Topic: This even more just in - the weather thread (Read 234154 times)

Grognard · « **Reply #700 on:** 27 Jan 2014, 12:51 »

Here is my locality....

https://twitter.com/redgrognard/status/427819970844950528/photo/1

94ssd · « **Reply #701 on:** 27 Jan 2014, 15:37 »

Western NC is going to get almost no snow, the NC coast is going to get the shit snowed out of it. My head...it does not understand.

jwhouk · « **Reply #702 on:** 27 Jan 2014, 17:48 »

It's called "lake effect" up here.

ev4n · « **Reply #703 on:** 28 Jan 2014, 06:39 »

Yup. Where I live gets a bit of lake effect sometimes, I think. Not as bad as places like Buffaly NY or Barrie ON.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #704 on:** 28 Jan 2014, 07:33 »

-12 F was too cold for my car, even with a new battery.

I really should've called off work, rather than trying to cycle in. (And it was -16 at work, too, when I got here.)

jwhouk · « **Reply #705 on:** 28 Jan 2014, 18:48 »

We're going to be getting up into the teens tomorrow - but that's when the snow starts.

Carl-E · « **Reply #706 on:** 28 Jan 2014, 19:29 »

Quote from: bhtooefr on 28 Jan 2014, 07:33

I really should've called off work, rather than trying to cycle in. (And it was -16 at work, too, when I got here.)

Still have all the digits?

bhtooefr · « **Reply #707 on:** 28 Jan 2014, 19:35 »

Yep!

And riding back home in 4 F was... surprisingly not that bad. Slow, but not that bad.

Grognard · « **Reply #708 on:** 29 Jan 2014, 09:19 »

I picked up 3.5" of more snow.

Carl-E · « **Reply #709 on:** 29 Jan 2014, 09:44 »

I'm at the beer barn, and the heat's broken. It's 50 in here, 3 outside, and the cooler's just below freezing (it's on the outside wall).

Thank god for this little space heater...

Ice cold one, anyone?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #710 on:** 29 Jan 2014, 09:56 »

Fuck yes.

Carl-E · « **Reply #711 on:** 29 Jan 2014, 12:31 »

There are days I really wish I could crack open a few of the samples...

As it is, I get to take home the ones no one else wants... I'm saving the Straub Groundhog Ale for Feb 2nd.

Made with real groundhogs!

Loki · « **Reply #712 on:** 29 Jan 2014, 14:47 »

I am not a doctor, and you probably know this, but for the sake of others:
If it's really cold, you shouldn't try to get warm by drinking alcohol unless you are really properly warm. The reason being that alcohol enlarges your veins - so your blood and body core get cold faster, while you feel warmer.

See e.g.: https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/check-the-facts/effects-on-your-safety/drinking-alcohol-in-cold-weather

94ssd · « **Reply #713 on:** 30 Jan 2014, 05:45 »

I have an alarm clock app that tells me the weather and some headlines when I wake up. The recorded voice was unusually cheery this morning when it announced that "it is FIVE degrees!"

cesium133 · « **Reply #714 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 08:14 »

Looks like there's about two inches of snow outside so far. The forecast is 3-6. If this were Atlanta, the four horsemen of the apocalypse would be roaming around.

Carl-E · « **Reply #715 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 19:51 »

They called, they wanted to trade in their rides. Something about iron horses...

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #716 on:** 02 Feb 2014, 20:56 »

(per the Chinese New Years thread) Someone called for an Iron Horse?

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #717 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 14:28 »

This morning weather.com said we were getting 6-10 inches of snow. The radio said 1-3 inches. When I checked weather.com again around lunch, it said <1 inch. It's now 5:30pm and even the rain has stopped.
On the upside, typical Maryland winter is back and my car is cleaner than it has been in weeks.

Akima · « **Reply #718 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 14:33 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 02 Feb 2014, 20:56

Someone called for an Iron Horse?

You'll have a long wait. The next Iron Horse year begins in 2050...

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #719 on:** 03 Feb 2014, 17:39 »

Sure, but I'm here right now XD

Loki · « **Reply #720 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 00:06 »

WTF
GM is only one year older than me?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #721 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 03:14 »

I envy his beard as well, Loki.

or were you not referring to that?

94ssd · « **Reply #722 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 05:03 »

The fog is so thick that I'm afraid to walk to class (I have to cross busy streets). Normally I wake up to a beautiful view of the entire town. Now I can't see the road 2 floors below my window.

EDIT: Apparently it is actually "freezing fog." I don't know what that means but it doesn't sound good.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #723 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 05:53 »

Quote from: Loki on 04 Feb 2014, 00:06

WTF
GM is only one year older than me?

...how...how old do you think I am?

Loki · « **Reply #724 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 05:58 »

About two years older than you are.
Sorry

It's just that I categorize myself as younger than I am in my head, I'm afraid.

Grognard · « **Reply #725 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 06:46 »

I'm older than you or GM.

*shakes his cane*

Carl-E · « **Reply #726 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 10:50 »

Quote from: 94ssd on 04 Feb 2014, 05:03

Apparently it is actually "freezing fog." I don't know what that means but it doesn't sound good.

Pretty much what it sounds like. The fog droplets freeze into suspended crystals, so it looks a lot more... impermeable. Everything it touches turns into something similar to a lightly glazed doughnut, only with ice instead of icing.

LeeC · « **Reply #727 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 18:42 »

too soon?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #728 on:** 04 Feb 2014, 19:28 »

That right there is fucked up.

Grognard · « **Reply #729 on:** 05 Feb 2014, 09:31 »

not funny.

that is like asking Dresden if it's in need of a warmer.

Carl-E · « **Reply #730 on:** 05 Feb 2014, 10:46 »

6 inches of wet, heavy snow last night followed by a goodly helping of freezing rain making a nice crispy crust. Not enough for me to walk on top of it, but the dogs can.

Blech.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #731 on:** 06 Feb 2014, 11:37 »

We got about a foot of snow yesterday.

More coming this weekend.

Blahhhhhh.

Edith · « **Reply #732 on:** 06 Feb 2014, 12:53 »

I nearly wrecked my car 4 times today, sliding all over on the ice. On Monday, the car was headbutted by a suicidal deer. I am about ready to give up and buy a Subaru.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #733 on:** 06 Feb 2014, 13:05 »

Or a sleigh?

Edith · « **Reply #734 on:** 06 Feb 2014, 13:10 »

Hee Hee. This morning I was sliding around singing, "Dashing through the snow, in a four-horsepower car..."

ev4n · « **Reply #735 on:** 10 Feb 2014, 05:05 »

It's days like today I wish I was more poetic.

There' s a fine layer of frosting on everything. Deciduous trees look like spraypainted skeletons. Evergreens are picturesque with their contrast of deep green and brilliant white. Everything is white and pretty and bathed in sunlight. It's gorgeous out there today.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #736 on:** 10 Feb 2014, 13:49 »

Following on from the Thames flooding, this is a very telling comment from Guardian journalist Peter Walker via his twitter account: @peterwalker99. He was out in one of the flooded villages.

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It's clear how little official assistance there is here. Help cries being investigated by only person in waders - a Sky cameraman

It seems that as with all severe winter weather, the UK is just woefully under prepared.

pwhodges · « **Reply #737 on:** 10 Feb 2014, 14:17 »

Chancellor George Osborne, meanwhile, said people understood "that the rain is not the fault of any one person".

What, does he suppose that they think it's the result of collective responsibility? It's rain, for goodness' sake!

94ssd · « **Reply #738 on:** 10 Feb 2014, 16:13 »

Wednesday's forecast from trusted local source raysweather.com:

Also 0 Golf Balls. The Golf Ball rating system is described as follows:

pwhodges · « **Reply #739 on:** 10 Feb 2014, 23:15 »

I guess you need to rehost your images so that we can see them...

(Later: OK, they're showing now, maybe the server was sulking)

Barmymoo · « **Reply #740 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 02:23 »

It SNOWING

Add: hahaha, the weather forecast says "rain, then sunshine". Nope, definitely snowing!

94ssd · « **Reply #741 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 04:03 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 10 Feb 2014, 23:15

I guess you need to rehost your images so that we can see them...

I can see them?

jwhouk · « **Reply #742 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 07:10 »

Still -19°F here.

I'd use the crying smiley, but I'm afraid my tears would freeze...

Barmymoo · « **Reply #743 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 07:14 »

All evidence of the hour of snow we had earlier (which actually started to settle, there was a thin layer on all the cars in the street) has entirely vanished under the blaze of winter sunshine and blue skies. Go home, weather, you're drunk.

cesium133 · « **Reply #744 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 07:38 »

It's 19F (-7C) here. Cold, but nothing like what jwhouk is dealing with. It's supposed to get near 70F (20C) over the weekend, though.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #745 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 09:10 »

We're supposed to get 4-8 inches of snow/sleet tomorrow night and Thursday. Super fun!

ev4n · « **Reply #746 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 09:33 »

Man, I just realized the Sale/Pelletier thing was 12 years, and 3 Olympics, ago!

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #747 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 09:46 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 11 Feb 2014, 07:14

All evidence of the hour of snow we had earlier (which actually started to settle, there was a thin layer on all the cars in the street) has entirely vanished under the blaze of winter sunshine and blue skies. Go home, weather, you're drunk.

Welcome to EVERY DAY in Colorado. Don't like today's weather? Wait 15 minutes, it'll change.

cesium133 · « **Reply #748 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 09:55 »

I've heard that quote lots of times applied to Oklahoma, but that quote has probably been used to describe the weather pretty much everywhere.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #749 on:** 11 Feb 2014, 09:57 »

Yeah, but it's actually true for us

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