Topic: This even more just in - the weather thread (Read 264981 times)

Loki · « **Reply #300 on:** 24 Apr 2013, 07:41 »

It's really nice here for a change, but it's supposed to pass soon

Gotta make quick use of it.

cesium133 · « **Reply #301 on:** 24 Apr 2013, 08:01 »

That site keeps delivering.

"37°?! IT'S FUCKING COLD / Where's the cat? Oh shit. Fluffy's frozen."

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #302 on:** 24 Apr 2013, 14:17 »

My favorite cold one is "Keep track of your local old people"

cesium133 · « **Reply #303 on:** 26 Apr 2013, 19:47 »

"56°?! / IT'S FUCKING ...ALRIGHT / AND THUNDERING / FUCKING NOTHING TO SEE HERE"

Currently watching the Gary England show. One of the anchors described the sound of the hail in Oklahoma City as "an elephant dancing on the roof."

Another quote from Gary England (the weather guy on the CBS station in OKC): "Alex, you're going to get blown in about half an hour."

Yet another quote: "If you're new to Oklahoma, this is a severe thunderstorm."

Thrillho · « **Reply #304 on:** 27 Apr 2013, 06:24 »

It's 6 Degrees C. It's raining and hailing... and then blinding sun. Weather.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #305 on:** 29 Apr 2013, 18:30 »

weather humor

Thrillho · « **Reply #306 on:** 30 Apr 2013, 14:39 »

I don't know WEATHER I found that funny

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

cesium133 · « **Reply #307 on:** 01 May 2013, 08:01 »

This is May, right? This is usually when it starts to get into the 90s around here.

Boiled Dove · « **Reply #308 on:** 01 May 2013, 08:58 »

80's the last couple of days. Mushrooms are popping and the turtles have started to move around. I found these two while mushroom hunting last night. Not sure what was going on but the upright one was giving me the evil eye like it was time for me to just move along because they were busy.

I also found one of the largest mushrooms I've ever picked:

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pwhodges · « **Reply #309 on:** 01 May 2013, 09:23 »

Quote from: Boiled Dove on 01 May 2013, 08:58

I also found one of the largest mushrooms I've ever picked:

You don't have giant puffballs in your area, then? I used to pick them, and one medium-sized puffball was enough for several people, sliced like bread and fried in butter.

Boiled Dove · « **Reply #310 on:** 01 May 2013, 09:34 »

We do, I've just never tried to get and cook one. they are always popped by the time I find them.

cesium133 · « **Reply #311 on:** 01 May 2013, 09:37 »

Wow... where do those things grow? I don't think I've seen those before. As for the mushroom Boiled Dove posted, I've picked mushrooms around that size, though ones that big are pretty rare.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #312 on:** 01 May 2013, 11:07 »

and it's going to snow again today

IT WAS IN THE 70s YESTERDAY THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?

Boiled Dove · « **Reply #313 on:** 01 May 2013, 11:17 »

Damn, and I thought we had psychotic weather here.

jwhouk · « **Reply #314 on:** 01 May 2013, 14:44 »

We had 80 degree F weather around here yesterday, then it rained hard last night (first thunderstorm in a long while).

It's down in to the 50's now. That storm that's screwing around with OK is supposed to head up this way and - get ready for this - give us some $|\|@\/\/ showers tomorrow morning.

LTK · « **Reply #315 on:** 06 May 2013, 05:02 »

Quote from: Thefuckingweather.com

21°?!
IT'S FUCKING NICE

I CONCUR

I can sit on the sun-draped balcony of the next room, pull up a chair and read my fucking book! Shirtless! That is, after I've scared away all the pigeons.

The girl who's renting the room next to mine is never home, and her balcony is twice as big as mine, and has sun from 12 til 6, so that's gonna be my reading spot.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #316 on:** 06 May 2013, 09:52 »

54F and pleasant here.

Boiled Dove · « **Reply #317 on:** 07 May 2013, 07:43 »

After a really rainy weekend it is now sunny and getting up to the upper 70s. At least for a few days until it rains for the weekend again.

Mushroom season is over.

cesium133 · « **Reply #318 on:** 07 May 2013, 09:53 »

Quote from: Boiled Dove on 07 May 2013, 07:43

After a really rainy weekend it is now sunny and getting up to the upper 70s. At least for a few days until it rains for the weekend again.

Mushroom season is over.

What part of the country are you in? According to my mom, mushroom season is just beginning where she lives.

cesium133 · « **Reply #319 on:** 11 May 2013, 15:25 »

It was just sunny and hailing here... weird.

pwhodges · « **Reply #320 on:** 11 May 2013, 15:56 »

It was like that here this afternoon.

cesium133 · « **Reply #321 on:** 18 May 2013, 09:13 »

Sounds like the next few days are going to be interesting...

cesium133 · « **Reply #322 on:** 19 May 2013, 15:28 »

Channel 9 is now reporting a funnel cloud headed toward downtown Norman...

cesium133 · « **Reply #323 on:** 20 May 2013, 07:35 »

Norman itself ended up being okay, but the storm that passed over did a lot of damage in the nearby town of Shawnee.

cesium133 · « **Reply #324 on:** 20 May 2013, 13:16 »

A huge tornado is hitting the OKC metro area right now (live video)... it's following almost the same path as the 1999 Moore tornado...

Papersatan · « **Reply #325 on:** 20 May 2013, 14:39 »

Fucking

Fuck.

It looks like it was terrible...

I hope it is the last major one of the storm...

Like, this is never good:

cesium133 · « **Reply #326 on:** 20 May 2013, 14:57 »

The tornado passed about ten miles north of where I am. It's kind of weird hearing about places I've been to lots of times being completely destroyed. Hoping not a lot of people were hurt, but it looks really awful.

Papersatan · « **Reply #327 on:** 20 May 2013, 14:57 »

I'm glad you are ok! I was just asking Stephen if he knew where you lived.

cesium133 · « **Reply #328 on:** 20 May 2013, 15:04 »

Yeah, I live in Norman, near the University of Oklahoma campus. I'm currently at the lab in the basement of the physics building at OU.

Looking at the radar it looks like another severe (but non-tornadic) storm is coming this way.

Papersatan · « **Reply #329 on:** 20 May 2013, 15:11 »

Tornadoes are one of my biggest fears. I grew up in an area that didn't have them, and watching tv coverage of them growing up made a lasting impression.

We live in Michigan now, and so are on the edge of the alley, and last year one hit near here. It was not that bad, but when the sirens when off I almost shit myself. I had to drive *toward* the storm because my class was not canceled and I needed to do a presentation, and I don't think I have ever had to talk myself down from a panic attack like that. I just cannot imagine the hell that is the fist of god just punching your town.

Stay safe.

cesium133 · « **Reply #330 on:** 20 May 2013, 15:16 »

Yeah, tornadoes creep me out, too. I grew up in Maryland, which gets very few tornadoes, but an F4 went through my hometown in 1998. The people around here are more accustomed to it and less likely to worry, but to some extent that's a bad thing. It makes people less likely to get to cover when a tornado happens.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #331 on:** 20 May 2013, 15:38 »

To give everyone who hasn't checked them out an idea, you can usually see the path a tornado takes through a town. In this case, this isn't a path so much as just a flattened town.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/05/tornado-moore-oklahoma-photo.html

I do not miss living in OK.

Thrillho · « **Reply #332 on:** 23 May 2013, 11:25 »

My room in the new place has a lovely huge window and it means when it rains I can see it so perfectly. It's only raining on gardens and suburban homes and trees, but for some reason I just love this view.

Carl-E · « **Reply #333 on:** 24 May 2013, 08:31 »

80+ F for two days (pushing 30C), now it's about 45 F (7 C) with storms threatening but not arriving. Should be 60's F (low 20's C) and sunny for the holiday weekend. Which is good, since my daughter planned a big cookout...

cesium133 · « **Reply #334 on:** 29 May 2013, 08:33 »

Tornadoes are in the forecast again today, so here's a site that shows maps of tornado paths across the U.S.

valley_parade · « **Reply #335 on:** 29 May 2013, 09:13 »

This past Saturday: Windy, rain and snow, high of 42.

Tomorrow: Sunny, 84.

This is bizarre, even for the Berkshires.

Welu · « **Reply #336 on:** 29 May 2013, 11:29 »

It's been really windy and some rain lately but woke up today and GAH. Too warm!

jwhouk · « **Reply #337 on:** 29 May 2013, 15:35 »

In the 70's today. Unfortunately, storms in the forecast for the evening.

cesium133 · « **Reply #338 on:** 30 May 2013, 13:22 »

Good thing my renters' insurance is up to date, because there's a big storm with a tornado warning headed toward the south side of Norman where my apartment is...

Loki · « **Reply #339 on:** 30 May 2013, 13:46 »

Ow. Stay safe.

cesium133 · « **Reply #340 on:** 30 May 2013, 13:50 »

It's looking like the tornado is going to miss where my apartment is to the south, though I'm a bit worried about hail. I've already had to have my car's windshield fixed once this year.

cesium133 · « **Reply #341 on:** 31 May 2013, 06:53 »

I think the dean of the university's meteorology school may have been a bit hungry when he wrote this:

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After our lesson on cooking potatoes eventually panned out across central and eastern oklahoma last evening, today we get to the meat.

All of the weather seasonings that Oklahoma has to offer will be marinading our atmosphere during the day today, including a late season cold front and that dry rub of a dry line out west. A potent storm system will approach Oklahoma from the west this evening, and where these ingredients meet, there will likely be a grill fest of dangerous severe weather, including the possibility of flooding rains, very large hail (maybe softballs, and not the WCWS kind!), and large and violent tornadoes.

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After the dry rub marinade, the atmosphere will likely pour a lot of sauce on the storms today, and localized flooding will be a problem this evening and tonight!

Loki · « **Reply #342 on:** 31 May 2013, 08:49 »

Well. Cooking is Science for Hungry People!

pwhodges · « **Reply #343 on:** 31 May 2013, 13:00 »

Especially if you do science to your cookies.

cesium133 · « **Reply #344 on:** 31 May 2013, 16:22 »

There's currently a tornado on the ground headed toward the OKC airport, and if it continues on that path, Moore would be next... this looks like it might get bad.

edit -- The tornado has taken a turn toward the north and looks like it's at least going to miss Moore.

Am I a bad person if when I saw the predicted tornado path I thought, "Dammit, I'm scheduled to fly out of that airport on Monday."? Probably.

edit -- this situation is getting REALLY bad... west part of Norman is in a tornado warning right now.

edit -- HIDEY HOLE TIME

edit -- I'm okay. A funnel cloud went straight over central Norman, but didn't touch town.

cesium133 · « **Reply #345 on:** 31 May 2013, 19:52 »

A couple pictures, one that I took, and another that a coworker took. Sorry that they're crappy cell phone camera pictures...

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Loki · « **Reply #346 on:** 19 Jun 2013, 15:52 »

if i find the person invented the "sweat should be sticky" spiel i am gonna kill them so hard they die from it.

1 am. 20° C ~= 68 F.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #347 on:** 19 Jun 2013, 16:26 »

Loki, you clearly have never been at the Turkish Mediterranean coast in summer

Air conditioning is for weaklings*

*and also for those who really really need it. But that's up for interpretation.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #348 on:** 19 Jun 2013, 16:34 »

Quote from: Loki on 19 Jun 2013, 15:52

1 am. 20° C ~= 68 F.

Same here. Also very humid, and the strongest thunderstorm I've experienced here in at least 5 years. Usually we just get a bit of distant lightning and it's over. Now we're at hour 3 of constantly flashing skies.

nekowafer · « **Reply #349 on:** 19 Jun 2013, 18:26 »

bahahaha it was around 80 F here today (26 C) and I did way too much physical labor both inside and out. And I walked home, carrying two window fans. It was torturous.

Quote from: Masterpiece on 19 Jun 2013, 16:26

Air conditioning is for weaklings

Then I am weak as fuck and proud of it.

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