Weather where you are

[lxdude]

[sigh] In northern Virginia my neighbors are running around as it was snowing waving their hands in the air screaming "We will all be killed! We will all be killed!" [/sigh]

Maybe they got a good look at their neighbor...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Maybe they got a good look at their neighbor...

No, I told them about you.

 

[lxdude]

No, I told them about you.

That'll do it!:devil:

 

[BradleyK]

Rainy, foggy and 6C atop the mountain this am. Got the LL Bean Gore-tex and an F5 loaded with HP5+ at the ready. Ready to hoof (three days left in this first first edition of 2014 vacation time, so going to make the best of it).

 

[Dr Croubie]

Average rainfall in Dec+Jan+Feb+March combined = 88.1mm
Rainfall in last 48 hours = 92mm

Average yearly rainfall 543.9mm.
Percentage of yearly rainfall in last 48 hours = 16.9%.

We'd already broken heatwave records, now we're breaking wet records in the same week...

 

[Tom1956]

Why does it have to sleet on top of a foot of snow? Every step you take and crunch through, it about breaks your foot.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Why does it have to sleet on top of a foot of snow? Every step you take and crunch through, it about breaks your foot.

Bad planning.

In southern California snow goes on the mountains for the skiers and snowboarders, ice is for drinks and skating rinks. Putting ice and snow on the roads and sidewalks is just plain stupid. This is not rocket science. This is a simple idea. Now act on it.

 

[John_Nikon_F]

Been rainy and windy, cloudy and windy, and sunny and windy here in the Seattle area for the past week (usually on the same day, even). Two more fairly large storms to get through this weekend, then it's supposed to be showery and breezy for the next week or so. Seems mother nature is making up for lost time here in the Pacific Northwet.

-J

 

[cliveh]

I have always thought the weather on our planet is very dependent on sun spot activity. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

 

[Tom1956]

I have always thought the weather on our planet is very dependent on sun spot activity. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

You're exactly right. And radio propagation most certainly does.

 

[Vaughn]

I have always thought the weather on our planet is very dependent on sun spot activity. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

I would not say 'dependent' -- just one on the many factors.

 

[PeterAM]

Just outside of NYC (about 20 miles north of Times Square), it's snowing again. We now have about two solid (frozen) feet of snow laying around; streets are very narrow and intersections are blind. Supposed to warm up after this so that it all can slide off the roofs and we can flood.

As they used to say upstate, "another ten inches of flurries..".

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I have always thought the weather on our planet is very dependent on sun spot activity. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

Yes. But I'll save myself some typing, this guy says it far better anyway: http://news.psu.edu/story/141165/2007/09/24/research/probing-question-farmers-almanac-accurate

 

[cliveh]

Yes. But I'll save myself some typing, this guy says it far better anyway: http://news.psu.edu/story/141165/2007/09/24/research/probing-question-farmers-almanac-accurate

The Farmers' Almanac's Web site explains that its forecaster (referred to only by his pseudonym, Caleb Weatherbee) uses a "top secret mathematical and astronomical formula, that relies on sunspot activity, tidal action, planetary position and many other factors" to predict weather sixteen months in advance for seven different U.S. climate zones.

Sounds interesting and I use a similar formula to decide when to work in my darkroom.

 

[Tom1956]

Can you believe this?--a week ago we had a foot and a half of snow, and now it's 75 degrees.

 

[Dr Croubie]

Can you believe this?--a week ago we had a foot and a half of snow, and now it's 75 degrees.

I'd believe it given what we've had: 3 weeks above 40C, then 4months rainfall in 2 days, now a week of drizzling low 20s.
If our weather's stuffed then so can yours...

 

[benjiboy]

It's a nice sunny winter day and fairly mild here and although we have had a very wet winter so far and there has been terrible and massive flooding in some parts of the U.K. mainly in the south of the country.We have had no snow yet and I'm keeping my fingers crossed because if we don't have any in the next six weeks or so we've got away with it and it's the spring

 

[lxdude]

It's actually raining! Just started.
It took me a bit to remember what that sound was...

 

[benjiboy]

it's been very mild in the Norther U.K for the last few days with a decent amount of sunshine almost like Spring,although it's been the wettest Winter in Britain on record and there have been massive floods in some areas, but very little snow so far.

 

[Hatchetman]

right now 5 degrees F in Chicago, winds 15-20 mph. will be below zero tonight. roughly 30 degrees below normal.

 

[bobwysiwyg]

right now 5 degrees F in Chicago, winds 15-20 mph. will be below zero tonight. roughly 30 degrees below normal.

Ditto in Ann Arbor. Getting a little tired of this particular winter. It has worn out its welcome.

 

[Black Dog]

I can report several positive sightings of sunshine in West Dorset

 

[Klainmeister]

Finally getting some sort of moisture here after 3 weeks of absolute warmth and dryness. We're going to have another horrible fire season....

 

[Sirius Glass]

• This Afternoon [Sunday] Rain likely, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 51. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Tonight [Sunday] Rain before 1am, then freezing rain and sleet. Low around 20. North wind 7 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Monday Snow. Some thunder is also possible. High near 21. North wind 13 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
• Monday Night Snow likely before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -3. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

I keep forgetting to panic for snow when I am in Virginia. Actually I never panic for snow. Is it too late to panic now?

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

Cold (for us). Light blowing snow yesterday and last night. Winds 20-25 mph/32-40 kmph, temperature 27F/-3C, wind chill 13F/-11C.

My truck is coated with ice this morning. The wind has been blowing for almost three days now. Our spring season doesn't usually begin until July 5th. Only four months and three days to go...



[Edit: It's been sleeting here all afternoon. And windy. Not a fit day out for man nor beast. See the post right after this one. John lives about 20 minutes from me.]

Ken