Weather where you are

[ME Super]

Precisely why I have no desire to live in Alaska. Visit in the summer maybe, but not live there. Too cold! On the plus side, today we were 20 degrees warmer than we were 2 days ago, so things are more back to normal. Of course by the weekend we're supposed to be in the 40's. Only in Illinois can you have a 53 degree (Fahrenheit) temperature swing in 7 days!

 

[mgb74]

Cue Martha and the Vandellas singing "Heat Wave".

Above 0F today; first time in a while. Didn't bother to zip the coat. Supposed to reach 30deg in a few days - it will spoil us.

 

[Steve Smith]

To further mix things up, do you also call Centigrade Celsius?

They are probably used equally.


Steve.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Precisely why I have no desire to live in Alaska. Visit in the summer maybe, but not live there. Too cold! On the plus side, today we were 20 degrees warmer than we were 2 days ago, so things are more back to normal. Of course by the weekend we're supposed to be in the 40's. Only in Illinois can you have a 53 degree (Fahrenheit) temperature swing in 7 days!

I saw 50+ degrees swing in less than 16 hours here just a few days ago.

 

[Tom1956]

Just saw on Yahoopravda--for any of you folks up there who want to get your name in the record books right up there with Sir Hillary, why don't you go climb Niagra Falls? That's wild.

 

[Robert Liebermann]

Yes, Alaska too. 7 hours even sometimes, certainly in a day or so it can go from -30 to +20 once or twice in an average winter.

I've heard the old 'if you don't like the weather here, just wait 5 mins. and it'll change' all over the world, in several languages.

Isn't there some place on earth with the world's least-changing weather? That'd be terrible for photography! One regret is interior AK doesn't get much violent weather, unlike the great storms I experienced in Michigan, central Russia, and Missouri... The palouse was weather-lame, too.

 

[winger]

Yes, Alaska too. In fact, I've heard the old 'if you don't like the weather here, just wait 5 mins. and it'll change' all over the world, in several languages. Isn't there some place on earth with the world's least-changing weather? That'd be terrible for photography!

I think in the US, the least changing weather is Hawai'i.

I'm pretty sure we had some drastic changes in a day in Massachusetts, too, but I can't find evidence (google seems to return many results that are missing the parameters you type in these days).

 

[cliveh]

Yes, Alaska too. 7 hours even sometimes, certainly in a day or so it can go from -30 to +20 once or twice in an average winter.

I've heard the old 'if you don't like the weather here, just wait 5 mins. and it'll change' all over the world, in several languages.

Isn't there some place on earth with the world's least-changing weather? That'd be terrible for photography! One regret is interior AK doesn't get much violent weather, unlike the great storms I experienced in Michigan, central Russia, and Missouri... The palouse was weather-lame, too.

I take my hat off to you sir, I can't even imagine -30.

 

[LiamG]

Cue Martha and the Vandellas singing "Heat Wave".

Above 0F today; first time in a while. Didn't bother to zip the coat. Supposed to reach 30deg in a few days - it will spoil us.

it ended up hitting 20F today, I was so happy to see the proverbial mercury rise that high.

 

[lxdude]

A Fire Weather Watch has been announced by the NWS, starting Sunday. A Santa Ana condition is forming, so we will have dry, warmer-than-average weather, and a likelihood of strong winds. This has been a very dry fall/winter so far, and there's been only a bit of light frost. It's pleasant, but some storms would be most welcome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds




The Raymond Chandler quote about "Meek little wives..." is very well known around here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds_in_popular_culture

Myself, I like the Santa Ana winds. They stir things up, knock down the dead palm fronds and tree branches, and make the air crystal clear. Well, clear except if the ground's dry, as it is now, which means lots of dust. And if the fires start, then there's all the smoke. But other times it makes it crystal clear...
I like the winds anyway. Most people just tell me, "Yeah, but you're weird." Which is pretty much their stock answer for just about anything I say, so...

 

[ME Super]

My parents have some photos of us (taken on Kodachrome 64) when we were kids, growing up in Central Illinois. One photo was taken Christmas day. It was 70 degrees out and my sister had picked a dandelion and was holding it for the picture, while I was holding a sign with the date and temperature on it. A week later it was below zero with about a 40 below windchill, and my parents got a picture of us again, same spot, me holding a sign with the date, temperature, and windchill.

Today it got up to 40*F. By Sunday supposed to be 47*F. All this after having -11 actual temperatures for a low on Monday.

 

[Black Dog]

Now that's changeable!

 

[PKM-25]

Wonderful weather today, windy white out conditions with wind chills around 0 to -10F, positively stunning Winter photo weather with amazing light.

I just *love* real Winters!

 

[Nige]

global warming is suposed to hit us this week.... today predicted to be 35 (but I don't think it has or will manage that) then supposed to be 41 (105.8F), 39, 41, 40.. then 26

 

[polyglot]

There's weather and there's climate. I am not a denialist but let's not get into climate discussions here, they tend to be rather poisonous.

We're on day 2 of a 5-day heatwave of 40-43C (104-110F) temperatures. That'd be a 9-day stretch of 38C+ (100F+); yay for South Australia.

 

[smithdoor]

Here forecast is 70F and no rain
I will note most year we inches of rain and lucky to hit the 40'sF. This harming AG industry here first time in my life I had to water the yard in Jan.


Dave

 

[Dr Croubie]

We're on day 2 of a 5-day heatwave of 40-43C (104-110F) temperatures. That'd be a 9-day stretch of 38C+ (100F+); yay for South Australia.

I wish I'd taken this screenshot yesterday to show all 5 days. Says it all. (Personally, I'd prefer a few days of freezing, you can always put more clothes on, not much left to take off in this weather...)



The 'cool change Friday' that would have taken us down to 30 is now apparently not happening until Saturday. Sigh. Aircon in the office, aircon at home (thankfully the Solar Panels are happily paying for that), but my car aircon is busted, that's half an hour of unbearable hot wind in my face twice a day that I could do without...

(actually, the worst thing about this heatwave is that I already had 44 in Perth on Saturday, so I get a day extra than the rest of the city)

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

And then we get your weather the next day, Doc.

Although we usually get a moderate version of the previous Adelaide day. We are in day one of a four day heatwave. Currently about 39 C here at the moment.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

The weather we are having at present is coming down from central northern Australia, a bit further above than Adelaide. At the mo', it's 43°c and rising (!) Just back from the beach and almost died walking an otherwise simple 70 metres — ugh! Furiously hot sand, blistering sun and a car too hot to touch and sit in, with a Nor'wester made it feel like I was a pizza in an oven!! Back in studio where it is cheerful 25°c. We over here in Victoria will have four days of 40°C temps (cool change Friday) until that massive hot air mass from central Oz peeters out. Until then...budgie smugglers and surf are the way to go!

LATER: TEMP IS STILL...RISING...UGH—!

 

[Truzi]

Personally, I'd prefer a few days of freezing, you can always put more clothes on

That's what I tell people, but they think I'm odd.

We hit 50 F today. Was in the negative teens a week ago. Perhaps the cold was a bit more than usual, but the swings are normal in our area.

 

[polyglot]

Next 2 days have been upgraded to 45C and 46C (113, 115F). And there's currently a thunderstorm.

 

[hoffy]

Next 2 days have been upgraded to 45C and 46C (113, 115F). And there's currently a thunderstorm.

It really has an Armageddon feel to it!

 

[Dr Croubie]

Next 2 days have been upgraded to 45C and 46C (113, 115F). And there's currently a thunderstorm.

Wow, what a weather. 44.4C recorded at the city at 2pm.
I got home from work and thought "wow, there were some cool looking clouds today". Took me half an hour to load up some holders, swap some lensboards, and get back in the car.
Took Anzac Highway to glenelg, about halfway down it starts spitting, then raining, then monsooning all within 30 seconds. Recorded a 72km/h gust at the airport at 6pm, must have been bang on when I was driving. Rain enough that the wipers were on full, headlights on, and still going 50 because I couldn't see far enough ahead. (but only 1.6mm recorded).
Got to the beach, had to wait about half an hour for the rain to stop, set the camera up and waited. 20 mins later, back to the car cos it was raining again. Finally got some decent shots of the clouds over the sea, about to dev them now.
Had 2x HP5, 2x APX100, and 2x Harman Direct Positive Paper, with a 65mm and 90mm Super Angulon, with and without Orange filter. More just to try out the HDPP than anything, I'm about to dev now and see how well they go...

 

[Dr Croubie]

(and now the Microphen is at 26 degrees, have to add ice cubes or it's going to develop in 3 minutes...)

 

[Black Dog]

Ice Ice baby