installed with ducts installed for the upstairs bedrooms and the kitchen area (it had an open plan upstairs) and that kept most of the house cool at least. There were places where the AC didn't reach w/out fans, but that was expected. You may be able to do something like that if you are ambitious.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on July 21, 2019, 06:13:27 AM
Quote from: fast_and_bulbous on July 21, 2019, 05:50:46 AM
Quote from: Puget on July 20, 2019, 06:30:57 PM

No forced air unfortunately-- boiler with radiators (which is the norm around here), so putting in central AC is non-trivial.

There are a ton of windows for better and worse (house was built in 1890 pre electricity)-- I love the amount of light, and as you say it will help with cross breezes, but they will need insulating blinds. The bedrooms also have ceiling fans which will help.

I'm really pretty happy at about 78-80 degrees so don't need a ton of cooling, just enough for the hottest days and cooling down the upstairs a bit at night. I looked at portable (vent with a hose out the window instead of sitting in the window themselves) units online today, and they are pretty reasonable and double as dehumidifiers, so I'll probably get a couple of those. I don't relish trying to install and remove window units every year, or blocking my nice windows, so those seem preferable.   

Our last house was built in the 90s and had hot water heat, 2 levels... which was friggin' fantastic. But, no AC, which was not. We tried wall units, followed by one of those hose jobs you mention and returned it the next day it was so ineffective. So finally we relented and had central AC installed with ducts installed for the upstairs bedrooms and the kitchen area (it had an open plan upstairs) and that kept most of the house cool at least. There were places where the AC didn't reach w/out fans, but that was expected. You may be able to do something like that if you are ambitious.

When we priced central AC for the current house with hot water heat and 2 levels, it came to $25k.  Right now, we're making do with a couple portable hose jobbies and continuing to curse the previous owners who took out the ceiling fans (switches exist, patches on the ceilings exist, no overhead lighting or fans).

We've been here almost 3 years and continue to laugh bitterly every time a local states something like "you don't need AC; just plan to take vacation for the one week a year that we get above 90 deg. F".  Yep, it's a dry heat.  Yep, a dry heat can go much hotter than a wet heat before we're uncomfortable.  Yet, we spend several weeks every year at the "damn, it needs to be cooler than this at night for us to sleep and we can't do anything during the day other than sit on the couch and whine" condition without the portable hose jobbies.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: fleabite on July 21, 2019, 06:14:47 AM
9:00 AM here, 88° outside, 91° in my apartment, and humid as heck. In an hour or two I will close the windows as the temperature differential disappears, to keep the "cool" air inside for the rest of the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: fast_and_bulbous on July 21, 2019, 07:18:09 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on July 21, 2019, 06:13:27 AM
Quote from: fast_and_bulbous on July 21, 2019, 05:50:46 AM
Quote from: Puget on July 20, 2019, 06:30:57 PM

No forced air unfortunately-- boiler with radiators (which is the norm around here), so putting in central AC is non-trivial.

There are a ton of windows for better and worse (house was built in 1890 pre electricity)-- I love the amount of light, and as you say it will help with cross breezes, but they will need insulating blinds. The bedrooms also have ceiling fans which will help.

I'm really pretty happy at about 78-80 degrees so don't need a ton of cooling, just enough for the hottest days and cooling down the upstairs a bit at night. I looked at portable (vent with a hose out the window instead of sitting in the window themselves) units online today, and they are pretty reasonable and double as dehumidifiers, so I'll probably get a couple of those. I don't relish trying to install and remove window units every year, or blocking my nice windows, so those seem preferable.   

Our last house was built in the 90s and had hot water heat, 2 levels... which was friggin' fantastic. But, no AC, which was not. We tried wall units, followed by one of those hose jobs you mention and returned it the next day it was so ineffective. So finally we relented and had central AC installed with ducts installed for the upstairs bedrooms and the kitchen area (it had an open plan upstairs) and that kept most of the house cool at least. There were places where the AC didn't reach w/out fans, but that was expected. You may be able to do something like that if you are ambitious.

When we priced central AC for the current house with hot water heat and 2 levels, it came to $25k.  Right now, we're making do with a couple portable hose jobbies and continuing to curse the previous owners who took out the ceiling fans (switches exist, patches on the ceilings exist, no overhead lighting or fans).

We've been here almost 3 years and continue to laugh bitterly every time a local states something like "you don't need AC; just plan to take vacation for the one week a year that we get above 90 deg. F".  Yep, it's a dry heat.  Yep, a dry heat can go much hotter than a wet heat before we're uncomfortable.  Yet, we spend several weeks every year at the "damn, it needs to be cooler than this at night for us to sleep and we can't do anything during the day other than sit on the couch and whine" condition without the portable hose jobbies.

Ugh, you have my sympathies. I can't recall how much we paid but it wasn't cheap, but it was less than your quote, probalby because we only did it for part of the house.  Despite the cost both of us had no regrets afterwards, and this was in the upper midwest where you only really "needed it" a few weeks out of the year (getting longer with time of course).

I may have gotten a bad "hose jobbie" - my old trusty wall unit that I got in grad school lasted like 25 years and worked quite nicely. It didn't work well with the windows we had in the last place, however. I ended up using cardboard in the window to get things to "work". Bleah, I don't miss that. New house has forced air which we both kind of grumbled about (we both looove hot water heat) but we got over it pretty fast with the convenience of one set of ducts for both heat and cold.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on July 21, 2019, 07:45:18 AM
Quote from: fast_and_bulbous on July 21, 2019, 07:18:09 AM
I may have gotten a bad "hose jobbie" - my old trusty wall unit that I got in grad school lasted like 25 years and worked quite nicely. It didn't work well with the windows we had in the last place, however. I ended up using cardboard in the window to get things to "work".

We spent about $15k for new windows for half the house (we opened them once when we moved in and then they wouldn't shut) and another $10k for insulation for that same half the house.  That half the house tends to be pretty good at maintaining temperature as long as we're on top of opening/closing windows so we don't use the hose jobbies there.  We did jury-rig up window and door blockers for the hose jobbies to get them to work; the really unfortunate thing is the windows in that part of the house either don't open or open wrong to put window units.  We have three outside doors and we can only use one during the summer to avoid messing up the hose jobbie setups.

The sad part is we discovered on the day the insulation guys came that our estimate was for only half the house because there's no way to access the crawl space in the other half the house.  Thus, that's another several thousand dollars on the list to have someone come to cut and install a door and then do the insulation.  There's sometimes a 15 F degree temperature gradient from the kitchen to the master bedroom.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 21, 2019, 10:29:34 AM
We're supposed to be in the hundreds again (105).  No humidity, though. 

I've been reading the posts here about AC for older homes without forced air heat.  My mother's house was built in the 1960s (I think) and is just sweltering upstairs in the summer.  I grew up in the home, and we had a few window fans that did not do much.  She has a fan in the entry way and an attic fan that helps a bit to keep the heat from accumulating up there.  It's a bi-level, so the downstairs can be fairly cool and a good place to be in the summer.  There are AC units in the dining room upstairs and family room below it, but she/we have never used them for whatever reason.  Unfortunately, bedrooms are upstairs.  The house my ex and I bought was almost a twin of my mom's, but the previous owners had installed forced air heat and central AC, which was wonderful but inefficient and sometimes expensive because it's tough to keep a house like that evenly temperatured.  In any case, my mom is considering some AC option again (she has owned the house for 40 years, and this comes up now and again) both for her comfort and for eventual resale value.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 21, 2019, 10:34:15 AM
An 18th c. dress is very cool if the panniers are wide enough.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on July 21, 2019, 11:35:55 AM
Quote from: mamselle on July 21, 2019, 10:34:15 AM
An 18th c. dress is very cool if the panniers are wide enough.

M.

I suppose a deep décolletage might assist as well.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 21, 2019, 12:34:21 PM
Quote from: Juvenal on July 21, 2019, 11:35:55 AM
Quote from: mamselle on July 21, 2019, 10:34:15 AM
An 18th c. dress is very cool if the panniers are wide enough.

M.

I suppose a deep décolletage might assist as well.

Yes, although this is a day dress, so not very off-the-shoulder, more a squared neckline with a chemise showing under.

But they're all all-cotton, so very comfortable, in fact.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on August 03, 2019, 10:27:49 AM
We have noticeable relative humidity (i.e., more than 10%), so it's sticky and hot with clouds.

I am not heartened by the weather forecast of "Overcast. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible", which usually means one gets drenched by being outside for the wrong 10 minutes, but nothing cools off and one stays in wet clothes until one changes, just as though we were in the Midwest instead of a desert with 300 days of sun per year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 04, 2019, 10:08:13 AM
Yesterday was cool enough, breezy, cloudy enough, and comfortable enough that the two minutes of evaporating rain (fulfilling the 20% chance of rain spread out over the 6 afternoon hours of the forecast, I suppose) was as nothing.

Today, similarly, is slightly warm, but comfortable.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: KevinMcCabe on August 06, 2019, 08:01:58 AM
23 degrees today. Mostly cloudy. Okay for August
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on August 06, 2019, 09:48:36 AM
Quote from: KevinMcCabe on August 06, 2019, 08:01:58 AM
23 degrees today. Mostly cloudy. Okay for August

One hopes that's Celsius and Northern Hemisphere.  The bulk of Fora members are likely Fahrenhotties.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on September 13, 2019, 05:23:50 AM
We're finally down to nice fall weather with mid-70 degrees F during the day and mid-50 degrees F at night.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: saffie on September 13, 2019, 07:16:52 AM
There's a lovely cool breeze today that is refreshing after melting from the heat and humidity all summer. I think we still have a few 80+ days in store, but fall is definitely on the way.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 13, 2019, 09:05:00 AM
Cool and cloudy

I've noticed it's getting dark earlier in the evenings so fall is on the way.  Along with the pumpkin spice flavored drinks and foods.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 13, 2019, 09:10:10 AM
Yesterday it poured like there was no tomorrow, for the first time in ages. Definitely a herald of what's to come shortly.

Today, it's grey and wet and surely it must rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 13, 2019, 03:49:38 PM
Clear, calm, sunny, pleasant.

A bit cool, but not oppressively so.

I walked across the campus wishing tours weren't over, the weather was so nice.

The couple I walked across with were happy about it, too, given they'd just had to host guests present for a major do (ground-breaking sort of thing) and were glad neither to have been rained out, nor to have to worry about their "free" day tomorrow being threatened.

So far.

This is one of those places where they say, "If you don't like the weather...wait a minute."

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on September 17, 2019, 01:53:25 PM
Hot and humid.

Of course.

<grin>

But a cool front is coming soon . . . .
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 17, 2019, 04:47:42 PM
Just a teeny bit cooler than yesterday.

I put on an extra sweater half-way through the day.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on September 17, 2019, 05:29:32 PM
Still hot and humid.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 17, 2019, 07:06:10 PM
Coincidentally, just as I clicked to look at updates on this thread I got a notification that it will be noticeably hotter tomorrow, 93.  Of course, that is cool enough that I end up wearing an outer long sleeved shirt or sweatshirt in the shade most days until the temperature adjusts for realz.  No humidity to speak of, though, and it seems that the daily, unpredictable t-storms have passed (thankfully). 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on September 18, 2019, 04:00:37 AM
Frost advisory tonight. Geese are on the move.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 18, 2019, 06:40:19 AM
Dunno. Haven't gone out yet.

But I will, soon....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: onehappyunicorn on September 18, 2019, 07:00:55 AM
Hot, humid, and disgusting as usual. Walking out of the air conditioning is like walking into someone's mouth. At least a cool front is coming in for the next couple of days...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 18, 2019, 07:29:36 AM
No weather, only rain. Maybe a break in the sog today, but who knows?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on October 04, 2019, 05:20:53 AM
Quote from: paultuttle on July 20, 2019, 09:46:46 AM
To quote Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam: "Hot. DAMNED hot."

And still the quote is accurate, and has been over the past few days, during which I had multiple meetings across campus.

(Something I learned: My black felt Pendleton hat was indeed as useful in the heat as it has been for several years in the cold. But with my sunglasses I looked like a rural CIA agent.)

Looking forward to the cold front coming tonight, bringing tomorrow's temperatures down just over 20 degrees (Fahrenheit) from the low 90s to the high 60s. Finally, fall?!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Thursday's_Child on October 04, 2019, 05:29:06 AM
75F at 8 a.m. - that cold front can't get here fast enough!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 04, 2019, 10:52:55 AM
Cool. Cloudy. Weather site says 0% chance of rain.

Some of us (well, myself, and the bus driver) are dubious about that...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: monarda on October 04, 2019, 11:32:29 AM
Cool. Wool socks cool. Bring in the tropical plants from outside cool.
But that also means hockey season is starting. So it's all good.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 04, 2019, 07:01:44 PM
Summery most of the week--autumn weather this weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on October 05, 2019, 09:51:06 AM
It's finally cooled off near St. Louis, just in time for October baseball!

(It was 94 degrees on Tuesday, and this morning it was 51 when I woke up.  Yep.  Must be StL.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 05, 2019, 12:56:06 PM
Glorious fall day, red tinges to some of the leaves, a bit of yellow on some others.

Perfect for walking around in old burying grounds, taking pictures, and getting an excellent sandwich to eat on the train on the way home (tours are over but gravestone work continues!)

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: saffie on November 09, 2019, 07:07:56 AM
First below freezing temperatures of the season here - had to break the wool coat and warm scarf out of the depths of the closet this morning. Crisp, clear and cold - brrr! 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 09, 2019, 10:01:55 AM
Chilly and getting chillier.

But glorious light, leaves, sky, and trees.

Crunchy.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 09, 2019, 06:07:20 PM
Cold enough for frost on the car in the morning!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on November 18, 2019, 03:22:44 PM
Wet and cold. The multicolored leaf carpet everywhere around my parents' house is truly beautiful. Temperatures will increase this week and then fall again for the weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on November 18, 2019, 03:31:18 PM
39 and raining, which is such a lovely combo.
Luckily I planned ahead and could suite up for the walk home from campus with down jacket under my rain jacket and rain pants over my pants. As they say, there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Kron3007 on November 18, 2019, 04:25:14 PM
We've been buried in snow for the last couple weeks.  Ridiculous ...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 19, 2019, 08:00:25 AM
Chilly and wet enough that when I had to stand outside waiting for the repair truck to come, I caught a cold.

Wet feet do it to me every time, no matter how well-dressed for the weather the rest of me is.

Grrr......aahhh--choo!....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on November 19, 2019, 11:49:41 AM
Warm and pleasant today.  Go figure!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on February 11, 2020, 01:22:28 PM
Recently, we had the first snow event that I did not have to use slo mo to capture since I moved here a few years ago.  I learned that the area's approach to snow removal is, essentially, wait and hope it goes away on its own, as one might handle a door-to-door salesperson or proselytizer.  It seems as though we are in for a bit more with the next storm.  I guess the whole metropolis would just shut down completely in the event of more than an inch or two.  All I know is I am staying off the roads to avoid the inexperienced drivers, especially those who probably won't adjust their typical poor driving behaviors.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Anselm on February 11, 2020, 01:45:23 PM
Sunny but cold.  Snow coming tomorrow evening.  I wish I could get laid off and then I could be a beach bum in California.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on February 11, 2020, 01:48:40 PM
Sunny for most of the day, but looks like it's getting stormy out there. I like a good storm, and we don't get enough of them out here.

But it sure was nice to see the sun for a couple of days. Before that, it had been weeks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: magnemite on February 11, 2020, 02:13:20 PM
cloudy, light drizzly rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on February 11, 2020, 02:28:59 PM
Dunno.

I've been in bed all day, editing, writing, and doing research. I put two hot thermoses of tea and three sandwiches beside the bed, and a buncha cookies.

I might get up and look out the window in a bit.

But for the last two weeks they've been predicting all kinds of dire stuff and the only thing that happened up to yesterday (when I was last out) was a bit of drizzle on the pavement the night before.

So I am meteo-sceptic at the moment.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on February 12, 2020, 02:56:32 AM
We've had constant wind, rain, sleet, and hail since Saturday. I've been going to work as usual, but Absolutive has the week off, and he's been spending the day in pyjamas with cups of coffee, watching the weather out the window. I am firmly reminding myself that I love him and am happy for him.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 12, 2020, 10:59:22 AM
Snow having apparently become a thing of the past in our region (The snow line has moved just a few tens of miles north and west of us), our winter weather is now characterized by chilly highs in the 40s and lots of cold rain.  And spikes into the 60s and 70s every week or two, all winter long.  Less than a decade ago those temperatures were unheard of here during the winter months.  Now they seem to be the new normal.  It's eerie walking along in your shirtsleeves in the middle of January or February....

Seriously, a few days ago it spiked to 70 degrees.  Now it's in the 40s and raining.  The yo-yoing temperatures are hard to take.  Forty-something weather isn't THAT cold for winter, even here, but when you were in 70-degree temperatures only a couple of days earlier it's a shock to the system.  I've had trouble warming up even indoors since yesterday.

Essentially winter here has been replaced by three straight months of early March weather.  Four if you count March itself.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: magnemite on February 12, 2020, 11:05:00 AM
Fog, with low clouds above the fog.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on February 12, 2020, 12:59:19 PM
The snow came and actually covered the ground, so I got some pictures as evidence in case it never happens again.  Now it's gone, except for areas out toward the mountains where they got a little more precipitation.  I realized last night how much I miss the idea of a snow day, staying up a little later, staying in and making stew or some such.  Even back east, where we have had snows of 2 or 3 feet at times and regularly had 6 or more inches, things had gotten to the point at which there really wasn't such a thing anymore (except in the extreme cases).  They have gotten very good at prepping and clearing the roads out there, and of course we all have laptops and are expected to work at home.  It's quite different here! But, we took time to sit out back and enjoy the snow while it was around. 

We also have the roller coaster temperatures at times.  I'm still not used to the temperatures.  Being in the 30s feels absolutely freezing (whereas I was used to it before), now being in the 80s can also feel very cold.  I go between shivering in a down jacket and feeling warm in a light sweatshirt some days.  Except in the hottest times of the year, it's mostly a question of whether to put on socks with my sandals when I'm not out in public.   It is strange to get more snow than the folks in my home region.  Hard to know what to expect.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on February 12, 2020, 06:43:25 PM
I remain very grateful for the cool, dry chill without anything falling from the sky.

It's much easier to use crutches when you don't have to concentrate on anything but the sidewalk...

;--》

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on February 13, 2020, 12:14:27 PM
We've had days (for about 2 weeks) of pouring rain, frigid nights, tornado warnings, rapid temperature changes.... excessive humidity.

It's Georgia.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 13, 2020, 07:18:51 PM
A break from the rain! It's supposed to be cold tomorrow and Saturday. 
No snow since the light dusting in mid-December!  It's happened before but I still would to like to see snow before winter is over.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Catherder on February 14, 2020, 07:25:12 AM
-13F   -22F with the wind chill.  Will my car start?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: backatit on February 14, 2020, 11:16:46 AM
I don't wanna say cause everyone always hates me. But I'll hate all of you in the summer when it's 70 where you are, and stinking hot here...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on February 14, 2020, 12:03:21 PM
A rainy past few days, and sunny today. Looks like "winter" is probably over for us here. We had especially little of it this year, not that this region gets much of a winter anyway.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on February 20, 2020, 06:39:01 PM
Thinking of those threatened by the storm coming through the Carolinas right now.

Stay safe.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 20, 2020, 07:10:45 PM
Before I left the library for the day earlier this evening, there was an all staff e-mail that a Cold Alert was being activated for the city. Dangerously low temps overnight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 21, 2020, 07:27:33 AM
Sun!  The sun is shining!  It's so wonderful to see!  A crisp, clear, chilly winter day of the sort we've seen very, very little of so far this year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on February 21, 2020, 08:55:41 AM
We had a very chilly, windy afternoon and evening yesterday.  Today is overcast, but at least the wind has died down.  Gloomy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Nightshade on February 21, 2020, 01:25:18 PM
Sunny and warmer today after a snowy, icy, cold week. Snow comes back Sunday, just in time for a stressful Monday commute (I've heard we have an armada of snow plows somewhere, and I've even seen a couple this winter, but aggravatingly, they're never plowing the streets I use).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on February 23, 2020, 09:15:11 AM
Unseasonably warm, with a slight, cool breeze...so pretty I don't want to call the cab to go home, having ventured out to church for the first time in a month!

So I'm sitting on the steps and mulishly refusing to think of all the work I have to do when I finally do go home.

Some days are just too lovely to waste working!

(Well, at least for a little while...!)

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on February 23, 2020, 12:31:04 PM
Enjoy your nice day! We are back to the usual sun, though it's a very windy day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on February 24, 2020, 01:43:17 AM
Snow/sleet, but not quite cold enough for anything to accumulate.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 24, 2020, 07:19:27 AM
Unseasonably warm again, as usual, and rainy.  I hate having to walk to work with a pair of shoes in my backpack so that I can have dry feet at work.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on February 24, 2020, 09:15:29 AM
Mid-40s with rain and fog and general gloom this morning.  Rain tomorrow, supposed to turn to snow tomorrow night.  SIGH.  February is the longest month in these parts......
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on February 24, 2020, 12:38:05 PM
Pouring rain. 47 degrees F. Tomorrow if will be cloudy with a high of 67 degrees F.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on February 26, 2020, 10:50:05 AM
It's been 60s-70s, then 30s-50s, then 60s-70s, then 30s-50s.

Whoever's screwing with the spring weather on-off switch, please stop. Kthx. (Our flowering trees are already beginning to bloom, and the daffodils in our side yard have been sunnily smiling at me for nearly two weeks.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Kron3007 on February 27, 2020, 01:59:46 PM
About 20 and snowy.  Kids buses were cancelled today, hoping my road home is not closed...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on February 27, 2020, 05:30:59 PM
Cold. Windy. Blowing.

I can hear the wind pick up and really howl every now and again.

Not getting up to look out to see if anything is dropping from the sky.

That would be Too.Much.Information.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: magnemite on March 02, 2020, 10:51:35 AM
the five day forecast for Pokemon University Town:

today, scattered rain
tomorrow, periods of rain
Wed, light rain
Thursday, rainy
Friday, heavy rain at times
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 02, 2020, 12:32:46 PM
I predict a run on umbrellas in all the stores that sell them.

Here--dry and chilly.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on March 03, 2020, 02:00:25 AM
Quote from: magnemite on March 02, 2020, 10:51:35 AM
the five day forecast for Pokemon University Town:

today, scattered rain
tomorrow, periods of rain
Wed, light rain
Thursday, rainy
Friday, heavy rain at times

Same.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: nebo113 on March 06, 2020, 06:27:42 AM
36 degrees and Hazardous Weather outlook where I live.  68 and sunny where I am.  Retired.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: nebo113 on March 06, 2020, 08:33:15 AM
Quote from: nebo113 on March 06, 2020, 06:27:42 AM
36 degrees and Hazardous Weather outlook where I live.  68 and sunny where I am.  Retired.

Adding as I just received:

It's Friday and it's snowing...again!😩
(Spring, where are you?)
Due to weather and travel conditions for our scheduled band, we will be canceling our show for tonight, March 6.
Please pass the word.
Hopefully, we will be back on track next Friday!
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Post by: apl68 on March 06, 2020, 01:40:49 PM
Sun, which is like medicine right now.  Yet more rain expected in a few days, but we're enjoying this sun while it lasts.
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Post by: mamselle on March 06, 2020, 02:27:03 PM
Chilly but clear today. Very nice, really, for March.

Threat of sleety snow tomorrow...or maybe not?...which will determine whether I meet with my godsister (we had the same godmother at confirmation) for breakfast at the diner and a day-long costume-sewing fest, or stay home and sew stuff here.

Either is fine, we'll decide at 8 AM.

(Having just gotten the cast off and a boot installed, I am NOT going out in any snow'n'ice, thankyouverymuch....)

M.
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Post by: Vkw10 on March 06, 2020, 05:35:46 PM
65F with clouds, just after sunset. Expected to be sunny, with lows in the 40s and highs in the 70s for the weekend. Nice, after a rainy week.
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Post by: paultuttle on March 09, 2020, 06:22:08 AM
Sunny and spring-like. High pollen counts through the end of the week.
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Post by: Catherder on April 09, 2020, 06:27:24 AM
Heavy snow!  First day I'm content about staying home.
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Post by: AmLitHist on April 09, 2020, 09:05:10 AM
90 freaking degrees yesterday.  46 this morning.  Tonight, low of 34, with chance of frost out here in the boondocks.  And pollen galore.

(It was nice to spend all yesterday, 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., outside working in the yard, though.)
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Post by: ab_grp on April 09, 2020, 09:31:26 AM
We've had fairly sunny weather lately, highs in the high 70s or low 80s, so not too hot just yet.  Windy at times, as usual. 
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 09, 2020, 12:45:06 PM
Sunny and high winds here today
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Post by: mamselle on April 09, 2020, 06:52:35 PM
Chilly, cool, a bit windy.

M.
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Post by: paultuttle on April 09, 2020, 07:19:52 PM
High 70s and lower 80s for the last 2-3 days, followed by fast-moving rainstorms that washed away much of the pollen, but certainly not enough.

Now, a cold front is coming through and blowing the pollen around (and through the cracks around our 1953 brick ranch-style house's 1953-vintage metal-framed windows). So I'm having to take more Claritin (tm) and use more generic Flonase (tm).

It'll be nice when the weather changes over completely to early summer, so we no longer will have to change from heat overnight and in the morning to air conditioning in the afternoon.
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Post by: Morden on April 10, 2020, 09:47:17 AM
Blowing snow.
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Post by: tiva on April 10, 2020, 02:07:26 PM
1 to 2 feet of snow headed our way over the weekend, with gale-force winds from the north. Perfect time to shelter in place!
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Post by: apl68 on April 10, 2020, 02:55:30 PM
Beautiful and mild today--with severe weather coming for Easter.  For symbolic purposes Easter and Good Friday really ought to have it the other way around, but outside of Hollywood (Where it always rains for funerals and shines on happy occasions) we can't expect the weather to follow the appropriate symbolism. 
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Post by: mamselle on April 10, 2020, 03:42:05 PM
I meant to post earlier, I hope all those in the areas where tornadoes are often seen are safe.

M.
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Post by: Vkw10 on April 10, 2020, 05:22:08 PM
Spring. Yesterday had a high of 90, then late afternoon thunderstorms. Today was sunny with a high of 74 and more thunderstorms expected.
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Post by: apl68 on April 12, 2020, 08:42:10 AM
Pouring down, with distant thunder now and then.  I just had to drive through it to get to work to prepare to attend the church's online Easter service on my office computer.
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Post by: alto_stratus on April 12, 2020, 12:17:38 PM
It's gorgeous. 60s, sunny. Took the car out for a spin and went for a walk. Everyone was out: people, dogs, ducks. . . the turtles were sunning themselves. Nice. :)
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Post by: ab_grp on April 12, 2020, 02:59:12 PM
It is in the low 70s and, again, quite windy.
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Post by: paultuttle on April 12, 2020, 03:41:03 PM
A slow, sort of desultory rain is coming down right now. Overnight, things will pick up in both volume of rain and speed of accompanying wind, with 25% chance of tornadoes (!!!) just before sunrise.

Tornadoes. Now. Really??

<rummaging through our closets trying to find those suddenly-important ruby slippers)
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Post by: AmLitHist on April 13, 2020, 07:48:35 AM
Very chilly (30s) and windy here.  When I got up, a squirrel had crawled up the back of a patio chair, with his tail plastered against the chair and hanging on for dear life. I guess he didn't want that tail to turn into a sail (a la Squirrel Nutkin).
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Post by: sinenomine on April 13, 2020, 08:52:28 AM
There's a high wind warning (65+mph) in my neck of the woods.
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Post by: ab_grp on April 13, 2020, 10:11:29 AM
Quote from: paultuttle on April 12, 2020, 03:41:03 PM
A slow, sort of desultory rain is coming down right now. Overnight, things will pick up in both volume of rain and speed of accompanying wind, with 25% chance of tornadoes (!!!) just before sunrise.

Tornadoes. Now. Really??

<rummaging through our closets trying to find those suddenly-important ruby slippers)

I hope you stay safe from the tornadoes.  Daughter drove down to another state to take a nursing certification test and ended up being in a tornado watch area yesterday but was, fortunately, not affected.  It is so scary to see so many areas hit.  Now the area that she and my mother both live in is under a tornado watch for today.  Time to worry again!

We are having somewhat less windy weather today, which is nice.  It's sunny and breezy.
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Post by: FishProf on April 13, 2020, 01:40:43 PM
Wind and driving rain.  Hot cocoa an blankets weather.
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Post by: alto_stratus on April 13, 2020, 06:01:41 PM
Lots of rain.  I'm glad I spotted a 10-minute break in the downpour and got out for a speedy, wind-whipped walk after lunch.  It was wind and downpour ever after.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 13, 2020, 06:40:32 PM
Went to bed hearing rain last night--it lasted until early afternoon. Strong winds too.  There was a tornado watch posted for the region.
A neighbor has a downed large pear tree in the front yard--a tree removal service will have to handle it.
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Post by: apl68 on April 14, 2020, 08:43:23 AM
Couldn't work yesterday because our library was without power or telephone service.  My house (and most others in town, from what I could tell) did not lose power.  My parents, elsewhere in the state, are still without power.  Lots of straight-line wind damage, but no tornadoes like the state had a couple of weeks ago.  Several other states have had considerable tornado damage.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 17, 2020, 06:57:36 PM
Saw something interesting on my iPhone for my undergrad alma mater town--Overnight snow in the New England region! Not a common occurrence in April.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on April 17, 2020, 07:36:12 PM
A mix of sun and cloud with a forest fire on the mainland.
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Post by: FishProf on April 18, 2020, 06:36:11 AM
The 5 inches of snow is starting to melt; great heaps falling from green-leafed trees.  And it continues to snow...
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Post by: brixton on April 24, 2020, 07:35:39 PM
70s and sunny!
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Post by: Vkw10 on April 26, 2020, 01:17:43 PM
82, clear skies and sunny. Night temperatures are still in low 60s and humidity is fairly low this weekend. Nice weather for a walk.
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Post by: ab_grp on May 03, 2020, 02:59:39 PM
We are up in the 90s now, heading to near 100 in the next few days.  It's very dry, and even with the wind it always reminds me of being under a blow dryer.  Too hot to sit outside, even in the shade.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on May 03, 2020, 06:13:11 PM
Raining at the moment.
Had two days of 70+ degree weather.  Yesterday there were plenty of lawn mowers going.
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Post by: Vkw10 on May 04, 2020, 02:46:53 PM
95 today, with low of 72 expected tonight. Missed my morning walk, so I'll try to walk at sunset.
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Post by: AmLitHist on May 17, 2020, 05:51:23 AM
RAIN.  Rain, rain, rain.......

Temps in the 60s.  So it's just like having a wet towel draped over everything, rather than being 85 and feeling like a sauna.  (Trying to look at the bright side.)
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Post by: nebo113 on May 18, 2020, 04:43:06 AM
Rain heading my way.  That means a dog who will hold his bladder until....I put on a raincoat, force him out, and stay with him until he pees.  Last time, he ran into a corner where he was protected from the rain, and I had to pull him out.  With rain predicted pretty much every day this week......
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Post by: apl68 on May 18, 2020, 08:01:20 AM
A beautiful morning!  Much welcome after several straight rainy days.  Especially since this is our first day open to the public in about two months.  It's going to be a hectic day.  Good to have it happening on such a cheery-looking day.
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Post by: paultuttle on May 19, 2020, 10:05:58 PM
Rainy. In fact, so rainy that flash flood warnings are in effect for the next day and a half.




Glad we live on a mound of earth above street level! Although the last time it rained this much over several days, the water rose to the bottom of the steps down to the street. I still have both pics and video on my phone.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on May 25, 2020, 11:36:47 AM
Rainy with a persistent, very wet, mist.
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Post by: mamselle on May 30, 2020, 10:58:27 AM
I noticed more storms and possible high winds/circular cells in the middle south earlier today, hope all are safe and well.

M.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on May 30, 2020, 06:33:38 PM
Comfortable weather this weekend into early in the week. Then comes the summer heat.
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Post by: Morden on May 31, 2020, 03:29:15 PM
Rain and hail; rain and hail.
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Post by: apl68 on June 01, 2020, 07:20:10 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on May 30, 2020, 06:33:38 PM
Comfortable weather this weekend into early in the week. Then comes the summer heat.

Much the same here.  Saturday and Sunday were fairly mild summer weather, with it getting warmer today and tomorrow.  It's been beautiful out.
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Post by: mamselle on June 01, 2020, 08:03:35 AM
Cool, comfortable.

I might go for a walk tonight after I get all my work done.

M.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on June 01, 2020, 05:59:52 PM
Took advantage of the great weather to wash my car earlier today.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 10, 2020, 02:42:18 PM
It has been rainy and gross all day. Thundering now. Hot and muggy.
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Post by: AmLitHist on June 11, 2020, 09:04:45 AM
Gorgeous--70s, sunny, and low humidity.
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Post by: apl68 on June 11, 2020, 10:09:39 AM
Bright and sunny, 80s and relatively low humidity.  A very mild day for June here.
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Post by: ab_grp on June 11, 2020, 11:33:10 AM
It was in the 100s last week, so this week's relatively cooler weather has was very nice, despite some strong winds.  Now it appears that a strong storm is rolling in.
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Post by: mamselle on June 11, 2020, 11:39:31 AM
It's 73 degrees out, but cool and comfy inside, thanks to the light rain passing by, with occasional thunder.

M.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on July 09, 2020, 06:50:58 PM
Hot and humid!  Enough for a heat emergency this week.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 09, 2020, 10:27:58 PM
'Twas sunny, then it rained hard. Lots of thunder.
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Post by: apl68 on July 10, 2020, 07:29:00 AM
Heavy rain earlier this week.  Now sunny and brutally hot and humid.

One of our staff slept through the overnight rain and was stunned when she had to detour coming in to work due to flooding.  She noted that usually it takes a couple of days of rain to cause such flooding.  She blamed the flooding on beaver dams and such stopping up creeks.  Maybe--but I suspect that we got as much rain that night as we usually get in a couple of days.  Those extreme rains are becoming more common.
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Post by: ab_grp on July 10, 2020, 08:41:29 AM
Having dealt too often with river flooding, that does tend to take some time to arrive after the rains.  It always felt a little surreal that it would typically be a clear and sunny day when the river did start flooding.  But increased development, paved surfaces, etc. also contribute to the flash flooding or more instantaneous flooding that arises with heavy rain.  In addition, if it has been very dry, the ground does not absorb water as well, apparently.  Definitely not fun to unexpectedly arrive at a flooded zone and have to find another route!

We had a pretty wicked storm earlier in the week with strong wind gusts that came suddenly despite a clear forecast and lots of lightning.  Since then, it has just been hot and hotter, nearing 110 for the next few days, with almost no humidity.
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Post by: apl68 on July 16, 2020, 07:09:23 AM
Ghastly bad heat and humidity out.  Which is pretty much normal for this region in July.  It still hits hard.  I made the mistake of wearing something light-colored when I walked to work this morning, and sweated so bad on that modest walk that I ended up looking like I just ran through a rain.  Good thing I didn't have any meetings scheduled for this morning.
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Post by: polly_mer on July 16, 2020, 05:39:09 PM
In the past week, we've gone from heat emergency with less than 10% relative humidity to currently raining at a good clip.
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Post by: paultuttle on July 17, 2020, 05:24:40 PM
The outside temperature went from 91 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit after a brief (approximately 10-minute) but strong thunderstorm rolled through.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on July 31, 2020, 02:57:08 PM
Finally got some rain after a record breaking number of 90+ degrees day for this month.
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Post by: kaysixteen on July 31, 2020, 10:04:54 PM
Here in New England, we apparently may well get some visit from a TS/ Hurricane (Isaias) next week.  Hopefully the wind will be lowered by that time, but we can use the rain.  Drought and heat both appreciably above normal this summer so far.
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Post by: apl68 on August 01, 2020, 08:51:49 AM
We were starting to get a bit dry, but finally got a good rain yesterday.  I was a little bummed that the bottom dropped out about four minutes before I reached the house on my walk home for lunch.  Oh well, it's not like I couldn't dry off and change clothes.
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Post by: ab_grp on August 01, 2020, 11:22:25 AM
I thought about posting yesterday afternoon to say that it was finally a fairly nice and stable day.  It was a little warm but sunny and pretty clear.  I didn't want to jinx it and bring on a storm that was not in the forecast.  But, we got the storm anyway for several hours last night.  So, since it clearly doesn't matter if I jinx it or not, today is another clear and sunny day.  It doesn't currently feel too warm despite being in the 100s all week and steadily inching up.
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Post by: ab_grp on August 09, 2020, 03:08:49 PM
Here I am again, mainly to vent.  I have basically learned that no weather apps are worth a dang here.  The system must be too unstable.  Or maybe no meteorologists care about our city/county, so the focus is always on "nearby" areas that have different weather patterns.  Yesterday may have been the most egregious example, but this happens too often.  There is no prediction.  Each day, it can say that there is a low chance of rain each hour, no thunderstorms.  There will be a thunderstorm.  Don't bother to plan around that expectation.  Who knows when it will happen? Last night, things were reported as reasonably clear, with a small chance of rain, and with no lightning anywhere nearby.  Then suddenly there was a ton of wind, torrential rain, major lightning everywhere (including several strikes so close to our house that the lightning app showed individual trees) for at least an hour.  I think with my spare time I am going to work on some sort of forecast.  Whatever I come up with has to be better than this.  The east coast weather forecasts were not always great, but at least they were in the ballpark.   I realize the topography and other elements might contribute.  But this is just crazy and frustrating.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on August 09, 2020, 08:51:31 PM
It has been hotter than Satan's armpit down here. Muggy. Humid. Sultry.
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Post by: apl68 on August 10, 2020, 08:35:52 AM
The dog days of August are currently in full force here.
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Post by: mamselle on August 10, 2020, 09:15:51 AM
Are you Sirius?

:--}

(Sorry).

M.
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Post by: mamselle on August 10, 2020, 10:28:25 AM
Sorry for the double, but I meant to post this yesterday.

I hope any folks in the NC region affected by the earthquake are safe and OK.

    ttps://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/5-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-142807228.html

Check in if you like, to let us know?

M.
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Post by: paultuttle on August 12, 2020, 05:38:18 AM
Quote from: mamselle on August 10, 2020, 10:28:25 AM
Sorry for the double, but I meant to post this yesterday.

I hope any folks in the NC region affected by the earthquake are safe and OK.

    ttps://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/5-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-142807228.html

Check in if you like, to let us know?

M.

Okay here, and parents slept through it.
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Post by: mamselle on August 12, 2020, 08:26:58 AM
Good to hear.

I was a bit surprised, I thought the hills in that area were fairly old and settled and had stopped wiggling around so much.

I guess tectonic plates run deep...

M.
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Post by: Vkw10 on August 12, 2020, 09:11:59 AM
102 F and 89% humidity. Chance of rain 0%.
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Post by: apl68 on August 12, 2020, 10:43:19 AM
Quote from: mamselle on August 12, 2020, 08:26:58 AM
Good to hear.

I was a bit surprised, I thought the hills in that area were fairly old and settled and had stopped wiggling around so much.

I guess tectonic plates run deep...

M.

The Carolinas are a seismically active region.  Charleston had a quite serious earthquake in the late 1800s.  Good to hear that this one hasn't been as bad.

It's trying hard to rain here.  So far it hasn't quite managed it.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on August 15, 2020, 07:06:31 PM
Rain tonight into tomorrow.  Lower temperatures too!
Earlier this week, there was flooding in parts of the metro DC area from heavy rain.
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Post by: mamselle on August 15, 2020, 08:01:15 PM
Thankfully it's a) cooled down to 70 all day today and tomorrow, and b) it miiight rain a tiny bit tomorrow but I don't have to go out, so it's fine.

M.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on August 16, 2020, 09:18:20 PM
Heat lightning out over the ocean tonight.
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Post by: apl68 on August 17, 2020, 07:28:39 AM
Quote from: mamselle on August 15, 2020, 08:01:15 PM
Thankfully it's a) cooled down to 70 all day today and tomorrow, and b) it miiight rain a tiny bit tomorrow but I don't have to go out, so it's fine.

M.

We got down to just below 70 overnight, which is unseasonably mild here.  It made the morning walk feel delightful!  Low 90s projected for today's high.
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Post by: wellfleet on August 19, 2020, 08:29:12 AM
Smoky--there are three active wildfires in my county right now, and I'm sitting here wondering if there's too much ash falling to work on the deck this morning.
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Post by: San Joaquin on August 19, 2020, 02:02:43 PM
Yes.  Air quality in the East Bay just nudged well into the Unhealthy zone from the surrounding wildfires.  Coupled with the heatwave, it's a good day to stay indoors, even without AC.  Hydrate, y'all!
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Post by: ab_grp on September 01, 2020, 03:42:29 PM
It suddenly got very stormy and very, very gusty.  Whew!!
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Post by: hmaria1609 on September 01, 2020, 06:59:53 PM
Rained on and off today and most of yesterday.  We got the remnants of Hurricane Laura.
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Post by: apl68 on September 02, 2020, 07:20:00 AM
Crushingly hot and humid, with a brief but heavy shower yesterday afternoon.  Looking rainy this morning.  Remnants of Laura?  Or harbingers of the next storm?
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Post by: ergative on September 02, 2020, 09:21:17 AM
Rainy and oppressive. No sun for two days, and the weather feels cold when you're not moving, but if you go outside for a walk you get sweaty and clammy at the same time and it's awful.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 02, 2020, 10:22:54 AM
It's sunny on this side, but the sea is fogged in. Can't even see the mountains, which aren't far away.
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Post by: Vkw10 on September 02, 2020, 10:24:27 AM
Hot, humid, thunderstorms expected.
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Post by: mamselle on September 02, 2020, 02:09:38 PM
Cool, a bit rainy, otherwise OK.

M.
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Post by: ab_grp on September 09, 2020, 11:16:52 AM
We had a strong front blow in last night, dropping us about 35 degrees (F).  Goodbye AC, hello heat, at least until it gets itself right again.  At least we're not Denver.  Holy crow, over 100 like yesterday and then down to 36 degrees today?! 
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Post by: engineer_adrift on September 09, 2020, 11:42:46 AM
Hot and smoky from fires to the east.  Exceptionally low humidity is not helping fire fighting.  EA
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 09, 2020, 11:46:48 AM
Yesterday was full of fire smoke. Today seems clearer.
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Post by: polly_mer on September 09, 2020, 04:42:22 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on September 09, 2020, 11:16:52 AM
We had a strong front blow in last night, dropping us about 35 degrees (F).  Goodbye AC, hello heat, at least until it gets itself right again.  At least we're not Denver.  Holy crow, over 100 like yesterday and then down to 36 degrees today?!

We're not Denver, either, but we went from 90s last week to snow this morning.
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Post by: San Joaquin on September 09, 2020, 09:46:29 PM
Zombie apocalypse orange sky today and the sun not visible.
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Post by: apl68 on September 10, 2020, 07:44:52 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on September 09, 2020, 04:42:22 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on September 09, 2020, 11:16:52 AM
We had a strong front blow in last night, dropping us about 35 degrees (F).  Goodbye AC, hello heat, at least until it gets itself right again.  At least we're not Denver.  Holy crow, over 100 like yesterday and then down to 36 degrees today?!

We're not Denver, either, but we went from 90s last week to snow this morning.

Those are some wild temperature swings.  We've been seeing the climate in those bipolar moods the last couple of winters. 

But not right now.  Right now the humid, 90s weather continues to persist stubbornly.  September has always been essentially a summer month here, but it used to be milder summer.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 12, 2020, 04:01:30 PM
The weather is currently undetectable.
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Post by: AmLitHist on September 14, 2020, 06:04:41 AM
Milky skies here in central Illinois yesterday and today (and forecast for tomorrow)--we're getting the smoke from the fires, this far away.
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Post by: apl68 on September 14, 2020, 07:48:05 AM
Raindrops on the line
Hang for one moment before
Others replace them
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 14, 2020, 08:59:16 AM
I saw the sun as it rose this morning--a tiny pinprick in the grey sludge (think: a dull star in the night sky). The sludge appears unmoved, and as thick as ever. Still can't see the water or the mountains, and the ferries have been honking all day every day for days.
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Post by: wellfleet on September 16, 2020, 03:16:39 PM
Good air is back! The nearest sensor is reporting an AQI level of  . . . 3. Yay!
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Post by: mamselle on September 16, 2020, 08:50:32 PM
Suddenly it's chill.
Fall here now, or maybe it's
a wint'ry prequel.

M.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 19, 2020, 10:16:23 AM
Rain overnight and this morning, chillier than it's been. Mist has rolled in to replace the smoke, which seems mostly gone for now (finally!). The AQI is back in the green, at least for today.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on September 19, 2020, 01:48:23 PM
Quote from: mamselle on September 16, 2020, 08:50:32 PM
Suddenly it's chill.
Fall here now, or maybe it's
a wint'ry prequel.

M.
Fall is coming!
And time for Harvest Spice Coffee from Sheetz (it's a regional gas station chain here)
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Post by: Vkw10 on September 19, 2020, 02:52:02 PM
Low was 68, high was 86. Clear skies and sun. Tree, grass, and ragweed pollen levels are all high, but I may risk opening windows in the morning.
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Post by: apl68 on September 21, 2020, 07:46:31 AM
Feeling fall-like here too, with rain in the wind.  The weekend was clear and pleasant for the first time in months.
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Post by: kaysixteen on September 21, 2020, 11:29:08 AM
What is fall-like in your area?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 21, 2020, 12:30:12 PM
Quote from: kaysixteen on September 21, 2020, 11:29:08 AM
What is fall-like in your area?

Highs below the 80s, with bracing cool breezes.

Actually it dropped right through the 70s and down into the upper 60s.  It's too bad--I like highs in the 70s.  In recent years we've seen that a lot--temperatures dropping or spiking so dramatically the 70s are about the least frequently-seen temperatures.  Except during the winter months, where until about five years or so ago they were absolutely unheard-of.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on September 21, 2020, 12:36:04 PM
So what is winter normally like, how much snow, etc.?  Are you in a mountainous area, or lowland/ river valley?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on September 21, 2020, 01:23:33 PM
Foothills of a mountain range for me; winters are cold, with about 6-8 feet of snow. We had our first frost last night.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on September 21, 2020, 05:58:01 PM
Is this an early date for first frost for you?   Six to eight feet of snow?   When is first snowfall for you, on average?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 22, 2020, 07:23:28 AM
Quote from: kaysixteen on September 21, 2020, 12:36:04 PM
So what is winter normally like, how much snow, etc.?  Are you in a mountainous area, or lowland/ river valley?

We're not in the mountains.  Winters have historically been mild, with occasional cold snaps and at least one snow of a few inches each year.  In the late 1970s-early 1980s they were a bit colder than usual, as was the case in much of the rest of the country.  In December 1980 we got a snow that turned to ice and stayed icy for two straight weeks.  Somebody elsewhere in the state recalls it being icy enough on a local lake for small cars to drive out on it.  My brother and I remember that winter because we got to go sledding every day on the homemade sled Dad built.

Now things are changing fast.  In the town where I now live we've seen perhaps five or six snows in 15 years.  Most of these melted within 24 hours.  It is now three or four winters since the last snow.  I don't think we've had a single day in all that time in which temperatures didn't rise above freezing.  Even overnight frosts are becoming rare.  Now even the winter months include repeated episodes of springlike weather.  The last couple of winters have been more like three straight months of changeable March weather--four if you count March itself.

I'm starting to wonder whether we've seen our last-ever snow here.  I wouldn't be rash enough to say that we'll never have it again.  But if we do, I expect to see the final snow within the next decade or two.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on September 22, 2020, 08:31:41 AM
Quote from: kaysixteen on September 21, 2020, 05:58:01 PM
Is this an early date for first frost for you?   Six to eight feet of snow?   When is first snowfall for you, on average?

Yesterday's first frost fell within the average window. Our first snowfall is usually mid to late November, with the last one early to mid-April.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on September 22, 2020, 08:34:18 AM
Here in my part of the Mid-atlantic we generally have warm September days in the 70's and gentle lows. However, we're coming off several days of lessening sun, highs in the sixties and lows in the forties. Garden is shivering, and the cold front has plunged my tomatoes into an existential crisis: flower or fruit, and if fruit, how hurriedly to change color?  We usually get tomatoes well into November, but this has not been a productive year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on October 04, 2020, 09:48:45 AM
Today was perfect: rain in the morning, 40s, to make our coffee with pyjamas and slippers feel comfy, and then it cleared up and was sunny and beautiful in the afternoon, with a high of 60 and gentle breezes. I went for a run* and it was a great way to get ready for the coming week.

*/walk
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 04, 2020, 10:25:12 AM
Clear and cool.  Smolt and I camped in the backyard last night.  Great idea, poor execution.  I needed a bigger sleeping bag, and we both needed warmer ones.

Will try again next weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on October 04, 2020, 10:33:37 AM
Dunno. The smoke's been back for a few days, although nothing like as bad as before.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 04, 2020, 01:27:34 PM
Quote from: Harlow2 on September 22, 2020, 08:34:18 AM
Here in my part of the Mid-atlantic we generally have warm September days in the 70's and gentle lows. However, we're coming off several days of lessening sun, highs in the sixties and lows in the forties.
Similar here! This time of year, I start to switch over to hot coffee and cocoa for morning drinks to take to work.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 05, 2020, 07:26:51 AM
Very nice, mild fall-ish weather in recent days.  Unfortunately temperatures are predicted to spike up into the 80s for most of the coming week.  Not terribly hot, and it will be cool in the evenings.  Still not exactly seasonal.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on October 05, 2020, 09:56:21 AM
First light frost overnight, but back up to the 70s and 80s this week, so I just covered the two houseplants and the canna, which is still loaded with buds.  Everything is fine once I've uncovered them this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on October 11, 2020, 08:40:19 PM
We are watching the big storms in other parts of the country and making jokes about how 'greedy' those folks are to have more rain in a day than we get all year.  We certainly don't need all that rain, but an inch or two this month would help.

As I type, the weather guy just said it's unlikely that we will get any rain in October.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 12, 2020, 08:04:46 AM
Quote from: polly_mer on October 11, 2020, 08:40:19 PM
We are watching the big storms in other parts of the country and making jokes about how 'greedy' those folks are to have more rain in a day than we get all year.  We certainly don't need all that rain, but an inch or two this month would help.

As I type, the weather guy just said it's unlikely that we will get any rain in October.

Believe me, some of the people in other parts of the country would LOVE to find a way to give you some of that excess rain!  Instead, the nation's overall rainfall is looking like of those head-in-the-oven, feet-in-the-freezer situations.  On average things aren't so bad.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 12, 2020, 10:03:26 AM
Cool, slightly chill, a bit wet.

Hot Spiced Apple-cider weather.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on October 12, 2020, 11:37:49 AM
Sunny with some ominous clouds across the water. First bit of sun in days, here.

Chilly, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 12, 2020, 11:59:19 AM
Dreary.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 12, 2020, 01:31:12 PM
Still rainy here.
Quote from: mamselle on October 12, 2020, 10:03:26 AM
Cool, slightly chill, a bit wet.

Hot Spiced Apple-cider weather.

M.
I'll drink to that!  :)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on October 12, 2020, 04:23:51 PM
Yesterday we had a high of 96. It's 86 and sunny now, with a predicted low of 50 tonight and high of 88 tomorrow. Most days, I enjoy fall in central Texas, but right now I'd like a bit of crisp air.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 12, 2020, 05:53:38 PM
Smolt and I tried camping in the back yard again.  It was colder (37), but having zipped two sleeping bags together and brought a comforter and fleece blankets, we managed to keep each other warm.  She was over the moon with glee.

Today it got to 60.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hungry_ghost on October 15, 2020, 09:43:16 PM
Perhaps it will snow ...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 16, 2020, 07:57:44 AM
Finally starting to turn more or less seasonal.  Though we are looking at a spike up into the low 80s in a couple of days.  Currently wonderful out!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: brixton on October 16, 2020, 03:44:52 PM
Still blistering hot in So Cal.  It has been over 90 for the last week.  In October.  This is not supposed to be Arizona. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on October 16, 2020, 05:46:50 PM
It's 68 degrees, just after sunset. We're expecting a low of 59 tonight. Lovely.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 17, 2020, 10:30:05 AM
First frost of the season --a layer of white on the ground, covering the grass, driveway and the car. It was gone in less than an hour. Bright sunshine, near peak fall colors, good hiking weather. I'm about 200 miles north of my home base.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 17, 2020, 04:40:05 PM
Il fait froid.

Il pleut.

Je ne l'aime pas...mais, c'est l'automne....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 18, 2020, 07:08:24 AM
Quote from: mamselle on October 17, 2020, 04:40:05 PM
Il fait froid.

Il pleut.

Je ne l'aime pas...mais, c'est l'automne....

M.
I just love fall. Every year, I wake up one morning in September or October to a crispness in the air and know that fall has arrived. This year, it happened earlier this week, in my city. I'm looking out the windows as I'm typing this, to a vista of trees of varying fall colors in the yard--rather, property--of the neighbor across the street. I'm only visiting, but making the most of the colors.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 18, 2020, 12:54:38 PM
This morning, there was the first skim of ice in a bucket on my deck.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 19, 2020, 07:59:33 AM
Our extended forecast is calling for most of a week of highs in the 80s.  Not bad, really, but that used to be unheard-of in late October.  I may end up having to use my air conditioner again!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 26, 2020, 01:29:41 PM
We have been in the 80s or higher but had a front move in and are now in the 60s.  Tonight there is another front expected, bringing with it a lot of rain and an actual chance of snow, which I will believe when I see it.  At least we got our ballots mailed and no one has to go anywhere tomorrow.   Sounds pretty yucky regardless.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on October 26, 2020, 02:16:24 PM
We went again from 80s last week to snow on the ground today.  We no longer get snow days if we can work from home and the few kids that got to have in-person last week are back in virtual until the worst of the snow is gone.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 26, 2020, 02:57:50 PM
Late last week the 80-degree weather abruptly shifted to highs in the 50s and low 60s.  Though we haven't had all that much rain, we've barely seen the sun since Friday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on October 26, 2020, 05:58:59 PM
Fall in central Texas. Yesterday was sunny and 87 degrees at 4 p.m. Today, overcast and 46 degrees at 4 p.m. Might be time to pull out the blanket.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 26, 2020, 07:16:31 PM
Now tomorrow's high is in the 30s.  That escalated quickly! Also, we found evidence of a kite that may be stuck in one of our trees, but that will have to wait until after the snowmageddon of 0.25 inch that may or may not occur tomorrow.  It will definitely be too cold to go out and try to find the kite, in any case.  Sorry, kitemaster.  Today was too windy to fly.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 27, 2020, 05:49:07 AM
According to the NY Times: Damp early, then mostly cloudy, with a high around 60.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: wareagle on October 27, 2020, 06:11:58 AM
Five degrees this morning.  Still four inches of snow on the ground.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: polly_mer on October 27, 2020, 08:00:43 AM
Quote from: wareagle on October 27, 2020, 06:11:58 AM
Five degrees this morning.  Still four inches of snow on the ground.

We're above five degrees, but we have eight inches of snow on the ground with more still falling.  The weather prediction calls for another foot before Thursday night.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 27, 2020, 08:44:53 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on October 27, 2020, 05:49:07 AM
According to the NY Times: Damp early, then mostly cloudy, with a high around 60.

It's sunny outside. So much for the weather forecast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 27, 2020, 10:03:31 AM
I did not believe the forecast, but we actually woke up to snow! And enough snow that we could not see the grass.  I think this is more snow than in the years I have lived here combined (and it's still only about an inch, if that).  More snow is supposedly on the way.  In any event, it is nice to have snow and not have to shovel or go anywhere.  There were warnings of potential power outages, but we have been lucky so far.  Daughter in a typically snowier area is dismayed that we got snow before she did.  It's nice that the wind has died down, but it's also in the 20s, so we will probably stay in and enjoy the warmth and look out at the scenery until the snow goes away.  Looks like we should be back into the 70s in a few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on October 29, 2020, 08:51:50 AM
Zeta passed through and we had high winds and lots of branches hit the roof early this morning. SO and I walked around the house and looked for anything 'weird' and just saw lots of leaves, branches and wet spots. *Fingers crossed*

It is currently breezy, partly cloudy and temperate, well, also a tad humid. It's in the mid 70's F today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 29, 2020, 08:59:28 AM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on October 29, 2020, 08:51:50 AM
Zeta passed through and we had high winds and lots of branches hit the roof early this morning. SO and I walked around the house and looked for anything 'weird' and just saw lots of leaves, branches and wet spots. *Fingers crossed*

It is currently breezy, partly cloudy and temperate, well, also a tad humid. It's in the mid 70's F today.

I'm glad you didn't seem to have any damage as a result!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on October 29, 2020, 09:29:29 AM
Quote from: ab_grp on October 29, 2020, 08:59:28 AM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on October 29, 2020, 08:51:50 AM
Zeta passed through and we had high winds and lots of branches hit the roof early this morning. SO and I walked around the house and looked for anything 'weird' and just saw lots of leaves, branches and wet spots. *Fingers crossed*

It is currently breezy, partly cloudy and temperate, well, also a tad humid. It's in the mid 70's F today.

I'm glad you didn't seem to have any damage as a result!

Thanks! Well, we didn't see anything obvious. I'll look later today to double-check. I hope everyone else is doing well and is safe!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on October 29, 2020, 03:10:28 PM
Last Thursday was 86 degrees.  By Friday afternoon, it was in the low 40s.

It's been cloudy ever since, with three days of rain, today with a cold wind added for good measure. 

Forecast for tonight is around 32 degrees--but back into the 60s and sunny over the weekend and into next week.

Not atypical--and not bad--for this time of year around here.  Last year we had a week of near-zero cold in mid-November; I hope we don't get that again!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 29, 2020, 03:48:28 PM
Snow promised...ummmm....I'd hoped to go grocery shopping before it hit.....

Maybe if I go out really early in the AM....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 30, 2020, 10:08:59 AM
(Double a day later)

Huh. It really did snow.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 30, 2020, 10:12:58 AM
Inches of gloppy wet snow. 

On the plus side, the branch that broke off in a previous storm and threatened my porch has fallen to no ill effect.  That's save $$$ when the tree guy comes next week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 30, 2020, 10:17:33 AM
That's a nice silver lining, FishProf.  Tree guys can cost some bucks.

Our snow stayed briefly into the next day, but even the snow on the mountains has now vanished.  It's warming back up a bit, which I am happy with because I was not ready for that sudden temperature change.  At least the air cleared up some in the process.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on November 01, 2020, 04:53:16 PM
First freeze is scheduled for tonight.

Well, more accurately, early tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 01, 2020, 05:39:07 PM
Yesterday it snowed.

Today it rained.

I'm going to wait at least two days before going out to avoid the probable ice.

Seeing as how there are black-ice warnings up on the meteo.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on November 02, 2020, 10:48:12 AM
None of the predicted freezes happened at my house, so the remaining tomatoes are still ok. But yikes, the wind.  Bird feeder is sideways.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: OneMoreYear on November 02, 2020, 12:24:02 PM
Ugh, had to scrape the car this morning for the 1st time. Even with DST, it was dark out. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on November 02, 2020, 12:26:20 PM
Quote from: OneMoreYear on November 02, 2020, 12:24:02 PM
Ugh, had to scrape the car this morning for the 1st time. Even with DST, it was dark out.

I don't miss those days!  Sorry that the ritual has begun, again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 02, 2020, 05:47:09 PM
Colder. Rainy, after all that snow (now melted?)

Slushy, maybe?

I don't know.

I'm not going out.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 02, 2020, 07:29:12 PM
Windy and cold!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on November 03, 2020, 06:32:25 AM
Sunny but windy. It was almost a struggle to walk back from the poll site.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on November 03, 2020, 08:14:49 AM
It's the morning, so a little chilly, but not too bad.  It's sunny, cloudless, still, and lovely.  A nice way to start the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on November 03, 2020, 08:27:05 AM
Solid rain today, and chilly.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 08, 2020, 07:03:14 AM
Well, if "weather" includes movement in the earth's crust (interthreadulity), I think we just had a tiny temblor a bit ago.

I've felt them twice before; this wasn't as sustained as the last time (8-10 yrs ago), but was more like the mini-ripple that rolled through and woke me at 7 AM c.1980.

Weird.

Glad it didn't last longer, or do more.

I got a USGS notification confirming it just a few min. ago, so I'm not dreaming it...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 09, 2020, 08:25:59 AM
Remarkably warm.  I ran my fan last night.  At least I didn't need my air conditioner. 

It's generally nice outside lately.  A lot of overcast, though.  Which is nice in its own way because it helps the fall colors to show up better.  When I was traveling last week I never saw a single cloud.  The endless glare made it hard to appreciate the fall colors in the northern part of the state.  No rain in the forecast for some days yet.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: notmycircus on November 09, 2020, 08:28:14 AM
72 and sunny.  Cleveland.  Projected record buster later today in high 70's.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on November 09, 2020, 08:29:04 AM
5 days and counting of glorious October weather.  Makes up for the December weather we had in October.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on November 09, 2020, 09:03:06 AM
It's been very windy the past two days due to some front moving in.  We have barely been able to see the mountains through the haze, and the air quality is poor.  But, our (older, retired) neighbors have been out doing some sort of landscaping project all morning.  They have more energy than I can conceive of right now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on November 10, 2020, 09:19:11 AM
This is the last beautiful day this week before the cold rain moves in tomorrow. The mist between the flaming-gold-and-red trees this morning was truly spectacular; now, the sun peeks out from behind the clouds every so often and lights up the trees again.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on November 10, 2020, 10:08:15 AM
Quote from: paultuttle on November 10, 2020, 09:19:11 AM
This is the last beautiful day this week before the cold rain moves in tomorrow. The mist between the flaming-gold-and-red trees this morning was truly spectacular; now, the sun peeks out from behind the clouds every so often and lights up the trees again.

Sounds like an amazing sight!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on November 17, 2020, 09:36:08 AM
Stormy with chance of waterspouts, which is exciting.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on November 17, 2020, 10:16:31 AM
Very windy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on November 17, 2020, 10:19:14 AM
30 degrees, 20-30 mph winds, snow showers off and on.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 17, 2020, 10:32:34 AM
Beautiful, and the mornings have actually felt like fall!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 17, 2020, 10:33:43 AM
Cold and windy!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on November 17, 2020, 10:44:37 AM
Mid-30s with lazily drifting snow flurries.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 17, 2020, 11:07:00 AM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on November 17, 2020, 09:36:08 AM
Stormy with chance of waterspouts, which is exciting.

Whoa!

I saw a waterspout once, in 1973, as the train to Paris was going into a tunnel near Genoa, Italy.

By the time we got out, we were three hills past the viewing point from which we might have spotted it again.

I always wondered what happened.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on November 17, 2020, 08:47:14 PM
Waterspouts on what body of water?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on November 17, 2020, 11:30:38 PM
Quote from: mamselle on November 17, 2020, 11:07:00 AM

I saw a waterspout once, in 1973, as the train to Paris was going into a tunnel near Genoa, Italy.


Wow!

Quote from: kaysixteen on November 17, 2020, 08:47:14 PM
Waterspouts on what body of water?

The Pacific Ocean.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 01, 2020, 07:21:29 AM
We had a nice blanket of frost this morning.  First time this season.  There was fog rising like steam from the pond at the city park.  And the sky was beautifully clear.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on December 01, 2020, 12:14:04 PM
Lows here got down into the upper teens last night--first of the season.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 01, 2020, 12:20:35 PM
Cold enough for a Hypothermia Alert in the city tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lillipat on December 01, 2020, 05:50:26 PM
Super-grey, with the first real snow starting yesterday afternoon and continuing until mid-morning today.  My mother used to say that the date of the first measurable snowfall predicted how many times there would be snow that winter.  If that's the case, we're looking at 30 distinct snow events! (Of course, mother wasn't a meteorologist.  She taught junior high math and helped to rebuild pipe organs, neither of which gives her any cred as a weather prophet.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on December 02, 2020, 11:01:56 AM
44 and windy. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on December 04, 2020, 03:43:27 AM
Sleet overnight and this morning; cold gray rain all day. Overnight lows forecast near freezing all week, but no proper snow. Ick.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 04, 2020, 07:18:00 AM
Chilly and mostly overcast, but not frosty.  With no frost in the forecast.  We only get a handful of frosts a year anymore.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on December 04, 2020, 11:47:25 AM
Chilly, rainy and gross.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 04, 2020, 06:44:41 PM
It started raining as I left the library this evening. It'll be raining overnight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on December 04, 2020, 07:16:43 PM
It's chilly again tonight, in the 30s. We haven't gotten down to freezing this fall, but I did switch the HVAC system over to heat this week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 04, 2020, 07:28:02 PM
Pretty chilly here, too, so we still have the heat on.  We usually turn it off in early evening to let the house cool down on its own before turning the AC on for sleep.  But it just feels too cold tonight!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on December 05, 2020, 06:35:35 AM
Nebulous — the forecasters in my area are struggling to decide whether we'll have rain, snow, or a mix, and how much of whatever it turns out to be.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on December 05, 2020, 02:18:02 PM
Quote from: sinenomine on December 05, 2020, 06:35:35 AM
Nebulous — the forecasters in my area are struggling to decide whether we'll have rain, snow, or a mix, and how much of whatever it turns out to be.

The correct forecast here was - Yes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on December 05, 2020, 02:47:20 PM
First major nor'easter of the season. It keeps shifting between wet snow and sleet and is blowing hard enough to rattle the windows in this old house of mine, but the storm windows are doing their job. Exceedingly grateful to be snug at home in front of the fire, with a pot of veggie chili underway.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 07, 2020, 07:40:41 AM
Temperatures are forecast to race up into the upper 60s this week.  Unheard of in December less than a decade ago, now the norm.  It always does that when I'm planning my main Christmas shopping.  It doesn't feel much like Christmas.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 10, 2020, 09:20:33 AM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on December 04, 2020, 11:47:25 AM
Chilly, rainy and gross.

Now we've got this situation going on.  Ugh, it is so dreary.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 10, 2020, 09:34:37 AM
The forecast for warm weather exceeded itself!  It's now well into the 70s.  In December.  This isn't Florida.  It's not supposed to be this way.

Then again, you can't really complain about a day this lovely out.  We're supposed to have dreary rain tomorrow.
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Post by: Vkw10 on December 21, 2020, 01:54:08 PM
73 and sunny today. Time for a walk.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 21, 2020, 05:36:50 PM
Just above freezing and rainy here all day. On another side of the island, however, it's been snowing.
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Post by: apl68 on December 22, 2020, 07:32:29 AM
Chilly morning, upper 60s for today's high, unseasonably warm with a chance of storms tomorrow.  Then it's supposed to drop back to somewhat seasonable temperatures for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

At the moment it's clear and pretty out.
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Post by: apl68 on December 29, 2020, 01:03:51 PM
Mild and sunny out.  A perfect spring day during the last week of the year.

The beauty is currently marred by a Tholian web of condensation trails above our town.  It's the Air National Guard again, raising impious war in Heaven.
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Post by: Vkw10 on December 29, 2020, 06:18:00 PM
Lovely early fall day, slightly overcast, temperature reaching 72, and wind gently blowing fallen leaves. Rain expected tomorrow, with high around 70.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on January 01, 2021, 02:07:48 PM
Rain! Enough said for the 1st day of the year.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 01, 2021, 10:56:50 PM
Forever rain. We might see the sun again next week. Maybe.
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Post by: FishProf on January 02, 2021, 03:17:09 AM
Today's weather?  Everything.  It's like circling the triple point....
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Post by: AmLitHist on January 02, 2021, 06:18:47 AM
Dreary and gray.  Mid to low 30s with mist/fog (possibly freezing) this morning, and light snow by evening.  It's just that damp cold that goes right to the bone, and I can't get the chill out of the house.

In other words, not nearly as bad as it could be on a January 2 here, but not nice, either.
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Post by: apl68 on January 04, 2021, 07:51:47 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on January 01, 2021, 02:07:48 PM
Rain! Enough said for the 1st day of the year.
We had heavy rains on New Year's Eve.  Probably did us the favor of keeping many people from attending the outdoor ball drop that the town's Parks & Recreation director insisted on holding despite the plague.

Yesterday it was nice out, with 60-degree temperatures that would have been unheard-of in January only a few years ago.  Today they're calling for a high of 65.  Then dropping into the 40s later this week.
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Post by: paultuttle on January 05, 2021, 07:41:24 AM
There might--MIGHT--be snow mixed with rain this coming Friday morning.

This is the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina, so people are already "getting ready" by talking it up on the local TV channels. I expect not to be able to find bread, milk, eggs, or butter in the local stores soon.

Which reminds me of a comedian's quip several years ago: "When the power's out, do people still expect to be able to make French toast??"
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Post by: ergative on January 09, 2021, 02:48:13 AM
We're coming out of a spate of sub-zero nights and barely-above-freezing days*, and twice we woke up to snow on the ground. The roads have been icy---Absolutive had a very bad fall a week and a half ago and his backside is still sore---but the skies have been clear blue and sunrises and sunsets have been gorgeous. It's the perfect temperature for bundling up warmly and going for a walk as the sun goes down and the sky turns a pinky blue twilight.

That's all coming to an end tonight; rain is forecast, the temperature will climb to a sullen 7ish (mid-forties), and the sky will cloud over for the foreseeable future. Ah, well. It was nice while it lasted.

*sub-0 in C, not F
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Post by: apl68 on January 09, 2021, 06:21:04 AM
Chilly and clear out, with expected highs in the upper 40s.  We had the second frost of the year.  I plan to make a pot of chili today.
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Post by: Vkw10 on January 09, 2021, 07:51:43 AM
Sweater weather. Started chilly, but sunny. Woke to 33 F, but it was 40 by mid-morning, with high of 55 expected. Lovely.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on January 09, 2021, 06:44:43 PM
Clear and cold!
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Post by: apl68 on January 11, 2021, 07:39:35 AM
Snow!  For the first time in four or five years!  A lovely blanket of snow all over the houses and trees and yards.  I was highly skeptical of the forecasts, so waking up to it this morning was a genuine surprise.

The streets here in town are almost entirely clear.  But we had multiple staff members who were either sick or live well out of town where road conditions were worse.  So I called a snow day at work rather than force them to come in.  Very likely it will mostly be melted by early afternoon, making me look like an idiot.  I'm here taking care of some business by myself.

Meanwhile I and our janitor, who had already come in, have spent an hour staking out the perimeter of the grounds with caution tape and "Posted" signs, in an effort to deter people on four-wheel ATVs.  One end of our library's lot consists of park-like area.  Whenever we get an inch of snow we have four-wheelers running hog wild across it.  An ATV on an inch of wet snow over wet ground destroys the ground like nothing else.  We've gone to a lot of trouble to get our grounds looking nice.  I'd hate to see them torn up again.
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Post by: ab_grp on January 11, 2021, 09:32:09 AM
Enjoy the snow, apl68! I hope the grounds stay intact, and it sounds to me like you made a good (and compassionate) call about the snow day. 

It is clear but pretty cold here (lows in low 20s, highs almost to 50).  We have been trying to handle the house temperature by having the heat on during the day, turning it off in late afternoon, letting the house cool a bit, and then putting the air on to get to sleeping temps by the time we go to bed.  Of course the temperature then goes below what we set it to when it is this cold.  Because I am so bright, I accidentally turned the air off this morning but did not turn the heat on.  Luckily I checked the thermostat because it felt so cold in the house and was able to rectify the situation, but it is still so chilly that it's hard to type! I wish the temps would be more consistent so we could find a better routine.  I also wish I could crawl into my cup of coffee right now.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on January 11, 2021, 09:41:43 AM
'All the leaves are brown... and the sky is grey.'

Well, it's also drizzly, overcast and just plain icky outside. Some weatherpeople are calling for snow down here. If that happens, then most folk will lose their minds and buy bleach, bread and milk.
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Post by: apl68 on January 11, 2021, 09:52:08 AM
Quote from: ab_grp on January 11, 2021, 09:32:09 AM
Enjoy the snow, apl68! I hope the grounds stay intact, and it sounds to me like you made a good (and compassionate) call about the snow day. 

It is clear but pretty cold here (lows in low 20s, highs almost to 50).  We have been trying to handle the house temperature by having the heat on during the day, turning it off in late afternoon, letting the house cool a bit, and then putting the air on to get to sleeping temps by the time we go to bed.  Of course the temperature then goes below what we set it to when it is this cold.  Because I am so bright, I accidentally turned the air off this morning but did not turn the heat on.  Luckily I checked the thermostat because it felt so cold in the house and was able to rectify the situation, but it is still so chilly that it's hard to type! I wish the temps would be more consistent so we could find a better routine.  I also wish I could crawl into my cup of coffee right now.

Thanks!

I'm having quite an eventful day for the library not being open.  Our IT guy seems to have fixed our accounting software update problem.  I've fielded several phone calls, most of which I really needed to catch.  And we have a service technician from Little Rock here for a quarterly maintenance inspection of our HVAC, which in the midst of everything I had forgotten was coming.  Starting to wonder whether I'll have a chance to get home for lunch in an hour.  I really hope so.  I've got plenty of beef/venison chili left over from Saturday waiting for me.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 11, 2021, 12:33:21 PM
I just discovered a tick crawling up my arm. *shudder*


I guess that's what we get for unseasonably warm weather (not that I'm into that, either).
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Post by: ab_grp on January 22, 2021, 09:28:37 AM
It is extremely foggy today.  Can't see the mountains at all, can barely see parts of the yard.  It's been dreary for a few days now.  Nice staying-in weather.
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Post by: apl68 on January 22, 2021, 10:08:09 AM
Most of the week has been drizzly and chilly.  Fairly normal winter weather here.  Whenever I start to think of how dreary the weather is, I remind myself that it's a nice change to get precipitation in the form of something other than destructive storms and downpours.

Which appear to be on their way in another couple of days, along with extreme temperature spikes as high as 70 degrees.  The sort of thing that had never happened here in January until four or five years ago.
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Post by: wellfleet on January 24, 2021, 12:17:51 PM
Storm's a-coming! There's a huge atmospheric river pointed at California, bringing lots of precipitation (rain and snow) over the next few days. Here's hoping the mudslides don't get too bad.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 24, 2021, 12:31:41 PM
Snow today, although it just turned to rain.
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Post by: ab_grp on January 24, 2021, 03:06:02 PM
I hope there aren't bad mudslides, wellfleet!

It was windy yesterday, but whoa nellie is it windy today.  Couldn't see the mountains due to fog a couple days ago, and now we can't see them due to dust or haze from the wind stirring things up.  The wind is consistently strong with stronger gusts,so I'm glad that my noisy computer somewhat covers the noise.  It reminds me too much of some of the storms out east, but I have to remember they are better prepared for wind here.  Still, it is very disturbing.
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Post by: Harlow2 on January 24, 2021, 08:55:06 PM
A long run of sun.  A bit chilly and windy here in the Mid-Atlantic, but I've been able to be out on the trail with friends nearly every day for the past 2 weeks. 
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Post by: apl68 on January 25, 2021, 07:17:15 AM
Stormy, and the temperature has spiked to nearly 70 degrees.  After a couple of weeks of at least vaguely seasonable January weather it feels almost sweltering out.  The extended forecast calls for a sudden drop back to seasonable temperatures in a couple of days, then another spike a couple of days after that.  Spring has arrived!

The scary thing is, this January we've actually had more wintery conditions than in some recent "winters" we've had.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on January 25, 2021, 09:04:55 AM
We're getting a light snow this evening followed by rain. More accumulation to the west and north of the metro DC area.
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Post by: ergative on January 25, 2021, 09:27:54 AM
Back down below freezing overnight, with frost in the morning lingering in shady areas all day. I had a lovely sunny walk this afternoon, but I'm really ready for spring.
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Post by: mamselle on January 25, 2021, 12:05:27 PM
Suddenly colder.

Brrrrrrrr.....

M.
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Post by: Langue_doc on January 26, 2021, 09:16:06 AM
Today's forecast is snow, sleet, and freezing rain. The light snowfall is now turning into ice, as evident from the icy coating on the windshields of the cars outside.

Am I glad to be teaching online!
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Post by: mamselle on January 27, 2021, 07:28:30 AM
It's snewed last night...

M.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 27, 2021, 09:19:50 AM
Snow again today, which is nice. There's not much winter here, but it's nice to get what we get.
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Post by: apl68 on January 27, 2021, 10:20:17 AM
Very nice out today.  Still creepily unseasonable, but it would be churlish to complain about a day like this.
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Post by: mamselle on January 29, 2021, 06:35:37 AM
More snew yesterday, today we're in the single digits with strong winds.

I've never seen a "freezing spray" warning to mariners before....

M.
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Post by: mamselle on January 31, 2021, 05:58:44 AM
Double, later...

3 degrees last night...very glad I needn't go out!

M.
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Post by: Thursday's_Child on January 31, 2021, 10:10:27 AM
Dreary with a chilly drizzle - I'd actually be pleased to get snow, but no such luck.
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Post by: mamselle on January 31, 2021, 10:58:51 AM
I'm going to have to go out and run errands tomorrow AM to beat the snowmageddon they're prophesying for tomorrow afternoon/evening.

M.
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Post by: Langue_doc on January 31, 2021, 02:12:55 PM
It's starting to snow. We have a winter storm warning effective from 7 PM tonight until Tuesday morning, with high winds and accumulations between 16-22 inches.
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Post by: Harlow2 on January 31, 2021, 03:41:50 PM
Same warning here for only  about a foot, though that is way above what we are accustomed to these days. I haven't seen my cross country skis in 3 years; they must be here somewhere.
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Post by: dismalist on January 31, 2021, 03:46:11 PM
We don't have a lot of snow and ice; we have a credible threat of a lot of snow and ice.

May the Lord preserve the power lines; somebody has to.
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Post by: sinenomine on February 01, 2021, 04:38:44 AM
The snow started earlier here than promised, and forecasted totals have been adjusted upwards. I tried to drive somewhere at 5:30 this morning and opted to turn around to go home and hunker down with work.
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Post by: apl68 on February 01, 2021, 07:53:35 AM
No snow, just several consecutive days of chilly, overcast weather.  We might see a bit of frost this week before the next temperature spike.
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Post by: FishProf on February 01, 2021, 09:02:58 AM
We are in the middle of a huge snowstorm.  HUGE!   My school was cancelled (why no remote?) on this, the first day of the semester, Smolt switched to remote learning, MrsFishProf went to school, but 5 min before the first class started, they shifted to the half-day early dismissal schedule.

Yup,  HUGE storm.  All we need now is...well....snow. 
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Post by: apl68 on February 26, 2021, 07:27:03 AM
Pouring rain all day
Rivers running down the streets
The frogs are singing
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Post by: paultuttle on February 26, 2021, 02:32:36 PM
Chilly rain, but the lilies are already starting to poke their heads above the ground.

That's how I know it's late February, nearly March, in central NC.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on March 28, 2021, 06:58:52 PM
*Bumping an old thread*
There was rain overnight and part of today.  There was a tornado warning for the upper part of the county late this afternoon.  Not something we often have!

Now, it's windy but clear.
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Post by: Harlow2 on March 28, 2021, 08:05:24 PM
Warm then hot then warm. Scary thundershower with tropical sideways thick rain.  Quiet now and about to cool off to early March temps

Hope all in the states with tornadoes have been safe.
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Post by: ergative on March 28, 2021, 11:30:40 PM
Windy and raining today, but the forecast promises highs in the upper fifties and sun tomorrow. For once the weather is aligning with my planned outdoor exercise schedule!
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Post by: apl68 on March 29, 2021, 07:09:13 AM
We've had three storm fronts move through in as many weeks.  So far we've dodged serious trouble each time.  We're soggy, not flooded.

A beautiful spring morning today.


That shrub is a thief
As I tried to sniff its scent
A twig snatched my cap
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Post by: mamselle on March 29, 2021, 10:55:08 AM
It's just windy here.

A friend in northern Mississippi just had a tornado/micro-burst (diagnosis in progress) take the roof off their house yesterday.

No-one hurt and roof tarps and water pipe repair are already proceeding.

But, boy, what a year.

M.
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Post by: apl68 on March 31, 2021, 06:12:18 AM
Storming.  March is going out like a lion!
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Post by: FishProf on March 31, 2021, 09:11:33 AM
sunny enough to go out in short sleeves.  Windy enough to regret it after 5-min.

So, March.
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Post by: AmLitHist on March 31, 2021, 10:42:21 AM
After 70s last week, storms Sunday night, 60s since then, we're expecting a hard freeze overnight and again Friday morning--temps in the low-mid 20s. So, I'll cover the peonies, my chives, and the hollyhocks both nights.  Standard springtime stuff in mid-Illinois.
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Post by: OneMoreYear on April 01, 2021, 07:15:09 AM
Snow this morning! What's up with that, April?
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Post by: Langue_doc on April 01, 2021, 08:50:13 AM
Drizzly and dreary today, with a freeze warning for tonight.
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Post by: apl68 on April 01, 2021, 09:35:23 AM
Bright and clear, and a little chilly, a day after cold and stormy.  It's spring.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 11, 2021, 01:38:18 PM
Sunny and pleasant!
It's been nice to roll down my winter blanket at night. I've put away my windshield cover for the season. There have been a few days of rain too.
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Post by: Langue_doc on April 11, 2021, 03:14:35 PM
Rainy and dreary. I had to cancel my outing because of the forecast for thunder. Didn't hear any, so that part of the forecast must have skipped us.
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Post by: Vkw10 on April 11, 2021, 03:36:55 PM
Beautiful spring day here. It was 55 and sunny for my morning walk. It's 89 and sunny now, so I'll wait until 7:30 for my evening walk.
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Post by: apl68 on April 12, 2021, 07:29:05 AM
Could hardly be more beautiful today, for the third day in a row.  After massive downpours and small hail Friday evening.  One of our staff couldn't get home due to a fallen tree across the road.  She spent the night with a daughter who lives nearby--and they lost power for most of the night.

My parents had serious hail at their house a couple of weeks ago.  It broke a window in the house and dinged up a car.  While I was visiting them on Easter weekend Dad showed me a couple of hailstones he'd preserved in the freezer.  One had a well-formed white core, encased in misshapen lumps of clear ice.  Some interesting things must have been happening in that thunder cloud.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 12, 2021, 07:49:13 AM
It's breezy and mild- about 67 deg. F. Not a cloud in the sky...
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Post by: Bbmaj7b5 on April 12, 2021, 04:50:04 PM
Kinda warm - high of 79F. Three days ago we had a supercell that dumped golf-ball size hail on our house. (Recent metal roof, though, so no damage).

We should be getting the next round of cold fronts tomorrow.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 17, 2021, 07:07:40 PM
I saw there was snow and rain in the Boston area yesterday! It's not unheard of to have this kind of wintery weather in April.
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Post by: mamselle on April 17, 2021, 11:56:49 PM
Chilly. Wet. There were little patches of snow on the ground when after a day-long online conference, I finally stirred myself to go out and get the mail (there wasn't any) at 8 PM last night.

Pulled on extra blankets. Slept like a warm log in a.well-banked fire.

It's still cold and wet out, but the rain has adsorbed the snow.

M.
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Post by: Faith786 on April 18, 2021, 05:36:54 PM
Rain, rain, go away...
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Post by: apl68 on April 21, 2021, 12:35:36 PM
Beautiful and bright today, but unseasonably windy and chilly.  In the northern part of the state there was snow and concerns about crops.  I'm not sure I've ever heard of snow in this state in April.
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Post by: mamselle on April 21, 2021, 03:11:14 PM
Let's just say that the noise I thought was the upstairs people moving the furniture around (again) turned out to be very loud, very close thunder.

Heavy rain ensued, confirming my suspicion...

M.
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Post by: ergative on April 21, 2021, 10:56:24 PM
Sunny and sixties! Both today and tomorrow! Sun! Sun! Sun!
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Post by: mamselle on April 22, 2021, 03:36:18 AM
Cool. And windy, all day, apparently.

Oh, well. I'm not going out.

Hrumpf.

M.
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Post by: apl68 on April 22, 2021, 07:10:12 AM
Quote from: mamselle on April 21, 2021, 03:11:14 PM
Let's just say that the noise I thought was the upstairs people moving the furniture around (again) turned out to be very loud, very close thunder.

Heavy rain ensued, confirming my suspicion...

M.

It's amazing what all can be mistaken for thunder.  There was a bank where I kept thinking I heard thunder whenever somebody used the building's elevator.  And one of our regular patrons used to drive a jeep that sounded like thunder whenever he cranked it up to leave.  I called it the "thunder jeep."
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Post by: FishProf on April 22, 2021, 07:18:32 AM
I was sure it was our cats romping last night (what we usually describe as 'moving furniture') but then we noticed they were all in the living room with us looking around like "WHAT WAS THAT!?"

Then the deluge began
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Post by: apl68 on April 22, 2021, 09:28:57 AM
Has anybody noticed evidence of long-term precipitation changes where they live?  In our region we've always gotten considerable rainfall in a normal year.  Some of it comes in the form of sudden, intense downpours, some comes as long, slow rainfall.  Over the past decade I've noticed a very definite trend away from slow rain to downpour.  Our rainfall now comes overwhelmingly in the form of storms and downpours.  Slow rains that last for very long seem to be becoming a thing of the past.  All of which is to say that we're observing the sorts of changes consistent with a changing climate.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 22, 2021, 10:50:08 AM
Burst of cold weather and windy!
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Post by: mamselle on April 22, 2021, 01:09:48 PM
Quote from: apl68 on April 22, 2021, 09:28:57 AM
Has anybody noticed evidence of long-term precipitation changes where they live?  In our region we've always gotten considerable rainfall in a normal year.  Some of it comes in the form of sudden, intense downpours, some comes as long, slow rainfall.  Over the past decade I've noticed a very definite trend away from slow rain to downpour.  Our rainfall now comes overwhelmingly in the form of storms and downpours.  Slow rains that last for very long seem to be becoming a thing of the past.  All of which is to say that we're observing the sorts of changes consistent with a changing climate.

Yes, and the cloudbursts (I think, an agronomist can correct me) are not as good for the soil. They wash away the topsoil and the rain doesn't sink in, so the runoff goes to the rivers and streams but doesn't feed the water table the way a slow soak would.

M.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 24, 2021, 03:07:24 PM
We just had quarter-sized hail and rain. Now, it's calm, but overcast.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on April 24, 2021, 04:20:22 PM
Rain has come.
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Post by: apl68 on April 26, 2021, 07:25:37 AM
Bright and warm out.  Pretty seasonable for this time of year.
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Post by: ab_grp on April 26, 2021, 10:38:46 AM
Windy, windy all day long.  But bright and sunny!
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 26, 2021, 11:53:18 AM
Sunny and 77 deg. F!
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Post by: ab_grp on April 28, 2021, 09:38:27 AM
It seems as though we might have some sort of thunderstorm, which we haven't had in quite a while.  I've heard thunder and have received some lightning notifications from one of my weather apps, closest was four miles away.  Strangely, that same app shows 0% chance of precipitation throughout the day and no storms, while the other app shows a thunderstorm and some % chance of rain at each 30-minute interval until evening.  For now, it's still sunny and windy with a few threatening clouds.
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Post by: apl68 on April 28, 2021, 10:15:48 AM
Warm, humid, and overcast.  I just checked the latest extended forecast, and it calls for a chance of rain every day for the next week!
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 28, 2021, 07:17:38 PM
We were in the 80s today!
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Post by: lightning on April 28, 2021, 08:30:43 PM
Beautiful day today

I moved some plants, to the outside.
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Post by: ab_grp on April 29, 2021, 08:27:21 AM
Very gray and dreary today.  I feel like curling up under a blankie.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 30, 2021, 07:17:28 PM
Strong winds! Enough for a wind warning throughout the metro DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/04/wind-swept-kickoff-to-weekend-for-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/04/wind-swept-kickoff-to-weekend-for-dc-area/)
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Post by: kiana on May 01, 2021, 09:07:23 AM
It frigging snowed and I had to deice my car this morning.
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Post by: ab_grp on May 01, 2021, 11:47:10 AM
Sunny and warm after a couple unusually yucky days.  Not too windy, either!
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Post by: mamselle on May 01, 2021, 03:42:10 PM
Dunno.

I've been inside working all day....

M.
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Post by: apl68 on May 03, 2021, 07:05:36 AM
The latest in what is now a long series of dreary, overcast day, with the addition of growing heat and humidity.
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on May 03, 2021, 07:44:50 AM
It's raining.
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Post by: paultuttle on May 03, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
Waves of thunderstorms.
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Post by: apl68 on May 03, 2021, 01:52:49 PM
Quote from: paultuttle on May 03, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
Waves of thunderstorms.

What we have to look forward to overnight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 03, 2021, 04:15:44 PM
Quote from: apl68 on May 03, 2021, 01:52:49 PM
Quote from: paultuttle on May 03, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
Waves of thunderstorms.

What we have to look forward to overnight.

Hazy now, revving up for a promised 3 days of at least 70% chance of rain, due to begin before the night is out...!

Maybe I should go run those errands sooner rather than later...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 03, 2021, 07:07:09 PM
Pouring rain earlier!  Good thing we mowed the lawn yesterday.  (Yard stuff is picked up in our development on Mondays during the season)

Tomorrow it's forecasted to be in the 80s and warm. Guess I'll be putting up the shade in my car.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 03, 2021, 07:09:08 PM
Quote from: mamselle on May 03, 2021, 04:15:44 PM
Quote from: apl68 on May 03, 2021, 01:52:49 PM
Quote from: paultuttle on May 03, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
Waves of thunderstorms.

What we have to look forward to overnight.

Hazy now, revving up for a promised 3 days of at least 70% chance of rain, due to begin before the night is out...!

Maybe I should go run those errands sooner rather than later...

M.

Didn't run the errands...just as well.

Dry as a twig and almost balmy outside.

Tomorrow, or so I hear, is another day....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on May 04, 2021, 11:09:46 AM
Quote from: paultuttle on May 03, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
Waves of thunderstorms.

Off and on since yesterday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 04, 2021, 06:45:12 PM
Today started out warm then rained again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 05, 2021, 06:26:18 AM
We had quite a storm early yesterday afternoon.  The lights flickered at work a couple of times.  I got off work early, right after the storm ended, to prepare for an event I was hosting.  As I walked home I heard generators running.  Did that mean that my house was also blacked out?  If so, then that batch of chili I'd left cooking in the slow cooker was only half-done.  I feared the worst.  Then I got home and found that my house had not had any interruption of power.  The cooking was all completed on time, and by the time the guests arrived we had a lovely evening out.  The chili and dessert were almost all eaten, and we had a good visit and Bible study.  Relief!

Beautiful out and milder today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on May 05, 2021, 08:22:13 AM
No thunderstorm drama after all, just light rain and cool.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 08, 2021, 11:49:25 AM
Raining on and off.  And a burst of hail!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on May 08, 2021, 12:00:53 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on May 08, 2021, 11:49:25 AM
Raining on and off.  And a burst of hail!

I want some of that rain. It's dry here, and my lawn needs water (and I'm too cheap to turn on the sprinkler system in early May).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on May 08, 2021, 01:50:24 PM
Drizzly and surprisingly colder than usual.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 08, 2021, 06:29:33 PM
Quote from: apl68 on May 05, 2021, 06:26:18 AM
We had quite a storm early yesterday afternoon.  The lights flickered at work a couple of times.  I got off work early, right after the storm ended, to prepare for an event I was hosting.  As I walked home I heard generators running.  Did that mean that my house was also blacked out?  If so, then that batch of chili I'd left cooking in the slow cooker was only half-done.  I feared the worst.  Then I got home and found that my house had not had any interruption of power.  The cooking was all completed on time, and by the time the guests arrived we had a lovely evening out.  The chili and dessert were almost all eaten, and we had a good visit and Bible study.  Relief!

Beautiful out and milder today.

We used to have a singles-ish Bible study called 'Stone Soup.' (Some folks were married, we were ecumenical on that point...)

Good soup and good bread were the only requirements. (Weelll, dessert was optional, as was cheese, but if you brought some, they had to be good, too.)

I miss that group.

Everyone eventually moved away, or got ordained,, or got married and had kids....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on May 08, 2021, 06:35:24 PM
Quote from: mamselle on May 08, 2021, 06:29:33 PM
Quote from: apl68 on May 05, 2021, 06:26:18 AM
We had quite a storm early yesterday afternoon.  The lights flickered at work a couple of times.  I got off work early, right after the storm ended, to prepare for an event I was hosting.  As I walked home I heard generators running.  Did that mean that my house was also blacked out?  If so, then that batch of chili I'd left cooking in the slow cooker was only half-done.  I feared the worst.  Then I got home and found that my house had not had any interruption of power.  The cooking was all completed on time, and by the time the guests arrived we had a lovely evening out.  The chili and dessert were almost all eaten, and we had a good visit and Bible study.  Relief!

Beautiful out and milder today.

We used to have a singles-ish Bible study called 'Stone Soup.' (Some folks were married, we were ecumenical on that point...)

Good soup and good bread were the only requirements. (Weelll, dessert was optional, as was cheese, but if you brought some, they had to be good, too.)

I miss that group.

Everyone eventually moved away, or got ordained,, or got married and had kids....

M.

If I didn't know the parable, I would have thought "'Stoned Soup' sounds like a fun group! When's the next meeting?"
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 10, 2021, 07:45:45 AM
Storms last night.  Heavy storms that caused weather alerts and the tornado sirens downtown to go off.  But we never lost power here in town, and I saw little in the way of limbs and such blown down.  Haven't yet heard of there having been any storm damage in the region.  Thankful that we came through all right.  And that I made it home from my Mother's Day weekend visit before the storm hit.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on May 29, 2021, 07:59:48 AM
Rain yesterday evening, rain today, rain tomorrow, and a 50% chance of rain on Monday. Gale warning today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on May 29, 2021, 09:06:23 AM
There was a light rain yesterday. Currently, it's cool (around 68 deg. F), breezy and overcast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on May 29, 2021, 10:50:48 AM
75 and cloudy, with 75% humidity making it feel warmer. Highs in the mid-80s and thunderstorms expected, so I'm planning a very early afternoon walk in case my early evening walk gets rained out. If not, I'll get in three walks today, compensating for missed walks earlier this week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: spork on May 29, 2021, 11:03:06 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on May 29, 2021, 07:59:48 AM
Rain yesterday evening, rain today, rain tomorrow, and a 50% chance of rain on Monday. Gale warning today.

After getting the inside of the house to 80 F a few days ago, I'm wondering if I'll be able to endure this winterish monsoon without turning the furnace back on. Current inside temp is 65 F, outside it's in the 40s. Rain for at least another 48 hours is predicted.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on May 29, 2021, 11:18:44 AM
Sending some virtual warmth to those in the east from a sunny place that is getting up to 97 today.  Hard to believe it is Memorial Day weekend out there.  My ex-local pool back east finally re-opened today after forever only to close at noon due to the cold and rain and zero swimming patrons.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on May 29, 2021, 11:19:45 AM
Quote from: spork on May 29, 2021, 11:03:06 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on May 29, 2021, 07:59:48 AM
Rain yesterday evening, rain today, rain tomorrow, and a 50% chance of rain on Monday. Gale warning today.

After getting the inside of the house to 80 F a few days ago, I'm wondering if I'll be able to endure this winterish monsoon without turning the furnace back on. Current inside temp is 65 F, outside it's in the 40s. Rain for at least another 48 hours is predicted.

After setting up the window ACs earlier in the week, I had the heat back on today. Hopefully the garden isn't in too much shock from the temperature swings. At least I don't have to water for quite awhile!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 29, 2021, 07:17:23 PM
Cool and rainy for Memorial Day weekend
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on May 29, 2021, 07:25:30 PM
Furnace is indeed back on.

I actually like this unseasonable weather.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 06, 2021, 11:24:09 AM
91 degrees per my phone's app.

But the upstairs folks' A/C keeps things ok.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 07, 2021, 05:39:26 AM
High nineties and a heat advisory for today. It's going to be an indoors kind of day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 07, 2021, 05:43:07 AM
Similar here.

I went out to take my walk at 6 AM, which was a good, cool time to walk by the river and then come back by the back streets.

Settled in comfortably with the laptop and no students until 4 PM today.

M. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 07, 2021, 07:49:57 AM
Humid and grey and drizzly.  We've had an awful lot of that so far this year!  It's at the point now where mushrooms are popping out all over people's yards.  The windows and glass doors here at work are sweating something fierce.  No wonder we have recurring mold problems.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on June 07, 2021, 07:57:14 AM
We're not quite that bad here in central IL, Apl68, but when I went out to water and feed my porch containers and baskets and to pull out the forest of maple seedlings from my front beds (GAH!!), the humidity was 96%.  It had dropped all the way to 90% by the time I was done (and thoroughly sweated through).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 07, 2021, 10:31:43 AM
Hot! Enough for a heat emergency alert in DC.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 07, 2021, 01:25:44 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 07, 2021, 10:31:43 AM
Hot! Enough for a heat emergency alert in DC.

Wow, that's bad!  One thing about it--our temperatures have actually been pretty mild--relatively speaking--so far.  And the frequent overcast has at least kept the severe direct sun off.  Silver linings and all that.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on June 07, 2021, 02:42:12 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 07, 2021, 10:31:43 AM
Hot! Enough for a heat emergency alert in DC.

Active heat advisory here today. Yesterday was in the mid- nineties. So muggy today it's difficult to see any distance.


Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 09, 2021, 06:22:33 AM
Incredibly enough, even wetter and stickier in the air than yesterday.  With yet more downpour in the forecast, and vegetation running wild everywhere (including my yard) because there's no opportunity to prune or mow it.  Then again, the extreme cloudbursts and flash floods that have hit some communities in the state within the last 24 hours have missed us.  So I guess really we don't have much to complain about.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 09, 2021, 09:04:59 AM
I was going to say that we're in the hundreds this week, but that sounds a little more extreme than 100-110 or so. ;-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 09, 2021, 02:12:38 PM
Some parts of the state have had 12 inches of rain in the past 72 hours, with three more forecast soon.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 09, 2021, 06:26:09 PM
As long as someone named Noah isn't talking about finding gopherwood, you're probably OK, but, still, all kidding aside, that's scary.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 10, 2021, 07:27:28 PM
Rain this afternoon and more tomorrow. Some places will see flooding:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/cold-front-brings-flash-flood-risk-to-dc-region-late-thursday/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/cold-front-brings-flash-flood-risk-to-dc-region-late-thursday/)
I'm glad for cooler temps.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on June 10, 2021, 07:52:02 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 10, 2021, 07:27:28 PM
Rain this afternoon and more tomorrow. Some places will see flooding:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/cold-front-brings-flash-flood-risk-to-dc-region-late-thursday/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/cold-front-brings-flash-flood-risk-to-dc-region-late-thursday/)
I'm glad for cooler temps.

Yes, we got the emergency message on the radio right after the heavy rains stopped today!

Nice tomorrow. Summer thereafter.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 11, 2021, 04:10:32 AM
Cooler, maybe rain, later.

Good to have the upper 70s be the high rather than the low projection for the day...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on June 11, 2021, 09:23:29 AM
I went out at 6:15 this morning to beat the heat while doing my garden work.  I was not successful.  The work got done, but it was already steamy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 11, 2021, 10:18:41 AM
One of our staff had flash flooding on her road and a power outage yesterday evening.  But her house that they have been working on didn't leak.  They must have it in pretty good shape.

No actual rain today, but yet another dreary day.  We NEED some sun!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 11, 2021, 10:59:43 AM
If we see a swarm of pickled, wrinkled librarians crawling up the walls to the roof, shall we show them to the driers?

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 11, 2021, 01:11:51 PM
Quote from: mamselle on June 11, 2021, 10:59:43 AM
If we see a swarm of pickled, wrinkled librarians crawling up the walls to the roof, shall we show them to the driers?

M.

Just give them some SUN!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 11, 2021, 02:09:45 PM
Quote from: apl68 on June 11, 2021, 01:11:51 PM
Quote from: mamselle on June 11, 2021, 10:59:43 AM
If we see a swarm of pickled, wrinkled librarians crawling up the walls to the roof, shall we show them to the driers?

M.
Just give them some SUN!

If you work at library with a roof top garden or patio, all the better!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 12, 2021, 06:31:12 AM
We finally got sun yesterday afternoon!  It was good to see, even if it is now hotter.  Sun so far this morning too.  Mowing that yard I've been unable to attend for three weeks due to the rain won't be much fun.  But we needed that sun so badly!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 12, 2021, 07:40:33 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 11, 2021, 02:09:45 PM
Quote from: apl68 on June 11, 2021, 01:11:51 PM
Quote from: mamselle on June 11, 2021, 10:59:43 AM
If we see a swarm of pickled, wrinkled librarians crawling up the walls to the roof, shall we show them to the driers?

M.
Just give them some SUN!

If you work at library with a roof top garden or patio, all the better!

I used to, in fact...

Great for seeing the fireworks across the river on the 4th, in particular.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 19, 2021, 07:13:45 PM
Hot enough for a heat emergency in DC this weekend:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/storms-headed-to-dc-area-saturday-afternoon-evening/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/storms-headed-to-dc-area-saturday-afternoon-evening/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on June 20, 2021, 11:01:00 AM
Overcast and cool (overshirt needed if not actively walking) and yet still stuffy today. Tomorrow we're supposed to get a bit of sun. Laundry day for me, if true.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 22, 2021, 07:07:04 AM
Hot, humid, and sunny.  A pretty normal summer day.  We had thundershowers yesterday afternoon and evening.  Also not too unusual, now that they aren't happening on a daily basis.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 25, 2021, 03:38:44 PM
It is very, very hot.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on June 26, 2021, 01:33:47 PM
Pretty hot, but VERY humid.  Yucka.

And I have to be working outside today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 26, 2021, 07:43:57 PM
Heat emergency alert in DC this weekend:
https://wtop.com/local/2021/06/dc-activates-heat-emergency-plan-as-temperatures-rise-over-the-weekend/ (https://wtop.com/local/2021/06/dc-activates-heat-emergency-plan-as-temperatures-rise-over-the-weekend/)
I woke up earlier for my morning walk.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 28, 2021, 08:00:33 AM
Not so hot here, by local standards, but very humid.  Felt pretty nice while riding my bike a little before sundown.  Even the light rain I got caught in felt pleasant at first.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 28, 2021, 08:02:47 AM
Hothothot. Hot like late August back east, except that's not supposed to happen here,and the sun is out from like 05h00 to 22h00. I went out to the garden at 07h00 and it was already too hot to be out.  A town a few hours to the east recorded the hottest temperature ever recorded in this country.

The hatchling is wearing a wet cape (not cloak)... all day long.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 28, 2021, 10:08:59 AM
Very, very rainy.  That is pretty unusual here, so I'm glad not to be on the roads.  But at least we are getting a break from the typical 100+ temps for a few days.  I hope those of you in your more unusual heat wave also get some relief soon.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 28, 2021, 01:10:42 PM
It has been hotter than Hades. Humidity is over 50% and temps feel like they're in the low 90's F. I make sure to bring a cooler of water out to the students who garden with me. It's been brutal!!!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on June 28, 2021, 01:26:03 PM
also hot here. I like walking, to do errands, but I'm going to schedule those errands for the evenings.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 28, 2021, 03:56:08 PM
Getting up at 5 so I can be walking by 6 and back by 7:30, before the heat builds up.

It got up to 95 today, we're promised 97 tomorrow.

Thankfully, it's cool inside.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 28, 2021, 10:10:03 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 28, 2021, 08:02:47 AM
A town a few hours to the east recorded the hottest temperature ever recorded in this country.


That was yesterday. Today it broke its own record (118.22F).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 29, 2021, 12:22:25 PM
The heat wave continues:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/heat-indexes-to-near-100-again-dc-region-could-see-rain-from-dannys-remnants/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/06/heat-indexes-to-near-100-again-dc-region-could-see-rain-from-dannys-remnants/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 30, 2021, 08:13:34 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 28, 2021, 10:10:03 PM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on June 28, 2021, 08:02:47 AM
A town a few hours to the east recorded the hottest temperature ever recorded in this country.


That was yesterday. Today it broke its own record (118.22F).

Yesterday it broke its record again (121.28F).

Today, it's being consumed by a wildfire.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 01, 2021, 07:25:13 PM
Heavy storms passed through the region and lots of damage:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/07/flash-flood-watch-issued-severe-thunderstorms-expected-in-the-region-thursday/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/07/flash-flood-watch-issued-severe-thunderstorms-expected-in-the-region-thursday/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on July 01, 2021, 07:53:33 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on July 01, 2021, 07:25:13 PM
Heavy storms passed through the region and lots of damage:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/07/flash-flood-watch-issued-severe-thunderstorms-expected-in-the-region-thursday/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/07/flash-flood-watch-issued-severe-thunderstorms-expected-in-the-region-thursday/)

Yet again we got the emergency notifications on the radio once the storm had passed.  This, too, is useful information!

Glad the National Weather Service was paying proper attention.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 02, 2021, 05:42:49 AM
Yeah, storms and a nice temperature drop here, too.

It's 68 now.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 02, 2021, 07:15:14 AM
While I was walking to work a little while ago a neighbor informed me that we are supposed to have a "frog strangler" pass through within the next couple of hours.  In recent days forecast rain has repeatedly failed to show (Or only just barely shown itself).  Today it looks like it really means it.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 02, 2021, 02:24:23 PM
Are you in Calaveras County?

;--}

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 02, 2021, 03:20:17 PM
Quote from: apl68 on July 02, 2021, 07:15:14 AM
While I was walking to work a little while ago a neighbor informed me that we are supposed to have a "frog strangler" pass through within the next couple of hours.  In recent days forecast rain has repeatedly failed to show (Or only just barely shown itself).  Today it looks like it really means it.

Seems like they're called "toad stranglers" here (or, at least, that's what my husband calls them), and this is the time of year for them.  We had quite a lot of rain earlier in the week, but it's mostly been threatening the past few days.  Lots of lightning around.  Good luck!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 02, 2021, 03:57:15 PM
Quote from: mamselle on July 02, 2021, 02:24:23 PM
Are you in Calaveras County?

;--}

M.

No, our jumping frogs are not celebrated.

I got caught by a downpour going to lunch, and by a heavier one coming back.  My socks are still drying out at work!  It had stopped raining altogether when I set out back to work. Then, midway through the walk, the bottom dropped out over me for about six minutes.  Even with an umbrella, my feet and legs got soaked.  It had entirely stopped raining again by the time I reached work.  I hate it when the weather suckers me like that.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 02, 2021, 06:55:19 PM
As a follow up to my post yesterday:
https://wtop.com/local/2021/07/damages-reported-throughout-dc-area-after-tornado-warnings/ (https://wtop.com/local/2021/07/damages-reported-throughout-dc-area-after-tornado-warnings/)

Quote from: dismalist on July 01, 2021, 07:53:33 PM
Yet again we got the emergency notifications on the radio once the storm had passed.  This, too, is useful information!

Glad the National Weather Service was paying proper attention.
You're welcome!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 03, 2021, 06:41:49 AM
Cool and rainy, and now it's possible we'll set a record for low temps this month.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: OneMoreYear on July 05, 2021, 11:38:22 AM
It's hot. Burn your bare feet on the deck hot. Though it's not quite I double-dog-dare you to walk across the black-top without shoes hot, as we no longer live in the southlands of my youth. Looks like rain later to contribute to the humidity without cooling anything down. Can't complain too much though. We're not breaking any temperature records, and the air-conditioner is at least keeping the house below 80 degrees in most rooms.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 06, 2021, 07:26:32 AM
Not bad for July yesterday.  Although still hot and humid enough that our outdoor work transformed Dad, my brother, and me into what my brother called "sweaty dogs."  The actual dog that was with us did a good deal of panting.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 06, 2021, 05:29:46 PM
Apparently at 5.30 pm a 45-mph wind took out the tree in the front of the house that leans the other way across the street.

I was online, earphones on, just heard a thunderclap, kept on doing what I was doing.

Thankfully the house across the street both has its own strong tree out front, and was recently sold, thus empty.

Even the silver car underneath looks undamaged.

Microburst? Dunno, we get them.

Weird.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on July 06, 2021, 06:25:55 PM
Frog/toad strangler = gullywasher?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 08, 2021, 07:15:51 AM
Quote from: kaysixteen on July 06, 2021, 06:25:55 PM
Frog/toad strangler = gullywasher?

Frog strangler/gully washer/duck pacifier/trash re-locater--all pretty much synonyms.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 08, 2021, 07:50:13 AM
Yesterday: 90s, dry, trees being cleared all over town.

Today--Saturday: cool, possible hurricane tracking our way, flood warnings, more tree issues possible, etc.

As they say, "Don't like the weather? Wait a minute."

M
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 08, 2021, 10:57:35 AM
We've got lots of rain from Tropical Storm Elsa on its way to the metro DC area:
https://wtop.com/local/2021/07/remnants-of-elsa-brings-heavy-rain-to-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/local/2021/07/remnants-of-elsa-brings-heavy-rain-to-dc-region/)
Some places will see more than others.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 09, 2021, 06:10:16 AM
We didn't see much rain in our neighborhood yesterday, but subways and several roads were flooded.
These are not sights one expects in a supposedly first world city:
https://gothamist.com/news/subway-commuters-wade-waist-deep-waters-heavy-rainfall
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 09, 2021, 10:17:31 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on July 09, 2021, 06:10:16 AM
We didn't see much rain in our neighborhood yesterday, but subways and several roads were flooded.
These are not sights one expects in a supposedly first world city:
https://gothamist.com/news/subway-commuters-wade-waist-deep-waters-heavy-rainfall

I was really surprised to see some of the video of the subway yesterday and showed it to my husband this morning.  Yeek!! No way I'd want to be in whatever soup is down there.  It just seems both gross and dangerous.  Hope you stay dry!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 09, 2021, 10:24:17 AM
We're getting more rain (3rd day, now) and promises of high winds, maybe thundershowers.

To the west, possible tornadoes were mentioned but I think that warning has expired with no sightings, which is just fine.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 10, 2021, 06:40:24 AM
Rainy-looking, and humid.  We could use some rain.

We've been having highs in the low 90s.  Which is interesting, because highs in the upper 90s and low 100s are what we normally have for July.  At a time when other regions are routinely breaking high temperature records, we're actually a little cooler than usual!  "Cooler" in a very relative sense--with our humidity levels, even lower-90s temperatures are pretty extreme conditions by most regions' standards.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 10, 2021, 06:47:51 AM
Cool, not cold, a bit humid.

My AM walk showed the small river and its tributary brook up a good bit (3.61" rain were recorded yesterday) and I only saw a few ducks up on the bank instead of the swans, heron, geese, etc. that are usually around (intrrthreadual ref's). 

I'm hoping their nests weren't all washed away, but it's possible they were, two were very close to shore, last I saw.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 10, 2021, 06:58:24 AM
Quote from: ab_grp on July 09, 2021, 10:17:31 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on July 09, 2021, 06:10:16 AM
We didn't see much rain in our neighborhood yesterday, but subways and several roads were flooded.
These are not sights one expects in a supposedly first world city:
https://gothamist.com/news/subway-commuters-wade-waist-deep-waters-heavy-rainfall

I was really surprised to see some of the video of the subway yesterday and showed it to my husband this morning.  Yeek!! No way I'd want to be in whatever soup is down there.  It just seems both gross and dangerous.  Hope you stay dry!

Our subway system seems to have deteriorated since the Guiliani days. Thankfully, I don't have to rely on it other than to get to my medical appointments and for going to museums and events in the city. I recall being stuck on the subway some years ago when a tree had crashed onto the tracks and had to be sawn and then hauled away. This was the elevated line which at that point was alongside the road.

apl18, I liked your "frog strangler" description so much that I kept using it while driving through several episodes of the same last Saturday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 14, 2021, 02:17:14 PM
Thunder, pouring rain, and plenty of sunshine.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 14, 2021, 02:23:09 PM
So....rainbows, ssomewhere?

Its an ok 81 here. We're promised thunderstorms in about 4 hours.

On va voir...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 14, 2021, 07:25:50 PM
Heat emergency alert activated in DC through Saturday. There were thunderstorms in some places earlier today:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/07/heat-wave-cools-off-as-afternoon-storms-move-into-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/07/heat-wave-cools-off-as-afternoon-storms-move-into-dc-region/)
I've been outside long enough to put things in my car while working at the library.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 15, 2021, 05:10:25 AM
Quote from: mamselle on July 14, 2021, 02:23:09 PM
So....rainbows, ssomewhere?

Its an ok 81 here. We're promised thunderstorms in about 4 hours.

On va voir...

M.

No rainbows, alas, at least none that were visible from my windows.

Hot couple of days ahead.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on July 15, 2021, 06:49:39 AM
Steam bath continues.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 15, 2021, 07:33:46 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on July 15, 2021, 05:10:25 AM
Quote from: mamselle on July 14, 2021, 02:23:09 PM
So....rainbows, ssomewhere?

Its an ok 81 here. We're promised thunderstorms in about 4 hours.

On va voir...

M.

Maybe here soon--the extended forecast calls for a chance of rain every day for the next week, starting tomorrow.  I'm skeptical.  We'll see.  I hope we don't get much rain on Saturday.  We have an outdoor community event at the city park that day, and I and a staff member are supposed to have a library booth out there.  It will be our first outreach effort at a community event since before the Plague began.

No rainbows, alas, at least none that were visible from my windows.

Hot couple of days ahead.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 17, 2021, 03:12:55 PM
Clear, a bit warm but not bad today.

Until now.

Bang!

Here come the thunderstorms...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 23, 2021, 04:31:12 PM
The weather was supposed to be a little rainy today, but it turned into pouring rain, hail, really loud thunder and close lightning, and a ton of it! Power went out briefly, so we will have to reset everything, but I am just happy it is back on and hope it stays that way.  Our internet was failing for 30 or so minutes after power came back, so we were worried that the router blew somehow (just got that last year as an upgrade since we were both working from home at the time), but it seems okay now.  I think there is a bunch of flooding nearby again, so I really am thankful if this is all we get and will send my good weather thoughts to those folks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 24, 2021, 08:09:11 AM
Massively hot and humid.  Perfectly normal for July.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 24, 2021, 08:53:14 AM
Very pleasant AM and my walk was cool and comfortable--in addition to seeing 7 swans, 12 ducks, and probably a nuthatch (it flew away before I could be sure).

Some of that probably belongs on the bird thread, but it was a part of the pleasantness...so...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on July 24, 2021, 10:22:35 AM
Dog days in the mid-Mississippi Valley.  Heat index of 108 forecast today and tomorrow, with the "real heat" yet to come this upcoming week, according to the weatherman.  (The heat's not so bad--as usual, it's the humidity. Walking out the door is like stepping into a sauna.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on July 24, 2021, 10:31:44 AM
Finally, several days in a row with absolutely gorgeous weather.  Ahhhh.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 26, 2021, 07:24:12 AM
Quote from: AmLitHist on July 24, 2021, 10:22:35 AM
Dog days in the mid-Mississippi Valley.  Heat index of 108 forecast today and tomorrow, with the "real heat" yet to come this upcoming week, according to the weatherman.  (The heat's not so bad--as usual, it's the humidity. Walking out the door is like stepping into a sauna.)

That's exactly where we are at this point.  I worked up a serious sweat just walking to work this morning.  And I had shade for much of the way, and no hills to climb.  It's just a normal July for us.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on July 26, 2021, 09:07:20 PM
3000 miles ain't long enough to dissipate the western wildfire smoke that has clouded up Fenway Park.   Sox still came back for the win, however.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on July 27, 2021, 08:31:26 AM
Thunderstormy, plus an upcoming stretch of three days with heat indexes over 100 degrees.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 27, 2021, 12:14:40 PM
Lingering smog from the wildfires on the other side of the continent.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 27, 2021, 12:49:07 PM
I realized the golden glow I was seeing through the trees was the sun coming up through the dispersed smog of forest fires from far away.

It was still a beautiful morning; it's gotten warmer (80s) but not oppressive.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 27, 2021, 05:31:43 PM
A few hours later:

Sea-glass-green air; the
Ratt'ling of hailstones: yes, I
do love a good storm.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 29, 2021, 04:08:38 PM
My weather is fine, with the usual afternoon tstorms here and there but sunny otherwise.  However, it has been a very anxiety-inducing afternoon watching from afar as a large and dangerous tornado moved its way right through my mother's area and surrounding areas where my friends and colleagues live.  And another seems to be forming up as well as dangerous tstorms and possible flooding.  Very unusual, and very scary! I hope anyone in that area stays safe.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 29, 2021, 07:23:34 PM
Hot. Ridiculously, ludicrously hot!

I think the heat index was over 100 deg. F today. It will be around 105 deg. F tomorrow.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 29, 2021, 07:27:52 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on July 29, 2021, 04:08:38 PM
My weather is fine, with the usual afternoon tstorms here and there but sunny otherwise.  However, it has been a very anxiety-inducing afternoon watching from afar as a large and dangerous tornado moved its way right through my mother's area and surrounding areas where my friends and colleagues live.  And another seems to be forming up as well as dangerous tstorms and possible flooding.  Very unusual, and very scary! I hope anyone in that area stays safe.

I saw the weather advisories for tornadoes and strong winds. Hope the band of thunderstorms has passed through and everyone is safe.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on July 30, 2021, 06:06:46 AM
So many tornadoes last night in an area adjacent to us that the weather service says it will be unable to evaluate them all. Lots of structure damage but humans are all ok. Beautiful this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 30, 2021, 09:15:12 AM
Aside from a collapsed auto dealership which seemed to result in miraculously few injuries, I am still not sure about which areas were damaged.  Still checking on people I know.  Harlow2, I'm glad your area was not directly affected, but it is very scary.  In my mother's area, people are just not prepared for this, and I am not sure if they have any tornado alert system.  I was worried about the folks on the highway at rush hour where one of the tornadoes was headed, as they may not have even heard about the danger.  Really so glad that most humans seem to have been unharmed.  I know many live in tornado areas and are used to this, but yikes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 30, 2021, 09:56:42 AM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 29, 2021, 07:23:34 PM
Hot. Ridiculously, ludicrously hot!

I think the heat index was over 100 deg. F today. It will be around 105 deg. F tomorrow.

Actual thermometer temperatures are now breaking 100 degrees here.  The heat index has been over 100 for a while now.  We're in the midst of a heat advisory.  I'm drenched just walking to work in the mornings.

Normal July weather.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 30, 2021, 10:14:08 AM
Quote from: ab_grp on July 30, 2021, 09:15:12 AM
Aside from a collapsed auto dealership which seemed to result in miraculously few injuries, I am still not sure about which areas were damaged.  Still checking on people I know.  Harlow2, I'm glad your area was not directly affected, but it is very scary.  In my mother's area, people are just not prepared for this, and I am not sure if they have any tornado alert system.  I was worried about the folks on the highway at rush hour where one of the tornadoes was headed, as they may not have even heard about the danger.  Really so glad that most humans seem to have been unharmed.  I know many live in tornado areas and are used to this, but yikes.

Glad everybody seems to be okay.  Some of these areas aren't used to tornadoes, are they?  I don't recall ever hearing about tornadoes in some of the places mentioned in the news reports.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 30, 2021, 11:08:27 AM
Thanks, apl68! No, at least my mom's area (where I lived for most of my life) is not used to tornadoes at all, let alone multiple ones at the same time and one as large as the one that hit first yesterday.  Of course, we weren't used to hurricanes for a long while, either.  I know there are tornadoes and hurricanes elsewhere that are a lot more damaging, but definitely not a change for the good out there.  Kind of crazy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 30, 2021, 11:32:55 AM
I was raised in Columbus, Ohio; one cousin lives near Jefferson (where a twister was sighted last night) and my sibs now live in Michigan.

Emails have confirmed they're all OK; we did get the occasional tornado when I was a kid, and of course in 1974 there was the Xenia tornado there.

Clear, bright, and not too hot where I am now. My walk this AM was pleasant.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on July 30, 2021, 08:27:00 PM
It's been raining daily, for the past week, after several weeks (seems like months) of no rain. Of course, this subsequent week has to be the one week where the lawn guy went on vacation.

However, it's nice to see the dried up creek with a little bit of moisture.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 31, 2021, 01:37:48 PM
Hot and oppressive. Heat index is going up to 107 deg. F.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on August 01, 2021, 07:45:21 AM
I got up early to mow the yard. I dawdled. Now, at not even 10 am the heat index is 101 (air temp 87)

I was about to give up and post here (which I ve done), but now i hear a mower, so I suppose if the neighbor can do it, so can I!!

Ill only do hte front yard, though!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: spork on August 06, 2021, 02:48:32 PM
This summer has cycled between monsoon rains and heat waves. Latest rains have stopped, tomorrow the forecast high temp is 90 F.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on August 07, 2021, 12:23:27 PM
Some good cloudbursts and thunderstorms today. Unusual for my area, but we get enough rain that, if the cloudbursts don't last too long, the drains can catch up eventually. Some dramatic local minilakes at low points in the roads, though, for an hour or so.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 07, 2021, 03:49:12 PM
Balmy, comfy, nice early walk before it got hot.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on August 07, 2021, 03:54:04 PM
Getting a bit stormy this evening after mostly calm and sunny weather the past few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 07, 2021, 07:10:24 PM
Enjoying the cooler temps before the heat returns in the upcoming week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 12, 2021, 12:14:23 PM
Hot enough for the heat emergency alert to be activated this week:
https://wtop.com/local/2021/08/more-heat-humidity-storms-arriving-to-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/local/2021/08/more-heat-humidity-storms-arriving-to-dc-region/)
There had been thunderstorms during the evening commute.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 12, 2021, 03:26:49 PM
Uncommonly hot even for here.  But the skies have been absolutely beautiful this week!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 12, 2021, 06:03:15 PM
We were promised up to 105 degrees today.

I'm disappointed it only went to 97....

(kidding)

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on August 12, 2021, 06:12:54 PM
91 degrees at 8:12 p.m. with 53% humidity.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on August 12, 2021, 06:59:57 PM
Heading into monsoon weekend.  Whee!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 13, 2021, 03:48:52 AM
Warm, getting warmer.

Out to walk now, before I return as an oozing puddle...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on August 13, 2021, 06:55:37 AM
Another hot day.

We had hmaria's weather a few days back. It was hot all day on Tuesday and Wednesday, but without much warning, thunderstorms rolled in after dinner with heavy downpours, thunder, and lightning. After about an hour the weather was back to normal. Sudden thunderstorms are a tropical feature, so this might be another harbinger of climate change.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on August 13, 2021, 07:34:35 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on August 13, 2021, 06:55:37 AM
Another hot day.

We had hmaria's weather a few days back. It was hot all day on Tuesday and Wednesday, but without much warning, thunderstorms rolled in after dinner with heavy downpours, thunder, and lightning. After about an hour the weather was back to normal. Sudden thunderstorms are a tropical feature, so this might be another harbinger of climate change.

Our weather 90 miles to the south and west was the same. A bit less steam-bathy this morning, but already 90 and counting.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on August 13, 2021, 08:07:22 AM
Hot and smoky. Everyone's favourite.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on August 13, 2021, 10:19:21 AM
This should be on the 1st World Problems thread, too.

This morning, it rained (sprinkled) just enough for me to decide to NOT water my lawn, before I left the house. Upon returning home, I realized that it was barely a sprinkle that fell on my lawn, so my dry lawn got scorched for yet another day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on August 13, 2021, 11:23:57 AM
Unusual weather update:

https://gothamist.com/news/six-people-injured-after-lightning-strike-orchard-beach

That makes thunder-and-lightning strikes three days in a row despite the morning forecasts calling for sunny days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on August 13, 2021, 11:50:03 AM
Yikes, Langue_doc!! That sounds very frightening, to have it just come up on those folks like that.

We are also having thunder and lightning, but nothing that extreme.  Very rainy, though, and some localized flooding and some evacuations in lower-lying areas.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 19, 2021, 10:17:31 AM
It drizzled at the end of my walk.

It got drippy-sounding outside as I finished my breakfast.

It thundered briefly when I opened the laptop and started working.

Then a flash-flood-and-tornado warning flashed up on my screen.

The flooding won't start for a few more hours, there's a lot of upstream to fill up first,zand I'm far enough from the stream it won't be a problem.

The tornado (radar spotted rotation) is heading upshore to the north, predicting waterspouts for small craft near the shore.

All that from a little drizzle...

M.



Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 19, 2021, 11:52:21 AM
Heavy rain on and off and a region wide tornado watch yesterday
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 19, 2021, 02:28:00 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on August 19, 2021, 11:52:21 AM
Heavy rain on and off and a region wide tornado watch yesterday

Tornados so close to the coast are WEIRD.

Not s'posd t'happen....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 20, 2021, 07:23:39 AM
We've had a week of rain almost every day.  Some days it has rained for hours on end.  No destructive storms or flooding, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 20, 2021, 08:09:49 AM
Heavy rain and flooding throughout the region. Lots of down trees and sections of roads under water.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 20, 2021, 08:51:11 AM
Yesterday, tornados, tomorrow hurricanes.

In between, heat and drizzle.

Never a dull moment!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on August 21, 2021, 08:40:18 AM
Bracing for Hurricane Henri which arrives tomorrow.

The National Weather Service's tropical storm warning contains a long list including the one below:

THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for wind 58
to 73 mph
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 21, 2021, 09:06:25 AM
Seeing similar warnings; I did all the necessary errands this AM, but there was not a huge rush in the two stores I went to for supplies, so maybe peope are being more sane about it.

I remember when Hurricane Gloria came, though.

I'd never seen a complete line of shelves (the bread section) empty from one end to the other in a large supermarket before.

And I hadn't even thought about flashlight batteries. Three stores were sold out, I gave up (fortunately we didn't lose electricity).

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 21, 2021, 07:00:52 PM
I saw a news alert about Henri heading towards southern New England earlier today.  For those are in the region, stay safe and dry!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 21, 2021, 07:53:51 PM
Rain predicted to start c. 4 AM, landfall Sunday afternoon, dissipation over land as usual but the usual flood, tornado, and utilities warnings.

I have no reason to have to go out, although I might take a short walk if there's no wind and the rain isn't very heavy in the AM, but I'm careful to assess those things with as much judicious attention to what I see blowing outside my window as what my laptop says, so I won't take any chances.

So long as wifi holds and the extra light sources, computer and phone are charged, should be fine. I don't open the freezer if the electricity goes, and have more than enough food otherwise, so I'm not worrying.

On va voir.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on August 22, 2021, 05:00:40 AM
In the direct path of Henri here. I'm hunkered down with books and food that doesn't require refrigeration or cooking, and hoping the impacts won't be too bad. I'd much rather have a blizzard!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 22, 2021, 06:04:16 AM
The rain only just started as I returned from my 7 AM walk and I've just started hearing occasional thunderclaps: just starting breakfast now.

No swans anywhere, a few ducks in all the usual places, a few geese, no herons. A few birdcalls along the way, but many fewer than usual...those guys know the skies better than we do, so they're probably all hunkered down and staying there.

I just recalled a stupid thing that happened during Gloria that I hope isn't repeated: surfers going out and trying to ride the high waves generated by the storm.

Gov. is requesting all to stay put, ferries are canceled, public transport is reduced/emergent need only, which is a wise precaution, I think....keeps people from going places they can only return from with difficulty--or help, if at all.

Hoping all stay safe and well.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: cathwen on August 22, 2021, 08:09:00 AM
We were vacationing on Cape Cod, but heeded the governor's pleas for tourists to go home.  So we left early yesterday morning to get home—which was also in the path of Henri. 

This morning, our area is no longer under a hurricane watch; it's been downgraded to a tropical storm, which could still cause flooding on the coast (we're inland a bit) and downed tree limbs from the wind.  At the moment, there is light wind and rain, nothing unusual.  But of course, that could change, and probably will.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 22, 2021, 10:36:06 AM
Fairly quiet here, too...a-a-a-a-l-l-lmost disappointing after all the hype, but still, better safe than sorry.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on August 22, 2021, 10:52:14 AM
Sending wishes for safety to all those in Henri's path, no matter what form he arrives in!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on August 22, 2021, 11:30:29 AM
Despite yesterday morning's forecast of sunshine/clouds, we had torrential rain in the evening. The local papers and news outlets showed flooded roads/expressways with drivers having to be rescued from their stalled cars and flooded subway stations. I'm staying put today as streets in my neighborhood get flooded even during normal rains. It's still raining today.

Tennessee forumites, hope you're safe and not in the flooded areas.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 24, 2021, 11:22:47 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on August 21, 2021, 07:00:52 PM
I saw a news alert about Henri heading towards southern New England earlier today.  For those are in the region, stay safe and dry!

Huh. Yep, Henri bangs a U-ey:

   https://whdh.com/news/flood-watch-issued-for-parts-of-mass-with-henri-expected-to-turn-back-east/

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 25, 2021, 12:13:04 PM
Heat emergency alert in DC today
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on August 25, 2021, 04:30:13 PM
There is a weather system near Cuba. It is too early to say when it will get a name, or if it will be anything to watch .

What the local news is SORT OF SAYING is"  It is too early to predict the path or strength of this thing... So we CANT say that it WONT be a CAT 5 storm RIGHT HERE Tuesday morning !!"

"The world ends at 10, details at 11... tune in!!"

But until then it is HOT.  Damn Hot!  Middle of August Hot! 
(Oh, and did I mention Humid??) 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on August 25, 2021, 04:57:20 PM
Way too hot and humid for this far north. Our building HVAC can barely keep up so lecturing and teaching labs with a face mask on has been a bit uncomfortable and sweaty. Not all our dorms have AC and I feel bad for the students. Some of them have said they go sit in classroom buildings or the library until they have to go back to the dorms to sleep. Normally, lack of AC is not a problem, highs are in the 70s with low humidity this time of year. I've even been running my AC at home just so I can sleep and there have been summers in the past where I never turned it on. Autumnal weather can't get here soon enough.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 26, 2021, 09:28:15 AM
Quote from: EdnaMode on August 25, 2021, 04:57:20 PM
Way too hot and humid for this far north. Our building HVAC can barely keep up so lecturing and teaching labs with a face mask on has been a bit uncomfortable and sweaty. Not all our dorms have AC and I feel bad for the students. Some of them have said they go sit in classroom buildings or the library until they have to go back to the dorms to sleep. Normally, lack of AC is not a problem, highs are in the 70s with low humidity this time of year. I've even been running my AC at home just so I can sleep and there have been summers in the past where I never turned it on. Autumnal weather can't get here soon enough.

The public schools in our state--where 100-degree temperatures in August are not uncommon, and September and May were already summer months before anybody ever heard of climate change--only started to get air conditioning in the late 1980s, a few years after I graduated high school.  I remember when our local schools got them, because I helped my father block up the windows on some of them to improve their energy efficiency the summer before the air was turned on.  But in MY day we spent a significant part of each school year just sweltering in class.  Classes after afternoon PE were the worst, since we didn't get a chance to shower before hitting the books again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 26, 2021, 09:51:11 AM
We're getting a heat advisory suggesting we could soar as high as 102 today.

If your name is Icarus, watch out.....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on August 26, 2021, 12:18:18 PM
Quote from: apl68 on August 26, 2021, 09:28:15 AM
The public schools in our state--where 100-degree temperatures in August are not uncommon, and September and May were already summer months before anybody ever heard of climate change--only started to get air conditioning in the late 1980s, a few years after I graduated high school.  I remember when our local schools got them, because I helped my father block up the windows on some of them to improve their energy efficiency the summer before the air was turned on.  But in MY day we spent a significant part of each school year just sweltering in class.  Classes after afternoon PE were the worst, since we didn't get a chance to shower before hitting the books again.

I went to high school in the South in the 80s and we did not have AC. It got pretty rank sometimes, as you mentioned, especially if there was no time for showering after PE. I have never particularly liked heat and humidity, and having heat exhaustion once was more than enough for me. Since I moved north for this job about 10 years ago (spent most of my life in the southern half of the US), any resistance to hot weather I built up, has completely gone away. I'll go outside without a coat when it's 20 degrees, but let the temps get above 70? I'm convinced I'm going to melt into a puddle.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 26, 2021, 12:56:55 PM
Quote from: mamselle on August 26, 2021, 09:51:11 AM
We're getting a heat advisory suggesting we could soar as high as 102 today.

If your name is Icarus, watch out.....

M.

We've topped out at 93, if I can believe my phone weather notes.

I'm in a cool part of the house, haven't noticed it getting any hotter.

They always over-predict.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on August 27, 2021, 06:34:15 AM
Tropical humidity. Air conditioning set for 76* and windows were fogged up on the outside ar 7 am. Current dew point at 9:30 am is 74*. Wet!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 27, 2021, 07:15:56 AM
Quote from: Harlow2 on August 27, 2021, 06:34:15 AM
Tropical humidity. Air conditioning set for 76* and windows were fogged up on the outside ar 7 am. Current dew point at 9:30 am is 74*. Wet!

In recent years the extreme summer humidity here has caused our windows at work to be routinely fogged.  It's also warping our main exterior doors, and causing mold problems that we're having to spend a fortune trying to remedy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: the_geneticist on August 27, 2021, 09:07:36 AM
It's hot, dry, and windy.

That means it's now the more dangerous part of "fire season" and the airs smells like smoke. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 27, 2021, 03:28:07 PM
Hurricane Ida now expected to make landfall in Louisiana tomorrow--which means we're predicted to have severe weather farther north in the following couple of days.  We could have some flash flooding.  That has some people around here jittery, after seeing what happened in parts of Tennessee.  But we're not expected to get anything nearly that severe.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 27, 2021, 04:39:56 PM
As long as the library doesn't store books in the basement..

   https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byform/mailing-lists/bap/1998/msg00014.html

and

   https://docplayer.net/17736719-The-aftermath-of-the-flood-at-the-boston-public-library-lessons-learned-gail-fithian-boston-public-library-boston-ma.html

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on August 27, 2021, 04:43:57 PM
Stay safe, apl68 and everyone in Ida's path!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 28, 2021, 08:09:43 AM
Quote from: mamselle on August 27, 2021, 04:39:56 PM
As long as the library doesn't store books in the basement..

   https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byform/mailing-lists/bap/1998/msg00014.html

and

   https://docplayer.net/17736719-The-aftermath-of-the-flood-at-the-boston-public-library-lessons-learned-gail-fithian-boston-public-library-boston-ma.html

M.

Our old library did store things in a basement.  My predecessor took me for a look at the old place before it was remodeled and turned into city offices.  She showed me the stick that she used to use to test the depth of water in the basement after it rained.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 28, 2021, 09:13:11 AM
Yikes, glad the space was changed over.

And...well, at least, in the scheme of things, you're probably not dealing with this...

   https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/27/metro/bpl-hit-by-ransomware-attack-shutting-down-most-its-computer-network/

It doesn't quite fit the thread, but speaking of risks to libraries....

Hmmmmm....do we need a library thread?

Or do we have one that's just gone defunct?

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 28, 2021, 10:19:15 AM
Quote from: mamselle on August 28, 2021, 09:13:11 AM
Yikes, glad the space was changed over.

And...well, at least, in the scheme of things, you're probably not dealing with this...

   https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/27/metro/bpl-hit-by-ransomware-attack-shutting-down-most-its-computer-network/

It doesn't quite fit the thread, but speaking of risks to libraries....

Hmmmmm....do we need a library thread?

Or do we have one that's just gone defunct?

M.
We had a dedicated libraries section/thread on the old forum.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 28, 2021, 12:29:12 PM
Maybe it's time to start one here?


Hmmm....

Can't right this minute (on a 2-moment break between tasks).....

But...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Nightshade on August 28, 2021, 08:00:04 PM
Here, it is clear and in the low 70s, but wildfire smoke is a constant damper on air quality (new locale for me). As a fire-phobe to the nth degree (talking even fear of candles, incense, gas stoves, gas fireplaces, fireworks, etc.), this has elevated my usual low-to-medium anxiety level to a constant medium-high to very high. Irrational thoughts ensue: How will I know if it is my house burning or not? I smell smoke - oh no, is that coming from the neighbor's yard? etc. But the new place has absolutely lovely weather (notwithstanding climate change factors) this time of year, compared to the high heat and humidity of other states I've experienced in my life, so am trying to go with the flow and settle in to a new (mostly very pleasant) normal.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 30, 2021, 04:43:30 AM
Library thread started.

I've also been meaning to note, we've now had 4 days in the 90s in the past 2 weeks.

Not even a dog would go out on a day like that.

I'm sirius.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on August 30, 2021, 07:10:19 AM
I've been complaining constantly about the dry weather and my brown grass & dead garden. So I decided to do some painting and staining since there was no threat of rain in the long-term forecasts--always make the best of the situation, right?

Yeah, right.

I have two open projects right now (deck staining & house painting) that can't seem to get finished, due to, you guessed it, rain. I power washed and sanded, only to get the exposed wood hammered by rain, with no hope for painting and staining. It takes a few days for the wood to dry out from the rain, but when it does, another rainstorm hits.

On top of that, it's too late for the late-summer rain to save my lawn and garden.

I know this should be on the first-world problems thread.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 30, 2021, 07:51:44 AM
Ida is now starting to move into our area.  We've had winds and ominous skies all morning.  The rain is now beginning (We had a brief preview yesterday evening).  It's anybody's guess whether we'll be able to keep our lights on.

The preliminary news from the real cockpit of the storm to the south of us is not looking good.  COVID-stressed hospitals are now having to deal with hurricane-related injuries and very widespread power failures.  One fatality has been reported thus far.  The Governor of Louisiana has already said that there are likely going to be many more as reports come in.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 30, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
Quote from: apl68 on August 30, 2021, 07:51:44 AM
Ida is now starting to move into our area.  We've had winds and ominous skies all morning.  The rain is now beginning (We had a brief preview yesterday evening).  It's anybody's guess whether we'll be able to keep our lights on.

The preliminary news from the real cockpit of the storm to the south of us is not looking good.  COVID-stressed hospitals are now having to deal with hurricane-related injuries and very widespread power failures.  One fatality has been reported thus far.  The Governor of Louisiana has already said that there are likely going to be many more as reports come in.
I heard New Orleans lost power on WTOP Radio this morning.  :(  I was there for ALA Annual in June 2011 and remember the heat during the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 30, 2021, 09:11:00 AM
The whole city is dark, electricity-wise.

I had a cousin living near Lake Ponchartraine a long time ago.

I visited them in c. 1993, after a bad storm had gone through and their basement had flooded.

They moved back to Ohio the next year.

At some point, insurers are going to stop covering replacement costs for people who persist in returning to storm-cycle targets and those areas are going to be depopulated, I suspect.

A cultural loss in many ways, you can't just transplant the French Quarter--but a human gain in others, perhaps.

All good thoughts to those involved in rescue and caregiving now, however. I wonder if mask and vax requirements will be maintained on FEMA sites since they'd be covered by national-emergency status oversight mandates. I can't imagine anyone really wanting a receiving area the size of the Houston Astrodome to have the potential for becoming a Covid hotspot as well.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 30, 2021, 10:37:36 AM
Quote from: mamselle on August 30, 2021, 09:11:00 AM

All good thoughts to those involved in rescue and caregiving now, however. I wonder if mask and vax requirements will be maintained on FEMA sites since they'd be covered by national-emergency status oversight mandates. I can't imagine anyone really wanting a receiving area the size of the Houston Astrodome to have the potential for becoming a Covid hotspot as well.

According to a staff member with friends in Louisiana, the state has been encouraging people to ride out the storm at home as much as possible, rather than cluster in shelters where super-spreading is likely to occur.  Which may mean more people having to be rescued from flooded houses.  Evacuees have been bused to other cities, some out-of-state, for safekeeping, rather than trying to shelter in New Orleans.  Probably as good as solution as possible, considering New Orleans' manifest inability to provide even minimally-humane group shelters.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 31, 2021, 07:59:33 AM
We ended up dodging the storms entirely here.  We just had moderate winds and a modest amount of rain.  My nieces down in Louisiana came through safely, though they will likely be without power for some time to come.  One just had a baby.  Her father (my brother) out of state somehow found an available motel room in an area some hours away that had power and has arranged to have her and the baby moved there for now.

One of our staff members has several utility workers in her family who are now in the disaster area trying to restore services.  It's an immense job, and conditions are still very dangerous.  There are fears that Louisiana's disastrous COVID situation will grow still worse, and will spread to neighboring states (Which are also already in bad shape).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 31, 2021, 10:41:31 AM
What's left of Ida is coming here to the metro Baltimore/DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather/2021/08/storms-expected-late-tuesday-as-remnants-of-ida-touches-down-in-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/weather/2021/08/storms-expected-late-tuesday-as-remnants-of-ida-touches-down-in-dc-region/)
Posted on WTOP Radio online (8/31/21)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 01, 2021, 08:07:54 AM
Update: flash flooding warnings and heavy overnight rain in the metro Baltimore/DC region
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/09/remnants-of-ida-bring-heavy-rain-flood-risk-to-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/09/remnants-of-ida-bring-heavy-rain-flood-risk-to-dc-region/)
Posted on WTOP Radio (9/1/21)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 01, 2021, 09:07:28 AM
Flash flood warnings have now been downgraded to watches. Thunderstorms for this evening and tonight. The rain that was forecast for this morning seems to have wandered off in another direction.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 01, 2021, 10:27:05 AM
Evacuees in all available motel rooms locally.  I doubt there are many rooms available anywhere this side of Missouri.  After Katrina, our community had so many evacuees in dire circumstances that we mobilized a local relief effort that assisted about 200 of them in various ways.  At the moment the evacuees we have now seem not to need that assistance.  We'll see whether that changes in the days and weeks to come, depending on how long it takes to pull things in Louisiana together enough for people to go home.  The situation is nowhere near as dire in many ways as it was 16 years ago, of course, but it's still very bad.  It sounds like the power grid is going to have to be all but rebuilt in some places.  It could take weeks or months before some people get to go home.  I hope our local civic leaders are considering that a new local relief effort might still be necessary if our local evacuees start running short of funds.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 01, 2021, 10:44:46 AM
First it was gale warnings. Then it was just going to rain all day.

I don't think it's raining now, but I haven't looked out in a bit.

I don't think the weather really knows what it's doing today.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 01, 2021, 05:23:36 PM
Flash flood warnings now and a tornado watch.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 01, 2021, 07:00:55 PM
Hope you stay safe and dry, Langue_doc! That weather came up through my mom's area again.  More flooding and tornadoes.  I know things are even worse elsewhere.

Apl68, I had to reread that again... Katrina was 16 years ago! Of course, I knew it was in 2005.  I just hadn't realized so much time had passed.  I am sending all good wishes to the evacuees and everyone in the path of Ida.  I have found ways to contribute, but there is still much to deal with ahead, as you noted. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 01, 2021, 07:37:00 PM
Update #2: The rain has moved out of the metro Baltimore/DC region but the risk of flash flooding remains:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/09/remnants-of-ida-bring-heavy-rain-flood-risk-to-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/09/remnants-of-ida-bring-heavy-rain-flood-risk-to-dc-region/)
Also, it was confirmed 2 tornados touched down, one in Annapolis and one in Wicomico Co., MD.

Hope everyone is in a safe and dry place from this storm.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 01, 2021, 07:58:41 PM
I've been glued to the TV watching the aftermath of the flooding and tornado damages in NJ. I've also been following the damage in Louisiana where evacuees who are coming back have been told to bring everything they need including food.

Thanks for the good wishes ab_grp. Hope your relatives in PA are safe (was it you or cathwen?) as they've had floods and what looked like tornadoes as well. We are in Flood Zone A, so I stay indoors and hope that we don't have power outages. The thunder seems to have stopped, but it's still raining. I can't complain as people in Louisiana have to endure having their homes destroyed.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 01, 2021, 08:44:33 PM
It's still just raining here.

Thinking of all those for whom it's been very difficult, indeed.

Be safe.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on September 02, 2021, 08:45:26 AM
Philly area: Multiple tornadoes, in multiple places in both PA and NJ. Part of a neighborhood in now rubble with several collapsed houses. Historic flooding throughout the area with major Philly river still rising.  Clearest blue skies I've seen in a month this morning.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 02, 2021, 08:56:35 AM
Harlow2, I saw some of the footage of the Mullica Hills, NJ tornado aftermath and one of a tornado moving swiftly into NJ by the Burlington-Bristol bridge.  How terrifying! My mom reports barely any rain or wind last night (and the lovely blue skies today), though the river will be flooding a few blocks away.  I hope those along the river and especially between it and the canal got out, as the river is supposed to continue to rise into the evening.  Looks like 676 is flooded in PA, and a lot of flooding in Princeton area in NJ.  Lots of unusually bad weather in a brief time period.  It's hard to keep up with all the damage reports.  Sending my continued good wishes to all in Ida's path.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 03, 2021, 07:09:42 AM
The loss of life from the remnants of the storm has been greater than in the hurricane's land fall.  I don't think we've ever seen that before.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 03, 2021, 11:35:32 AM
The city, rather the people who run the city don't seem to have learned from the aftermath of Irene or Sandy. Just recently the subways and roads were flooded from the remains of Elsa in July https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/nyregion/flooding-subways-nyc.html, and Henri in August https://abc7ny.com/nyc-wettest-hour-hurricane-henri-storm-damage-flooding/10969038/, https://gothamist.com/news/threat-flooding-remains-after-henri-drops-historic-rainfall-nyc resulting in significant saturation of the ground. The city was aware of the threat of flooding even before Henri https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-outdated-flood-maps-leave-thousands-risk-disaster-bills, so it should have come as no surprise that the subways and roads were flooded by the remains of Ida passing through. The flood advisory for Ida came out on Monday, which gave the city enough time to think about shutting down the subway and asking people to go home by noon as was the case with the preparations for Sandy.

The map that shows the high-risk flood zones in Coney Island (Gothamist article) seems to have been ignored by the city as despite the entire island and most of the shorelines in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island being fully submerged during Sandy, high rises have been popping up along these areas suggesting that the developers are deciding on policies regarding buildings in flood-prone areas. One of the highrises on the boardwalk has been advertising on the local TV stations https://www.brooklynpaper.com/ocean-drive-a-look-inside-coney-islands-first-luxury-apartment-complex/

There were far more deaths from Ida than from Sandy. The flooding from Sandy though was from the tidal surge which retreated by the following morning, leaving basements, first floors, and cars flooded, and power outages that lasted over a week or more in many areas.

If only the city and state would take notice and do something instead of building bigger and taller buildings in flood zones.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 03, 2021, 12:20:35 PM
Just read this and was thinking likewise, but also, "Why were people getting on the trains, then?"

   https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/us/ida-train-stranded-ny-nj/index.html

City transport managers, etc., need to have some forethought, agreed.

But then, so do the patrons; they might figure that if the transport is running it must be safe, but why would you go below ground when flooding is an almost guaranteed possibility?

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on September 03, 2021, 01:30:02 PM
Quotebut why would you go below ground when flooding is an almost guaranteed possibility?

because People Are Stupid!

You can quote me.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 04, 2021, 06:41:44 AM
Quote from: clean on September 03, 2021, 01:30:02 PM
Quotebut why would you go below ground when flooding is an almost guaranteed possibility?

because People Are Stupid!

You can quote me.

People are not stupid, but merely trying to get home/work/school based on the information provided by the MTA (google MTA service status) and the absence of any signs in the subway stations or tapes blocking off the entrances. Most people live in one borough and have to get to work in another borough very often having to make two or more transfers between subways or between a combination of subways and buses. If you don't show up for work, there are repercussions including not getting a paycheck or being let go. I've had students who lived in one borough, worked in another borough, and were enrolled in school in a third borough. There are also people trying to get to their evening classes and night jobs and/or pick up their children from daycare. These are desperate people who cannot afford to take cabs or miss work. Those who are at their jobs have to stay there unless their employer decides to close or the city decides that businesses should close for the day. Commuting in the city is long and arduous as can be seen in the subway map on the MTA website.




Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 04, 2021, 07:14:18 AM
Apparently some of these tragedies resulted from the extreme pressure on housing in New York causing landlords and tenants to take the risk of treating flood-prone basements as apartments, despite laws against doing so.

New Orleans is supposed to have power restored by the middle of the coming week.  Some customers in outlying areas will have a longer wait.

Apparently over 800 residents of a chain of nursing homes in Louisiana were evacuated to a "shelter" that turned out to be a minimally-equipped warehouse owned by the owner of the chain.  It quickly turned into a horror show of neglect.  Frail residents were lying on the floor, they weren't kept clean, the power and air kept going out.  At least four died before the authorities realized what was happening and evacuated them.  The chain responsible for this atrocity has been written up on violations by state inspectors continually for sixteen years, with nothing apparently ever done about it.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 04, 2021, 08:54:31 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on September 04, 2021, 06:41:44 AM
Quote from: clean on September 03, 2021, 01:30:02 PM
Quotebut why would you go below ground when flooding is an almost guaranteed possibility?

because People Are Stupid!

You can quote me.

People are not stupid, but merely trying to get home/work/school based on the information provided by the MTA (google MTA service status) and the absence of any signs in the subway stations or tapes blocking off the entrances. Most people live in one borough and have to get to work in another borough very often having to make two or more transfers between subways or between a combination of subways and buses. If you don't show up for work, there are repercussions including not getting a paycheck or being let go. I've had students who lived in one borough, worked in another borough, and were enrolled in school in a third borough. There are also people trying to get to their evening classes and night jobs and/or pick up their children from daycare. These are desperate people who cannot afford to take cabs or miss work. Those who are at their jobs have to stay there unless their employer decides to close or the city decides that businesses should close for the day. Commuting in the city is long and arduous as can be seen in the subway map on the MTA website.

A. @apl68: That's so frustrating and sad. RIP to those affected by horrendous decisions they had no control of.

B.  @Langue_doc, (and I realize you weren't directly responding to me alone) I actually do understand the constraints of time, place and cosmopolitan distance , very well...my system and set-up are very similar.

But it's from just that perspective that I'm perplexed. I wouldn't wait on signs and signals from MBTA folks to decide if it's safe to get on a subway (and they're sometimes better than you describe, but sometimes not), I'd walk across two or three towns and/or long bridges (and have) to get to my destination, or figure out other options beforehand, like finding a place to stay (friends, hang out in a library or hotel lobby, or whatever, where I am, for as long as possible.

I'm not meaning to be insensitive, and I realize weather stuff comes up quickly and unexpectedly (I moved here in The Blizzard of 1978, after all!). But part of the toolkit for sane living in such places is a healthy does of self-protective cynicism that leads one to question situations and make second- and 3rd-tier backup plans in case the authorities once again get it wrong, or don't make timely announcements, or have deeper levels of triage than I could guess at,  by which they have to make decisions and allocate resources that have little to do with my needs.

So, my question comes from a place of incredulity based on knowledge, not lack of awareness or empathy.

Been there, done that, have the wet waders to prove it....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 04, 2021, 05:16:03 PM
Rain. It's felt like autumn for days now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on September 04, 2021, 10:38:41 PM
Louisiana has '3rd world country' written all over it, often.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 07, 2021, 01:01:05 PM
Our weather is supposed to be in the 90s and sunny for the foreseeable future, but I saw that Eastern PA/NY/NJ may get more heavy rains, flooding, and possible tornadoes.  Hope everyone stays safe out there.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on September 10, 2021, 04:46:46 PM
90something.

An X in the gulf (From the nhc.noaa.gov.  The last 2 Xs got names and then made their way to the LA and FL coasts.  Who will THIS weeks storm hit?

(I dont need a new roof, got one after the last hurricane came through, but I COULD use a new fence!  So a tropical storm would be ok!  We also havent really had much rain since May, so the grass would be glad to see some!  (as Im too cheap to pay the water bill (because they also charge for sewer even if it gets applied to the yard!!)


Another Big X is off Africa , but I dont worry about those until they get closer to FL or Cuba!

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 13, 2021, 07:14:02 PM
It's raining, and I can hear thunder, which is surprising as the forecast this morning didn't call for rain until Thursday. More thunder now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 14, 2021, 12:33:10 AM
We had that, too....it was weird.

I went out on the porch about 11 PM and thought there must be a traffic light flashing intermittently--then realized it was very-high-up lightening, with thunder--but no rain.

I have friends in Houston; am hoping they ride out the incoming storm safely.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 14, 2021, 07:08:34 AM
We have chance of rain in the forecast for the next week (Remnants of that storm now hitting the Gulf coast).  We could use some rain.  It's now looking like the storm's track may shift enough for much of our rain not to materialize.  It's very overcast and rainy looking, though.  And very humid.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 14, 2021, 07:46:35 AM
My Houston friends said they had 45 min. of rain, then it veered off away from them.

Sounded like it was heading east and petering out, but one never knows.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 14, 2021, 03:35:21 PM
Quite foggy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 15, 2021, 06:51:43 PM
Thunderstorms and rain at the moment. It started after I came home from the library--it'll go through the wee hours.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 16, 2021, 05:23:33 AM
Rainy. Thunder every now and again.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 16, 2021, 07:29:56 AM
The rain we were supposed to have most of this week as a result of Nicholas has mostly failed to materialize.  Now very rainy looking.  The forecast calls for no rain today, thunderstorms tomorrow.  It really looks like it would like to start early.

On the plus side, it's much cooler now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 16, 2021, 08:06:09 AM
Cool, rainy, dry.

Cool, rainy, dry.

Cool, rainy, dry.

Rinse and repeat (literally)...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on September 17, 2021, 08:37:50 AM
Cloudy and cool.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on September 18, 2021, 07:56:23 PM
High was 97 today. Expecting low of 70 tonight. Great for morning walks and afternoon swims.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 23, 2021, 01:07:57 PM
Flash flood and travel advisory:

September 23, 2021 — New York City Emergency Management has issued a travel advisory for Thursday, September 23 through Friday, September 24. According to the National Weather Service, rain and scattered thunderstorms are forecast citywide beginning Thursday afternoon through Friday. Light rain on Thursday morning will become steadier after 2 p.m. with a chance for scattered thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Maximum rainfall rates are forecasted to potentially reach 1 inch per hour. The greatest chance of heavy rain and thunderstorms is from 6 p.m. Thursday through 2 a.m. Friday. There is also a potential for 60 mph wind gusts during periods of heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms. A total of 1.5 inches to 2 inches of rain are expected with locally higher amounts possible. The National Weather Service has also issued a Flash Flood Watch for New York City beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, September 23, through 8 a.m. Friday, September 24. A Flash Flood Watch is issued for New York City when there is a forecast for 1 inch of rain per hour for an entire hour.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 23, 2021, 03:18:37 PM
Yikes.

We have a small craft advisory but nothing like that: it's 77 degrees and dry and pleasant at the moment.

Some thunderstorms suggested (58% chance) for tomorrow late in the afternoon, but otherwise, it looks calm and clear.

Be safe.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 25, 2021, 08:45:34 AM
We have an unusually dark and rainy morning with some t-storm activity.  It almost never rains in the morning here except when I have to be up and out of the house early for something important.  Luckily, I am staying in today (knock on wood)!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on September 25, 2021, 09:40:53 AM
Low in the 50s overnight, and now about 68, close to noon. Beautiful clear sky, and low humidity.  Gorgeous!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 25, 2021, 10:41:39 AM
Clear, cool, 60s-70s when I took my (extended) walk this AM--it was too nice to go in so I crossed the bridge, and walked back the long way, on the other side of the river. Almost two hours instead of the usual one....

Several good pictures of an obliging heron, a swan, and some ducks were an added bouns.

M. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 25, 2021, 01:31:28 PM
Beautiful weather here too!  Great for BBQ too.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 25, 2021, 05:27:52 PM
Quote from: mamselle on September 23, 2021, 03:18:37 PM
Yikes.

We have a small craft advisory but nothing like that: it's 77 degrees and dry and pleasant at the moment.

Some thunderstorms suggested (58% chance) for tomorrow late in the afternoon, but otherwise, it looks calm and clear.

Be safe.

M.

Thanks, mamselle. We got plenty of rain of varying intensities, but nothing serious.

Gorgeous day today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 25, 2021, 07:52:51 PM
Decent out, it's been supposed to rain for hours, but no show.

Something outside keeps booming--?firecrackers, maybe?--then stops.

At least it's not the cone of a volcano falling in...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhsOX46w5w

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 26, 2021, 03:19:00 PM
There is a very large cluster of lightning strikes about 10 miles away, the wind has picked up quite a bit, and the sky just got very dark.  Hope this passes through quickly!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 28, 2021, 07:21:41 AM
Luscious, chewy 'boom's of thunder, followed by pelting rain.

Then silence.

More booms, more silence.

I'm very glad I did my walk when it was clear and sunny, with a two-minute grazing of drizzle, four hours ago.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 28, 2021, 07:24:37 AM
A lovely albeit overcast morning, right up until I rinsed and stepped out on the Pool Deck at the Y for my workout.  Then BOOM!  Aaaaaaaand the pool is closed until 30 min after the last thunder is heard.  Grrrr.

That was two hours ago, and the thunder and rain have been intermittent but potent.

I saw a long line of animals walking in pairs along the highway.  Odd.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 28, 2021, 08:24:49 AM
Quote from: FishProf on September 28, 2021, 07:24:37 AM
A lovely albeit overcast morning, right up until I rinsed and stepped out on the Pool Deck at the Y for my workout.  Then BOOM!  Aaaaaaaand the pool is closed until 30 min after the last thunder is heard.  Grrrr.

That was two hours ago, and the thunder and rain have been intermittent but potent.

I saw a long line of animals walking in pairs along the highway.  Odd.

Did they say anything about a guy named Noah offering them free food and lodging for forty days and forty nights?

;--}

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 28, 2021, 08:43:30 AM
We are also having a rainy morning again, though without the thunder and lightning (so far).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 28, 2021, 09:58:56 AM
Quote from: mamselle on September 28, 2021, 08:24:49 AM
Quote from: FishProf on September 28, 2021, 07:24:37 AM
I saw a long line of animals walking in pairs along the highway.  Odd.

Did they say anything about a guy named Noah offering them free food and lodging for forty days and forty nights?

;--}

M.

I don't like the ark of this conversation...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 29, 2021, 07:11:22 AM
Quote from: FishProf on September 28, 2021, 09:58:56 AM
Quote from: mamselle on September 28, 2021, 08:24:49 AM
Quote from: FishProf on September 28, 2021, 07:24:37 AM
I saw a long line of animals walking in pairs along the highway.  Odd.

Did they say anything about a guy named Noah offering them free food and lodging for forty days and forty nights?

;--}

M.

I don't like the ark of this conversation...

Well, we have a promise that that's not going to happen again on a global scale.  But you might want to be prepared for some serious local problems, if the animals are acting weird.

Very rainy, with chances of rain in the forecast for the next week.  We could use some rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on September 29, 2021, 07:20:06 AM
Hail yesterday; stunningly beautiful and cool today. Been about 2 weeks with highs under 90.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 29, 2021, 09:52:12 AM
Nights starting to go down to the 50s, which is the usual harbinger of fall here.

Brrrrrr----

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Larimar on September 30, 2021, 12:47:48 PM
It is such a gorgeous early Fall so far here! We've now had maybe about a week of beautiful cool, crisp, bright-but-not-too-bright days, temperatures in the 60's. Ahhhh! this is my kind of weather. I've been waiting for this for months!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 30, 2021, 12:57:54 PM
Another storm's rolling in.  Definitely a lot cooler out!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on October 07, 2021, 05:38:20 AM
I'm told there was a waterspout yesterday but, alas, I did not see it.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 07, 2021, 07:20:28 AM
After two days of mild, almost fallish weather, we're looking at a week of highs in the upper 80s-low 90s.  Not terribly hot by local standards, but not good October weather.  At this rate our trick-or-treaters may well be sweltering in their costumes.  It has happened here before in recent years.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 07, 2021, 08:12:32 AM
Lovely, cool-but-not-cold AM for walking.

The angle of the AM sun and the leaves' almost-transparent xanthylls are letting that golden Corot light shine through--I got some gorgeous pictures of reflected trees along the river.

Mmmmmmmmm....(Happy humming).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 07, 2021, 11:31:04 AM
Quote from: mamselle on October 07, 2021, 08:12:32 AM
Lovely, cool-but-not-cold AM for walking.

The angle of the AM sun and the leaves' almost-transparent xanthylls are letting that golden Corot light shine through--I got some gorgeous pictures of reflected trees along the river.

Mmmmmmmmm....(Happy humming).

Wistful sighing....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 08, 2021, 07:10:26 AM
The forecast temperatures for the weekend just keep going up every day.  We're now looking at highs in the 90s over the next three consecutive days.  Since our highs tend to beat the forecast by a couple of degrees, we're likely to be baking in the mid-90s by Sunday.  At least we have fewer hours of direct sunlight.  Most of our fall foliage will probably be a loss.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on October 11, 2021, 11:41:46 AM
After a way-too-hot mid-October weekend, the tornado sirens just went off.  It's been windy and wild all morning, though I did manage to get both my virtual classes in, between storms. Pretty typical for the transition into fall for this area.

We're expecting unsettled and rainy weather all week, dropping from the recent low 90s into the 70s. Lots of greenish and yellowing leaves are already falling in today's wind.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 11, 2021, 12:55:19 PM
Lovely, cool, clear, buttermilk skies in which the sun arose over the water as I walked by the river; lots of good pictures with blushes of fall color here and there, and some cool metallic water-reflections of houses, trees, and birds in them.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 12, 2021, 12:02:33 PM
It's been relatively cooler here for a few days.  Today is very windy and dusty.  No mountains in sight at the moment.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 12, 2021, 01:21:19 PM
Dunno--at least not by direct observation.

I've had early-AM meetings or lessons every day so far this week so I couldn't get out and walk.

Tomorrow...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 13, 2021, 06:20:57 AM
Sweltering until Saturday.  Fingers crossed that the relief won't evaporate from the forecast by then, as it often does.  At least it's pretty out.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 13, 2021, 07:41:42 AM
Cool, comfy, bright, nice.

Two swans and a heron thought so, too....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 13, 2021, 10:34:21 AM
Lovely birds, mamselle!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 13, 2021, 11:16:15 AM
Quote from: apl68 on October 13, 2021, 10:34:21 AM
Lovely birds, mamselle!

Thanks!

Yes, I got some good pictures, too....and the sun has that golden fall glow on the yellow leaves and the trees are turning Corot red....

Fall is my time.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 25, 2021, 07:04:07 PM
Steady rain. It started as I was leaving the library at the end of the day--it had been sunny earlier!
It'll be on and off with rain this week:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/10/storms-strong-winds-expected-to-sweep-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/10/storms-strong-winds-expected-to-sweep-dc-region/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 28, 2021, 11:27:08 AM
I see that New England got pounded by a nor'easter yesterday:
https://wtop.com/national/2021/10/noreaster-brings-hurricane-force-wind-causes-power-outages/ (https://wtop.com/national/2021/10/noreaster-brings-hurricane-force-wind-causes-power-outages/)
Hope you're safe and dry to our forum members living in that region!

We'll be getting heavy rainfall overnight into Friday here in the metro DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/10/another-powerful-storm-system-moving-into-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/10/another-powerful-storm-system-moving-into-dc-region/)
From WTOP Radio 10/28/21
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 28, 2021, 01:26:17 PM
All quite, calm, but much colder today.

I skipped my walk yesterday after hearing the rain--turned over and slept for an extra hour--but got up today and had a good stroll through all the broken branches and leaf mast that were strewn about.

The brook is back up, much better than it was the past week, it was so low you could see bottom, which is unusual, and bodes less well for ducks and swans with low keel clearance.

No heron (I think it's really migrated this time; my other heron-interested friend hasn't reported seeing it, either), several geese, two swans, and three bunches of ducks (one very funny combo--I think they're the mother and 7 babies I've been tracking all spring/summer/now, fall).

The babies, who've grown up otherwise, still seem to have their little, cheepy voices, which is hilarious coming out of a big, resplendent male mallard in all his emerald-necked glory.

The mother duck continued to chide them and herd them into place, of course.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on October 28, 2021, 07:52:21 PM
About to be unpleasant again. Minor tidal flooding has shut down the road I take home 2 nights in a row, with a few inches of rain on the way to top everything off. Warm , though; still picking tomatoes and peppers
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 28, 2021, 09:37:02 PM
Yikes!

As long as you turn around and don't try to drive through...!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 29, 2021, 07:22:18 AM
This week we've gone from summer-like highs well into the 80s to highs around 60.  The pleasant, mild temperature ranges have been skipped entirely.  We're supposed to see some of that this weekend.  Our local weather has always been notorious for bipolar moods in the spring and fall, but the swings are getting more extreme.

We've also had some rain, which we needed.  Currently chilly and overcast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 29, 2021, 09:16:03 AM
Sunny, cool, in the 40s, but not cold.

The earth's still warm so the cold air hasn't been able to take over yet.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on October 30, 2021, 07:27:17 AM
Quote from: mamselle on October 28, 2021, 09:37:02 PM
Yikes!

As long as you turn around and don't try to drive through...!

M.

Fortunately multiple but longer ways home.  Major highway, though, so a very long line of cars trying to do the same. Someday maybe the state highway dept will rent a sign so we could turn around earlier.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 03, 2021, 06:16:08 AM
Chilly and overcast, with a slow rain.  We were needing some rain.  Non-destructive rainy weather is always good.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on November 03, 2021, 10:29:12 AM
Got our first frost overnight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 03, 2021, 11:50:57 AM
Quote from: AmLitHist on November 03, 2021, 10:29:12 AM
Got our first frost overnight.
Same here!  I put the windshield cover on my car last night.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/11/are-you-ready-for-the-first-freeze-of-the-season/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2021/11/are-you-ready-for-the-first-freeze-of-the-season/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on November 06, 2021, 12:11:00 PM
There was a heavy frost/freeze last night.  It looked like snow on the ground when I got up around 7 this morning!

Indian summer this week:  back up into the upper 60s/low 70s in the daytime. 

(ETA:  apologies if that is an offensive term. Is it?  I've been reading a lot of 19th C work recently, and it just occurred to me that I might need to apologize for it.  Still, it just evokes the perfect shorthand description for this time of year.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 22, 2021, 08:39:41 AM
Sunny and  mild out today.  We had storms yesterday evening.  I had to drive through the storms for over an hour trying to get home.  It was probably the worst rain I've ever had to drive through.  Visibility was so poor that I was not sure when I drove over a major river bridge.  It's one of the few times I have heard thunder while driving down the highway.  I was thankful to pull in at home!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 22, 2021, 08:52:51 AM
Quote from: AmLitHist on November 06, 2021, 12:11:00 PM
There was a heavy frost/freeze last night.  It looked like snow on the ground when I got up around 7 this morning!

Indian summer this week:  back up into the upper 60s/low 70s in the daytime. 

(ETA:  apologies if that is an offensive term. Is it?  I've been reading a lot of 19th C work recently, and it just occurred to me that I might need to apologize for it.  Still, it just evokes the perfect shorthand description for this time of year.)

That's come to my mind lately as well, being in an area where the suggestion it conveys of an extended, summer-y fall is very apt.

I just looked it up. Good article here:

   https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/10/lets-choose-a-new-name-for-indian-summer.html

It suggests, "Second summer," "Badger summer," and "Lay summer" as some alternatives, and gives a very interesting literary excavation as to the phrase's known sources.

If I were teaching American literature, I know what opener I'd be using for my classes right about now...but I realize not all situations allow us to do everything we'd like to do....

;--}

Anyway, glad to know there are alternatives to consider.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 23, 2021, 06:57:30 PM
Cold temps overnight! The Hypothermia Alert was activated in DC last night and again tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 26, 2021, 10:12:34 AM
High winds today!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on November 26, 2021, 10:18:09 AM
The wind just picked up as the forecasted cold front is arriving, and it's snowing in the higher elevations nearby.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 26, 2021, 10:59:08 AM
Cool enough, and the ground's now chilly enough, that I'm re-considering going out whenever the temps get fairly low....do NOT want to deal with ice, injuries, etc., although as long as one is careful...should be OK.

It was supposed to rain/snow last night and today, but it looks pretty innocuous now; there was a sheen on the streets earlier this AM but that seems to be gone again.

Oh, well, we can't all be Harvey Lenoard....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on November 26, 2021, 11:26:31 AM
We've had tons of rain, and more is on the way
ay. But for now, it's sunny.

A giant spruce fell across the driveway at the property we bought last year. Time to buy a chainsaw.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 06, 2021, 07:37:58 AM
Highs in the 70s so far this December.  A little cooler today.  On Friday, when I plan to be off to do my annual Christmas shopping, the extended forecast calls for highs in the eighties.  Saturday we had a booth at our annual outdoor Christmas event.  Until less than a decade ago vendors selling chili and hot chocolate were the ones doing the best business.  Now you can't give anything like that away.  It was all but summer weather--any state to north of us would have called it summer.  For all that it was a successful event, I felt kind of bummed at one point listening to seasonal songs like "White Christmas" on the loudspeakers.  We will most likely never see a holiday season like that here ever again.  If I'd wanted weather like in Miami or New Orleans, I would have chosen to live there!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 06, 2021, 07:39:03 AM
Three inches of snow this morning, but I suspect it'll be gone in a few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 11, 2021, 07:35:19 PM
Warm and windy! Enough for a regional wind advisory today:
https://wtop.com/weather/2021/12/warm-blustery-saturday-gives-d-c-area-spring-feeling-in-december/ (https://wtop.com/weather/2021/12/warm-blustery-saturday-gives-d-c-area-spring-feeling-in-december/)
From WTOP Radio 12/11/21
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on December 12, 2021, 06:39:54 PM
Appropriately cool and sunny here in the Philly metro area today.  Warmer tomorrow, but just a tad.

We have now bottomed out at our earliest sunset time of 4:35 her in Philly metro, and startingTuesday our sunset times get later by a minute every 3 days. Yay!  (Still losing light in the morning though)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 13, 2021, 09:15:12 AM
Nearly 80 on Friday, and stormy.  Clear with a good frost on Sunday morning, and didn't warm up all that much.  Frosty again this morning.  Temperatures forecast to rocket back up into the mid-70s for most of the week, then drop to vaguely seasonal levels by the weekend. 

As of about 10 years ago I don't think we'd ever seen temperatures in the 70s during the winter months.  Now they're becoming more the norm than frost.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 13, 2021, 09:53:39 AM
And, thankfully, no issues from the tornadoes, it sounds like.

Good news at least in that direction.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 17, 2021, 09:16:01 PM
25cm of snow (about 2cm down now). It's a lot for a place that doesn't see more than, like, 5cm normally, and that in February. Just took the car down our (I shit you not) 80-degree driveway, and was glad for the snow tires.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 18, 2021, 07:46:26 AM
They're calling snow-ow-ow-ow-----ow-ow-ow (imagine Jeanette 'n' Eddie)...

...but so far, nada.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lilyb on December 18, 2021, 08:03:44 AM
A string of 60 degree and sunny days here. Living in a city that's always a frontrunner for the Golden Snow Globe contest (snowiest city in US), I should be grateful.

But this is so UNNATURAL. Global warming is feeling very real.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 18, 2021, 08:11:28 AM
Quote from: lilyb on December 18, 2021, 08:03:44 AM
A string of 60 degree and sunny days here. Living in a city that's always a frontrunner for the Golden Snow Globe contest (snowiest city in US), I should be grateful.

But this is so UNNATURAL. Global warming is feeling very real.

I know what you mean.  Where we live white Christmases have historically been very rare.  I've seen two in half a century.  But until about a decade ago it was at least normally chilly around Christmas.  The extended forecast is now calling for highs in the mid-70s on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  We'll almost certainly never see a white Christmas again here.  Maybe never even a cool and cozy one.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 18, 2021, 08:22:49 AM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on December 17, 2021, 09:16:01 PM
25cm of snow (about 2cm down now). It's a lot for a place that doesn't see more than, like, 5cm normally, and that in February. Just took the car down our (I shit you not) 80-degree driveway, and was glad for the snow tires.

Lies: it's freezing rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 18, 2021, 08:46:01 AM
It's a gray day that looks like rain, but apparently we may have snow tonight! We have gotten one or two very, very minimal snowfalls each year, so we'll see. 

Parasaurolophus, I feel you on the driveway.  Ours is also quite steep, which is why I am so glad not to really get snow or freezing rain here! I can't even imagine trying to navigate that.  Be careful out there!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 18, 2021, 02:45:47 PM
I haven't been out today (presentations online indoors) but a friend just said we've got the slushy-sidewalk-blues, too.

I had heard here on Sunday that it was coming--starting to think this guy might be kind of good...

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1kW8dtvqnY

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 20, 2021, 08:36:21 AM
Hypothermia alert activated last night.
Got a x-large Hershey's hot chocolate at the local gas station on my way to the library--great for a cold and frosty morning!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 20, 2021, 09:32:10 AM
kk-k-k-c-c-c-cooooollllllddddd....

It was 18 F when I awoke, it's 'gone up' (?) to 28 F now. ('Up'? that's a crawl in a diagonally miniscule direction in my book...)

Humph.

M. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 21, 2021, 07:20:48 AM
Our extended forecast just keeps climbing.  Today was chilly, but we're looking at highs in the upper 70s and low 80s for the next week.  They're now forecasting 80 degrees on Christmas day.  Not the end of the world, but a pretty good indication that we can see it from here.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 21, 2021, 07:56:24 AM
Still kkkooolllddd....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on December 21, 2021, 08:59:16 AM
We have drizzle at around 42 degrees F.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 22, 2021, 06:15:03 AM
The temperature swings just keep getting more violent.  This morning we had a borderline frost.  The Christmas Day forecast is now up to 82. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on December 22, 2021, 06:19:56 AM
Sunny and sort of normal high temps.  A plant that was a gift (and too big to bring in) and should long ago have been done in by frost is still going strong; the frosts have been mild and few.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on December 23, 2021, 05:58:00 AM
Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on December 21, 2021, 08:59:16 AM
We have drizzle at around 42 degrees F.

Hello neighbor.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 23, 2021, 11:42:40 AM
30 degrees F, sunny.

It was too cold to go out this AM and walk or run errands, so those were delayed until tomorrow...

Except now (it really didn't say this before) tomorrow AM will be colder and drizzly...

Or so they say.

M. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 23, 2021, 12:45:33 PM
Hypothermia Alert activated for tonight.
Got Christmas Blend coffee from Starbucks before driving to the library.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 27, 2021, 07:27:01 AM
Warm, muggy, and occasionally rainy through the end of the week (and year).  On Sunday it is supposed to plummet to near-seasonal temperatures.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 27, 2021, 02:11:24 PM
The weather says it's bitterly cold, but for me this is a pretty normal winter day. A few degrees on the warm side, really.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on December 30, 2021, 09:44:52 AM
We had another 10cm of snow overnight. I think this must be the most snow I've seen since I moved here in 2017.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 30, 2021, 10:25:58 AM
It has gone from unseasonably warm to downright hot here now.  All sorts of records being set this month.  Looks like the sudden plunge at the very end of the week may be accompanied by storms.  We're hoping they aren't too destructive.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 30, 2021, 10:28:56 AM
Rainy and raw
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 30, 2021, 10:42:02 AM
It's chilly, and we're supposed to get an unusual amount of rain overnight and tomorrow.  Should be interesting! Hopefully not too interesting, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on December 30, 2021, 03:47:06 PM
82 and sunny today, with forecast for similar weather this weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 30, 2021, 04:13:54 PM
In the 30s, dry, and I seem to have lost my "Under 50 degrees, stay home" mantra somewhere along the way.

So have the 10 wood ducks, two herons, 20 ducks, 50 geese, and 100 hundred (or so) sparrows I encountered on my riparene walk this AM.

Oh, and the hawk.

So many pictures, so little time...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on December 31, 2021, 04:39:24 PM
New Year's Eve!
Temperature tied a high temperate record.  Tomorrow will have heat indexes in the 90s.  But Monday will have freeze warnings!!

So I would say that my weather is 'CHANGING'
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on December 31, 2021, 04:45:58 PM
I'm fine, was out again this AM, chilly but comfortable once well-bundled.

But I'm thinking of those in Colorado whose homes were lost in the recent fires, swept along by high-level winds.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on January 01, 2022, 09:34:18 AM
Warm with light rain. Lovely campfire last night with some slight mist.  Has been grey for several days though and I'll be glad to see the sun even though the price will be plummeting temps. Actually got an insect bite on a hike on Thursday. We do need our customary freezes
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 01, 2022, 07:26:21 PM
Rained here most of the day with more overnight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 02, 2022, 06:43:43 PM
It rained all day and night yesterday, and now we're expecting snow tomorrow, with the highs 25 degrees colder than today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 02, 2022, 06:49:53 PM
The rain, it freezes. The snow, it ices.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 03, 2022, 07:40:12 AM
We had a hot, sweltering New Year's Eve and Day.  Then on Sunday the bottom dropped out of the thermometer.  By evening it was in the upper 20s (very rare around here), and got lower still overnight.  We had snow flurries.  The previous day's rain (fortunately not too stormy) prevented any snow from sticking or freezing on the roads.  Since nobody has had a chance to become acclimated over the past month of spring- and summer-like weather, we're now all shivering.

But you know...it feels good to have January suddenly feeling like January again!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on January 03, 2022, 08:18:12 PM
It was 31 and clear today. Last night was windy, like when I lived in Kansas.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 15, 2022, 11:34:43 AM
Tsunami warning for the entire west coast secondary to the Tonga underwater volcanic eruption.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgeQvQooSA

Due earlier today (8-9 AM in PST) in its first impact, but the threat will continue throughout the day.

The coastlines from Alaska all the way south are affected.

The volcano is analyzed here:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B54HbfqDbK4

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on January 16, 2022, 06:47:21 AM
Snow now, wintry mix later, followed by 4-5 hours of freezing rain, then rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 16, 2022, 08:50:23 AM
Last night was down to 3 degrees F.

We were promised all kinds of falling stuff from the sky but none of it happened.

Fine by me.

All the faucets are dripping to prevent pipes freezing, and I put the thermometer up a tiny bit more to be sure....

Another inside day!!!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on January 16, 2022, 10:55:05 AM
It's snowing in the South, but it's not really sticking to the road.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 17, 2022, 09:03:03 PM
Quote from: mamselle on January 15, 2022, 11:34:43 AM
Tsunami warning for the entire west coast secondary to the Tonga underwater volcanic eruption.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgeQvQooSA

Due earlier today (8-9 AM in PST) in its first impact, but the threat will continue throughout the day.

The coastlines from Alaska all the way south are affected.

The volcano is analyzed here:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B54HbfqDbK4

M.

A second, more extensive explosion has sent a larger wave into the island of Tonga itself and has created much more serious effects than the first one did.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzDN-1Z9vqM

Those in other places, especially in Australian, cannot contact most of their family members because the cable tying them to the communications grid was ruptured in the explosion:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ntHnoESXA

The sonic boom was heard in Alaska; the transmission waves have reached sensors in the NE coast of North America.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on January 18, 2022, 07:27:59 AM
I cannot wait until winter is over. The older I get, the more I understand why senior colleagues retire in Mexico.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 18, 2022, 07:33:28 AM
We had the lightest of dustings of snow first thing on Sunday.  It had vanished by evening.

Today it will be in the 60s, tomorrow it is forecast to touch 70.  Then on Thursday the high will only be in the 30s, and chilly temperatures for at least the next few days.  I plan to put on a batch of stew on Thursday. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 18, 2022, 03:41:22 PM
Quote from: mamselle on January 17, 2022, 09:03:03 PM
Quote from: mamselle on January 15, 2022, 11:34:43 AM
Tsunami warning for the entire west coast secondary to the Tonga underwater volcanic eruption.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgeQvQooSA

Due earlier today (8-9 AM in PST) in its first impact, but the threat will continue throughout the day.

The coastlines from Alaska all the way south are affected.

The volcano is analyzed here:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B54HbfqDbK4

M.

A second, more extensive explosion has sent a larger wave into the island of Tonga itself and has created much more serious effects than the first one did.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzDN-1Z9vqM

Those in other places, especially in Australian, cannot contact most of their family members because the cable tying them to the communications grid was ruptured in the explosion:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ntHnoESXA

The sonic boom was heard in Alaska; the transmission waves have reached sensors in the NE coast of North America.

M.

New and unfolding information: this is a reliable channel with global reportage:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIpSgWdId4w

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 20, 2022, 07:15:34 AM
Clear and sunny, but it actually feels like winter outside!  Now looking forward to coming home this evening and having a slow batch of stew waiting for me.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 20, 2022, 10:51:23 AM
Warmer, above freezing, anyway.

I finally 5urned of the dripping taps, although they may have to go back on tonight.

We were also promised snow, but I don't see any...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on January 20, 2022, 04:45:34 PM
we MIGHT have sleet tonight and MAY have a short episode of freezing rain. 

My bride has gone to her parents' house for the evening.  I THOUGHT that they had a gas fireplace, but this afternoon, was informed (round about) that it may not be working.  So there was no real reason for her to go, except that she reported that her parents were very excited that she was going to have a sleep over there, so she was stuck going!!

I doubt that I will lose power, but if THEY lose power, it would be easier for her to help them... she would feel better! 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 21, 2022, 07:49:28 AM
Still feeling like winter for a change.  It was actually colder last night than it normally gets.  Which made having to rush out into the night to deal with an after-hours emergency at work all the chillier.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 21, 2022, 08:10:14 AM
Cold, still, here, I think.

If 10 degrees is any indication, that is.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 21, 2022, 01:30:45 PM
Brr, cold! Cold Emergency Alert on for DC tonight.  It's likely to be on for the weekend with the low temps.

This morning, I had a x-large spice chai flavor tea from a local gas station for my commute to the library.  The temp in my car dropped quick as I left the garage from home!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 28, 2022, 08:55:34 AM
We're getting Blizzard Warnings for tomorrow.

We'll see...it's about the right time for it, but they often over-predict, erring on the side of caution.

I had to do errands yesterday, so I did my usual 3-weeks shopping, just to be on the safe side.

And I have plenty to do inside, so no issues there.

On va voir.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on January 28, 2022, 09:25:29 AM
Forecast here for between 4 and 9 inches. We've had 2 previous similar forecasts this month that resulted in only nuisance stuff.  Lovely little snow drizzle ( too little to qualify as showers). 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 28, 2022, 09:52:00 AM
From the National Weather Service:
Quote
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 9
inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. Near blizzard
conditions are possible for a period on Saturday.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey, southern Connecticut
and southeast New York.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will become be very difficult. Gusty winds
could bring down tree branches.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 29, 2022, 03:52:32 AM
Well, not much blizzard to see so far.

At 11.30, there was a 1-snowflake-deep dusting on the sidewalks.

Tiny. I wouldn't have said coming down very fast.

Now, 7 hours later, there's maybe an inch of snow.

I can still see grass through the powdered berm.

Nothing to see here, folks--move along...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on January 29, 2022, 07:56:00 AM
Cold, windy, and snowy here. A good day for online shopping and reading for an article I'm revising.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on January 29, 2022, 08:09:47 AM
Quote from: mamselle on January 29, 2022, 03:52:32 AM
Well, not much blizzard to see so far.

At 11.30, there was a 1-snowflake-deep dusting on the sidewalks.

Tiny. I wouldn't have said coming down very fast.

Now, 7 hours later, there's maybe an inch of snow.

I can still see grass through the powdered berm.

Nothing to see here, folks--move along...

M.

I think you were a tad premature on this one ;-)

Did a first round of shoveling during a lull in the wind. Got back in just in time as it is now blowing snow sideways. It has already started filling back in with falling and drifting snow, but I'm sticking with the approach of shoveling every few hours in hopes it will keep each round at least somewhat manageable. Most critically, I shoveled a path to the hot tub!

Thankfully it is cold enough that the snow is fairly powdery. Almost like being back in Colorado so I'm enjoying it-- hope to get out on my x-country skis tomorrow!

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on January 29, 2022, 10:27:42 AM
Visibility here is essentially zero, and the snow piled against my door is at least a deep.  At least it is staying cold so it won't be clearing slush.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on January 29, 2022, 10:41:21 AM
Still a bit of a blizzard here on Long Island.  All the palms look nonplussed.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on January 29, 2022, 10:52:44 AM
I just reread my own post.  "At least A FOOT deep" would've made more sense.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 29, 2022, 07:26:19 PM
I guess location does matter...still only 8" max here (just looked out the door, and checked the listings of nearby areas).

Further out, not even much further out, it's clearly more.

It's been blowing, not snowing...and now it's even stopped doing that, it seems.

Still cold, though. Just went "up" to 12 degrees...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on January 30, 2022, 05:55:32 PM
We got about 8 inches in my part of metro Philly.  Temps down to 10* last night I think but it will be a balmy 46* on Wednesday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 30, 2022, 10:04:17 PM
We finally maxed out at a foot, but it's mostly been cleared by now.

Schools re-open tomorrow, or that's the word at the moment...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on January 31, 2022, 06:00:26 AM
Hmmm....

I don't recall ever waking up to a temperature reading that said '1 degree' (outside) before...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on January 31, 2022, 10:26:30 AM
After a very mild winter so far, it looks like we're going to get nailed: rain Tuesday, turning to freezing rain and sleet, then snow Wednesday and Thursday. This morning the forecast was calling for 1/4" of freezing rain, 1" of sleet, and 6-12" of snow.

I'm ready for spring.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on January 31, 2022, 11:42:35 AM
We had to go "shopping" in my trunk to find ice scrapers, blankets, etc. for my husband's and daughter's vehicles.  I had a bunch of it from living in a place in which I would all too often leave work to find my car covered.  Folks here just are not used to this kind of weather, I guess! I'm glad to have had some spares, though it's a little weird to have to haul them out now after several years in this region.  If we ever get any kind of significant snowfall, there will be trouble.  We should probably stock up on some other tools, just in case.  Now if I could only convince my daughter to wear a coat when she leaves the house, or at least to take one with her.  I offered a lightweight down jacket, but the hot pink color doesn't really mesh with the grunge/goth look she is currently into.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on February 06, 2022, 04:51:54 AM
7 degrees this AM.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on March 09, 2022, 02:08:40 PM
Snowing. Big thick flakes frosting the trees and coating the ground. Beautiful but would be way more beautiful in December. In March I'm just ready for it to be spring already.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 09, 2022, 04:08:03 PM
I took a walk this AM and was having fun finding bits of snow piled in odd places, in contrast with everything else that was green and open, where it had melted.

Short-lived, apparently...

We don't get spring until June around here...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on March 10, 2022, 07:02:50 AM
Spring must be here.  The weeds are sprouting and some have even begun to flower.  It wont be long (days, probably not weeks) until all of the things that cause me misery will begin to do what they do!  (in other words, soon, my car will be covered in the yellow remnants of tree sex!) 
ON the other hand, though we begin Spring Break, we will be in the 30s this weekend, so no pool days here (not that I have a pool!) 

The weeds in my back yard are already sufficiently high that I may need to mow this week.  The front yard weeds are sprouting and spreading and I think that I saw the beginnings of the little purple flowers that mean that I will need to spend a few hours next week pulling them.  (I made the mistake 3 years ago of waiting and trying to mow them, but they had already sprouted and matured enough seeds that I have been fighting to get rid of the seed progeny that benefited from my mistake).   
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on March 10, 2022, 07:51:45 AM
Hot cold rain sun wind hot cold rain sun wind...

Tulips are up!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 10, 2022, 07:54:05 AM
Yesterday's snow has begun to melt, but not enough that I felt like walking in the slushy, icy mess.

Time enough to run errands and get a nicer, longer walk tomorrow, since temps are supposed to be higher all day today, and just might have melted the sidewalks dry by then.

Ten more minutes in bed for the errands, an hour for the walk--I'll take it.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on March 11, 2022, 12:17:43 PM
I just found out from a community FB page that it snowed here today.  Hmm! I guess we slept in too long and missed it.  It was very gray and rainy this morning.  My weather app told me yesterday that it would be significantly cooler here today with a high of 13! I knew it was supposed to dip below freezing, but still.  Then I noticed it was in Celsius.  I have no idea why it suddenly decided to send that notification in C instead of F.  13F would have been quite something for this region.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 11, 2022, 02:55:28 PM
Excellent walking weather, most enjoyable. All paths and sidewalks clean and the ducks, geese, and swans were playing tag (well, the male ducks were, anyway...)

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on March 11, 2022, 04:02:58 PM
Saturday rain and following snowbits make the weekend one to lie low.  I anticipate no shovel work.  On the other hand...  There will be the loss of an hour.  Sigh.

I had the failure of a very old popcorn popper this week; I then had an Amazon replacement on the stoop today.  Yet to unpack.  But this is Friday, with cirrus harbingers veiling the sky (post sunset), so unboxing will wait for dawn's light (or lack).

Tax paper is ready for the accountant. 

I have a jar of Orville Riedenbacher (and I've found it sub-par) at hand.  And bacon grease, which I use instead of butter.  Don't tell my cardiologist--but, "butter" or "bacon grease" really dwell in the same antechambers of cardio-hell.  Arcades ambo.


Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on March 12, 2022, 06:45:00 AM
It's about 31 deg. F, very windy (15-25 mph and gusts up to 45 mph!) and I do believe I saw some snow flurries this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 12, 2022, 08:47:47 AM
Last night, before going to bed, I looked out the door and it was raining.

This AM, it's 43 with scattered showers.

Ho-hum, I'm inside all day with tea, toast, and editing/writing to do.

Not a bad combination.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 12, 2022, 11:12:03 AM
It's snowing here!  Not unusual in March though:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/03/winter-weather-brings-blizzard-like-conditions-winter-advisory-to-d-c-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/03/winter-weather-brings-blizzard-like-conditions-winter-advisory-to-d-c-area/)
I had to drive slower going to the library this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 14, 2022, 09:25:25 AM
March snow is almost unheard of in our state.  My parents are still talking about the time it snowed when they brought me home after my birthday.  Now we've had a March snow again.  I had planned to drive to the state capital to take care of some business on Friday, and then, instead of returning home, go to my parents' house and spend the weekend with them.  Extended forecast had called for snow to start that afternoon.  The forecast the day before revised that to mere rain.  Snow did seem most unlikely, given the high temps we'd had only a day or two before. 

So I went to the state capital as planned.  Just as the extended forecast had originally predicted--and in defiance of three forecasts I consulted the day before--it started snowing.  I had just started my drive out.  A drive that would normally have taken under two hours took at least three.  Lots of harrowing start-and-go traffic.  I saw somebody skid and rear-end another vehicle in a neighboring lane shortly after it started.  Otherwise the roads were so warm that they were generally clear.  I was amazed to see not a single vehicle stopped or wrecked by the roadside on the whole drive home.  The woods along the highway turned into a winter wonderland right before my eyes as I drove--not that I could spare many glances from the road itself.

A library staff member whom I'd sent to a conference nearby and another staff member's husband who was in the city on a doctor's visit both took off at about the same time.  They each took four hours to cover what would normally have taken under three.

The next morning my parents' house was surrounded by beautiful snow-draped trees.  By noon there were only dwindling patches of snow in shady spots.  Then Sunday was a fantastic spring day.  The March weather here has always been notoriously changeable, but March's moods are getting more extreme than ever.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on March 18, 2022, 10:33:52 AM
It just keeps raining....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 18, 2022, 11:20:08 AM
Now? It's 72 F outside.

Yesterday, it was the reverse of that.

So it goes...!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on March 18, 2022, 11:56:42 AM
It is dry here (not just a lack of rain, but low humidity), we have higher winds and burn bans about.

The ground is dry!  I am working to replant some grass that was eaten by bugs last year.  There are plently of weeds, but the ground is so clay hard, that the hoe does not sink in, but it just scrapes the weed tops all the way to the dirt! 

Today I will get a weedeater out and just scalp the rest of it.  IF it were wetter (muddier) that would not work, but this is the time to take advantage of the situation and use the power tools!

After this, I will put down the grub deterrent, add a mix of top soil and potting soil and then either plant grass seeds or if I find any, get some grass squares/sod from the Home Despot/Lowes or a garden center, but it may be too early just yet for grass squares. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 18, 2022, 12:12:42 PM
Not sure if it works everywhere, but one person I know of with a back-garden farm in AZ uses diatomaceous earth covered by bark mulch to get rid of insects in their soil.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 18, 2022, 12:37:00 PM
We had the heaviest rain last night that we've had in months.  This morning I saw water pouring over the spillway at the city park for the first time in probably more than a year.  And it came without power outages or destructive winds, which is increasingly something you can't take for granted with rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 22, 2022, 06:37:41 PM
Warm enough to be outside without a coat!  :)

It's cherry blossom season at the Tidal Basin:
https://wtop.com/gallery/national-cherry-blossom-festival/photos-cherry-blossoms-2022/ (https://wtop.com/gallery/national-cherry-blossom-festival/photos-cherry-blossoms-2022/)
Enjoy!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 22, 2022, 06:41:23 PM
Yo-yo-ing again.

Might be warm enough to walk in tomorrow AM.

Then again, maybe not.

I'll see what it looks like when I get up....

---ETA:

Whoa. It looks worse in NOLA.

Tornado appears to be on the ground going through the city...

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UisjbMack6k

This is an amazing job of reporting in the midst of the storm.

Also here:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzO46XARInE

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 23, 2022, 10:59:58 AM
I hope no-one here was affected by the bands of tornados going through LA, TX, and Miss. last night.

Impressive follow-up coverage on the New Orleans storms here:

   https://youtu.be/GQVXTHC8jVY

So far, an EF3 with no deaths or serious injuries--people had safe spaces and went into them--some in a matter of minutes.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 23, 2022, 12:49:44 PM
This round of storms passed through our neighboring states while staying to the south of us.  We got three inches or more of rain, with no high winds and not too terrible much thunder and lightning.  The rains weren't as heavy has projected, so I don't think we had any flash flooding.  We really needed the rain.  Still trying to find more than the most fragmentary news regarding those who were struck by severe weather elsewhere.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 23, 2022, 01:04:45 PM
Quote from: apl68 on March 23, 2022, 12:49:44 PM
This round of storms passed through our neighboring states while staying to the south of us.  We got three inches or more of rain, with no high winds and not too terrible much thunder and lightning.  The rains weren't as heavy has projected, so I don't think we had any flash flooding.  We really needed the rain.  Still trying to find more than the most fragmentary news regarding those who were struck by severe weather elsewhere.

Re: finding news on the storms; in the first citation above, the weathercaster was actually in the midst of her broadcast when she recognized the signs in her maps that a tornado had formed and was moving through. She and her tech support person were working those maps to within named street blocks, telling people where the danger was, what areas to stay away from, and warning those in their homes to go to their safe zones immediately.

I would guess that channel might be one to follow, they were on top of it from the beginning.

She deserves some kind of award; her quick thinking (while appalled at what she was seeing and having to recover herself a couple of times mid-sentence) probably saved lives. I sat there, watching it unfold--I'd just happened on the channel in that moment--stunned and amazed.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on March 27, 2022, 08:44:34 AM
After a tantalizingly nice day midweek it is cloudy, windy, and chilly. We could use a bit more sun.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 27, 2022, 08:52:15 AM
I hear it's snowing north of the border, but here it's actually rather calm, warm-ish, and dry.

Odd to have spring weather in March here....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 30, 2022, 12:07:30 PM
Quite fierce thunderstorms, with a tornado watch.  Not too unusual in March here.  A tornado struck elsewhere in the state this morning and seriously injured a couple of people.  So far our power lines have held up.

We needed the rain.  We've had such a dry winter that we had an outdoor burn ban in February.  Only a few years ago people were talking about how unprecedented it was to have a burn ban in March!  A few weeks ago we had a brush fire very close to town that scorched about 80 acres.  In our state that's rare even in the summer.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on March 30, 2022, 12:28:50 PM
March isnt even over, and we will hit 92 today! 
we have had wind warnings for the last 2 days!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on March 30, 2022, 03:07:41 PM
Back to the 20s this AM...up to 49 right now, and it might get a bit warmer by tomorrow....

The usual, in other words.

Don't like the weather?

Wait a minute...

M.   
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on March 31, 2022, 06:40:10 AM
When I left the house this AM, it was 70 and raining, with a wind advisory for gusts upwards of 50 mph. It's meant to snow tonight and tomorrow. Yep. All the seasons in the span of a day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: D@mnD@n1el on March 31, 2022, 08:55:31 AM
Right now it is 55 degrees fahrenheit, the precipitation is 3%, the humidity is 85%, and the wind is 1 mph.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 01, 2022, 02:29:19 PM
Wild weather last night. There was a tornado confirmed too:
https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/04/tornado-touched-down-in-tysons-corner-on-thursday-nws-says/ (https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/04/tornado-touched-down-in-tysons-corner-on-thursday-nws-says/)
Posted on WTOP Radio 4/1/22
Lots of down trees and wires around the DC area too.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 11, 2022, 07:46:46 AM
In a grey overcast
A ragged hole of blue sky
Look!  The sun peeped through
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 12, 2022, 07:04:20 PM
It was beautiful today! It was in the high 70s and we'll get a repeat tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on April 12, 2022, 07:08:25 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on April 12, 2022, 07:04:20 PM
It was beautiful today! It was in the high 70s and we'll get a repeat tomorrow.

I love global warming [NoVa]! :-)

Cheers to hmaria.

[From you I learnt of the existence of WTOP. It's, like, news and information! No opinions. Very helpful.]
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on April 12, 2022, 07:57:17 PM
It mi-i-i-ight be getting warmer.

I co-o-o-o-uld desist from raining every AM  that I think I'll get to take a walk...

But I'm not counting on it until June, or whenever it happens--whichever comes first...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 13, 2022, 06:55:42 AM
More or less seasonable temperatures (on the high end of the seasonable range), and lots of rain and thunder and lightning overnight.  A brief power outage seems to have knocked out our HVAC chiller once again, the day after we had yet another expensive service call to get it running.  The worst storms are predicted to come this afternoon.  People are nervous.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Morden on April 13, 2022, 07:30:13 AM
A couple days ago it was very nice (say 64F); now it is 14F. Oh well.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 13, 2022, 09:46:59 AM
I've heard a rumor that our local schools are letting out early because of the weather.  According to their web site, they will allow parents to come get individual children early, and might possibly have to board the buses late if bad weather hits at closing time.  About par for the course for the grapevine, I guess.

A staff member who is normally off-duty on Wednesdays, but comes to pick up her paycheck, hasn't shown up.  I suspect she's afraid to get out.  She gets awfully fearful whenever there's the least hint of bad weather in the forecast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on April 13, 2022, 11:26:52 AM
It was supposed to be sunny today--I think it was sunny earlier today, but there's dense fog now with the sound of foghorns in the background.

ETA: Just saw the news about the tornado in Texas. Hope everyone in the area is safe.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on April 13, 2022, 11:59:05 AM
Yes, the meta-weather reports were forecasting seriously bad weather, for the, what, 3rd or 4th mid-week stint, running?

Stay safe, all.

It's 70, here, not sure how that happened. It'll go down to freezing tomorrow,  betcha.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 13, 2022, 02:10:21 PM
A repeat of yesterday. I went outside to get some vitamin D earlier.  Also I put up the sun shade in my car.
Quote from: dismalist on April 12, 2022, 07:08:25 PM
I love global warming [NoVa]! :-)

Cheers to hmaria.

[From you I learnt of the existence of WTOP. It's, like, news and information! No opinions. Very helpful.]
You're welcome! :) WTOP Radio is an Edward R. Murrow award winning radio station for regional news.  I have it on during my commutes to the library.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 13, 2022, 03:24:50 PM
Pouring down hard outside.  Just minutes before we're supposed to go home.  Looks like I'll have to hitch a ride.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on April 14, 2022, 09:27:22 PM
Within the space of 5 days: need gloves and jacket, 84* and humid, need jacket
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on April 16, 2022, 08:13:20 AM
76 now, with expected high of 88.  Humidity is in the air... So typical spring/early summer.

Hurricane season starts in 45 days or so.  Though, in the last few years the tropical systems have not been reading the calendar!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on April 16, 2022, 10:45:28 AM
60s here.

I ran errands eary, and had to carry my jacket home, it started out this AM in the upper 40s.

M.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 18, 2022, 07:21:08 AM
Lots of rain in recent days.  It's making up for some of the severe rain deficit we developed in the early part of the year.  We had a wet, gloomy, somewhat chilly Easter.  Glad that our region has escaped any destructive storms and flooding so far.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on April 18, 2022, 09:08:35 AM
Wet here, too; a cold front's going through. It's muddy (truly redly muddy, with puddles) in the backyard, but beautifully wetly green and full of scattered blossoms/petals in the side and front yards.

I've got a lot of sympathy for both the squirrels and the neighborhood cats who hunt them.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 18, 2022, 06:43:01 PM
Rain! It started this morning. Some parts of the area saw light snow earlier today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 20, 2022, 01:08:44 PM
Beautiful, though a bit cool, yesterday, chilly and rainy today.  Mostly recurring sprinkles, and not the downpours that have become our normal precipitation in recent years.  That we have so little mud and standing water around after the heavy rains of recent days is a testament to just how very dry we were in the first three months of the year.  The high tomorrow is supposed to be 20 degrees higher than it is today.

I saw an article in today's paper about how somebody in a different state reported fake tornado sightings in OUR state during a siege of bad weather the other day.  That would explain the tornado emergency in that region that turned out to yield no actual tornadoes.  The hoaxer apparently knew both weather terminology and the National Weather Service's volunteer reporting system well enough to make a very convincing hoax.  Now they're going to be skittish about trusting reports on that system for a while.  Great job of undermining trust in a useful warning system, Hoaxer!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on April 20, 2022, 01:17:23 PM
Cool but comfy, had a nice walk this AM!

The river was up quite a bit; apparently I slept through a storm the other evening...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on April 22, 2022, 10:57:19 AM
Warming up here (finally!)--low to mid 80s today, with wind tomorrow and showers Sunday.

It's been a cool, wet spring. No farming going on around here, or across the 50 miles of fields on my way to work--there's water standing in most of them.  Normally, corn planting would be about to wrap up in another week or so, but so far, most guys haven't even been able to plow or disc, let alone plant. The wheat fields look good, though.

You can't take the farm out of the girl. . .
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on April 23, 2022, 11:35:05 AM
Perfect.  Earth Day brought bright sun, cloudless sky, light breeze, mid-sixties (open windows!), and all the flowering trees were either in full flower or in fattening bud.  Today--despite some late afternoon overcast--like.  And yet, spring seems a bit "too early" from my recollections.  Climate change?  Let's worry about that tomorrow--as Scarlett said.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 06, 2022, 07:42:19 PM
A rainy start to the weekend:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/05/stormy-weather-kicks-off-mothers-day-weekend-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/05/stormy-weather-kicks-off-mothers-day-weekend-in-dc-area/)
A few places in the DC area have a flood warning too.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 08, 2022, 12:02:13 PM
While the rain has come and gone, flood warnings remain:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/05/dc-area-watches-and-warnings-remain-on-rainy-mothers-day-morning/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/05/dc-area-watches-and-warnings-remain-on-rainy-mothers-day-morning/)
I saw the river had overflowed its banks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 08, 2022, 05:01:41 PM
Fairly cool, chilly, a bit windy this AM.

Lots of birds about.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on May 20, 2022, 07:28:17 PM
Feeling like summer! We had a heat wave here in the metro DC area today:
https://wtop.com/weather/2022/05/dangerously-hot-and-humid-saturday-scorching-heat-to-sizzle-dc-area-this-weekend/ (https://wtop.com/weather/2022/05/dangerously-hot-and-humid-saturday-scorching-heat-to-sizzle-dc-area-this-weekend/)
As mentioned in the article, the Heat Emergency Alert is activated in DC for the weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 21, 2022, 06:05:44 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on May 20, 2022, 07:28:17 PM
Feeling like summer! We had a heat wave here in the metro DC area today:
https://wtop.com/weather/2022/05/dangerously-hot-and-humid-saturday-scorching-heat-to-sizzle-dc-area-this-weekend/ (https://wtop.com/weather/2022/05/dangerously-hot-and-humid-saturday-scorching-heat-to-sizzle-dc-area-this-weekend/)
As mentioned in the article, the Heat Emergency Alert is activated in DC for the weekend.

Temperatures nearing 90 are a heat wave?  Temperatures in the low 90s are fairly common here around this time of year, or at least have been in recent years.  What has had everybody startled was the highs in the mid-90s in the second week of May this year.  I had to turn my air on a week or more early!

I realize that 90 degrees with high humidity can be dangerous for some people.  It's just that such conditions have always been so normal where I live that I've grown up not thinking much about them.  It has only been in recent years that I've come to realize what an extreme climate my home region has.  We have no large bodies of water in the region, so we don't even get the sea breezes that they get in coastal Florida.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on May 22, 2022, 06:29:42 PM
I left my phone in the storage thingee that separates the two front seats of the car, during church today-- got out after service and fellowship luncheon after 4 hours, around 2pm.   Thermostat on dash read 101F, likely due to the open air sitting of car on hot asphalt.   Tried to use phone but warning message on screen said it was hot and as such had shut down apps-- could not make any non-emergency calls and could not open email.   Had to drive for about 10 miles, with a/c on, towards ocean, watching temperature drop noticeably (ocean is 20 miles south, and when I got there,  it was only 70), before phone and email worked again.   Is this normal?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on May 22, 2022, 06:34:25 PM
91 degrees and thunderstorm warnings here.

Yes, above certain temps, the circuits fry, so a sensor shuts them down.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 23, 2022, 07:41:41 AM
Now unseasonably cool here.  Yesterday the high was only in the mid-70s.  Today is supposed to be the same.  It was far into the 90s on Saturday.  We've also had some nice, slow, good-for-the-vegetation rain.  That sort of mild rain is becoming all too rare in this age of weather extremes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 01, 2022, 07:03:01 PM
Thunder and lightning in full force along with heavy rains.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 01, 2022, 07:41:53 PM
Day 2 for a Heat Emergency Alert in DC. It's been in the 90s.
It'll be cooler tomorrow though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 02, 2022, 08:29:51 AM
The rodeo is in town this week, so occasional brief showers are absolutely guaranteed.  We had one in the wee hours this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 02, 2022, 10:49:53 AM
Currently 89 degrees F, but it feels like 93 deg. F.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 02, 2022, 11:13:02 AM
Wow, we just got more than the usual annoying Rodeo Weeks showers.  We've had some frog-stranglers today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 02, 2022, 12:33:57 PM
You in Calaveras County?

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 02, 2022, 07:36:26 PM
Heavy thunderstorms and havoc this afternoon:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/wicked-weather-thunderstorms-likely-for-dc-could-be-severe/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/wicked-weather-thunderstorms-likely-for-dc-could-be-severe/)
Includes a video of the heavy rain.

Quote from: mamselle on June 02, 2022, 12:33:57 PM
You in Calaveras County?

M.
Haha! :D
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on June 02, 2022, 07:56:05 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 02, 2022, 07:36:26 PM
Heavy thunderstorms and havoc this afternoon:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/wicked-weather-thunderstorms-likely-for-dc-could-be-severe/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/wicked-weather-thunderstorms-likely-for-dc-could-be-severe/)
Includes a video of the heavy rain.


Surprisingly, I'm in the clear across the Potomac. Welcome to the most advanced third world country!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 03, 2022, 07:30:44 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 02, 2022, 07:36:26 PM
Heavy thunderstorms and havoc this afternoon:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/wicked-weather-thunderstorms-likely-for-dc-could-be-severe/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/wicked-weather-thunderstorms-likely-for-dc-could-be-severe/)
Includes a video of the heavy rain.

Quote from: mamselle on June 02, 2022, 12:33:57 PM
You in Calaveras County?

M.
Haha! :D

Some people here like to eat frogs, but I don't think they're into watching them in jumping contests.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 03, 2022, 09:21:27 AM
Ah, ce sont les francais....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 04, 2022, 12:37:48 PM
Quote from: dismalist on June 02, 2022, 07:56:05 PM
Surprisingly, I'm in the clear across the Potomac. Welcome to the most advanced third world country!
*Waves* Hey, neighbor!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on June 05, 2022, 06:02:43 AM
Lots of rain. The highway ramp nearby was covered in about a foot of water yesterday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Ruralguy on June 05, 2022, 06:41:10 AM
I drove up east coast yesterday,so take your pick! No snow, but everything else.m
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 06, 2022, 07:24:30 AM
Just checked the extended forecast.  It calls for partly cloudy skies and highs of 93 degrees for the next five days in a row.  Entirely plausible weather for this region, but it would be remarkable to have it be that consistent for five whole days.  We'll see.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on June 06, 2022, 04:40:26 PM
Hot, hotter, hottest. Over 100 the last time I looked, with the same expected for rest of week. The pool was bath water warm by mid-afternoon.

We need rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 06, 2022, 05:14:00 PM
Quote from: Vkw10 on June 06, 2022, 04:40:26 PM
Hot, hotter, hottest. Over 100 the last time I looked, with the same expected for rest of week. The pool was bath water warm by mid-afternoon.

We need rain.

I am with you.  We are also in the 100+ for the rest of the forecast (until next Weds).  And I think we've gotten less than an inch of precipitation this year.  I hope we both get some rain and cooler temps! We are getting our larger HVAC unit replaced next week (unfortunately on our bedroom side), and I really hope it only takes one full day and doesn't spill over into the second, but at least we have the smaller one to help out since that one was already replaced.  Sorry that even the pool is probably not much relief! We don't have one, but I'm certainly thankful for the A/C and hope the larger one holds out.  It has been icing over in the mornings again, but we've checked the usual culprits, so I guess we just have to wait until next week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on June 07, 2022, 10:23:18 AM
Sympathy for those with the high temps, which we had last week. Since then we've been low to mid 80s with low humidity.  The humidity part is about to change, but this has been bluebird sky weather.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 07, 2022, 10:45:10 AM
We're supposed to have scattered thunderstorms, around 7pm. Right now, it's mild and overcast. Tomorrow we may have 'small' hail and scattered thunderstorms. :(
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on June 08, 2022, 03:28:58 AM
Our lovely warm sun has disappeared, and it's cool and rainy today. I wish I could send it over to you folks sweltering in the heat.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 08, 2022, 11:32:14 AM
Quote from: ergative on June 08, 2022, 03:28:58 AM
Our lovely warm sun has disappeared, and it's cool and rainy today. I wish I could send it over to you folks sweltering in the heat.

Thank you, though I'm sorry your nice sunshine is gone for now!

I was made aware last night that actually the unit that the HVAC people ordered months ago shipped last Friday, but if it doesn't get here by this Friday then we miss the installation appointment and who knows when the next one will be (weeks, at least).  I am trying not to lose my mind about this.  Can't someone (hint hint, HVAC place) check the freaking tracking to see where it is?! Couldn't we have had the option of expedited shipping? We're already paying college tuition at a good school for these units, so who cares at this point! I guess it will all just be a surprise.  I love this area, but we are considering moving (interthreaduality!), and I will definitely be taking weather/utilities/infrastructure into account.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 08, 2022, 12:56:30 PM
This guy seems articulate and reliable:

   https://youtu.be/_H_YUc6SYMc

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on June 08, 2022, 06:54:40 PM
Thunderstorms on the way.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 08, 2022, 07:17:08 PM
Flash flood warnings overnight in parts of Maryland along with flood watches in DC and VA:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/thunderstorms-possible-this-afternoon-flood-watch-for-parts-of-virginia/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/thunderstorms-possible-this-afternoon-flood-watch-for-parts-of-virginia/)
We had some rain here earlier this evening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on June 08, 2022, 07:31:45 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 08, 2022, 07:17:08 PM
Flash flood warnings overnight in parts of Maryland along with flood watches in DC and VA:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/thunderstorms-possible-this-afternoon-flood-watch-for-parts-of-virginia/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/06/thunderstorms-possible-this-afternoon-flood-watch-for-parts-of-virginia/)
We had some rain here earlier this evening.

Am still on the correct, non storm, side of the Potomac, neighbor! :-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 09, 2022, 07:15:13 AM
Short but heavy shower late yesterday afternoon.  When it started looking rainy we joked that our mowing contractor would probably show up, since they tend to get out there just before a rain strikes.  And would you believe they did show up, sure enough!

Possible thunderstorms in the forecast for tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 10, 2022, 06:59:35 AM
Storming now.  Looks like it's going to kill attendance at our first summer story time scheduled for this morning.  Maybe it will have cleared in time for the one we have scheduled for this afternoon.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 10, 2022, 07:12:53 AM
Sorry to hear that.

(Do you give them a rain check?)

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 10, 2022, 07:27:10 AM
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest comer.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays:
Whether we look, or whether we listen,
We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;

etc.

--James Russell Lowell

[Today is perfection]
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 10, 2022, 08:51:07 AM
It's beautiful here, too...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 10, 2022, 10:14:07 AM
We have downed power lines and outages in town due to this morning's storm.  There's a street partially blocked across the road from the library right now.  Fortunately we haven't so far lost power at work.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 10, 2022, 11:05:42 AM
I was hearing about tornados further north and east, hope they didn't affect You!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 10, 2022, 03:10:09 PM
The whole neighborhood across the road--which includes my own house--is blacked out.  A tree fell squarely across a power line and tore down lines and poles for blocks up and down the street.  I walked over there at lunch and again a little while ago during a break, and have yet to see the first sign of any work being done to restore power in the neighborhood.  I assume that line crews are working hard somewhere.  Elsewhere in town there have been outages here and there which have largely been restored. 

I have a worrying feeling that our neighborhood is being saved for last due to triage rules that leave the worst-afflicted areas for last.  I have almost no hope at all that we'll see power restored until sometime tomorrow.  If it's even then!  It shouldn't be too hot to sleep this evening, but over the weekend we're supposed to see our first heat advisories of the summer.

I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy a home generator.  We've been losing power for a day or more due to storms at least once a year for years now.  The storms have just gotten to be that bad.  It's as if some of the curse that lies over our neighboring state to the south has bled over the line.  At least we aren't getting annual hurricanes like they have now.

At least there have been no reports of tornadoes or loss of life around the state from this latest batch of storms.  And the library has come through fine, although the limb debris blown across our yard gives our Chamber of Commerce "Business Yard of the Month" sign a somewhat ironic look.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on June 11, 2022, 08:01:58 AM
record highs expected.  no rain for a while. None expected.  Drought conditions are around, and water restrictions are on the horizon as the city's water sources near 40% capacity.
African dust in the gulf is restricting any tropical rains.

Electric companies are urging power conservation or blackouts could result. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 11, 2022, 08:48:39 AM
I hope your electricity comes back on, apl68, and that yours stays on, clean! We have considered getting a generator as well.  We don't lose power as often or for as long as we used on on the east coast (knock on wood), but it can be pretty rough when we do given how hot it gets.

Speaking of heat, I regret to announce that apparently the HVAC unit got to our state, traveled down the highway past my house, and kept going another 6 or so hours, missing the delivery window for installation on Monday.  So, no installation until two weeks from now.  I am really, really hoping the current unit holds up! Highs should be right around 100, so fingers crossed.  I don't know what level of incompetence or just plain malice has led to this "mistake," but I am unhappy. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 11, 2022, 09:36:25 AM
Makes one wish it were possible to stand out along the berm with a signal flag, yelling, "This way!!! My AC unit goes here!!!"

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 11, 2022, 10:34:29 AM
Mamselle, had I known it was going to pass right by, I would have stood in the middle of the highway and taken my chances.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 12, 2022, 08:15:15 AM
ab_grp, this is the height of incompetence. Surely truck drivers know how to use their navigation devices. I can see how someone can take a wrong turn, but to keep driving for another six hours sounds insane. I hope someone listened to your complaints and assured you that the unit would be delivered and installed without further hassles or delays.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 12, 2022, 08:43:59 AM
Thanks, Langue_doc.  I am not sure what the deal is, whether they did stop here in my city but "forgot" to drop the unit off, or didn't stop at all, or got lost, or got abducted by aliens.  Given how ridiculous the delivery "mistake" is, my husband thinks it's possible that the HVAC service company is lying because they overscheduled and can't do the installation when they had planned, so they are blaming it on the unit not being delivered in time by the manufacturers.  Of course, we don't get access to any of the ordering or shipping info, so who knows.  We should have gotten this done during the winter when it wouldn't be as big a deal to be held hostage.  Of course, we needed heat, too, and this unit does both.  Can't win.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 12, 2022, 12:11:22 PM
It's also possible the delivery has to go through a receiving facility first.

One place I worked, we had a weird out-of-town site for the last step in the FEDEX chain of facilities.

I think we ended up having the thing addressed to someone who lived nearby, and had them pick it up and bring it in a couple times when time was short.

For stuff like DNA material it was a pain because it had to stay temperature controlled, etc., and we didn't trust one of the drivers to remember to bring it out right away, so we'd pick it up then, too.

It was tricky showing chain-of-handling proof in those cases, but getting the material and being able to work with it meant we had to.

Such fun....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 13, 2022, 07:55:12 AM
The line crews worked for twelve hours straight trying to rebuild our neighborhood's power grid on Saturday.  I was just resigning myself to another night in the dark when the power came on unexpectedly around 9:30 in the evening.  The next morning, I went for a bicycle ride before church and heard generators still running on several streets in the area.  Everybody had been restored by that evening. 

I saw where one house on the next street over had a big fallen tree lying parallel to the front of it, all along the front, only a couple of feet from the front door.  What a close call!  I've heard a rumor of a tree falling on a house somewhere in the area, but haven't had confirmation.  No reports of anybody being hurt in the storm.

Today, the first summer heat wave has arrived!  Mid-upper 90s are  forecast, which with our humidity means heat index temperatures of well over 100.  Pretty ordinary summer weather here.  I just spent half an hour out in the sun discussing work to revive our library flower beds with our contractor.  I came in almost soaked, and I wasn't the one doing the heavy work!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 15, 2022, 08:11:18 AM
Mamselle, that is interesting.  Can't it just go through any FedEx facility? We have plenty around here that receive stuff.

Apl68, falling trees are so unpredictable.  I'm glad no one got hurt.  During superstorm Sandy, our neighbor got lucky with two huge pine (or some such) trees both falling and both missing his house, landing crisscrossed by it, which has to be a miracle.  I guess that's hard to picture from my poor description.  And I don't envy you the humidity or miss that at all.  Hope you can stay cool.

I just wanted to update that the HVAC arrived in town over the weekend as you might expect.  Despite this, they could not install it in the M/T window that we scheduled around.  They offered W(today)/Th.  Somehow, T/W would not have worked.  So, my husband rescheduled an important work activity that he was supposed to do today, but in any event... they are here! They are dismantling the old unit, then need to go get some part made at a part making place nearby, then they will put the new one in.  Whether they will finish today or not, I don't know.  I don't know if they will even work all day.  The other unit was on the south side of the house, indoors in the mechanical room (except for the outside compressor or condenser or whatever that is).  This one is on the westish side of the house and outside in a utility closet, so it will be very hot in the sun for the afternoon, and it's a small space.  It's "only" supposed to get to 101 today.  We have cold water bottles in the fridge for them plus hefty tips.  They also have water and food and fans and radios.  I would not want to be doing that work, but I also hope we have A/C tonight! We'll see what else we can do to make the work more painless.  Hopefully they will take whatever breaks they need, though I'm sure they are used to working in the sun and heat here.  It's crazy that they wanted to start dismantling this one when they put the other one in, which was two months ago! Sure, I would have been fine living in this hot hotness without A/C for two months just to save some time later. ? So hopefully (knock on wood!) this will be the end of my complaining, and thank you for the listening and sympathy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 15, 2022, 08:18:23 AM
Here's hoping for a small igloo just the size for you and those in your vicinity to stay in until the A/C is done...or the igloo melts, whichever comes...um....last.

M.

Oh, no, the routing is very specific for all mapped delivery sites. If the final delivery address is on one side of the line, it goes to one place, or if it's on the other side, it goes to the other place. Don't even THINK about asking them to re-think that for a specific package...it would scramble their brains and the computer's electronic nerve-networks.

Our work-around worked, but it was a very, very long time ago. I recall the first time having to go out to the remote site for a late-night pickup and wondering if I'd come back alive, or if I'd be found with coyote bite-marks all over me and the box of dry-iced DNA consumed beside my prone figure....   
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 15, 2022, 09:18:31 AM
Thanks for the cool wishes, Mamselle.  I wouldn't think they would want to route it through a center 6 hours away in another state, but who knows.  My husband's watch went around the country a few times, and I know it happens.  I'm glad you didn't end up meeting a coyote!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 15, 2022, 11:06:41 AM
For some perspective with regard to summer heat:


https://www.vice.com/en/article/88q4pg/jacobabad-climate-change-heat-wave-extreme-weather?utm_source=pocket_discover

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 15, 2022, 02:17:27 PM
For anyone in the Wisconsin/Michigan area, there are two tornados noted on the ground;

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmoeCxjOrgs

Live coverage is saying that although sirens are not sounding in some places, shelter should be sought.

The northernmost storm is large and confirmed...then two more cropped up.

Seven on the ground at once.

Two semis down.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 16, 2022, 01:12:41 PM
It's 98 degrees Fahrenheit over here, but with the heat index, it 'feels' like 108 deg. F.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 18, 2022, 06:42:04 AM
We're trying to hold an outdoor event here at the library, on a day with highs headed for the upper 90s.  From the middle of next week we have highs of 100 or better forecast.  Kind of severe for June even here, but hardly unprecedented.  The main problem is that it's a humid heat.  I wore myself out with less than four hours of outdoor activity (walking, mowing, etc.) yesterday.  Hard to believe I used to work eight-hour-days outside in this.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 18, 2022, 09:37:37 AM
60s for now.

Not too bad....sorry, apl68!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 18, 2022, 10:14:06 AM
We just cut our outdoor event short due to heat.  One participant had just had to absent herself because she felt it getting to be too much for her.  It's unfortunate we've had to do that, because earlier we'd made some good contacts.  Participants seem to have been satisfied by the event, at least, so we can call the experiment a half-win.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 18, 2022, 03:15:22 PM
At least you tried and got as good a result as might be expected.

Given the heat, the fact that you got a turn-out at all suggests there's a lot of support, to make people even try to go.

Maybe now you can...Find a pool?...Seek out a movie theater w/AC?

Let a spirit of consolation have some room to work...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 22, 2022, 12:45:07 PM
Probably in the sixties today; most people in the subway were wearing jackets, sweaters, or other warm clothing. Now it's raining.

I'm not complaining, as I like cool temperatures, but it's the end of June, and it's supposed to be much warmer this time of the year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 22, 2022, 01:31:40 PM
Just wait...

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-lwhoLt3Y

Cooler, chances for rain, in the north (c. 8 min in); the south, however, is looking at serious potential for drought (most of the opening part).

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 22, 2022, 01:53:38 PM
I live in the NY Metro area.  This afternoon's damp, gray, cool weather (it's SUMMER?) reminded me of my many summer years in New Hampshire, volunteering for the Appalachian Mountain Club.  Days like this were a) not entirely uncommon and b) welcome when they came.  I'm actually glad to have this reminder.  My windows are open and although the crackers are getting limp, I can live with that.  My sibling lives where the recent heat dome was hard-boiling the eggs on the way home from the mart.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 22, 2022, 06:48:12 PM
It's 9:45 pm and 87 deg. F outside, but it 'feels' like 91 with 52% humidity. Tomorrow, it's supposed to get up to 96 and 'feel' like 101.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on June 22, 2022, 06:56:23 PM
Quote from: Langue_doc on June 22, 2022, 12:45:07 PM
Probably in the sixties today; most people in the subway were wearing jackets, sweaters, or other warm clothing. Now it's raining.

I'm not complaining, as I like cool temperatures, but it's the end of June, and it's supposed to be much warmer this time of the year.

I'd love it!

Grew up in NY City, and remember days such as Juvenal mentioned, but now live in this lovely place far from civilization, called Northern Virginia. I believe this is in the South. Air conditioning made the South habitable.

Speaking with W.C. Fields, I'd rather be in upstate New York. Of course, there are those pesky transaction costs.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 23, 2022, 07:16:45 AM
Projected highs of 99 today and tomorrow, with heat index much higher due to our humidity.  Our actual recorded temperatures are usually a couple of degrees higher than projected.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on June 24, 2022, 06:07:39 PM
in Dallas for a Better Investing National Conference (the group the helps with Investment Clubs.... for anyone old enough to remember The Bairdstown Ladies).

Dallas hit 103 today!!!  Here til Sunday afternoon.  We wont be going outside!!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 24, 2022, 07:57:30 PM
Almost 11pm and it's 82 deg. F, but 'feels' like 86. Humidity is 64%. Will it please rain???
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 25, 2022, 10:01:38 AM
It's 87, but a dry 87.  Thus, the crackers stay m.o.l. crunchy while on the plate.  Sky transparently blue, calm air.  SO, no need to turn on the A/C.  Missing a colleague's excuse for a party (birthday of her three-year-old--bouncy castle, etc.), because--well, I am a "cranky septuagenarian" and have always lacked small talk for social gatherings.  If they only knew what I really thought...  Better have another beer, but I'd have to drive home.  And I'm surprised how quickly driving has become something problematic here in my latter seventies.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 25, 2022, 10:59:39 AM
My phone thermometer says, "88" but it feels comfy here on the shady side of the house with the doors and windows closed and the curtains drawn.

I took a walk earlier and it was heating up a bit, but still not bad.

However, we, too, need rain.

The brook is 'way down and the river it flows into is only a bit better--almost no waterbirds to be seen, they're probably all downstream.

M. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Ruralguy on June 25, 2022, 11:27:19 AM
My area hasn't had a significant drought in over a decade, fortunately, though certainly summers can get pretty hot.
There can be humid nights with off an on storms.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 28, 2022, 07:23:36 AM
A thunder storm on Sunday evening cooled things down.  Highs in the upper 80s are remarkably mild for this region at this time of year.  More rain in the forecast starting on Thursday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 28, 2022, 07:39:56 AM
We had pouring rain yesterday (we needed it!). Currently, it's 77 deg. F, but 'feels' like 85. Humidity is 73%. Hopefully, we will get more rain later tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 28, 2022, 07:44:53 AM
I'm glad to hear about the rain and cooler temps in your area, EPW! We could use some here as well, but it's mostly just been gray and threatening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 28, 2022, 11:14:06 AM
Quote from: ab_grp on June 28, 2022, 07:44:53 AM
I'm glad to hear about the rain and cooler temps in your area, EPW! We could use some here as well, but it's mostly just been gray and threatening.

I hear ya'! We had such oppressive weather lately.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: little bongo on June 28, 2022, 11:35:34 AM
Fairly mild today--supposed to have pretty good weather over the Fourth of July weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 28, 2022, 05:37:17 PM
Torrents yesterday and humidity to make the chips go limp; today, well, some vexations (of existence), but I will mention the title of some work whose author I can't quite recall.  Right now it's "evening edged with gold."  What a perfect June day it's been (hereabouts; YMMV).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 28, 2022, 07:10:45 PM
Sending rain wishes to forumites who need rain and cooler temperatures to those in need of the same.

Instead of the thunderstorms that were forecast for yesterday afternoon, we got about an hour of steady rain. During my walk after the rain, there was a quarter of an arc of a rainbow on my right, emerging from the ground. Parallel to that, to its right was another shorter arc, rather blurry. As I continued walking, I saw on my left, the left end of the rainbow, so there were the two lower ends of the rainbow, with a large gap in between. There is a large building-less vista to the right of the path, so the arc was visible for the entire duration of the first leg of the walk.

Today's weather was quite pleasant for me to be out and about. Tomorrow's forecast is for equally comfortable temperatures.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 29, 2022, 06:42:35 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on June 28, 2022, 07:10:45 PM
Sending rain wishes to forumites who need rain and cooler temperatures to those in need of the same.

Instead of the thunderstorms that were forecast for yesterday afternoon, we got about an hour of steady rain. During my walk after the rain, there was a quarter of an arc of a rainbow on my right, emerging from the ground. Parallel to that, to its right was another shorter arc, rather blurry. As I continued walking, I saw on my left, the left end of the rainbow, so there were the two lower ends of the rainbow, with a large gap in between. There is a large building-less vista to the right of the path, so the arc was visible for the entire duration of the first leg of the walk.

Today's weather was quite pleasant for me to be out and about. Tomorrow's forecast is for equally comfortable temperatures.

Congratulations on the rainbow sighting!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 29, 2022, 07:16:42 AM
That's a neat way to see a rainbow, Langue_doc! We used to see some beautiful ones here once in a while, but I guess some sort of rain or moisture in the air is needed.  I will be keeping my eye out.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on June 29, 2022, 12:55:21 PM
I've seen a couple of doubles in my life, but none sectored like that.

Cool!

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on June 30, 2022, 12:49:23 PM
What's that song? "Hot - hot - hot"?

'Nuff said.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 01, 2022, 08:43:19 AM
Pretty days, without the rain that was forecast.  Maybe the forecast rain in the next two days has a chance?  Temperatures hot, but at least not as hot as they could be.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 01, 2022, 09:07:22 AM
Not too bad.

I had to run a quick errand before my AM student, and it was getting warmer by the time I returned, but it's still comfortable indoors, at least.

I'll make sure to go out early in the AM tomorrow--for another errand--although there's rain predicted by tonight/tomorrow.

On va voir.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on July 01, 2022, 02:58:15 PM
Incoming thunderstorms that derailed a hike have just veered off in another direction. Or, more precisely, they seem to have evaporated. Too late to reinstitute the hike, and we could use the rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Bbmaj7b5 on July 05, 2022, 01:10:52 AM
Triple digit highs for the next 10 days.

I have to get out of the South.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on July 05, 2022, 06:44:13 AM
Hot AF. Even Hawaii is looking good right now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 05, 2022, 07:35:34 AM
Got some needed rain in the last few days.  Now very hot and sunny, though not as hot as it could be around here.  It's hot enough to slow me down.  I've had a lot of fatigue over the past week, and I'm not sure why.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 05, 2022, 03:46:04 PM
Currently 94 deg. F, but it 'feels' like 104. :(

Looks like we may have some rain later in the week. I can only hope.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: arcturus on July 06, 2022, 04:08:16 AM
It is a "hazy hot and humid" 80 degrees F at 7am this morning. Temperatures expected to be just below triple digits by mid-afternoon.  I am glad I had my HVAC replaced earlier this month!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on July 08, 2022, 08:07:02 AM
70s (Fahrenheit) and breezy in the morning, then the sun heats everything up by lunchtime, followed by (flash-BOOM!) strong thunderstorms in the afternoons.

Very dramatic. Almost as though the weather is going through puberty. Which in NC happens annually, it seems.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 08, 2022, 09:07:19 AM
Warm-ish, but not bad.

Right now, it's 79, supposed to peak at about 85 degrees, but it is July, after all...

Having spent six hours on a Saturday in hotter temps, in a corset and panniers, I'm fine with it.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 12, 2022, 07:00:42 PM
It was pouring rain when we left for the day, a relief from the heat. 
Some parts of the metro DC region had thunderstorms and storm related damage:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/07/hot-humid-weather-will-lead-to-stormy-day-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/07/hot-humid-weather-will-lead-to-stormy-day-in-dc-area/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 13, 2022, 03:52:15 AM
Supposed to reach 88-90 F today, rain early tomorrow.

Fun.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 18, 2022, 08:04:52 AM
Moving into the very worst heart of the summer weather.  Highs in the upper 90s to 100 are projected every day for the next week.  The lows overnight will be around 80.  Plus very high humidity.  I had sweat visible on my shirt just from walking in to work this morning.  Meanwhile our HVAC unit continues its summer-long practice of dropping out on us multiple times each afternoon and evening, due to fluctuations in the power grid on this end of town.  The power company refuses to work with us to do anything about it. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 18, 2022, 09:13:45 AM
That last part makes no sense. (Not saying you don't make sense, but the utility co. is dumb....)

At least around here, and elsewhere (as I've heard in both the US and the UK), libraries are one of the places seniors are told to go to for cooler air, if the have no acclimatization in their own homes.

If the power co. doesn't support you, how can you support seniors?

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on July 18, 2022, 11:19:39 AM
Lunch time is  95 degrees with 43% humidity. High is expected to be 102.

Watched sunset from the pool yesterday. The water temperature would have been perfect for bathing a new born.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 21, 2022, 07:44:48 AM
One hundred degrees for the high and a chance of rain in the forecast, which should tell you something about the relative humidity.  I learned today that our usual mailman is retiring and will have his last day a week from Friday.  He just has to keep reminding himself that he has only a few more days to get through!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 21, 2022, 10:49:21 AM
91 now, due to hit 93 in an hour or so, per the weather app.

...Or not, it's often a bit dramatic in its predictions...

No rain forecast until Monday.

Oh, well.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 21, 2022, 02:42:42 PM
Hot and humid! Enough for a Heat Emergency in DC:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/07/dc-area-sees-high-temps-humidity-and-heat-indexes-ahead-of-some-storms/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/07/dc-area-sees-high-temps-humidity-and-heat-indexes-ahead-of-some-storms/)
I plan to get up early to get my morning walk done.

Here are tips for keeping your car working during the heat:
https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2022/07/how-to-keep-the-car-road-ready-during-extremely-hot-temperatures/ (https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2022/07/how-to-keep-the-car-road-ready-during-extremely-hot-temperatures/)
Posted on WTOP Radio 7/21/22
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on July 21, 2022, 02:59:37 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on July 21, 2022, 02:42:42 PM
Hot and humid! Enough for a Heat Emergency in DC:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/07/dc-area-sees-high-temps-humidity-and-heat-indexes-ahead-of-some-storms/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/07/dc-area-sees-high-temps-humidity-and-heat-indexes-ahead-of-some-storms/)
I plan to get up early to get my morning walk done.

Here are tips for keeping your car working during the heat:
https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2022/07/how-to-keep-the-car-road-ready-during-extremely-hot-temperatures/ (https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2022/07/how-to-keep-the-car-road-ready-during-extremely-hot-temperatures/)
Posted on WTOP Radio 7/21/22

There is an alternative, hmaria: I'm thinking of not getting up tomorrow. :-)

Nice of you to post the car-tips-in-the-heat. They're new to me.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on July 21, 2022, 03:09:01 PM
True confessions: I've planned to get up early and walk for the past two days because, heat.

Instead, I've woken up, turned over and said, "Not today."

Because, heat.

Or, as Ann Miller put it, "It's Too Darn Hot."

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS_YAKZH3lw

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on July 21, 2022, 10:49:05 PM
Heat vs non-so-hot varies wildly in the locale where I am staying right now. Evenings are amazingly moderate (the perfect sweet spot between hot and cold) with low humidity (at least it feels that way), and a light breeze on occasion.

Daytime temps are oppressively hot and downright unbearable.

I do my walking in the evening around 9 PM, and it makes me very happy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 22, 2022, 07:13:01 AM
Rain passed near enough to hear the thunder last night, but not a drop right here.  Today felt less severe early in the morning, but promises to be about as hot later on.

Although this week's heat and humidity are severe by anybody's standards, they're not unprecedented for our community.  We're acclimated to it around here.  We can more or less handle it.  What's disturbing is that Britain's mild and pleasant land is now experiencing the same conditions we are, for the very first time in its history.  And some years before even most climate scientists thought they would experience it, apparently. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 22, 2022, 07:02:51 PM
Quote from: dismalist on July 21, 2022, 02:59:37 PM
There is an alternative, hmaria: I'm thinking of not getting up tomorrow. :-)

Nice of you to post the car-tips-in-the-heat. They're new to me.
Sure thing!

I did get up early and walked this morning. Saw the usual morning walkers out and a few dogs.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on July 23, 2022, 06:26:24 PM
Quote from: lightning on July 05, 2022, 06:44:13 AM
Hot AF. Even Hawaii is looking good right now.

Hawaii is currently lovely. 86 degrees, light winds, 51% humidity.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on July 26, 2022, 11:44:08 AM
Major overnight flooding in St. Louis--about 9" of rain at the airport, up to 12+ in areas to the northwest of the city and county.  About an hour east of downtown, we got about 5" (the basement is dry, thankfully); according to the maps, the farm where Kid #1 lives about 10 miles north of us is in the 6-9" range. 

As someone said earlier today, I'm pretty tired of living through one "historical" event after another.  (This rain smashed the one-day rain record of something over 6 inches, which was recorded in 1915 when a hurricane came up the river from Galveston.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 26, 2022, 12:33:25 PM
Quote from: AmLitHist on July 26, 2022, 11:44:08 AM
Major overnight flooding in St. Louis--about 9" of rain at the airport, up to 12+ in areas to the northwest of the city and county.  About an hour east of downtown, we got about 5" (the basement is dry, thankfully); according to the maps, the farm where Kid #1 lives about 10 miles north of us is in the 6-9" range. 

As someone said earlier today, I'm pretty tired of living through one "historical" event after another.  (This rain smashed the one-day rain record of something over 6 inches, which was recorded in 1915 when a hurricane came up the river from Galveston.)

This is the first I heard about it.  It's awful!  I hope not too many homes were wrecked.  This comes only a few years after historic-level flooding on the river at Saint Louis, too--I still remember the pictures of the Lewis and Clark monument down by the river standing in the water, with Clark looking like he was desperately trying to summon help.

And meanwhile, only one state to the south, we're caught in a worsening drought.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 12, 2022, 08:35:42 AM
We're cooler.

I'm glad not to have to fight doggedly through the previous two weeks' 90-degree days.

I'm Sirius....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on August 12, 2022, 12:13:00 PM
Blissful today, and what I call, "A gift from Canada."  It's not Mounties and maple syrup, but cool, dry, breezy air from the NW.  At least that's what's here in the NY Metro area.  A friend is off to a time-share in Orlando tomorrow.  The forecast there is... hellish.  Sort of like a few days ago around here.  December in Orlando: OK; August in Orlando, well, "beware the time-share."
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 12, 2022, 03:00:52 PM
Earlier this week the rain gave us about a day and a half of notably cooler weather.  Now the heat is back in force, and the extended forecast calls for it to be reinforced in the days to come.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 23, 2022, 07:48:58 AM
Now in the midst of our second straight day of all-day rain.  That's something we hadn't seen in a long, long time.  I suppose it's the same system that has just hit parts of Texas so hard.  We're getting the rain more gradually.  I learned a little while ago that we've had three and a half inches so far, which means we're probably about halfway to what we're going to get this week.  This should bust our drought and end the local burn bans.  I'm glad the rain has come non-destructively, without winds and lightning and extreme downpour.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 23, 2022, 10:49:35 AM
Cloudy, it's barely rained at all despite the little promised clouds with droplets in my weather app.

At least it's cooler.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 25, 2022, 07:33:35 AM
Still raining!  It was finally not raining early this morning when I got up, so I did my morning walk for the first time in several days.  It started raining fairly quickly.  I had an umbrella and was good.  Then, in the final twenty minutes or so of the walk, it poured and poured, and I ended up soaked even with the umbrella.  Then it stopped again. 

The extended forecast calls for solid rainy days as far out as it goes.  This drought relief is getting to be too much of a good thing.  I saw an article only a day or two ago about the growing incidence of "flip-flop" weather that goes straight from drought to flooding.  You ain't kidding!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on August 25, 2022, 10:36:58 AM
In the 80s, and the tiny bits of rain we keep being promised haven't materialized (coalesced?) yet.

But better than last week in the 90s.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 05, 2022, 10:21:18 AM
I realize there are microclimates, but how do you get flash flood warnings out of a drizzle?

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 05, 2022, 01:45:28 PM
If the ground is so dry that water runs off rather than soaking in, a normal drizzle can quickly overwhelm existing drainage.

Have you ever seen water bead-up on a bone-dry sponge?  Same effect.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 05, 2022, 04:28:45 PM
Well, yes, I know all that, but I'm thinking more along the lines of: there are three days of promised rain in my weather app, with flash-flood warnings at 5 AM today, and all I've seen so far is a barely wet sidewalk.

More along the lines of the tendency to over-predict, or as I like to call it, the "Harvey Leonard" effect.

Not meaning to take away from the terrible scenes occurring elsewhere, or to denigrate the need for help in those areas.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 05, 2022, 05:00:32 PM
Mamselle, could it have to do with how they are defining probability or % precipitation or your forecast area? I recently found out that the interpretation can be different.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 05, 2022, 05:56:23 PM
The road to my house was flooded out this afternoon.  It's not anymore.  I'll be looking at a recent beaver damn to see if it survived on my morning walk tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 05, 2022, 07:07:09 PM
We're getting rain overnight as Labor Day weekend ends:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/09/unofficial-end-of-summer-culminates-in-rainy-wet-weather-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/09/unofficial-end-of-summer-culminates-in-rainy-wet-weather-in-dc-area/)
It was raining earlier today but it didn't do much to cool the air.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 05, 2022, 08:11:31 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on September 05, 2022, 05:00:32 PM
Mamselle, could it have to do with how they are defining probability or % precipitation or your forecast area? I recently found out that the interpretation can be different.

It may well, I'll have a better sense after tomorrow's walk along the brook and the river in the AM.

Yesterday, the water over the river's inverted V was so low at the sides that two geese were just standing up in it, staying put. 

They usually paddle around a bit, it took me a minute to realize they weren't moving because their feet were flat down on the river bottom.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 06, 2022, 04:52:21 AM
It's finally raining here.

Yesterday I drove home in pouring rain, through hilly country, with the visibility so bad in one section that people were driving with their flashers on because you could barely see the car in front of you, and the fastest you could get was around 35 miles in a 70-mile zone. About 25 miles or so from home, however, everything looked dry as could be, so today's rain is a welcome relief.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 06, 2022, 06:22:14 AM
Still really just drizzly-droppy, I was not even completely wet after my hour's walk.

River, brook only up an inch overnight; 8-10 inches yet to catch up to the bank level of a year or more ago.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 06, 2022, 07:28:13 AM
I've been completely wet after walks as well, but not from rain!  For the past week the extended forecast keeps telling us that highs in the 80s are just around the corner.  And every day it stubbornly refuses to get below the 90s.  If anything, the past couple of days have only gotten worse due to rising humidity.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 16, 2022, 07:26:31 AM
We recently at last had a couple of days with highs in the (upper) 80s.  Now we're back up into the 90s, with the extended forecast calling for temperatures in the mid- to upper-90s all next week. Heat index will of course be over 100. That means that this September we will have had a solid majority of not only hot but blistering hot days.  Maybe in October we can at least get down into the 80s?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on September 16, 2022, 07:37:11 AM
Sorry to hear it, apl68. We've definitely edged into autumn in my neck of the woods. Low of 40 forecast for tonight, and even on sunny days it barely breaks 60. Fortunately we have nice big south-facing windows, so the sun does warm things up nicely with a safe, domestic, greenhouse effect.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 16, 2022, 07:46:10 AM
It's about ten degrees cooler here than it was last week (sorry, apl68!) and I'm starting to add an extra sweater on walks and consider an extra blanket at night.

Mostly dry--the river's back down to the level it was before, the brook that feeds it looks even lower and is starting to look stagnant and smell a bit, meaning, the upper waters that feed it are 'way down.

Almost no waterbirds on the brook this AM and only a few more on the river; in the past three years since I started walking this pathway in the AMs, that's the fewest I've seen at almost any time but midwinter.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on September 16, 2022, 11:47:11 AM
It's been pretty nice and even cool for this area for the past 10 days or so.  That ends this weekend--forecasts of 90 for the weekend, and maybe even 96-97 by early next week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on September 18, 2022, 12:01:39 PM
Mid-80s, bluebird skies, cool enough at night finally to open windows. Ahhhhh.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on September 18, 2022, 02:53:51 PM
Equinox very soon, but what happens in the sky has minimal (not no) relevance to matters in bed, but, it looks as if a sheet, alone, will be quite enough, windows open, for days to come.  The blanket is on standby, and maybe not for much longer.

You do know that of the ten most common birthdates, nine are in September?  Cooling down from all that early January heating up.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 18, 2022, 02:56:48 PM
Gorgeous weather this weekend. Today was slightly warmer than yesterday, but the weather on both days was perfect for birding.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 18, 2022, 04:13:13 PM
Quote from: Juvenal on September 18, 2022, 02:53:51 PM
Equinox very soon, but what happens in the sky has minimal (not no) relevance to matters in bed, but, it looks as if a sheet, alone, will be quite enough, windows open, for days to come.  The blanket is on standby, and maybe not for much longer.

You do know that of the ten most common birthdates, nine are in September?  Cooling down from all that early January heating up.


Your last note made me remember the spate of births recorded in NYC nine months after the blackout in the...60s? 70s?

;--}

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 19, 2022, 07:54:21 AM
Extended forecast is calling for a solid week of temperatures in the mid-upper 90s.  As our forecast highs normally seem to err on the side of caution, it will almost certainly break 100.  I was sweltering on my morning walk even before the sun came up.  I had really thought that we would have some relief from the worst of the summer heat by late this month, but it's like July now.  It's getting demoralizing.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 19, 2022, 10:12:42 AM
Oh, dear. Sorry.

I came to report coolness...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 20, 2022, 02:28:47 PM
Comfy outside
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Larimar on September 23, 2022, 12:00:14 PM
Ah, the first beautiful, comfortable day of Fall! Clear, blue skies, temperatures in the sixties, gentle breeze. Hope it lasts as long as possible!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 23, 2022, 12:14:25 PM
Cool, getting cooler; windy, getting windy-er.

I'm inside so I don't mind.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 24, 2022, 06:27:37 AM
A little milder yesterday, and mild this morning.  The highs today and tomorrow are still supposed to be in the mid-90s.  The coming week is supposed to be much cooler.  I want so badly for that to be true!  But the extended forecast has predicted cooling multiple times in the past month, only for that to evaporate as the date approaches.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 24, 2022, 02:40:40 PM
Temperatures went down yesterday, so the heat was turned on. Today was a tad bit warmer, but I still needed a jacket while out and about.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on September 26, 2022, 08:00:06 AM
Watch this space as Hurricane Ian slams into the Southeast. Per the most recent computer models, NC's going to get something--either massive amounts of rain in the mountains, a hurricane going right through where my husband and I live, a hurricane going right through where my parents live, or a hurricane hooking toward the east and slamming through NC's Crystal Coast, Wilmington, or the Outer Banks.

In other words, the only way this might turn out well for us in NC is if our neighbors to the west (in TN) get hit instead of us. Which I wouldn't want to see either.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 26, 2022, 08:24:18 AM
Thinking of you and yours, PT.

It's just cooler here at the moment, but due to warm up; they're saying 70s later today, but I dunno, it's gonna be a cool 70, if so.

M. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 26, 2022, 09:27:11 AM
I'm keeping good thoughts for folks in Ian's path!

Here it is cooler as well.  It's gray today and 75, and temperatures should supposedly stay under 90 this week.  Definitely feels chilly, like the change of seasons actually meant something.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 27, 2022, 07:17:42 PM
Cool in the mornings now. I brought my 1st hot chocolate of the fall season on my way to the library over the weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on September 28, 2022, 10:09:09 AM
Cool and breezy. The heat's been on all day for the first time this year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 28, 2022, 12:29:49 PM
Cool, clear, lovely.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 28, 2022, 08:14:59 PM
Remnants of Ian are headed our way here in the greater DC region this weekend:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/09/virginia-declares-state-of-emergency-remnants-of-ian-expected-to-drench-dc-this-weekend/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/09/virginia-declares-state-of-emergency-remnants-of-ian-expected-to-drench-dc-this-weekend/)
Posted on WTOP Radio 9/28/22
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on September 29, 2022, 01:56:18 AM
We're in the maybe/maybe-not range for that...

On va voir...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on October 03, 2022, 01:22:43 PM
Chilly but sunny (finally, after quite a bit of rain and some gusty winds--although, thankfully, not nearly as much rain or as strong winds as had been forecast for central NC).

Feeling very fortunate here after seeing pictures and videos of SE FL destruction. Feeling very sad as well for people who lost everything--as well as those who lost their lives.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 03, 2022, 03:00:19 PM
QuoteFeeling very fortunate here after seeing pictures and videos of SE FL destruction. Feeling very sad as well for people who lost everything--as well as those who lost their lives.

+1

Here, le temps fait gris...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 04, 2022, 07:11:47 PM
Parts of the DC area had a cool day on record:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/dc-area-chills-out-on-what-will-likely-be-the-coldest-oct-4-on-record/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/dc-area-chills-out-on-what-will-likely-be-the-coldest-oct-4-on-record/)
We also had more rain today. It's supposed to be clear tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on October 04, 2022, 07:36:26 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on October 04, 2022, 07:11:47 PM
Parts of the DC area had a cool day on record:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/dc-area-chills-out-on-what-will-likely-be-the-coldest-oct-4-on-record/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/dc-area-chills-out-on-what-will-likely-be-the-coldest-oct-4-on-record/)
We also had more rain today. It's supposed to be clear tomorrow.

Didn't realize it was a record breaker. I love the temperature, even the rain. Mostly I'm glad Fall has arrived. Can hardly wait for the end of Daylight Saving Time.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 05, 2022, 01:54:38 AM
Cool, clammy, drippy...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 05, 2022, 01:50:29 PM
Earlier this afternoon, I was relieved to see that it had stopped raining, but nooo, it's coming down again. It's been raining every day since Friday night.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on October 05, 2022, 07:18:56 PM
Same here.  Someone said the sun would come out tomorrow. My rain gauge says 5 inches in 6 days, and we escaped any wind
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 05, 2022, 09:06:15 PM
Wet. Drippy.

Supposed to warm up tomorrow.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on October 10, 2022, 07:05:18 AM
The first light frosts of the fall were Friday night and Saturday night. I threw a sheet over the pepper plants (which are still loaded with green peppers that i hope will ripen to red and orange before I have to pull them up; the sweet red bonnet is blooming like mad--too late, though!) and a light cover on the houseplants nestled by the wall.  I didn't bring them in yet, because we're forecast to have temps into the mid 70s through next week.

Of course, it's forecast to be in the low 80s today, with storms tomorrow and Wednesday, highs in the upper 70s--then highs below 60 by the end of the week.  Typical St. Louis......
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 10, 2022, 07:41:43 AM
Saturday was very nice--a perfect day for our local festival.  Yesterday was fairly mild.  And for the next week, heat, heat, and more heat.  Far into the 80s every day, with some days in the up-per 80s--which almost certainly means the low 90s.  It appears that we simply are not going to get a fall season this year.  I suspect we'll barely even see frost during the coming "winter" months.

We're also now in a drought, with scarcely any chance of rain in the extended forecast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 10, 2022, 08:35:15 AM
EEeekk....sorry to hear that, apl68.

We're getting chillier PM temps, not much more rain, but I'd be happy to ship some of the cooler air your way.

Wearing my woolies for the first time this season....

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 18, 2022, 07:34:38 AM
In the past couple of days we've abruptly gone from summer weather--temperatures in the 80s--to the first honest-to-goodness chilly fall day we've had so far this year.  Tonight we have a frost alert!  It would be the first frost we've had before late November in years.  Then by week's end we'll be up to the 80s again, for some days.

Last week, while attending a conference on the other side of the state, I encountered two different thunderstorms.  Both had hail (I was outside walking when the first one hit....).  Then I came home and found that we've had virtually no rain here.  It's getting worryingly dry.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on October 18, 2022, 08:06:33 AM
I did an early errand: Cool but dry and sunny.

My student came into her online essentially shaking her head and toweling her hair dry a few hours later. She'd ridden her bike to school in the same nice AM weather I'd seen, then been pummeled by a downpour that wasn't due for several more hours, on the way home.

We agreed she probably looked like a fish with a bicycle...

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 18, 2022, 07:08:29 PM
Parts of the region will get a hard freeze/frost overnight:
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/weather/forecast/ (https://www.dcnewsnow.com/weather/forecast/)

This WTOP Radio article features a map of the affected areas:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/10/hard-freeze-expected-snow-in-far-western-md-w-va/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/10/hard-freeze-expected-snow-in-far-western-md-w-va/)

We moved a few plants indoors earlier today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on October 18, 2022, 08:00:17 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on October 18, 2022, 07:08:29 PM
Parts of the region will get a hard freeze/frost overnight:
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/weather/forecast/ (https://www.dcnewsnow.com/weather/forecast/)

This WTOP Radio article features a map of the affected areas:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/10/hard-freeze-expected-snow-in-far-western-md-w-va/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/10/hard-freeze-expected-snow-in-far-western-md-w-va/)

We moved a few plants indoors earlier today.


I love this season and this weather! Once upon a time called "sweater weather".
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on October 18, 2022, 09:32:24 PM
We have a frost watch in effect, but it's been so dry there's no moisture in the air to freeze on cars or grass. I'm enjoying the cooler weather, but we're going to lose trees if this drought doesn't break. The smattering of rain over the weekend wasn't enough to eliminate the cracked soil creek beds.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 19, 2022, 07:26:38 PM
Light snow was seen in Garrett Co., MD this morning:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/frost-advisory-in-effect-as-breezy-and-chilly-temps-remain-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/frost-advisory-in-effect-as-breezy-and-chilly-temps-remain-in-dc-area/)
It'll be cold in the mornings the remainder of the week.

The tire low pressure light came on while I was driving so I aired my tires at Costco.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 20, 2022, 07:35:22 AM
Having had a premature taste of winter yesterday, we're now heading back into summer tomorrow.  Absolutely not one drop of much-needed rain in the forecast. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 20, 2022, 09:13:44 AM
A nice lull between deluges (how are we STILL in a drought?), with one last weekend of sun and not yet freezing overnights.

Smolt wants one more camping night.  Now where did I pack my nightcap?....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on October 20, 2022, 04:39:45 PM
Chillier than I thought last night but thankfully did not lose any tomatoes or peppers. I've already covered them tonight, and it should be warmer for the next week.

Need to plant a container blackberry; it will go in one of the large half-barrels that holds a tomato I don't like very much; may pull that one this weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 25, 2022, 07:19:30 AM
First rain in weeks!  And it's cooler, too.  This morning's weather has been a sight for sore eyes.

I just checked the extended forecast for a place where I plan to go on vacation, starting late this week.  So far it looks promising.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 30, 2022, 06:24:51 PM
It's been cold this weekend but it'll be a little warmer this week. Plenty of folks (including us) have put grass and yard clippings for pick up tomorrow.

When will the DC area see its first snow is explored:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/10/when-will-d-c-s-first-inch-of-snow-accumulate/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/10/when-will-d-c-s-first-inch-of-snow-accumulate/)
Posted on WTOP Radio 10/30/22
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on October 30, 2022, 06:30:31 PM
Cold? It has been wonderfully pleasant in the DC area! And it is forecast to stay so into the week.

I do like snow ... too. :-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 31, 2022, 10:02:58 AM
It's a little chilly but not too bad.  It's also nice and sunny.  Seeing so many friends post pics of the beautiful changing tree colors makes me miss autumn on the east coast.  It feels like fall here, but it doesn't look like it.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 02, 2022, 10:07:19 AM
The 1st week of November and it doesn't feel like it with the warm temps!

Also, it's peak foliage in the greater DC region:
https://wtop.com/dc/2022/11/best-display-of-autumn-colors-now-in-d-c/ (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/11/best-display-of-autumn-colors-now-in-d-c/)
Posted on WTOP 10/31/22
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on November 02, 2022, 12:17:12 PM
As perfect a fall day as one can want: clear, deep clue sky, pleasant temperature, not windy.  Perhaps a little less leaf color than I'd want.  This in the NY Metro Area.  Although I did find in my mailbox the bill from my heating company, and I've yet to ruin the day by looking at the gouge.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on November 02, 2022, 02:03:50 PM
Windy and rainy and horrible. I didn't bike today. We're forecast to have some sun and cooler temperatures tomorrow, though (highs in the low 50s). I'd be very happy for sun. It's been cloudy and rainy for weeks. Maybe today's wind is a new weather pattern blowing.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Vkw10 on November 02, 2022, 06:13:33 PM
Currently 65 F, with wind rustling the leaves. Expected to be in the low 50s tonight, with a slight possibility of rain, which we desperately need.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 07, 2022, 08:17:56 AM
I've seen perhaps three days so far that felt more or less like fall.  We have temperatures in the 80s forecast for the next two days.  The relentless heat wears you down.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 07, 2022, 01:12:46 PM
Is there nothing so rare as a June day in November?

In the 70s here.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 08, 2022, 10:01:03 AM
Temps dropped here too. I got pumpkin spice flavored hot coffee at a local gas station this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on November 11, 2022, 12:34:20 PM
It was 82 here Wednesday, and upper 70s yesterday.  It's been 43 most of today, with tomorrow's high forecast not to get out of the 30s.  Fall is finally here.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mamselle on November 11, 2022, 01:58:09 PM
We're getting Nicole's leavings.

Temps back up, higher winds, and rain for a bit.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 11, 2022, 07:26:08 PM
Same here with rain from Nicole earlier today.
There's a flood risk in the region through the evening:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/remnants-of-nicole-to-bring-rain-blustery-conditions-across-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/remnants-of-nicole-to-bring-rain-blustery-conditions-across-dc-area/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on November 12, 2022, 05:30:56 AM
Wednesday's 82 was a record high.  It was in the 40s yesterday.  We were supposed to get a few flurries overnight.

When I got up at 6 this morning, we had 2 1/2-3 inches of fresh snow. 

It could be worse:  the Air Force Base about 40 miles southwest of us got over 6 inches of flurries.

(Apparently nary a grain of salt was put down:  there are major wrecks and interstate shut-downs in StL this morning.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 12, 2022, 06:16:58 AM
Earlier this week the highs were pushing 80.  Now, suddenly, we've had rain, overcast, and highs in the 50s--and they're forecast for the next week!  We may get frost in the coming days too.  So we've in essence gone straight from summer to what around here is fairly normal winter weather.  I'm glad the summer weather is finally gone for now, though I strongly suspect, based on what we've seen in recent Decembers, that it will be back again in the next couple of weeks.  It would still have been nice to have had some mild fall weather....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: arcturus on November 12, 2022, 09:03:40 AM
We are having our second snowfall of the season here. Earlier this week was balmy 60s and 70s. Today is below freezing.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on November 13, 2022, 06:34:57 PM
We're starting the week with a freeze:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/freeze-warning-sunday-night-in-dc-area-with-winterlike-temps-expected/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/freeze-warning-sunday-night-in-dc-area-with-winterlike-temps-expected/)
I'll be going to the library with plenty of hot coffee this week!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on November 14, 2022, 04:29:27 AM
On Friday afternoon, I drove out of the city in pouring rain, low visibility, and flooded highways. Yesterday, when I got home, I didn't even need a jacket. Today it might get up to 47°--it's 41° now.

I had to remind myself during the weekend that it was November.
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Post by: mamselle on November 14, 2022, 07:13:19 AM
Suddenly,  it's...chilly.

M.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 14, 2022, 02:37:01 PM
Quote from: mamselle on November 14, 2022, 07:13:19 AM
Suddenly,  it's...chilly.
M.
Here's a virtual warm cup of organic spiced apple cider! :)

There's snow for the western part of the region in the forecast:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/seasons-first-flakes-expected-in-d-c-s-western-suburbs/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/seasons-first-flakes-expected-in-d-c-s-western-suburbs/)
Posted on WTOP 11/14/22
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on November 14, 2022, 03:01:59 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on November 14, 2022, 02:37:01 PM

Here's a virtual warm cup of organic spiced apple cider! :)

There's snow for the western part of the region in the forecast:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/seasons-first-flakes-expected-in-d-c-s-western-suburbs/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/11/seasons-first-flakes-expected-in-d-c-s-western-suburbs/)
Posted on WTOP 11/14/22

Very good to know, but I'd recommend  mulled wine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulled_wine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulled_wine)  instead of spiced apple cider on these cold days. :-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 14, 2022, 03:38:09 PM
A simple can of warm soup and some hot chocolate will be enough for me when I get home this evening.  I'm mainly just hoping to get home dry.  It's trying to rain on this chilly evening.
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Post by: Harlow2 on November 15, 2022, 03:51:06 PM
Suddenly fall.  Cold.  Dark. Rain. A whole nother world from 3 days ago.
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Post by: sinenomine on November 15, 2022, 05:22:24 PM
Snowing steadily.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on November 16, 2022, 01:02:29 PM
Clear and cold
It was raining steadily as I was driving home last night. The far western parts of the region saw light snow.
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Post by: mamselle on November 16, 2022, 01:15:29 PM
Wet. Cold. Raw.

M.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on November 19, 2022, 10:14:46 AM
Cold! Enough for a Hypothermia Alert to be activated for DC.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 03, 2022, 07:17:02 AM
Having had two weeks of more or less seasonable weather in late November, we now have almost solid 70s in the forecast for the first full week of December.  I guess we've already blown through our slim ration of winter weather for this season before it even started.  I will once again be running the air conditioner as I do my Christmas shopping, as has been the case for at least the last five years.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on December 03, 2022, 08:29:27 AM
A low is passing somewhere not far off (barometer still dropping).  Wet, windy, and very mild (fifty-seven) and I doubt it will be that warm again for quite some many days/weeks to come.  My snow shovel can rest secure and unmolested for at least today.
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Post by: Langue_doc on December 11, 2022, 12:48:38 PM
Dreary. Raining now with snow showers predicted for later tonight.
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Post by: Vkw10 on December 11, 2022, 03:52:09 PM
It's 42 degrees, just past sundown. Dense fog all day. Possible rain tonight and cooler tomorrow.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on December 11, 2022, 07:18:38 PM
Raw and rainy this morning. Cold for the rest of the week.
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Post by: apl68 on December 12, 2022, 07:50:10 AM
Saturday I was in Little Rock.  It was rainy, with stormy intervals, and about 48 degrees.  Then I drove home--less than three hours away.  Home had received hardly any rain, and was about 20 degrees hotter.  The only time I've seen temperature differences anywhere like that was on a visit to the Rockies, when I changed elevation by several thousand feet.  It's as if our part of the state was suddenly no longer part of the same weather region.

Currently drizzly and feeling almost like December.  Tomorrow we're looking at a sudden spike to nearly 70 degrees.  It probably will break 70, since high temperature forecasts here are usually conservative.  The sudden spike will be accompanied by possible severe weather.  Then it's supposed to clear up and drop back down.  At the moment the extended forecast calls for seasonable temperatures on into next week.  Wonder what the odds are that we won't spike back into the 60s or 70s on Christmas?  Based on the experience of recent years, it would be pretty remarkable if we got through two whole weeks of December without that happening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 12, 2022, 05:13:19 PM
The Cold Emergency Alert for DC was activated as of 7 pm tonight, the 1st of the winter season.

There's a cold blast headed to the DC region later this week:
https://wtop.com/weather/2022/12/western-storm-promises-to-bring-icy-mess-to-d-c-suburbs-2/ (https://wtop.com/weather/2022/12/western-storm-promises-to-bring-icy-mess-to-d-c-suburbs-2/)
Posted on WTOP online 12/12/22

Hope forum members in the western US are safe and warm from the heavy snow!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 13, 2022, 10:01:05 AM
We had a very windy day yesterday and more today, and apparently there was snow overnight (heavy at one point, according to my notifications), but I missed it.
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Post by: ciao_yall on December 13, 2022, 01:08:01 PM
Bright, sunny and crisp, and here I am stuck inside with a cold.
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Post by: apl68 on December 14, 2022, 07:36:30 AM
Storms last night.  The city weather alarm siren went off at one point when there were radar reports of tornadoes in the area.  I don't think we had any damage locally.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 14, 2022, 09:42:01 AM
Snow and icy conditions tomorrow morning here in the DC region:
https://wtop.com/local/2022/12/ice-storm-headed-to-dc-area-freezing-rain-to-make-travel-dangerous/ (https://wtop.com/local/2022/12/ice-storm-headed-to-dc-area-freezing-rain-to-make-travel-dangerous/)
Posted on WTOP Radio 12/14/22

I aired my tires at the local gas station on my way home last night.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: filologos on December 21, 2022, 04:23:43 PM
Just spent half an hour shoveling snow in around -10 F. And that's warm compared to what we'll get tomorrow!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on December 21, 2022, 04:45:46 PM
Getting ready for the big blow.  We will outside the main blast zone, but not looking forward to it.  I hate even a little bit of snow. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on December 22, 2022, 06:35:09 AM
Lots of rain and wind to come tonight, but "no snow" for our coastal banana belt, and then a plunge into the Arctic, but "snowless."  The snow shovel can continue to rust in the garage until at least after the New Year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 22, 2022, 07:21:12 AM
We've had teases about snow, but are now looking only at rain.  With the lowest overnight temperatures for the region in my memory forecast tonight.  It will make this Christmas a stark contrast to the 70-degree Christmases we've been having in recent years.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on December 22, 2022, 07:28:15 AM
Getting ready for snow, ice, and then lots of rain and wind, followed by more ice. Fingers crossed that power stays on. Just gassed up the car, and the gas station was extremely busy; I'm glad I don't need to do a grocery run!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: onthefringe on December 22, 2022, 09:24:44 AM
Quote from: sinenomine on December 22, 2022, 07:28:15 AM
Getting ready for snow, ice, and then lots of rain and wind, followed by more ice. Fingers crossed that power stays on. Just gassed up the car, and the gas station was extremely busy; I'm glad I don't need to do a grocery run!

We anticipate rain, then a hard freeze, then snow and wind with very cold temps. I did do a grocery run today, but was able to snag one of the magical electronic carts so I didn't have to stand in line to check out. The lines were about 15 people long, with most people not even having a basket, just holding bread, milk, and wine in their arms.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 22, 2022, 10:51:05 AM
Started out with flurries then over to a icy slush mixture this morning. I had covered my front windshield on my car last night.
Cold temps ahead for Christmas weekend:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/12/dc-prepares-for-major-temperature-change-along-arctic-front/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/12/dc-prepares-for-major-temperature-change-along-arctic-front/)
Posted on WTOP 12/22/22
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Post by: Istiblennius on December 22, 2022, 01:31:20 PM
Too cold to walk the dog without her boots on. She hates her boots.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on December 23, 2022, 07:51:28 AM
46* with wind-driven rain, and I just heard thunder (possibly a plane as I am not too far from a runway used in windy weather). Temps forecasted to drop to 9* later this evening; very unusual (but not truly rare) for this metro Philly area. Will employ the dripping faucet and open vanity door routine. Awfully glad my HVAC broke when it did last summer and I now have a spiffy new system. Frozen pipes would be a disaster for both me and those who share walls with me.  Best wishes to all who are caught in this!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Thursday's_Child on December 23, 2022, 08:09:38 AM
Windy and barely above freezing, heading to low teens with 10+ degrees of wind chill. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Still have to drain the hoses, insulate the hose bibs, bring in a last few potted plants, and check the mulch piled around plants that can't come in.  Then it's just keeping the bird feeders filled & the bird baths from being continually iced over - for the next 4-5 days....  It's been a long time since we've had temps this low, or for so long.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on December 23, 2022, 11:47:18 AM
My coldest ever in the Lower Forty-eight?  Minus 26 in Nashville!  January, 1963.

My coldest ever?  Minus 40, but that was in Alberta, in 1957.

So, predicted ten degrees-above tonight?  Time to put on my short-sleeved shirt and find one of my sweatbands.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on December 23, 2022, 04:49:55 PM
-4.  In the heel of the big winter footprint coming down from Canada.  Wind pure Boreas.  I hate, hate, hate this shit.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 23, 2022, 07:42:53 PM
Very cold and windy here!

Winter has arrived in the DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/12/snow-arrives-to-dc-area-in-time-for-christmas-holiday/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/12/snow-arrives-to-dc-area-in-time-for-christmas-holiday/)

And here are tips about keeping your pipes from freezing:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/12/tips-on-how-to-keep-your-pipes-from-freezing-as-temperatures-drop/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2022/12/tips-on-how-to-keep-your-pipes-from-freezing-as-temperatures-drop/)
Posted on WTOP 12/21/22
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Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on December 23, 2022, 08:08:17 PM
It's currently 10 degrees F, but feels like -6!!!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on December 23, 2022, 09:50:56 PM
Well I knew there would be something Wahoo and I would agree on.   I hate the cold.   Around here, on the coast, it was in the 50s yesterday, more or less till about 3pm this afternoon, as it sloshed about 2 inches of rain on us.  Rain blew on out of town.  Wind didn't, and the temps have plummeted about 35 degrees so far.

How ever did I deal with 8 years of grad school in Buffalo?  I am old.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on December 24, 2022, 04:45:57 AM
4 degrees here, and I have to venture out to clear the 6 inches of completely unforecasted snow off my car. Brrrrr.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on December 24, 2022, 02:23:55 PM
Quote from: kaysixteen on December 23, 2022, 09:50:56 PM
Well I knew there would be something Wahoo and I would agree on.   I hate the cold.   Around here, on the coast, it was in the 50s yesterday, more or less till about 3pm this afternoon, as it sloshed about 2 inches of rain on us.  Rain blew on out of town.  Wind didn't, and the temps have plummeted about 35 degrees so far.

How ever did I deal with 8 years of grad school in Buffalo?  I am old.

We agree on lots of things.

Our Coke Zeros are freezing to ice in the kegerator on the back porch----in the kegerator!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 27, 2022, 08:00:07 AM
Has everybody come through the storms okay?

We had several days of extreme low temperatures, but no winter precipitation whatsoever.  Winter temperatures are now back to regional norms.  We're forecast to begin the New Year with highs in the 70s....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 31, 2022, 03:29:47 PM
It was gray and rainy yesterday and pretty cold, but we got lucky today.  Sunny, 60s, a little breezy.  We were able to sit outside this morning for a few and will try to in the evening as well to make the most of it!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on December 31, 2022, 04:43:30 PM
Almost 60º today in DC Metro. About 25º around Christmas. On average, everything is OK! :-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 01, 2023, 09:16:43 AM
After the bitter cold a week ago, and the rains yesterday, it's a gorgeous sunny day today. I was overdressed when I went for a walk--didn't need gloves or anything on my head. I saw people wearing sweatshirts on their walks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 03, 2023, 08:08:32 AM
After an unusually cold Christmas week, we're back to our more normal altered-climate pattern of having severe spring storms in winter.  Looks like winter may already be effectively over for us.  The high was well in the 70s yesterday, and will be again today.  It won't get below 60--maybe--until next week.  Last night between six and seven I heard the tornado warning sirens go off more than I think I ever have in my life.  We didn't have any actual tornado damage here, but there has been some elsewhere in the state.  Tornado season in Arkansas is becoming like fire season out west and hurricane season to the south of us--something that we used to face for a few months out of the year, now pretty much a year-round risk.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 01, 2023, 05:35:00 AM
A thick dusting of snow on cars and people's yards. The roads are already clear, and the sun is shining, so it's probably just something that passed through late at night.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 01, 2023, 06:21:33 AM
Winter ice storm alerts all over our state.  At least one person has been killed in a wreck on an icy road.  Somehow it seems to be all passing around us, although we did have one staff member who lives in an outlying area say that she couldn't get over her road to come in to work.  The temperatures haven't actually been far below freezing, but the overcast and damp make it feel awfully chilly outside.  And in, given our building's HVAC deficiencies.

Glad I made a big batch of chili earlier this week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 01, 2023, 01:16:49 PM
Woke up and saw snow this morning! It was on the grass:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/first-flakes-snowfall-across-dc-area-ahead-of-morning-commute/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/first-flakes-snowfall-across-dc-area-ahead-of-morning-commute/)
I cleared off my car with an old broom after coming back from my morning walk. Then to the library for the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on February 01, 2023, 01:23:45 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on February 01, 2023, 01:16:49 PM
Woke up and saw snow this morning! It was on the grass:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/first-flakes-snowfall-across-dc-area-ahead-of-morning-commute/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/first-flakes-snowfall-across-dc-area-ahead-of-morning-commute/)
I cleared off my car with an old broom after coming back from my morning walk. Then to the library for the day.

No snow across the river, though it was in the forecast. I was prepared for the worst -- 'ya know, treating the snow with chemicals, but I saw nothing in the morning  and went back to sleep. :-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 02, 2023, 07:33:34 AM
We've once again narrowly missed the freeze-up that has been hitting much of the state.  All we've had has been lots and lots of cold rain.  The rain makes it feel so much colder, plus the fact that we've kept having occasional surges up into the 60s and even 70s during the winter has kept anybody from getting properly acclimatized to winter temperatures.  We'll be up into the 60s again in a couple of days. 

Meanwhile, we're thankful here that we've dodged the power outages and slick road conditions.  People from states that are used to dealing with heavy snowfalls don't realize that our occasional tiny thicknesses of ice can raise as much havoc as a major snowfall.  A little ice can still make roads deadly and wreck power service.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 02, 2023, 02:35:31 PM
Happy Groundhog Day!
DC's own Potomac Phil made his predication earlier today:
https://wtop.com/dc/2023/02/dcs-potomac-phil-declares-an-early-spring/ (https://wtop.com/dc/2023/02/dcs-potomac-phil-declares-an-early-spring/)
An annual local event!

It'll be very cold tomorrow and the weekend. Enough for mobile warming buses to be at select sites in the city.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on February 02, 2023, 04:20:34 PM
Nearly unprecedented wind chills coming to hypothermize the unsheltered--so they say.  And for the sheltered, plump heating costs.  Why, Oh why, did I forget to grow out my pelt this year?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 03, 2023, 07:37:20 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on February 02, 2023, 02:35:31 PM
Happy Groundhog Day!
DC's own Potomac Phil made his predication earlier today:
https://wtop.com/dc/2023/02/dcs-potomac-phil-declares-an-early-spring/ (https://wtop.com/dc/2023/02/dcs-potomac-phil-declares-an-early-spring/)
An annual local event!

It'll be very cold tomorrow and the weekend. Enough for mobile warming buses to be at select sites in the city.

A children's home in a nearby town lost power and had to be evacuated.  The children are bedding down in a local church that still has power.  Much of the town isn't expected to have power again until Saturday.  My home town is in the same situation.  My parents still didn't have power as of last night.  They're managing okay on a gasoline generator and and gas heat.  We never lost power here, but the schools are opening two hours late today.

And it's beautifully sunny and warmer today!  That morning sun is a sight for sore eyes after a week of clouds and rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on February 03, 2023, 11:41:33 AM
"Unprecedented wind chill" for hereabouts (and so close to being nestled by an ocean's warm bosom).  How can I say this?  The furnace works on and on.  More CO2 for the atmosphere.  I do my part.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on February 04, 2023, 04:40:08 AM
I just went out to grab my newspaper — it's -10 Fahrenheit. The paper hadn't been delivered, alas.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on February 04, 2023, 05:14:05 AM
Also -10 (-23 C) here.  The precautions I took to prevent freezing pipes were successful.  The cats are displeased to be obliged to snuggle.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on February 04, 2023, 06:50:16 AM
The wind chill might well have been "unprecedented," but not the low.  Not right here.  It went down to 4° last night.  I have kept hi/lo monthly records since 1995 and the lowest low (once) was 3° in 2004.  As I said, I'm mellowed by proximity to the ocean.  Ah, a mellow 4°!  I see the town where I was raised--far from salted water--was -27°
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 04, 2023, 07:16:03 AM
It isn't too bad here--high twenties. The five-mile walk offered by one of my hiking organizations is still on. There's a note from the organizer advising people to dress warmly. Early in the week, the walk which was capped at around 80 or so participants had a long waiting list. This morning, the number of participants is down to around 25.

Those of you who live in areas where the temperatures are hovering around freezing and below freezing, stay warm--hope your pipes don't freeze and there are no power outages.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Anselm on February 04, 2023, 12:38:42 PM
Well, the Canadians can no longer consult their trusty weather oracle.  RIP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_la_marmotte
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 04, 2023, 07:15:39 PM
Really cold here in the DC area today!
Quote from: apl68 on February 03, 2023, 07:37:20 AM
A children's home in a nearby town lost power and had to be evacuated.  The children are bedding down in a local church that still has power.  Much of the town isn't expected to have power again until Saturday.  My home town is in the same situation.  My parents still didn't have power as of last night.  They're managing okay on a gasoline generator and and gas heat.  We never lost power here, but the schools are opening two hours late today.

And it's beautifully sunny and warmer today!  That morning sun is a sight for sore eyes after a week of clouds and rain.
How are things in your area now?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 07, 2023, 12:20:12 PM
Beautiful out, and every bit of 80 degrees.  In the first week of February.  Exactly a week after we had winter weather advisories and highs in the 30s.  We've gone from winter to near-summer weather, with no intervening period of pleasant temperatures.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on February 08, 2023, 08:24:08 PM
From frigid to Spring!  Not hot, 50s, just right. (Not really February weather, but beats howling cold of last week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on February 09, 2023, 09:55:33 AM
Heavy rain and 50s overnight; lower 40s and high winds this morning. I'm used to driving in wind, and my new (to me) car is a small Buick SUV. While I've felt the wind in it more than in my old Malibu, it's not been a problem--until this morning, when crosswinds were a steady 45 mph with gusts over 55.  I was white-knuckling it and driving slow (~60-65 on the interstate). After I'd just passed a semi, the wind caught me and blew me from the left lane, across his lane, and onto the shoulder.  Scared the crap out of me, and I imagine it didn't do the trucker much good, either.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on February 09, 2023, 12:48:31 PM
Dank, gray, chill.  Not cold, but there's an uncommon wind from a direction that brings to me the rotting reek of a composting facility in a nearby town.  Fortunately, the usual wind is from a more neutral direction.  What DOES New Jersey smell like?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 09, 2023, 02:19:50 PM
Not bad, almost fifty today. Mid fifties tomorrow and around 45 on Saturday, which should be good weather for my bird walk.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on February 09, 2023, 03:03:22 PM
Warm and very windy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on February 10, 2023, 12:09:14 PM
The weather is awesome, today. I don't need a thick heavy jacket and the air is very crisp.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 10, 2023, 01:27:47 PM
Around 60, it's so balmy that people are wearing early fall outfits. I even saw someone in shorts.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 20, 2023, 07:17:05 PM
Almost the end of February and no snow. Doesn't look any better for March:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/any-hope-for-snow-in-d-c/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/any-hope-for-snow-in-d-c/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on February 21, 2023, 04:21:25 AM
I was surprised to wake up to snow. It must have surprised the road crews as well — it's taking longer than usual for them to get out there with the sanders.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on February 21, 2023, 05:04:50 AM
Forecast is promising a row of (partly) sunny days, highs in the upper 40s, lows around freezing. The temperatures are typical for this time of year, but the sun is very exciting.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 21, 2023, 07:38:37 AM
We had our final winter day last Friday.  We're looking at highs in the upper 70s and 80s all this week, except for one day that is supposed to dip suddenly.  As has become the norm in recent years, we're going straight from what passed for winter into summer, with little in the way of mild spring temperatures.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on February 21, 2023, 12:36:38 PM
Quote from: ergative on February 21, 2023, 05:04:50 AM
Forecast is promising a row of (partly) sunny days, highs in the upper 40s, lows around freezing. The temperatures are typical for this time of year, but the sun is very exciting.

And the moon says, "Be calm."
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on February 22, 2023, 09:02:24 AM
It feels like tornado weather here--sultry since early this morning.  They say we might then get ice by Saturday.  Sigh.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 23, 2023, 03:18:43 PM
We had a record breaker for the DC area today:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/80-degrees-in-february-dc-region-expects-record-breaking-heat/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/02/80-degrees-in-february-dc-region-expects-record-breaking-heat/)
It was nice to not wear a coat!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 03, 2023, 07:20:23 AM
The storm has now passed
Leaving grey skies and puddles
And lingering winds
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on March 03, 2023, 10:13:29 AM
What looks like a nor'easter on the way.  But just some wind and some rain, and no crystalline stuff.  It might be dramatic enough for me to get up at three a.m. and sit (sheltered, because the wind will be behind the house) on my stoop and reflect on... well, "Existence and fragility of, when the inevitable life storms come."  And then begin to think about what's for today's breakfast.  Priorities, please!

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 03, 2023, 06:45:29 PM
Rain most of the day.  Saw some snow in the mix but it didn't stick.
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Post by: Harlow2 on March 03, 2023, 09:16:14 PM
Pouring.
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Post by: sinenomine on March 04, 2023, 04:32:17 AM
Another 6-7 inches of snow fell overnight after 9 inches earlier this week, and it's still coming down. First day of Spring Break, ironically!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 07, 2023, 02:41:25 PM
Elevated risk for brush fires for the DC region today:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/03/dry-canadian-air-mass-elevates-brush-fire-danger/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/03/dry-canadian-air-mass-elevates-brush-fire-danger/)
Posted on WTOP online 3/7/23
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 07, 2023, 03:41:55 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on March 07, 2023, 02:41:25 PM
Elevated risk for brush fires for the DC region today:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/03/dry-canadian-air-mass-elevates-brush-fire-danger/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/03/dry-canadian-air-mass-elevates-brush-fire-danger/)
Posted on WTOP online 3/7/23

It's already that dry there?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on March 08, 2023, 06:13:16 AM
75 degrees here on Monday. Woke up today to rain with some sleet and snow mixed in.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on March 09, 2023, 08:49:08 PM
Argghh!! It snowed . . . 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ergative on March 09, 2023, 11:30:48 PM
Cold snap this week. Sub-freezing temperatures and snow last night. So, naturally, this week is when our floor guy put down the stain and starts varnishing, and recommends leaving windows open because of fumes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on March 14, 2023, 04:58:12 AM
About 6 inches of heavy, wet snow so far, and snow is forecast to continue for at least 12 more hours. Lots of power outages, including towns nearby that are 100% dark.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on March 14, 2023, 05:23:19 AM
Wind, rain, and a leak in the roof.  It cant change over to Snow fast enough from my tastes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 14, 2023, 07:23:52 AM
After that preview of summer we had in February, we've had a couple of days of quite cool weather.  We haven't quite been having frost overnight, but after that wildly unseasonable weather in February it feels colder than it is.  I'm just glad we're not going straight into summer a few months too early after all.  The last couple of days have been beautiful out.

We have a major outdoor event planned for Thursday that looks like it is likely to be rained out.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 15, 2023, 09:39:16 AM
Wind gusts all yesterday through today.  Enough for a regional wind advisory!
The cherry blossoms at DC's Tidal Basin are expected to bloom soon:
https://wtop.com/national-cherry-blossom-festival/2023/03/dc-cherry-blossoms-expected-to-reach-peak-bloom-next-week/ (https://wtop.com/national-cherry-blossom-festival/2023/03/dc-cherry-blossoms-expected-to-reach-peak-bloom-next-week/)
Spring has arrived.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on March 15, 2023, 11:28:37 AM
We finally had a week of winter weather in March.  Now it is back to bright and frigid. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 15, 2023, 01:03:28 PM
Tomorrow's event is going to go ahead as planned, fingers crossed.  I'm pretty worried about it.

The extended forecast is calling for more chilly weather.  I'm beginning to think that February and March have swapped places this year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on March 19, 2023, 09:11:47 PM
Quote from: apl68 on March 15, 2023, 01:03:28 PM
I'm beginning to think that February and March have swapped places this year.

We have been having winter in March.  Almost no snow until now and then day-long flurries.  Hard frigid winds.  Near white out conditions.  But the snow does not stick.  Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 20, 2023, 07:37:42 AM
First frost I've seen in the latter part of March in several years.  Maybe the first frost I've seen at any time in March in years.  Until recently it was quite common in the earlier part of the month.  We've been having some absolutely beautiful days lately, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on March 20, 2023, 03:41:22 PM
The crocuses are tired; the forsythia is eager to begin to show off.  The hesitant snow dusting of a few days ago is long gone, and it was only the second feeble try this winter.  My neighbor needs to put the snowblower back in his shed.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 24, 2023, 01:56:42 PM
We've been warned to expect potentially dire weather within the next two or three hours.  It's got people around here worried.  Rumor has it that legions of storm chasers are converging on our county expecting something to happen.  I just learned that the local high school has been opened as a shelter.  We have two rooms here at the library that can serve as safe rooms if need be.

Hope we don't lose power. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on March 24, 2023, 03:48:51 PM
Good luck, apl68!

After a week of Spring weather, we've got ice and snow in tomorrow's forecast. My driving to a conference will depend on road conditions.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 24, 2023, 03:50:56 PM
It's pouring down hard right now.  The thunder has been booming loudly.  Temperatures are dropping fast.  No indications of a tornado so far.

Hope you can have good road conditions, sinenomine!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 25, 2023, 06:13:02 AM
The rain had stopped by the time we closed down.  My walk home takes me through a low-lying intersection about two blocks down from the library.  It was flooded like I'd never seen it before.  Even the yards to the sides of it were flooded.  It proved impossible for me to get home without passing through cold, ankle-deep water.  The street drains were working fine--the fantastic downpour was just too much for them to handle. 

We got additional rain later that evening.  The houses around here are elevated enough that they didn't flood, but I'm concerned that others in lower-lying parts of town may have done so.  We didn't have any local wind damage or power outages that I've heard about so far.

I learned this morning that they had some appalling storm damage and loss of life in Mississippi to the east of us.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on March 31, 2023, 10:43:13 AM
Windy and sultry here--woke up to temps in the low 60s.  Another "feels like tornado weather" day, and nearly the whole state is in the red (high risk) area on the weather maps.  We just went under a tornado watch until 8 tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 01, 2023, 08:01:25 PM
High winds warning for the metro DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/04/high-wind-warning-potential-for-scattered-storms-power-outages-saturday-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/04/high-wind-warning-potential-for-scattered-storms-power-outages-saturday-in-dc-area/)
The MD Transportation Authority closed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to drivers because of the winds.

We also had warm temps today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 03, 2023, 07:17:26 AM
We had fine weather for our rescheduled event last Thursday.  The following Friday's severe weather missed us entirely.  We didn't even have rain that evening.  But it tore through central Arkansas.  The town of Wynne had several fatalities and was largely destroyed.

We had heavy rain without winds last night.  More severe weather in the forecast for later in the week.

Meanwhile we're looking at temperature spikes up into the mid-80s today and tomorrow, and the HVAC system is still not fixed.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on April 03, 2023, 07:40:46 PM
Just got our @$#@Q! power back.  And now it gets pleasantly warm.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 06, 2023, 07:20:00 AM
We had heavy thunderstorms off and on all night long and into this morning.  I don't believe I've ever heard so much thunder in one night, or so many huge bangs at different times.  It sounded like multiple trees or electrical transformers must have been destroyed within a block of my house.  But I didn't see any blasted trees on my morning walk, and there were no power issues at my house.  I did walk past one section of street where I thought I heard backup generators running.

A quick check of the news this morning indicates no serious weather-related damage in our state.  Missouri had a fatal tornado yesterday, hard on the heels of the recent multi-state outbreak.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on April 08, 2023, 11:04:59 AM
Rainy.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on April 09, 2023, 08:01:11 AM
April's endless showers.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on April 09, 2023, 09:00:11 AM
Today is really beautiful.  Currently in the low 60s but warm in the sun, just a little breezy (as opposed to the strong winds and dust we've for weeks).  We'll be in the mid-80s for highs for the next few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: OneMoreYear on April 09, 2023, 09:14:08 AM
Beautiful here also--sunny and lower 60s today and 60s to 70s rest of the week. Cats are melting into sunbeams. Hubby's headed out to kayak. Unfortunately, I'm sick and several days behind on grading, so I'm not enjoying it today, but am hopeful for later in the week. Hope you are enjoying your beautiful weather, ab_grp.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on April 09, 2023, 09:28:17 AM
Oh no, it's a shame to miss out on such lovely weather, OneMoreYear! I hope you feel better soon, get caught up on what you need to, and have plenty of excellent weather awaiting you.  I am enjoying it very much, thank you (aside from the allergies)! We are headed out for a post-brunch walk momentarily.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on April 10, 2023, 04:46:45 AM
We're going to be in the 70s from Tuesday on. The weekend wasn't too bad--it was slightly colder than predicted, but still sunny.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on April 10, 2023, 07:13:55 AM
Looks like we've also got a week of mostly nice weather in store--both here and in the city elsewhere in the state where I have a conference to attend for most of the week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 11, 2023, 02:25:46 PM
We're getting a burst of summer weather this week:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/04/believe-it-or-hot-dc-area-to-see-early-burst-of-summer-like-temps-this-week/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/04/believe-it-or-hot-dc-area-to-see-early-burst-of-summer-like-temps-this-week/)
I've been outside a few times today, enjoying the sun.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on April 13, 2023, 04:42:59 AM
Highs are expected to be in the upper 80s today, and almost 80 tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on April 14, 2023, 11:46:06 AM
Bands of thunderstorms here in central NC.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on April 16, 2023, 02:25:33 PM
Hail, high winds, and tornados all around us yesterday evening/night, after a few days around 80.  Today it's cloudy, blustery and in the low 40s, like November (except the trees are getting leaves, rather than dropping them).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 17, 2023, 07:51:14 PM
We've got a Fire Weather Watch for the region:
https://wtop.com/local/2023/04/more-dry-windy-weather-sparks-fire-risk-for-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/local/2023/04/more-dry-windy-weather-sparks-fire-risk-for-dc-region/)
Today was cooler.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on April 22, 2023, 01:50:56 PM
Rained this afternoon. There are thunderstorm watches and warnings throughout the DC region today.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on April 28, 2023, 07:40:08 PM
Rainy all day. It was my day off so I slept in this morning. Tomorrow it'll be dry then rain again Sunday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on April 30, 2023, 06:40:51 PM
Thursday: rain. Friday: rain. Saturday: rain. Sunday: rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on May 01, 2023, 04:55:21 AM
Two days of steady rain, with cancellations of the bird walk and a hike. This morning though, it's nice and sunny, with the car looking squeaky clean!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on May 01, 2023, 04:55:45 PM
Having just had three years of La Nina, we are now entering El Nino-- what can we expect, in terms of weather diffs?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 04, 2023, 07:26:05 AM
It had been just a bit unseasonably cool.  Now the extended forecast suggest sweltering summer temperatures from here on out.  And lots of rain in the coming week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on May 05, 2023, 04:14:26 AM
Everybody talks about the weather, but I'm going to do something about it.  Just you wait!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on May 11, 2023, 12:19:13 PM
I guess Juvenal was successful in getting some excessive rain moved away.  Unfortunately it's now passing through our state instead.  Yesterday's weather report didn't seem to promise anything too bad here, though there were coming flood watches south of here.  Now the flooding has moved up here. 

During the hour that I was in a restaurant at a lunch meeting, the water in the section of the parking lot where I was parked rose several inches.  I got soaked all the way through up to my ankles just trying to get into my car!  A few minutes later, I came to a section on the town's main traffic artery where a large truck had stalled out in a flooded low spot.  Never seen that happen in that particular spot before.  City workers were standing in the rain routing vehicles up side streets to get around the mess.  I ran by the post office to mail a package and said that I hoped they had a boat to get the mail out of town.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on May 15, 2023, 02:58:49 PM
Hot. Currently 31 (87.8). Ugh.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on May 16, 2023, 07:31:20 AM
Quote from: Juvenal on May 05, 2023, 04:14:26 AM
Everybody talks about the weather, but I'm going to do something about it.  Just you wait!

OK, I want to see the swish and flick of that magic wand.

And remember, per Hermione, it's not "Wingardium Levio-SAH," it's "Wingardium Levi-OH-sah." See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgr4dcsY-60.

;)

(Is it obvious at this point that they'll marry each other later?? ROTFLMAO!)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on May 18, 2023, 09:15:52 AM
Encroaching smoke.

It's only May, for fuck's sake!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on May 18, 2023, 10:03:13 AM
Those wildfires you have out there are actually sending at least some smoke all the way over here.   What exactly is causing them?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 06, 2023, 07:25:46 AM
We've been having pretty ordinary summer heat and humidity for this region.  Which means it's pretty bad by most people's standards, although not what it could be (And probably will be at some points during the summer). 

After a couple of weeks of no rain--mostly welcome after such a wet spring--we've begun having those extremely localized, unpredictable showers that we sometimes have in the summer.  A couple of evenings ago we had lots of thunder with no rain right here in town.  Last night we eventually got a pretty good shower after much thundering.  The extended forecast didn't predict any of that.  It does predict chances of rain for the next several days.  We'll see.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 06, 2023, 04:02:01 PM
Our skies are resembling those in smog-ridden LA. You can see photos of what the sky looks like in the following:

https://gothamist.com/news/you-can-smell-the-smoke-ny-issues-health-advisory-over-worsening-air-quality
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/unhealthy-air-quality-grips-new-york-city-as-wildfire-smoke-shrouds-skyline/1537145
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on June 06, 2023, 05:37:57 PM
It is very hot and oppressive.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on June 07, 2023, 04:33:45 AM
The Canadian wildfires have socked my area in smoke and haze. I'd normally enjoy the cool air and the opportunity to spend time in my garden and on my patio, but I'm wheezing even indoors. Icky.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 07, 2023, 05:38:10 AM
Hazy conditions are to continue through early tomorrow morning. According to the local weather forecast
QuoteAir quality levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an Air Quality Index value of 100 for the pollutant of Fine Particulates. The Air Quality Index, or AQI, was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern.

When pollution levels are elevated, the New York State Department of Health recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants include the very young, and those with preexisting respiratory problems such as asthma or heart disease. Those with symptoms should consider consulting their personal physician.

A toll free air quality hotline has been established so New York residents can stay informed on the air quality situation. The toll free number is 1 800 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.

See the NYT for details on other regions affected and also for an animated map:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/07/us/canada-wildfires-air-quality-smoke
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 07, 2023, 10:21:44 AM
Langue_doc, I just came across a couple tweets with some crazy pics of NYC and Newark:

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1666487528164057116?s=20
https://twitter.com/breakingweather/status/1666488882680954881?s=20

There was also some mention of ground stops at EWR and LGA currently due to low or no visibility.  Sending more safe breathing wishes your way!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 07, 2023, 11:02:44 AM
Thanks, ab_grp! What I'm seeing outside my windows is the most surreal-looking daylight I've ever encountered. I'll probably stay home tomorrow as well.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 07, 2023, 12:36:20 PM
Not a great day to be outside here in the metro DC area--we have a Code Red Air Quality alert:
https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/see-it-smell-it-smoke-makes-for-poor-air-quality-in-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/see-it-smell-it-smoke-makes-for-poor-air-quality-in-dc-region/)
Scroll past ad breaks to read full article.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 07, 2023, 01:07:26 PM
I was shocked to see that these Canadian fires are affecting air quality as far south as North Carolina.  It's terrible to think what conditions must be like in Canada itself.  Looks like the fires have already burned somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 square miles in Canada this year, and the year isn't yet half over. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on June 07, 2023, 03:45:37 PM
Now up to code purple in Philly. We are living in a giant tinderbox (no rain where I am since the beginning of May), so this is very scary. Lots of dry Pine Barrens.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 07, 2023, 03:59:57 PM
Sending clear air wishes to hmaria1609 and Harlow2 and others in all that smoke (and in the fiery or fire-prone areas as well!).  I saw a forecast that it will last through tomorrow but will hopefully clear out by or over the weekend. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 08, 2023, 06:50:45 AM
Continued haze and unhealthy air. Events have been canceled, thankfully, as has street cleaning, which means that I don't have to go outside to move my car.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/nyregion/nyc-wildfire-smoke-scenes.html
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 08, 2023, 01:24:41 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on June 07, 2023, 03:59:57 PM
Sending clear air wishes to hmaria1609 and Harlow2 and others in all that smoke (and in the fiery or fire-prone areas as well!).  I saw a forecast that it will last through tomorrow but will hopefully clear out by or over the weekend.
Thank you!

It's Code Purple for DC today:
https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/code-purple-very-unhealthy-air-sweeps-through-dc-area-as-impact-of-canadian-wildfires-continues/ (https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/code-purple-very-unhealthy-air-sweeps-through-dc-area-as-impact-of-canadian-wildfires-continues/)
Scroll past ad breaks to read full article. There's a photo gallery included.  Neighboring counties in MD and VA have adjusted public services.

We've got signs posted at the front door of the library. I'll be outside long enough to put my lunch bag in the car and go back inside the library.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on June 08, 2023, 02:57:12 PM
The smoke has reached central IL/metro St. Louis this week.  Yesterday was nearly overcast with the milky sky from the smoke; it's been clearer today.  Thinking of all of you dealing with the mud-colored and -textured air!  Stay safe!

We also need RAIN.  Lots and lots of rain--we haven't had any to amount to anything for over 3 weeks. The corn and beans in the fields look like they're growing out of concrete.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on June 09, 2023, 05:08:35 PM
Skies are blue again.  Let the orange amuse the mid-Atlantic ocean.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 09, 2023, 07:36:49 PM
Clearer skies here today:
https://wtop.com/dc/2023/06/dc-air-quality-minimally-improving-code-orange-expected-friday/ (https://wtop.com/dc/2023/06/dc-air-quality-minimally-improving-code-orange-expected-friday/)
It rained briefly this afternoon too!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on June 09, 2023, 08:10:47 PM
Much better here too; actually went for a 4-mile walk/hike tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on June 11, 2023, 04:25:46 PM
Clearer skies and thunderstorms. Mother Nature is doing her washing this evening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 12, 2023, 03:49:14 PM
Got some rain today but it's still humid. Ugh!
I read there's drought monitoring (https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/drought-monitoring-triggered-on-potomac-river-drinking-water-backups-could-be-tapped/) activated on the Potomac River courtesy of WTOP Radio.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on June 12, 2023, 05:39:35 PM
An entire inch of rain! Yay!! 

Hope some of it extended into the forests east of here that have been on fire all summer.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 13, 2023, 07:18:17 AM
Unusually cool for a June morning, and very rainy.  It feels like the rain could break over us soon.  The forecast calls for a chance of rain for each of the next several days, with scattered heavy storms tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on June 13, 2023, 09:41:22 AM
Very cool and nice here--50s overnight, in the 70s yesterday and low 80s today.  Still no rain here, though, but there was some around us over the weekend.  Heat and humidity will return in a few days, so I'm enjoying the pretty weather now!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 13, 2023, 12:28:48 PM
We ended up with quite a heavy rain late this morning.  No harm done, but it boomed and flashed a lot outside.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: lightning on June 14, 2023, 02:58:42 PM
We have had moderate temperatures. I'm trying to hold out on using the car's A/C, enjoying the summer wind that comes with driving with windows rolled down.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 14, 2023, 03:14:29 PM
When I checked the site just now I saw that the latest post on this forum was "`What's Your Weather?' by lightning."  Which seemed appropriate, especially since we've had thunderstorms in the area today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 23, 2023, 09:33:15 AM
Heat alerts are going out all over the region.  We're looking at triple-digit highs in the coming week, with humidity running the heat index higher.  Which is actually pretty much in the normal range for this time of year.  We're getting a series of dry days for a change.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on June 28, 2023, 06:25:55 AM
Another storm yesterday.  Fortunately no damage done.  Today and for some days following we're looking at extreme heat.  The Fourth of July looks stormy in the extended forecast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on June 28, 2023, 06:49:32 AM
Torrential downpours interspersed with cool and cloudy, which then ramps up in humidity, to another torrential downpour.

I am trying to thread the needle between bursts to get my students to and thru the zoo.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on June 28, 2023, 06:55:21 AM
Very humid here and warm enough to make it soupy and uncomfortable. I'm heading to campus to take advantage of the AC and because I'll be giving a talk later on today —- perhaps with a backdrop of lightning and thunder to entertain my listeners.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on June 28, 2023, 08:20:22 AM
It is very hot here.  Hot and dry.  It got up near 110 the past few days but should only be 102 today, hopefully.  We are due (possibly) for a thunderstorm early next week that should at least push it down to the high 90s.  It's just that time of year, but it makes our 2x daily walks a little rough.  I'm glad not to have the humidity some of you have to suffer through.  Stay safe!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Anselm on June 28, 2023, 10:37:11 AM
Worst air quality I have ever encountered is happening this week due to the Canadian wildfires.  We have warnings to remain indoors as much as possible.  AQI is 140.  Yesterday with sunny skies we had a brown haze.  Everyone was talking about it.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on June 28, 2023, 11:34:34 AM
Hope forumites who live in the areas affected by the smoke from the wildfires are staying indoors.

QuoteMaps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Canada Wildfires
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/smoke-maps-canada-fires.html

Chicago   Very Unhealthy   255
Detroit   Very Unhealthy   229
Pittsburgh   Unhealthy   196
Cincinnati   Unhealthy   194
Minneapolis   Unhealthy   175
Buffalo   Unhealthy   152
Philadelphia   Unhealthy for some   142
Washington, D.C.   Unhealthy for some   109
Nashville   Unhealthy for some   109
Baltimore   Moderate   90

Today's AQI is above 100 across NYS: https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/aqi/aqi_forecast.cfm
Yesterday's was normal for most of the state: https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/aqi/observed.cfm
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on June 28, 2023, 01:25:52 PM
We managed to avoid actual rain at the zoo, but we did need to duck into the rainforest pavilion to get some drier air....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on June 28, 2023, 07:54:11 PM
From WTOP Radio: It's Code Red Air Quality for the metro Baltimore/DC area tomorrow:
https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/code-orange-air-quality-as-smoke-from-canadian-wildfires-returns-to-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/code-orange-air-quality-as-smoke-from-canadian-wildfires-returns-to-dc-area/)
Scroll past ad breaks to full article.
We had a sign on our front door at the library about the air quality (Code Orange) today. I'll definitely post the Code Red Air Quality sign when I get to the library tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: kaysixteen on June 28, 2023, 09:12:09 PM
Around here, June has been much colder than normal, and the last five days or so cloudy and humid, with on and off rain, much more like late April/ early May.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on June 29, 2023, 07:19:39 AM
We had bad air here Tuesday and yesterday; it's still smoky but somewhat better visibility today, with the addition of a forecast high of 100 degrees/115 heat index, along with the strong risk of a derecho. We desperately need the rain, but not the wind.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 01, 2023, 12:50:52 PM
Our AQI continues to be above normal levels. Yesterday's was unhealthy for us as well as for most of the state. Today's, although better than yesterday's, is still unhealthy for the elderly and people with respiratory issues.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/aqi/aqi_forecast.cfm
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Harlow2 on July 01, 2023, 07:39:23 PM
Here it's been like looking at everything through a scrim of cheesecloth. The smell of smoke has come and gone each day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on July 12, 2023, 05:46:04 AM
The torrential rains here have paused for a few days, but we've got ongoing flooding. My farm share lost 95% of their crops. :-(
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 12, 2023, 06:34:50 AM
No flooding so far, but we've had a huge amount of rain in recent days.  It looks like today is going to be the heaviest yet.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on July 12, 2023, 07:32:30 AM
I am travelling and have arrived in San Francisco in what the locals report as the best weather in recent memory.  80 and sunny, light sea breezes and fog that you can watch engulf Alcatraz but doesn't reach the mainland.

Having no basis for comparison, I rate it very nice.  Especially coming from the hot and muggy northeast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ciao_yall on July 12, 2023, 08:59:21 AM
Quote from: FishProf on July 12, 2023, 07:32:30 AMI am travelling and have arrived in San Francisco in what the locals report as the best weather in recent memory.  80 and sunny, light sea breezes and fog that you can watch engulf Alcatraz but doesn't reach the mainland.

Having no basis for comparison, I rate it very nice.  Especially coming from the hot and muggy northeast.

Welcome to SF! Enjoy! And as we say, if you don't like the weather, just go around the corner. (Seriously - lots of microclimates here. Wear layers and be prepared to add and subtract.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 13, 2023, 03:53:55 PM
Heat Emergency Alert in DC today. I've been indoors at the library since coming in this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on July 14, 2023, 12:14:44 AM
Quote from: ciao_yall on July 12, 2023, 08:59:21 AM
Quote from: FishProf on July 12, 2023, 07:32:30 AMI am travelling and have arrived in San Francisco in what the locals report as the best weather in recent memory.  80 and sunny, light sea breezes and fog that you can watch engulf Alcatraz but doesn't reach the mainland.

Having no basis for comparison, I rate it very nice.  Especially coming from the hot and muggy northeast.

Welcome to SF! Enjoy! And as we say, if you don't like the weather, just go around the corner. (Seriously - lots of microclimates here. Wear layers and be prepared to add and subtract.)

Thanks!  We had a great time!

I wonder which San Francisco they were talking about on Fox News because it wasn't the one I just visited.....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ciao_yall on July 14, 2023, 09:45:07 AM
Quote from: FishProf on July 14, 2023, 12:14:44 AM
Quote from: ciao_yall on July 12, 2023, 08:59:21 AM
Quote from: FishProf on July 12, 2023, 07:32:30 AMI am travelling and have arrived in San Francisco in what the locals report as the best weather in recent memory.  80 and sunny, light sea breezes and fog that you can watch engulf Alcatraz but doesn't reach the mainland.

Having no basis for comparison, I rate it very nice.  Especially coming from the hot and muggy northeast.

Welcome to SF! Enjoy! And as we say, if you don't like the weather, just go around the corner. (Seriously - lots of microclimates here. Wear layers and be prepared to add and subtract.)

Thanks!  We had a great time!

I wonder which San Francisco they were talking about on Fox News because it wasn't the one I just visited.....

There are a few neighborhoods that are a bit rugged, but every city has those, unfortunately.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 14, 2023, 10:15:23 AM
All week long each day has turned out cloudier, drearier, and cooler than the previous day's forecast had indicated it would be.  Mind you, it's still pretty hot and humid.  Earlier in the week we got up to seven inches of rain in places in the space of about three days.

Meanwhile I'm still shivering in July in my office due to the bizarre state of our HVAC system.  A technician who visited yesterday was able to get conditions moderated a bit.  My office is now the coldest place in the building.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 16, 2023, 09:57:10 AM
Yet another flood post, unfortunately.  My old neck of the woods has been hit, leading to casualties.  I'm glad that my mother is a few minutes more inland, but my old neighborhood nearer the water got pretty flooded.  With more rain coming and damage to the water barriers, I am just hoping the remaining missing folks are found safe (sadly, unlikely for some of them), and I hope that any further damage is minimal.  On a more minor property damage note, of course my mother did not get her roof fixed after the random tornado issue weeks ago.  Luckily, it was not too badly damaged then, but it's not a great time for torrential downpours and more tornado watches.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 17, 2023, 08:25:07 AM
More storms, tree damage, and power outages here.  All very unexpected, as the forecasts had not led us to expect something so severe.  This morning it looks beautiful, and no hotter than our (admittedly severe) normal for July.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 17, 2023, 10:19:28 AM
ab_grp, saw pictures of the PA flooding yesterday on the weather channel website. Hope the missing folks have been accounted for.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 17, 2023, 10:27:46 AM
Thanks, Langue_doc! Unfortunately, last I heard the 2-year-old and 9-month-old were still missing, so I am not very hopeful, but we'll see. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on July 18, 2023, 11:55:36 PM
I'm visiting Hawai'i for family visits and research.  So, it was 83 and partly cloudy, but there is a tropical storm (downgraded from hurricane) passing the island tonight.  I've already had one day of diving cancelled and more possible.

Well, I guess I can catch up on field notes...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 19, 2023, 10:38:48 AM
Clear, with temperatures just short of 100 and heat index at almost Death Valley levels.  A perfectly ordinary July day for here.  I don't believe our region's average summer highs have increased significantly since I was a kid.  It's the other six months of the year that have been getting warmer with climate change so far.  You've always had to be half-salamander to get through summer here.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 20, 2023, 04:53:41 PM
We lost power about 30 minutes ago due to severe thunderstorms in our area, but it's back on now. It's raining lightly for the moment. Temperatures have been in the 90's (F) for awhile. :(
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 21, 2023, 07:26:54 AM
Predicted heat index of 115 degrees today.  When I rode my bicycle to lunch yesterday the breeze failed to feel cool.  An evening stroll around sundown felt pleasant by comparison.  At least one month past the solstice the days are beginning to shorten noticeably.  The very worst should be behind us before too many more weeks. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on July 21, 2023, 03:49:03 PM
Tropical Storm Calvin was a nothing-burger for us.  A few spots on the big island got 5 inches of rain, but generally no big deal.

Cue the complaining that the weather people just want to worry everyone so they'll spend more money on stuff...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 22, 2023, 12:13:23 PM
The predicted thunderstorms for yesterday and today didn't materialize--the weather gods apparently don't like this neck of the woods. Not complaining, but merely making an observation.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 24, 2023, 07:23:30 AM
The weather was actually relatively mild the past two days.  Yesterday morning was actually quite pleasant, and it was nice to sit out on the patio in the shade for much of yesterday afternoon.  Looks like the weather will be back to July normal for the rest of the week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on July 24, 2023, 04:57:12 PM
By 9 am the heat index was already 100.  It is nearly 7 pm, and the heat index is still 105. 
We have reached drought stage again (technically, we never actually left it... we came close but the lakes we draw from never regained the minimal level to remove water restrictions).  My yard is primarily clay, and it is now brick.  I have some weeds I need to remove and it is like working with concrete.  My back wont let me work more than 15 or 20 minutes in this heat to make a lot of progress ridding them.
They are coming in from the neighbor.  He had 'real grass' but it was eaten by grubs some time ago, and this that has returned is nasty.  But he waters it, so the runners are well watered and are taking root in my yard.  Not sure what I can do, or what I am physically able to do, but getting rid of the plants that have 'taken root' in my yard is my goal. 

Anyway, it is HOT.  Not that we are making the news from AZ where they have weeks of 100+ temps, but we did have a run where we had 21 days or so of over excessive heat warnings.  (I think that they are not mentioning it much, but our low temperatures are pretty darn high too! they are certainly above 'average').
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on July 24, 2023, 07:26:59 PM
Finally rain, after weeks and weeks of sun in this temperate rainforest.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Anselm on July 25, 2023, 02:07:11 PM
I am amazed that the Canadian tourist industry does not advertise their cooler weather.  I know a guy in Chicago who for some strange reason has no AC even though he can afford it.  He will check the weather reports and see that it is 10 degrees Fahrenheit cooler in Kenosha and then he will proceed to drive there for the day.  Right now the only domestic escape from the hot weather seems to be in the Pacific Northwest.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 27, 2023, 07:17:32 AM
Very harsh today.  I don't usually break out into a full sweat just walking to work in the morning!  The extended forecast is calling for hundred-degree highs all next week.  I can only imagine what the heat index will be.  Not unprecedented for our region, but severe enough that even somebody who's well-acclimated will probably have to curb outdoor activities.  Looks like I'll have to forget exploring some nearby back roads I'd been wanting to explore this Saturday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 27, 2023, 01:48:39 PM
Excessive Heat Warning & Heat Emergency for the metro Baltimore/DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/07/searing-heat-stifling-humidity-what-to-expect-during-latest-round-of-high-temp-days-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/07/searing-heat-stifling-humidity-what-to-expect-during-latest-round-of-high-temp-days-in-dc-area/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 28, 2023, 09:15:13 AM
Heat advisory through tomorrow evening, an air quality alert for the past several days and today, and a hazardous weather outlook for tomorrow. According to some websites, this is the hottest July in three years, which obscures that just four years ago we had a sweltering July with temperatures hovering around 100 for several days in a row.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Ruralguy on July 28, 2023, 09:36:23 AM
Hot here (I'll just say its roughly "Mid Atlantic to South"), though it would be a cold front out West! looks like some tropical moisture will start to encroach in a few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 29, 2023, 01:50:28 PM
More heat and high temps to end the week:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/07/high-temperatures-start-to-drop-in-dc-region-with-thunderstorms-rolling-in/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/07/high-temperatures-start-to-drop-in-dc-region-with-thunderstorms-rolling-in/)
Hard downpour of rain now!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on July 29, 2023, 02:57:56 PM
We could use rain! 
My Bride texted a picture of a hole in her parents' back yard near the fence.  she claims is is 2 1/2 feet deep, but her ability to measure most things is questionable.  We have lots of clay in this area, and when it is dry, as it is now, it does crack and the cracks can be deep, but that is pretty deep!   She said her dad indicated that it might be a location that ATT was working but who knows when that was?

Anyway, we have heat warnings.  The low last night was 78.  It is hot, humid and not pleasant!
 And Dry!!

Tropical depressions would be welcome, and Tropical Storms would not be unwelcome, as long as they didnt linger too long! 

(And the tropical activity may cool the Gulf waters making it a bit more pleasant, perhaps. 

But nothing like this is expected.  High pressure areas are keeping things away, and increasing the temperatures)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Larimar on July 29, 2023, 03:27:49 PM
I'd be happy to give you some of our rain! We just had yet another of the short, intense gullywashers we've been having many afternoons and evenings this summer. They've been worse than usual this year. The water is threatening to flood the back porch and the balcony off the bedroom. I'd be glad to get rid of some of it.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on July 30, 2023, 10:19:57 AM
After an oppressively tropical July (second rainiest on record, very high humidity making it feel much hotter) and one final torrential downpour yesterday evening, the cool, dry, air from our neighbor to the north has returned, and we welcome this Canadian invader with open arms. Mid 70s, dew point in the 50s, Heat pumps off, all the windows open. Did a bunch of yard work and now going to sit out there with a book and drink.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on July 30, 2023, 04:40:16 PM
The much-ballyhooed thunderstorms predicted for yesterday turned out to be a sprinkle. The temperatures are down though, and it has been quite pleasant all day today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on July 31, 2023, 08:30:52 AM
Our forecast hadn't called for a drop of rain, yet we ended up getting about three hours of it early this morning.  My morning walk took place entirely in it.  Lots of thunder and lighting too, for the first part of it.  Today's rain is not predicted to do anything to moderate the solid week of severe temperatures ahead.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on July 31, 2023, 08:43:40 AM
It's looking a little rainy here.  I just got back in from a walk, and it was gloriously cool! About 20-25 degrees cooler than it's been the past few weeks! Not going to last, unfortunately, but I will enjoy it while it's here.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on July 31, 2023, 04:17:32 PM
Saturday's storms in the Baltimore/DC area left a lot of down trees and wires:
https://wtop.com/local/2023/07/thousands-in-dc-region-remain-without-power-as-storm-recovery-continues/ (https://wtop.com/local/2023/07/thousands-in-dc-region-remain-without-power-as-storm-recovery-continues/)
I saw a local tree company cleaning up fallen tree limbs in my work neighborhood earlier today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on August 01, 2023, 08:30:50 AM
High pressure has pushed us to potentially record breaking high temperatures. The location of it is keeping the rain well away. 
It is HOT.

I had a car repair to handle yesterday, and it took an hour to get one nut off!  It was rusted on and connected to the battery terminal, so I think it was partly fused (when you run electricity through 2 different mettles).  But I was stubborn and persevered to get it off!  I sure sweat through a shirt on that one!  I got the replacement part, but it is nt exactly the same, so I hope that the replacement will fit and work!  It is already hot! 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on August 02, 2023, 07:31:04 AM
Finally had a "Gift from Canada" other than smoke.  Down to sixty last night (NY Metro area).  Can't last.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on August 06, 2023, 07:03:59 AM
9 am and the heat index is 102.  (actual temp 87)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 07, 2023, 07:22:29 AM
Quote from: clean on August 06, 2023, 07:03:59 AM9 am and the heat index is 102.  (actual temp 87)

Pretty much how it's been for us for weeks now.  Also, not one drop of rain for weeks.  We're supposed to have a good chance of some tomorrow.  I hope so.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 08, 2023, 07:07:09 AM
It has rained!  So far no power outages or trees blown down.  Anymore around here, rain that comes without destruction is a cause for celebration.

The extended forecast is calling for highs in the upper 90s this time next week, so our relief won't last long.  We normally see that sort of heat only in July.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on August 08, 2023, 07:53:09 PM
We had severe thunderstorms and tornado watch in the metro Baltimore/DC area yesterday:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/08/thousands-still-in-the-dark-tuesday-after-week-starts-off-wet/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/08/thousands-still-in-the-dark-tuesday-after-week-starts-off-wet/)
It was similar to last month's storms.
Fortunately we didn't lose power in town. Driving home in heavy rain was forgettable.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 18, 2023, 07:22:23 AM
It looks like the extremes that have affected most of the world this summer are now coming for us.  The extended forecast is calling for a solid week of 100 degree-plus highs.  The temperatures aren't predicted to break records, but this is coming later in the summer than our most extreme summer heat normally comes.  To have to face this on top of what has already been a severe summer is just heartbreaking.  Now I'm afraid that even the winter isn't going to bring any real relief from this.  We've already all but ceased to have a winter season as it is.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on August 25, 2023, 10:15:07 AM
Still having three-digit temperatures and heat indexes in the 110s.  We also appear to be having a "flash drought" that has led to burn bans here and in other counties.

Meanwhile Louisiana is experiencing wild fires that, while not as apocalyptic as those seen elsewhere, are unprecedented for what is normally a wet climate.  The smoke has drifted far enough north to affect us as of today.  Just a little taste of what people in other states have been getting so much of this summer.

And, just to cap things off, somebody has apparently fooled around and just started a fire at an oil refinery in southern Louisiana. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on August 25, 2023, 11:13:39 AM
Smoke, though not too bad yet.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on August 25, 2023, 01:53:55 PM
102 degrees and 119 heat index here yesterday.  Today it's a balmy 100/106.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on August 25, 2023, 04:42:45 PM
Finally, the day after the frightening storm is gray, overcast, and 70s.  Humid though. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on August 29, 2023, 08:04:46 AM
We had a proper thunderstorm! I think this is the first since I moved here in late 2017. There have been a couple in the distance, but nothing right above us. Finally! Having grown up where they're common, I really miss them.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 04, 2023, 08:09:42 AM
The forecast called for a brief shower around 8:30 AM, which turned out to be no more than a sprinkle. On my drive out this morning before the expected rain, I saw half a rainbow with clouds and blue skies as a backdrop with nary a raindrop in sight. Its going to be a hot week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 05, 2023, 07:23:24 AM
Three hours of rain yesterday, after weeks of absolutely nothing.  It was welcome. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 06, 2023, 08:21:16 PM
Record heat today here in the metro DC area:
https://wtop.com/local/2023/09/heat-wave-continues-for-dc-region-before-cold-front-brings-storms/ (https://wtop.com/local/2023/09/heat-wave-continues-for-dc-region-before-cold-front-brings-storms/)
Scroll past ad breaks to read full article.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 07, 2023, 05:33:52 AM
Heat advisory has been extended to tomorrow evening. "Scattered" thunderstorms Friday through Sunday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 07, 2023, 07:20:14 AM
We're in another period of unpredictable, patchy precipitation.  Yesterday evening I rode my motorcycle to church.  The sky turned from sunny to threatening in the few minutes it took me to get there.  I parked under the breezeway out front and hoped for the best. 

When the service was over, it still wasn't raining, but looked even more threatening.  Somebody showed me a weather radar image showing severe weather in the general area.  I lit out for home, hoping to get there before it broke.  The winds started whipping up in the last few blocks home.  I made it, still dry, giving thanks that I had done so.  And then after a while the front moved on, with not a drop of rain on our town this time.  Looks like somebody within a few miles probably got it, though.  These localized storms and showers are still so hard to predict.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 08, 2023, 12:34:39 PM
The predicted thunderstorms are here but only with sporadic half-hearted thunder and just a few drops of rain. We--10 counties in SE NY, counties in northern NJ and a few counties in south CT have a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 PM. Temperatures have come down.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 10, 2023, 06:11:30 AM
I was walking yesterday during the thunderstorm warning.  I heard thunder all around me, but nary a drop of rain.  When I got home, I thought "well, I might as well mow the lawn until the rain comes".  I ended up doing the whole thing (woot).

Today, the rain has come with a vengeance.  This is a good thing as I am way behind on my courses1



1 - MrsFishProf needed emergency infection removal surgery.  All good now, but gnarly scars....
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 10, 2023, 10:15:12 AM
The forecast for today (this was late last night) was for thunderstorms to start at 8. This morning though, the forecast had changed to thunderstorms starting at 1 PM and continuing until late evening. Went on the bird walk (a few unadventurous souls had backed out, according to the email we got last night), but had to take shelter soon after 10 AM under some trees, because a segment of the thunderstorm reached us early, and then saw the radar display of the approaching storm on someone's phone which made us decide to end the walk. Drove home in pouring rain and flooded streets. Now the sun's out.

Good wishes to MrsFishProf!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 11, 2023, 07:19:07 AM
Yes, glad to hear that Mrs. FishProf is safely past that. 

We had a beautiful and relatively mild weekend.  The extended forecast calls for highs in the 80s all this week, which would be wonderful.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on September 16, 2023, 05:14:18 PM
It rained most of the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 16, 2023, 07:41:38 PM
Cooler temps to end the week. It's been nice sleeping with the windows open.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 17, 2023, 06:45:54 PM
Hurricane passed by, with no effects.  At all.

Its still wet and humid, but today was a nice afternoon to catch a ballgame.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 18, 2023, 07:35:39 AM
The days are still hot, but not terribly so, and the evenings and mornings are starting to get pleasant.  I rode my motorcycle to attend a bible study at some friends' house about ten miles away yesterday evening, and got overtaken by darkness on the way home.  It actually felt chilly on that bike!  This will be the last time I ride out to their house in the evening until the days start getting longer again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 18, 2023, 03:05:19 PM
And now, more rain.  My yard is becoming a rainforest.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 19, 2023, 07:13:07 PM
Still cool temps.
I read fall foliage (https://wtop.com/local/2023/09/the-outlook-for-fall-foliage-not-spectacular-and-short-lived/) will be short lived here around the metro DC area.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 20, 2023, 06:28:29 AM
Our extended forecast has become very changeable.  The latest version is calling for cooler temperatures in the next few days, with chance of rain.  It's making it hard to plan outdoor activities.  We could use the rain, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on September 20, 2023, 09:12:32 AM
Tauntingly lovely.  With more rain predicted for the weekend, which is the first chance I'll have to get outdoors again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 20, 2023, 07:48:10 PM
From WTOP online: Parts of Maryland have a drought warning (https://wtop.com/maryland/2023/09/drought-watch-turns-to-warning-in-parts-of-maryland/) now. Over the summer, I'd noticed the water levels in the river drop enough for people to walk in it!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 21, 2023, 06:00:08 AM
Lovely weather this week, but steady rains have been forecast for the weekend which means that my outings for Saturday and Sunday will be canceled. I was looking forward to both, the first one an outing that I had organized for one of my outdoors groups, and the other, quite different, but also in the wide open spaces. Aaargh!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 22, 2023, 07:12:45 PM
Tropical Storm Ophelia is coming towards the Delmarva this weekend:
https://wtop.com/weather/2023/09/dc-area-braces-for-rain-wind-from-powerful-weekend-storm/ (https://wtop.com/weather/2023/09/dc-area-braces-for-rain-wind-from-powerful-weekend-storm/)
There's a short video of Bethany Beach, DE included.
Stay safe and dry everyone!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 23, 2023, 06:46:37 AM
Thanks to Ophelia, most outdoor events for this weekend have been canceled or rescheduled.
https://gothamist.com/news/tropical-storm-ophelia-on-track-to-hit-nyc-nj-like-a-hurricane-but-cooler

QuoteA subtropical storm that's been quietly strengthening off the East Coast most of the week reached tropical storm status Friday afternoon, just in time to ruin New York and New Jersey weekends with a steady rain and hazardous gusty winds.

Tropical Storm Ophelia's most hazardous conditions will make landfall on North Carolina and Virginia, but the storm is big — about 380 miles across east to west and 296 miles north to south in terms of the extent of its winds. It's slated to gradually move northward after making landfall.

QuoteNational Weather Service meteorologists expect New Jersey to see tougher conditions relative to downstate New York, but this entire region will likely encounter tropical-storm-force wind gusts. They said, given it's autumn and most leaves are yet to fall, the timing of this storm carries an extra risk of large branches falling, which is a danger to people and power lines.

"You typically see a little bit more tree damage when you have full leaves on the trees than if it's in the middle of winter and you don't have any leaves," said Sarah Johnson, a warning coordination meteorologist at NWS Mount Holly. The leaves make the branches heavier and more likely to catch the wind.

Ophelia will also deliver storm surge, high surf and rip tides — with the risks being greatest in South Jersey but still present around New York coastal areas.

Another thing people should know about Ophelia is that it started off with cooler temperatures than a typical tropical storm, but that didn't stop it from rapidly strengthening due this year's stretch of abnormally warm ocean water.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 23, 2023, 10:22:16 AM
I hadn't heard anything about Ophelia! I will send good weather wishes to all of you in its predicted (or actual) path.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 23, 2023, 08:14:27 PM
Lots of rain today, heavy at times! It's light rain at the moment.
Ophelia has become a tropical depression (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/09/ophelia-touches-down-tropical-storm-rolls-through-dc-region-over-the-weekend/) as she moves further up the coast. Flood watches and warnings throughout the Baltimore/DC region until tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on September 25, 2023, 07:33:03 AM
I've been awakened by two nights of prolonged thunder and lightning in a row.  There wasn't a great deal of rain or wind either time.

The extended forecast calls for our entire final week of September and into October to have near 90-degree highs.  Looks like I'll have to run my home air conditioner well into October, which I don't believe I've ever had to do before.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 25, 2023, 07:34:09 AM
It's still raining and will continue to do so until tomorrow.
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Post by: Parasaurolophus on September 25, 2023, 07:45:50 AM
After monnths without rain, a fuckload of rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on September 26, 2023, 08:19:10 AM
Upper 80s and near 90 all week here, with a chance of a storm this evening/overnight. It rained a bit over the weekend, but it's generally pretty dry.

Local farmers have started combining beans, which is a bit early; corn doesn't look too far behind.  The corn has looked rough since early August: much shorter than usual, and the leaves were starting to burn at the edges already back then because of the lack of rain, again, about a month earlier than usual.

The cool wet spring delayed planting, and the extreme heat and dry conditions didn't do farmers (or gardeners, for that matter) any good this year in our area.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on September 26, 2023, 09:03:15 AM
Three gray, wet/wettish days.  A long time since we've had that.  No fall color of note yet, although I do see dogwoods getting with the program, but otherwise our infinity of oaks thinks it's still August.  They'll learn.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on September 28, 2023, 05:35:21 PM
Gray, overcast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 29, 2023, 05:39:06 AM
Wednesday was a lovely fall day, sunny with mild temperatures. The clouds started coming in around sunset, resulting in the sky looking like a sheet of marble. It was almost full moon, so we could see the moon in the middle of what appeared to be a circle of rainbowish clouds. That was the only dry day this week.

It has been raining steadily since yesterday afternoon and will continue to do so until Saturday morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on September 29, 2023, 07:50:58 AM
Sorry to hear that things are so soggy out that way, Langue_doc, but I'm glad you had a lovely, dry day and a moon view to break it up! Hopefully you will have another lovely day at the end of the rain this weekend.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on September 29, 2023, 08:09:09 AM
Advisory from our neighborhood office:
QuoteAre You Experiencing Issues In Your Home?

If you are experiencing issues in your home related to the flooding from today's weather, as per the Senator J Doe's office,

please report your issues in the following manner:

1.Click the 311 Complaint Link below and file a formal complaint.

2.Copy the complaint number and fill out the Inclement Weather Assistance form provided from the Senator's Office at the link below.

The Senator's Office is working to escalate any hazardous condition issues and collect information on how many residences are effected by today's storm.

On the MTA website:
QuoteMajor service disruptions due to flooding
Subway and Metro-North service is severely disrupted due to heavy rain and flooding. Please stay home if you don't need to travel. If you must head out, use extra caution and check the service status for your line before you go.

Thankfully, our street doesn't seem to be affected, but I feel sorry for those living in basement apartments.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on September 29, 2023, 12:14:21 PM
Highs near 90 for the next week, with a couple of potentially record-breaking days on the way.  It does sound like the pattern will change and fall might actually arrive next weekend, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 02, 2023, 05:53:37 AM
Hazy skies (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/canada-wildfires-smoke-new-york-air.html) are back!

QuoteWildfires in Canada Expected to Cause Hazy Skies Over New York
The impact on air quality was expected to be mild, but New Yorkers sensitive to air quality should take extra care, officials said.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 06, 2023, 07:11:26 AM
The weather forecast called for sunny skies today, but it's raining now. The latest forecast calls for rain and thunderstorms this afternoon, so the rain's ahead of schedule. Rain and thunderstorms tomorrow, resulting in the cancellation of bird and other walks/hikes.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 06, 2023, 07:22:27 AM
We've had two days of slow off-and-on rain, which we needed.  Temperatures aren't yet down to fall levels, but it finally no longer feels like July.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 07, 2023, 05:24:34 AM
It's raining and will probably rain all day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 07, 2023, 06:08:52 AM
First chilly morning of the year!  At long last!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 07, 2023, 07:50:18 PM
We were in the low 80s most of this week, now it's in the 50-60s for the upcoming week. I guess I'll be switching over to hot coffee soon.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 09, 2023, 07:22:23 AM
A cool weekend, rising back into the low-mid 80s for this week.  It's supposed to go down again in a couple of days.  Right now it's cool, with a moderately hot afternoon ahead. 

After this summer, it's hard to remember what it was like not being hot every single day.  A certain staff member of ours has already begun moaning about what a terrible, terrible cold, hard winter we have ahead.  She's been saying that every year, starting when we have our first cool day and lasting until spring.  This despite the fact that winter has all but vanished in our region in recent years.  We've had some very brief cold snaps, but no snow and seldom even any frost anymore.  Yet she continues every year to talk like we're facing a harsh New England winter.  I don't know what's caused this fear and loathing of even mildly cold weather, or this conviction that every year we face a freezing ordeal.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 13, 2023, 04:37:40 PM
Today has been nice and cool and not as windy as yesterday, but I have been sneezing nonstop.  I just cannot tell what combo does this to me from the data reported in the pollen app.  It's not even a particularly high pollen day! But I am very happy with the cooler weather.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 14, 2023, 11:32:39 AM
Steady rain as predicted.
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Post by: hmaria1609 on October 14, 2023, 07:06:43 PM
Rainy here most of the day and evening. I mowed the lawn yesterday so that's out of the way.


Anyone see the ring of fire (https://wtop.com/gallery/science/photos-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-doesnt-disappoint/) today?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on October 15, 2023, 09:58:37 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on October 14, 2023, 07:06:43 PMAnyone see the ring of fire (https://wtop.com/gallery/science/photos-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-doesnt-disappoint/) today?

We were fortunate enough to see it, or at least about 95% of it. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 17, 2023, 07:25:15 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on October 14, 2023, 07:06:43 PMRainy here most of the day and evening. I mowed the lawn yesterday so that's out of the way.


Anyone see the ring of fire (https://wtop.com/gallery/science/photos-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-doesnt-disappoint/) today?

The library conference I was attending that day actually took a break so that we could all go outside to see it.  The day was beautiful!  We even each got a pair of eclipse glasses.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 19, 2023, 05:02:07 PM
We're looking forward (!) to the seventh consecutive rainy weekend (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/nyregion/new-york-rain-forecast.html).
QuoteIt's Probably Going to Rain in New York This Weekend. Again.
A coastal storm threatens to deliver brisk winds and significant rain across the Northeast this weekend. It'll likely continue a run of miserable weekends for the region.

The forecast is for rain and thunderstorms tomorrow and rain on Saturday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on October 23, 2023, 01:46:50 PM
First frost advisory of the season for the DC area tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 23, 2023, 03:02:05 PM
Meanwhile, after a few days of fall-like cool we're in the midst of a whole week of being back to summer weather, with highs in the 80s.  Upper 80s today.  We sure could use some rain. 

No hint of frost so far, and probably won't have any until well into December.  Frost outside the three winter months has become almost unheard-of here in recent years, and this year is an El Nino year.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 24, 2023, 07:00:55 AM
Smolt has been begging to camp in the back yard.  We haven't had a convergence of 1)non-rainy weekend and 2) no plans to be away, since August (when it was too hot/humid/buggy).  This weekend is supposed to be dry and cool (overnight 52 F) so this is probably the last shot we have.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on October 24, 2023, 07:26:41 AM
I noticed two tents pitched in the back of the local fire chief's yard as I was cutting through the alley this morning.  Family backyard camp-out, or do they have company?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on October 28, 2023, 06:22:19 PM
Lovely day with the highs near 80--this was the first dry Saturday in almost two months. Tomorrow's forecast calls for rain and a temperature drop of more than 25 degrees.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on October 29, 2023, 06:24:41 AM
Quote from: Langue_doc on October 28, 2023, 06:22:19 PMLovely day with the highs near 80--this was the first dry Saturday in almost two months. Tomorrow's forecast calls for rain and a temperature drop of more than 25 degrees.

We must be in the same vicinity, Langue_doc. I'm getting ready to replace the filter on my furnace and turn on the heat in the next few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on October 29, 2023, 06:33:10 AM
Yesterday was in the upper 70s and clear.  Smolt and I had our last camping night.  Great telescope viewing of the moon and Jupiter (and 2 of its moons).  By morning, it was 50 and clouds are rolling in.  And now (9:30) rain has set in.

Its all downhill from here.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 01, 2023, 07:53:51 PM
We've got a freeze warning (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/11/coldest-night-of-the-season-by-far-expected-wednesday-in-dc-region/) for the metro DC region until tomorrow morning. There's a Hypothermia Alert in DC as of 7 pm as announced by the Mayor's Office.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on November 01, 2023, 08:15:45 PM
Yes, hmaria. Here too. 37° F right now. I love it!

Greetings from across the Potomac. :-)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 20, 2023, 12:49:24 PM
The high today briefly hit over 70.  Then rain moved in and the temperature dropped.  It looks and feels very seasonable now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on November 21, 2023, 06:51:32 AM
We have 30 mph winds, with gusts up to 50 mph, it's 39 degrees, and raining. There's snow in the forecast, pretty typical for the season. I could do without the wind, but love the temps.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 21, 2023, 07:29:39 PM
Rain all day and going into the overnight hours.
Getting to the big 3 airports in the DC area has been a mess--there have been back ups (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/11/nasty-weather-expected-tuesday-ahead-of-thanksgiving-weekend/) from the main interstates.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 28, 2023, 08:01:21 PM
First freeze (https://wtop.com/weather/2023/11/northwesterly-winds-usher-in-plummeting-temperatures-for-dc-area/) of the season here in the metro DC. There's also a Cold Emergency Alert for DC tonight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on November 28, 2023, 08:09:08 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on November 28, 2023, 08:01:21 PMFirst freeze (https://wtop.com/weather/2023/11/northwesterly-winds-usher-in-plummeting-temperatures-for-dc-area/) of the season here in the metro DC. There's also a Cold Emergency Alert for DC tonight.

I love this weather!

I am continually impressed by WTOP. "Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts." Wish they'd do national and international economic and political news, too.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on November 29, 2023, 06:20:06 AM
We got just the lightest touch of frost overnight.  Frost outside the three winter months has become exceedingly rare here, and uncommon even then.  It was nice to feel such bracing, seasonable weather.  Although one of our staff members will probably be complaining bitterly today about the terrible, terrible cold.  To hear her talk every winter, you'd think we lived in Michigan.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on November 29, 2023, 01:28:40 PM
Quote from: dismalist on November 28, 2023, 08:09:08 PMI love this weather!

I am continually impressed by WTOP. "Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts." Wish they'd do national and international economic and political news, too.
Awesome!
Although WTOP Radio is regional news radio, it regularly has reporters and contributors from other major news outlets and short interviews with news makers during their news casts. Click the "Live Radio" button to listen anytime!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on December 02, 2023, 12:44:32 PM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on November 29, 2023, 01:28:40 PM
Quote from: dismalist on November 28, 2023, 08:09:08 PMI love this weather!

I am continually impressed by WTOP. "Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts." Wish they'd do national and international economic and political news, too.
Awesome!
Although WTOP Radio is regional news radio, it regularly has reporters and contributors from other major news outlets and short interviews with news makers during their news casts. Click the "Live Radio" button to listen anytime!

I checked out the home page more thoroughly. It seems WTOP is good at reporting facts about everything! The page is now on my regular news collection.

Thank you so much.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 10, 2023, 07:50:31 PM
Rain all day into the overnight hours.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: dismalist on December 10, 2023, 08:00:45 PM
Yes! A tad of snow expected. I love this weather.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 11, 2023, 07:22:10 AM
Saturday our town's planned Christmas festival was postponed for a week due to hair-raising forecasts of extreme weather.  The extreme weather not only missed us (it went north and afflicted Tennessee instead), we didn't get any rain at all right there in town.  It actually would have been a perfect day for the event.

Oh, well.  The organizers made a difficult judgement call in good faith.  Now the extended forecast calls for rain on the alternative date, this coming Saturday!  If we are able to hold the event, we'll probably have almost no food vendors available, since they'll mostly be committed to being elsewhere that day.

Meanwhile, beautifully clear, with the first truly frosty morning we've seen so far this season.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on December 11, 2023, 08:26:36 AM
A disappointment.  So much for the "Major Storm," at least within sight of my house.  I slept well.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on December 11, 2023, 08:44:59 AM
Absolute downpours yesterday.  We went to a local tree decorating exhibit.  The local has 4 parking lots.  One is paved, the other 3 are gravel/mud depending on the weather.  Guess which one was the closed lot.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on December 11, 2023, 01:48:20 PM
We had the 1st snowfall (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2023/12/unexpected-wintry-mix-hits-the-dc-region-early-monday-morning/) of the season in the metro Baltimore/DC area overnight.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 21, 2023, 07:23:32 AM
The extended forecast calls for highs in the upper 60s and even breaking 70 through Christmas Day.  As the state's weather forecasters have put it, a white Christmas just isn't going to happen anywhere in the state.  I've seen perhaps two in my lifetime, and it seems highly unlikely I'll ever see another one.  Maybe we'll at least get some needed rain in the next few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on December 21, 2023, 08:31:28 AM
It's unusually rainy and foggy here today. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on December 26, 2023, 08:28:06 AM
We ended up having a chilly, overcast, damp Christmas.  Just like the ones we used to know!  A good day to spend the day mostly inside with family.  And this morning we had a real, honest-to-goodness frost, which was beautiful to see while driving back to the town where I live to go in to work today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 06, 2024, 07:50:55 PM
We had a light snow followed by rain here in the Baltimore/DC area today. Road treatment crews were out on Thursday.
I see there's snow forecasted for the New England region starting overnight Saturday and most of Sunday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on January 07, 2024, 04:52:54 AM
I woke up to 10 inches of snow and more coming down — perhaps another 4-5 inches still expected. I'll be getting my shoveling exercise!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 07, 2024, 05:47:19 AM
Very light dusting last night, which promptly melted. Rain, not heavy, but dreary. As predicted, we didn't get the snowstorms that were forecast for inland areas. Sunny tomorrow. Today's bird walk was cancelled.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: cathwen on January 07, 2024, 05:58:11 AM
After frantic warnings about 5-10" of snow, we have only about two inches. Now it's mostly light rain.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on January 07, 2024, 07:09:57 AM
Snow for the first time this winter! The first round was heavy and wet, but the temp is dropping so we are getting fluffier snow now which I am much more a fan of. Off to do some more shoveling before the wet stuff freezes onto the sidewalk.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on January 07, 2024, 02:29:27 PM
We do not have snow (though there is some talk of it), but what a craptastic weather day it has been here.  Our morning walk was absolutely freezing, but for this afternoon's it warmed up! Unfortunately, that's because there is a very strong front blowing through at about 3000 miles an hour.  There is no visibility due to the dust in the air (and my eyes and teeth and everywhere else, despite being wrapped up like a mummy).  I know we are lucky that it is not an emergency weather situation, and I know that it is much worse elsewhere, but it is not nice weather.  Tomorrow is supposed to be much colder.   
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 08, 2024, 07:44:21 AM
It looks like this is going to be a very windy January.  I've heard of forecasts for severe winds in a number of states this week, and we ourselves are supposed to have them tomorrow.  We could have gusts of over 40 miles per hour--and we are not a Great Plains or coastal region. 

We're also looking at possible thunderstorms this afternoon.  And temperatures in the extended forecast are set to do a good deal of yo-yoing, though not as extreme as some of what we've seen in recent years.  Glad I've got several days' worth of stew in the refrigerator from Friday, just waiting to be warmed up each chilly evening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on January 08, 2024, 07:50:54 AM
We had some angry sleet last night, but no snow (maybe in the mountains).  As advertised, it's colder today.  Luckily it's not dusty brown, but it's still very windy.  Outside walks are not looking appealing.

Quote from: apl68 on January 08, 2024, 07:44:21 AMGlad I've got several days' worth of stew in the refrigerator from Friday, just waiting to be warmed up each chilly evening.

Hope it keeps you warm and cozy!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 08, 2024, 09:43:02 AM
First day of snow.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 08, 2024, 10:50:25 AM
Does anybody else here keep hearing rumors of wildly improbable weather extremes cropping up in forecasts for your regions?  I've heard several in recent days.  They go way outside of anything the standard forecasts and extended forecasts have been predicting.  Today I heard of rumors that we could potentially get lows in the below zero range--which is simply unheard of around here.  The mainstream forecasts do indicate that in days to come we could sometimes have a few degrees of frost overnight, which is the norm for January.

I'm inclined to suspect that some amateur weather bloggers somewhere have perhaps been mistaking forecasts expressed in Celsius for Fahrenheit temperatures.  I can just about see someone ignorant of the Celsius scale seeing a slightly "below zero" forecast and not realizing that it is referring to an upper-20s Fahrenheit low.  That wouldn't explain a rumor of extraordinarily high temperatures I heard the other day, though.  Anyway, somebody's apparently spreading egregious weather misinformation.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 08, 2024, 04:18:26 PM
Heavy rains, thunderstorms, wind and flood warnings tomorrow through Wednesday morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on January 09, 2024, 04:47:22 AM
Sleeting, snowing, and raining with up to 65 mph winds.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: mythbuster on January 09, 2024, 05:08:22 AM
Classes cancelled today (second day of the semester) here in the swampy south because of the approaching line of storms/hail/tornados. Hopefully is a big nothing burger.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 09, 2024, 07:21:05 AM
Thunderstorms yesterday, overcast and wind today.  We are forecast to see a spike into the 60s in the next couple of days, then a drop to more seasonable temperatures.  And next Monday we have a chance of snow.  Which will have people freaking out, although the experience of recent years suggests that it is highly unlikely to amount to anything.  Maybe we'll see some flurries.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 09, 2024, 11:14:37 AM
Heavy rain and winds here in the Baltimore/DC area today:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/01/easy-breezy-but-certainly-not-beautiful-heavy-wind-and-rain-to-cover-dc/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/01/easy-breezy-but-certainly-not-beautiful-heavy-wind-and-rain-to-cover-dc/)
There's also a mix of flood watches and coastal flooding warnings.
Some area public school systems have early closings this afternoon.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: secundem_artem on January 09, 2024, 11:57:05 AM
We have 10+ inches so far with more coming for the next couple of hours.  My battery powered snowblower was barely up to the task of moving such large amounts of wet, heavy snow.  It kept plugging up.  By the time the city plows the streets and plugs up the end of my driveway, I'm going to need dynamite to blast my way out.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 09, 2024, 10:44:32 PM
Snow's gone. Just rain now.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Morden on January 11, 2024, 08:01:08 AM
-28C (-18ish F) as a high today; -32C (-25ish F) as a high tomorrow.
I'm always sad when the scales converge.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on January 11, 2024, 01:54:47 PM
Tuesday afternoon and evening, the park across the street flooded up to the opposite curb. Luckily, the rain stopped in time to avoid having a streetwide inundation, as happened a few years ago after five full days of rain.

Friday, we're supposed to have even more rain. Fortunately, we have matching paddleboards (still in boxes), so if necessary, we have . . . transportation. :)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: secundem_artem on January 11, 2024, 02:02:34 PM
I got the end of the driveway cleared out after the foot of snow we got Mon-Tues.  15 minutes later, the plow came by again and filled it back up.  Starting tonight, we're supposed to get another 6-10".  I'm already sick of this sh!t.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on January 11, 2024, 10:14:52 PM
It's supposed to be mildly wintry, although my island's microclimates could mean something radically different from the mainland. There were some serious whitecaps out there today, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 12, 2024, 07:23:19 AM
We had a thunderstorm pass through early this morning.  Evidently the winds weren't too bad.  No local damage reports.  Elsewhere in the state the weather was more severe, with thousands of power outages and at least one suspected tornado.

We're looking at extraordinarily low overnight lows and a chance of snow in the next few days.  People are really freaking out over the possibility.  I'll believe it when I see it.  We've come to get snow only once every three or four years. 

We don't so much have a winter anymore as three straight months of wildly variable March weather--a few days of more or less seasonable temperatures, then a spike into the 60s or 70s (unheard of in the winter months here until about ten years ago; now getting to be common), then a couple more days of winter-ish temperatures.  It was warm enough late yesterday afternoon for me to ride my motorcycle in tolerable comfort, and I'm cold-natured!

And yet, as actual winter weather has become so rare, I hear more fear and loathing of it expressed than ever before.  You'd think to hear some people talk that we lived in Minnesota!  Maybe it's because I'm around older people more.  I've come to think of winter as a welcome break from what is otherwise turning into year-round summer heat, but others keep expressing a wish that we would never have a cold day again.  Me, if I'd wanted to live in Florida-type weather I'd have moved there.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: secundem_artem on January 12, 2024, 12:15:19 PM
Getting another foot today.  Second storm in a week.  I figure it's easier to do 6" twice than 12" once, so I go outside and start up the snow blower.  Making good progress, start going up the front walk and I manage to run over the dog's tie out that was buried under the snow.  Now I've got 20 feet of cable wrapped around the auger.  Is it May yet?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on January 12, 2024, 02:47:19 PM
Miserable out.  Wet slush falling in bit icy splats plummeting though wind gusts----the news said the wind could gust as fast as 46 mph tonight. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 12, 2024, 07:47:23 PM
Raining. It started earlier this evening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on January 13, 2024, 05:20:51 AM
Quote from: apl68 on January 12, 2024, 07:23:19 AMWe're looking at extraordinarily low overnight lows and a chance of snow in the next few days.  People are really freaking out over the possibility.  I'll believe it when I see it.  We've come to get snow only once every three or four years. 

We don't so much have a winter anymore as three straight months of wildly variable March weather--a few days of more or less seasonable temperatures, then a spike into the 60s or 70s (unheard of in the winter months here until about ten years ago; now getting to be common), then a couple more days of winter-ish temperatures. 

Cold is now rare (https://xkcd.com/1321/)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 13, 2024, 10:28:53 AM
It was supposed to be in the 50s and windy today, but there was a surprise rainshower for about 15-20 minutes. Forecast for Monday is for the low 30s, and snow for the following day. Never a dull moment! As predicted there were heavy rains and flooding for a few hours last night, as evident from the flooded streets this morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 15, 2024, 09:51:44 AM
We have actual snow!  The roads and streets and sidewalks are completely blanketed.  Most grassy areas aren't coated very well.  Looks like there won't be very much more, but with below-freezing temperatures forecast until Wednesday our local roads are going to be pretty messed up. 

Looks like our MLK closing will last an extra day.  I can't ask the staff to risk driving in tomorrow.  Most of them live anywhere up to  half an hour from here.  "Here" being the library, which I currently have all to myself.  I'm pretty much bound to check in even on a holiday.  So far no indications of power outages here in town.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Juvenal on January 15, 2024, 10:37:27 AM
Apparently an ugly, wintry mix for here in the NYC Metro area tonight through tomorrow.  Once I ended even adjuncting (due to COVID), when I was supine enough to take 8 a.m. lecture sections, I have become grateful at not having angst about the roads on the way to campus--and tomorrow is first day of the spring semester.  Take that, peons!  So, now, I can sort of "turn over," stay warm, and wait to see just what is what, and ignore some of the "whats."
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 15, 2024, 07:53:03 PM
Snow day here in the Baltimore/DC area:
https://wtop.com/local/2024/01/winter-weather-leads-to-vehicle-crashes-messy-roads-around-dc-region/ (https://wtop.com/local/2024/01/winter-weather-leads-to-vehicle-crashes-messy-roads-around-dc-region/)
Most county school systems are opening on a 2 hour delay or closed all together tomorrow.

It started out as flurries then changed to snow. I plan to shovel the driveway tomorrow morning.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on January 16, 2024, 04:30:39 AM
Fairly minor snowfall (3-4 inches expected in my snow-experienced area, but almost all schools have closed, and roads are untreated.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on January 16, 2024, 07:29:20 AM
Schools closed here in metro St. Louis, too--just a coating of snow, but -25 wind chills this morning. No first day of class for us today (fine with me!).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: clean on January 16, 2024, 09:10:58 AM
We had 'wintery mix' yesterday, and our temps have been in the 20s overnight and wont really warm up til tomorrow. 
We are not cancelling classes, but we are going 'online' today.... the first day of the term!

I teach 2 online classes this term, and while I usually do the in person part/zoom on campus, I will hope that my home power holds and internet works.
(lost power 8 times last night/this morning, but only for about a minute each time, and yesterday my internet was down 1/2 the day).   We are in a hurricane zone.  We dont do 20s very well! 

(on another front, My Bride was complaining that the house was too cold.  I have a thermostat that breaks each day into 4 time zones.  I figured that it would warm up once the time moved to the next zone.  But I checked.... it is a complex timer/thermostat.  While the fan was in 'automatic' the heat/cool was NOT automatic, but set on cool.   So while it should have been 68 or so, it was down to 62! 
I adjusted it, and it must have been the first time the heater came on this year because the next questions were 'what is that burning smell?'   ....  NOt that it has been cold enough for the heater to come on so far, though!   Which is partly why the 20s is Really Rough!

I had an eggplant plant that has survived 2 years (and produced only 1 eggplant I could eat!).  Yesterday I looked out the window to see all the leaves curled and the dozen blossoms long gone!   I dont think that it is going to survive 2 long periods in the 20s! 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Puget on January 16, 2024, 09:49:02 AM
I always think "wintery mix" should be a festive snack mix, but alas no.
We started off the day with nice fluffy snow, but it has now transitioned to the decidedly non-festive wintery mix, before being forecast to go back to snow later this afternoon, at which point there will be a nice layer of ice under the snow for everyone to slip on.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on January 16, 2024, 11:50:25 AM
We had first day of classes today, but we just got the notice that we are closing at 4pm so my night class is not meeting for the first week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 16, 2024, 12:28:56 PM
Woke up early as planned to shovel the driveway. Many county public schools and DC closed for the day although some school systems opened with a 2 hour delay.
The major interstates were clear and light traffic volume when I drove to the library this morning. I've been out to drop off my lunch bag and went back inside the library.

There's a Cold Emergency Alert in DC for most of the week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 17, 2024, 11:32:34 AM
"Wintry mix" is usually what we get.  But this time we had a beautiful snow.  It has been pleasant to walk on--hard-packed, but with enough texture on top to get sure footing.  However, now that it is thawing in places today, the surface is getting glazed in many places with slick water.  The main roads are largely clear now, but the the rest of the streets, parking lots, and driveways are all still covered.  If anything they are getting more treacherous in places.

Which means I've just informed our library staff that we will be closed for a third day tomorrow.  Today was payday, so I cut paychecks as usual.  I was able to hike a one-hour round trip to the Mayor's office to get the payroll signed by the skeleton staff there.  One library staff member actually had her husband drive here to pick hers up!  It's remarkable how long it takes to get stuff done on a day like this.  I plan to come back in tomorrow to finish today's work in the morning.  If your work is mostly administrative, you don't really get snow days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 18, 2024, 02:24:44 PM
More snow coming our way here in the Baltimore/DC area tomorrow:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/01/another-burst-of-winter-weather-is-on-the-way-this-week-heres-what-to-expect/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/01/another-burst-of-winter-weather-is-on-the-way-this-week-heres-what-to-expect/)
The Cold Emergency Alert is still on in DC.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on January 19, 2024, 08:02:38 AM
Winter advisory today, with snow coming down, very cold day tomorrow, and slightly, but only slightly warmer on Sunday. Back to the low forties next week, with rain from Wednesday on.

Tomorrow's bird walk has been cancelled, thankfully. I didn't want to chicken out and withdraw, so all's well.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Wahoo Redux on January 19, 2024, 12:53:19 PM
Winter Advisory since last night.  Skipping the Paula Poundstone performance I got my wife for her birthday because the drive would be harrowing.  Meh.  Hate, hate, hate snow.  This place sucks.  And then it snows. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on January 19, 2024, 07:48:38 PM
Round 2 of snow here in the Baltimore/DC area today! It started early morning and went through the day:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/01/early-friday-storm-means-snowy-roads-single-digit-wind-chills-for-the-morning-commute/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/01/early-friday-storm-means-snowy-roads-single-digit-wind-chills-for-the-morning-commute/)
I had today off so I slept in some this morning. I shoveled before lunchtime since it was changing over to flurries. Then late afternoon, it was snowing again! Back out to shovel, it was lighter to do.
Many public school systems were closed today. It's going to be cold for the next few days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on January 20, 2024, 01:38:34 PM
Bitter cold (12 F) has abated enough to snow again.  The last storm, thaw and freeze has left my driveway a skating rink.  It won't be safe to walk on until we get 40 degree weather.  So, like, Wednesday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on January 20, 2024, 02:26:24 PM
Below freezing temperatures all day today, in spite of bright sunshine. Wind arose this morning as the sun rose, but it cut like a knife instead of warming anything up appreciably.

No snow. No ice, except in shaded areas where the moisture from last week's rains still haven't quite dissipated (or in yards or streets where water mains have broken). Just gray and brown stuff--tree trunks, old leaves, and squirrels desperately trying to find food.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: evil_physics_witchcraft on January 21, 2024, 09:23:01 AM
It was about 16 degrees F last night. :( Supposed to warm up next week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 22, 2024, 07:35:28 AM
Looks like we've just had the last of our hard freezes.  We're about to veer into unseasonably warm weather.  We're now getting some slow rain.  One of our staff members still had trouble getting to work this morning with a section of icy road out where she lives.  Rural roads can really take time to finish thawing.

Meanwhile the only snowman I've seen in town this season is still hanging in there:

Surrounded by grass
After all else has melted
A snowman still stands
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on January 22, 2024, 08:32:22 AM
Freezing rain and sleet overnight and supposed to continue through the day and maybe into tonight, too. The street in front of my house looks like a mirror.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on January 23, 2024, 02:21:25 PM
It rained overnight, so naturally there have been numerous major vehicle accidents.  It rained again during the day, so no doubt there will be more to come.  Folks just can't handle wet roads here (though they don't drive well to begin with).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on January 24, 2024, 06:13:24 AM
We're having our January thaw, so it's foggy and drizzly and 40 degrees. We've had enough snow that even with the rain and warm temps, you can't see the ground yet, but it's nice to not be below freezing for a little while. Long term forecast is back to regular winter by next week.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 24, 2024, 06:22:40 AM
Temperatures well into the 60s, with heavy rains overnight and more coming today.  I guess we've had our week of winter for this year.  Now it's the spring rain and (possible) flood season.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 26, 2024, 07:22:50 AM
To summarize:

Just over two weeks ago, it was warm enough for me to ride my motorcycle.  Then came a week of snow and ice and near-record lows.  Then dramatic warming, and days of monsoon-like rains.  This morning I heard frogs croaking in January.  It has been a weird two weeks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on January 30, 2024, 07:26:07 AM
Highs in the 70s forecast for today.  Here I had thought that we might have a January with no 70-degree weather for a change!  I can still remember a decade or so ago being shocked when we had 70-degree days in February.  Now they're more common in the winter months than frosts are.  Things are changing that fast.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 12, 2024, 09:58:32 AM
We're bracing for a Nor'easter. Good weather--warm and mostly sunny-- last week though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 12, 2024, 01:16:59 PM
Lots of rain lately.  I was in Little Rock on Friday evening, and heard civil defense sirens going off.  Our state's first tornado of the year had been sighted some miles to the south.  Then we had rain most of Saturday.  I drove through it for hours on the way home.  Then yesterday we could hear heavy rain and thunder all through the Sunday morning service, in a building where the sanctuary has no outside windows.

Today it's chilly and drizzly.  I spent a couple of hours helping stir a dozen big pots of chilly for a local service club's annual chili fundraiser.  Looks like we picked a great day for it!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on February 12, 2024, 02:21:39 PM
Snow coming!  A lot!  Cancel schools!

Oh, wait, it looks to be much less bad.

Oops.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on February 13, 2024, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: FishProf on February 12, 2024, 02:21:39 PMSnow coming!  A lot!  Cancel schools!

Oh, wait, it looks to be much less bad.

Oops.

Same here. Every school closed, and some snow flurries.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on February 13, 2024, 06:29:25 AM
Quote from: sinenomine on February 13, 2024, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: FishProf on February 12, 2024, 02:21:39 PMSnow coming!  A lot!  Cancel schools!
Oh, wait, it looks to be much less bad.
Oops.
Same here. Every school closed, and some snow flurries.
It looks like they got the timing badly off, and the totals, while not trival, aren't happening at the worst time as the original models predicted.

Oh well.  More grading and less shoveling works for me.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 13, 2024, 07:38:49 AM
The "snow coming, a lot" reminds me of a conversation I had when I moved to Philly years ago. When I asked about winters, I was told to watch out for dire forecasts of snow several days prior to the expected snow, and then announcements that snow was falling (just a dusting) and then the following day, that snow had fallen. This was exactly what happened during the first snow-dusting!

Here, we did get several inches of snow, with ice underneath it, so I'm glad I don't have to dig out or worry about slippery roads and sidewalks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 13, 2024, 09:13:12 AM
The very idea of snow has come to excite fear and loathing in most people I know.  We only get it about once every three years anymore, but whenever there is even a hint of a possibility of arctic air coming this far south many people fear the worst.  I think the fear of snow has risen as the actuality of it has become less and less common.

It's not that people have no reason to fear it.  We tend to get light snows that quickly turn into sheets of ice on the roads.  Very disruptive to transportation and everyday activities.  Distances in our rural areas are great, and local government resources for dealing with snow are limited.  And there is always a possibility that accumulations of ice on power lines can create widespread disruptions of service.  Still, the fears and borderline freakouts I hear expressed whenever there is talk of snow seem excessive at times.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on February 13, 2024, 10:51:23 AM
Around here, there seems to be a collective case of PTSD from the BLIZZARD OF '78.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 13, 2024, 11:00:58 AM
The sun's out, after about 6-8" of snow. Schools went remote for some strange reason, instead of just closing. There was no remote instruction, however, because nobody could log on. According to the NYT,
QuoteStudents dawdled in their first period classes with cameras off, waiting for teachers who had not been able to log in. Some were only able to get on after repeatedly refreshing their sites. Others were kicked out of online meetings. As parents and educators took on the role of makeshift tech support, several schools fully called off meetings and classes until at least 10 a.m., unable even to take attendance.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: cathwen on February 13, 2024, 12:28:57 PM
What a silly decision. Especially with so little snow this year, would it have killed them to give everyone a day off?
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 14, 2024, 06:57:15 AM
Quote from: cathwen on February 13, 2024, 12:28:57 PMWhat a silly decision. Especially with so little snow this year, would it have killed them to give everyone a day off?

The sad part is that we have a large contingent of students who are homeless, so it would have been extremely difficult for them to find a working computer and internet services to be able to go online. Accprding a NYT article going back to 2018 or 2019, one out of ten students in the city were in homeless shelters; this number must be much higher now with the influx of migrants. The mayor and the school chancellor are buddies, so City Hall would endorse all decisions by the chancellor regardless of the ensuing chaos. From yesterday's NYT article:

QuoteMayor Eric Adams said that the disarray would serve as a "teaching moment" for the city.

"Remote learning's going to be with us for a while," Mr. Adams said. "The goal is to get perfection, and there's a journey to get perfection."
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 14, 2024, 03:42:14 PM
We had snow in parts of the DC region yesterday morning. It was gone by the afternoon. Other parts of the area had rain for the morning.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on February 15, 2024, 08:36:51 AM
Very little snow in my town (others had 4-6in); so little in fact that sidewalks remained uncleared, and now the ice is treacherous. Fines may be in the offing.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 16, 2024, 07:46:17 PM
Getting overnight snow. The major roads were being pre-treated by state highway crews last night. I'm off this weekend--yay!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 17, 2024, 06:17:40 AM
Temperatures had spiked into the 60s in recent days.  Then we got some rain and fairly high winds last night.  Now it's chilly again.  We've got two mornings of frost in the forecast, then rocketing into the 70s by Tuesday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on February 17, 2024, 06:53:40 AM
"Some very light snow, quickly changing to rain" that was "not going to stick, except maybe a little on grassy surfaces" turned out to be 4 1/2 inches yesterday.  It was 70 last week, 60 two days ago, and now 13 degrees. I-70 west of the city was closed by wrecks most of the day and into the night, as were a lot of roads in and around the metro.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 17, 2024, 07:58:42 AM
About a foot of wet snow on the cars. According to the forecast, we're to expect occasional snow showers this morning, and "peeks of sunshine" later on.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on February 17, 2024, 10:37:47 AM
We had a gorgeous day yesterday, must have been near 70 and sunny.  Today looks to be about the same.  My mom, on the other hand, has received a bit of snow over the past few days. 
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 17, 2024, 07:28:34 PM
Woke up to snow on the ground this morning. It was on the grass but not on the pavement. That kind I like! By afternoon a lot of snow had melted. It was in the 30s most of the day.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 19, 2024, 06:20:04 AM
Frost today, and if the extended forecast is anything to go by, this might be the last real frost we get this season.  Temperatures are about to rise a lot in the next couple of days.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on February 19, 2024, 10:07:16 AM
Sunny day today. The remnants of the snow on my car were all gone by this morning, so there was no need to shovel or even clear the windshields.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: paultuttle on February 20, 2024, 06:42:13 PM
Below-freezing mornings and mid-fifties lunchtimes for the next few days, then (woo hoo!) SPRING!

(The daffodils and crocuses are already, ahem, anticipating.)
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 27, 2024, 07:18:17 AM
I remember being shocked a decade or so ago when I saw 70-degree weather in February for the very first time in my life.  This week we've had February highs in the 80s.  Even "winter" scarcely gives us a break from the summer heat any longer.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: aside on February 27, 2024, 10:39:41 AM
^True here also.  It's hot.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: AmLitHist on February 27, 2024, 11:49:59 AM
Normal highs here are in the 40s. It was 80 yesterday, heading for 85 today, then heavy storms tonight, ending with wet snowflakes (not my students, the kind that fall from the sky).
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on February 28, 2024, 07:46:46 PM
Rain and high winds earlier this evening.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on February 29, 2024, 07:26:25 AM
Sweltering yesterday morning, then the temperature started going down from there.  With lots of wind from the front moving in.  Fortunately no storms.  In fact, we got scarcely any rain from the front, which is remarkable.

This morning, overcast and much cooler.  It got nowhere near freezing last night, but after temperatures in the 80s only 48 hours earlier it felt much cooler than it was.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: sinenomine on February 29, 2024, 12:00:22 PM
The temperature outdoors is 20 degrees cooler than it was at this time yesterday. Sadly, the same can be said for the temperature in my office building. Bad timing for a furnace failure!
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on March 01, 2024, 04:11:01 AM
Wednesday was 58 and raining.  Perfect birding weather minus the torrential downpours.  Yesterday was partly sunny, so perfect weather to take my class to see the early migrants!

Nope.  Temps dropped to freezing overnight and then stayed there.  2pm was 33 and very windy.  We saw a few birds, including the Turkey Vulture who blew past the sanctuary, not to be seen again.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on March 01, 2024, 07:09:01 AM
I was at the dentist's yesterday, with my mouth wide open, when the weather report popped up on the TV screen. Forecast for today was "like a lamb". Cold and blustery yesterday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 01, 2024, 10:32:18 AM
Quote from: sinenomine on February 29, 2024, 12:00:22 PMThe temperature outdoors is 20 degrees cooler than it was at this time yesterday. Sadly, the same can be said for the temperature in my office building. Bad timing for a furnace failure!

We have the same problem multiple times a year, except it's usually our air conditioning instead.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on March 03, 2024, 09:21:20 AM
Gorgeous sunny day. Chatted with a few people--strangers--during my bird walk this morning, talking/marveling about the weather. There were folks in T-shirts and hats, and even one individual wearing a sleeveless top. It wasn't that hot! But rain's a-coming from Tuesday through Sunday, with only one sunny day thrown in for Friday.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 04, 2024, 07:22:29 AM
Looks like it will be a bit of an odd week weather-wise, but in early March there's essentially nothing one can call unseasonable.  We usually have a day or two of frost in early March.  It appears we won't have that, though.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: EdnaMode on March 04, 2024, 12:57:48 PM
We set a record high of 75 at the airport, was 73 at my house, did some yardwork and weeding, talked to several of my neighbors who were out and about enjoying the warmth. There's snow in the forecast for the weekend which is much more normal than anything in the 70s.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 05, 2024, 07:15:12 AM
We had rain yesterday evening.  This morning looked like a standard overcast when I started my morning walk.  Then it got darker.  Then it began to rain, right in the middle of a two-hour walk!  I got pretty soaked.  Walking through the park and town in a good rain was kind of invigorating, actually, but I do wish I'd had an umbrella with me.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 10, 2024, 05:50:10 PM
Flurries at the moment!
It was windy most of the day here in the metro DC area:
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/03/blustery-start-to-the-week-with-a-wind-alert-sunday-in-dc-area/ (https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/03/blustery-start-to-the-week-with-a-wind-alert-sunday-in-dc-area/)
I heard there was a Wind Warning for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the traffic reports. Any vehicles that couldn't make it safely had to be held until they could do so.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 15, 2024, 07:37:53 AM
The rain held off for our outdoor event yesterday evening!  The skies even lightened up enough that people felt secure getting out, so we had a strong turnout. 

All the more something to be thankful for when we consider that elsewhere in the state they had quite severe weather.  There was hail, wind damage, tornado warnings, and flash flood warnings.  As of this morning, almost ten thousand people in the state were without power.  Here it started raining during the night, and it's still going.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Langue_doc on March 15, 2024, 01:29:19 PM
A couple of almost summery days. I wished I had my hat today. There were spots along the walk with teeming bugs, thanks to the warm weather.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: FishProf on March 15, 2024, 01:33:51 PM
60s and sunny yesterday, 30s and rainy/windy today.

Lions and lambs? More like llamas and hyaenas.

Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 16, 2024, 06:34:21 AM
The rain has moved out.  It looks quite nice this morning.  Maybe I'll even have a chance to ride my motorcycle.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on March 16, 2024, 09:39:21 AM
Beautiful day today after some very windy ones.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: Parasaurolophus on March 17, 2024, 10:11:47 PM
High temperature records everywhere.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 19, 2024, 12:03:10 PM
Fire weather watch and warnings throughout the greater DC region today
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 19, 2024, 12:46:56 PM
We had borderline frost conditions overnight.  Frost in the early part of March used to be quite normal, but has become rare in recent years.  And now we're getting it past the Ides....

Sunny and a little chilly today.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 25, 2024, 01:25:58 PM
Heavy rains have broken on us in the last little bit.  And we're now under a tornado watch.  March is acting pretty lion-like in this last week of the month.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: bio-nonymous on March 25, 2024, 02:41:55 PM
Freezing (literally-frost this morning) for this time of year in our neck of the woods. I hope my newly planted and recently sprouting grass seeds in my lawn bare spots do OK...
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: ab_grp on March 25, 2024, 03:01:16 PM
Relentlessly windy, dusty, yuck.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 26, 2024, 08:34:37 AM
It's cherry blossom season here in DC with temperatures in the 40-50s during the day. There's been a Hypothermia Alert activated in the evenings for 2 weeks.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: apl68 on March 26, 2024, 10:22:51 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on March 26, 2024, 08:34:37 AMIt's cherry blossom season here in DC with temperatures in the 40-50s during the day. There's been a Hypothermia Alert activated in the evenings for 2 weeks.

The cherry blossom season must be beautiful.

Our equivalent here is the dogwood bloom each year.  Aggressive timber clear-cutting in our neck of the woods has all but eliminated wild dogwoods over the years, but we still have some in parks and yards.  They do look beautiful.
Title: Re: What's your weather?
Post by: hmaria1609 on March 26, 2024, 03:36:09 PM
Not to mention the start of tourist season in DC!