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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 17, 2017 15:54:35 GMT -5
It's going to be in the 60s this weekend.
On the one hand, I'm happy to bust out the hoodie and enjoy it.
On the other hand... it's been abnormally warm... climate change, what?
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 17, 2017 16:37:24 GMT -5
The 30-day forecast is all highs in the 60s and 70s. I really would have liked just a little more winter.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Feb 17, 2017 23:34:27 GMT -5
It was in the 70's today in St Louis. I drove halfway home with the top down. It's supposed to reach the 70's Saturday and Sunday around home.
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Post by songstarliner on Feb 18, 2017 13:34:06 GMT -5
Holy smokes, it is so beautiful here today!! I'm sitting on the back deck, and the sunshine is making me deliriously happy. ♡♡☆☆!
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 18, 2017 13:51:48 GMT -5
The highs are going to range from 79 to 82 the rest of the week. It's looking like winter may be completely over.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Feb 18, 2017 19:51:16 GMT -5
This storm dropped most of its rain on California which is lucky for us (not lucky for them). However, the .5" or so that we're received so far is already starting to flood roads. Weather service is saying there may be another .25"-1" coming overnight. If we end up on the high end of the predictions there will be some moderate flooding by tomorrow morning.
This storm has also dropped the temperature here to 57 degrees, as of 5pm. It was 78 degrees two days ago.
This is what counts as "winter" here.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Feb 18, 2017 21:44:29 GMT -5
I wore a short dress all day today, including in the evening by the lakeside. In Chicago. In February.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Feb 18, 2017 22:12:18 GMT -5
Ugh, it has really been raining all night. The street outside now has water running down it from the north. Like, the entire road is covered in water flowing down from the north.
Feeling happy that the place I'm staying at is on high ground. A couple miles south of here is going to have a problem by morning.
Edit: Just saw the 8pm news report. Yep, those areas a couple miles south are already experiencing the flooding.
It is truly remarkable how the rain in this area tends to come in about 3-4 big storms a year, with months of bone dry weather in between. Yay, desert!
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 18, 2017 22:16:52 GMT -5
I wore a short dress all day today, including in the evening by the lakeside. In Chicago. In February. I walked the dogs in just a tshirt and jeans. So weird. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Feb 19, 2017 16:49:03 GMT -5
It hit 72 degrees here in the Baltimore suburbs. I went for a walk in a t-shirt and yoga pants and it was absolutely amazing. I've had the windows open all day to get fresh air in the house.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Feb 19, 2017 17:09:49 GMT -5
It hit 72 degrees here in the Baltimore suburbs. I went for a walk in a t-shirt and yoga pants and it was absolutely amazing. I've had the windows open all day to get fresh air in the house. The fresh air is the best part of all of this. I've had my windows open for days and my plants, skin, and nose are all so happy. |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 19, 2017 19:10:47 GMT -5
We grilled today. Aside from it getting dark as we were finishing up, it was perfect weather for it.
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Feb 21, 2017 13:39:02 GMT -5
This year I've decided just to embrace the terrifyingly warm weather. Last year it seemed all creepy and apocalyptic, having such a warm winter (and it ended up being disastrous when there was a hard freeze after all the flowering trees blossomed early, but whatever), and I get so paralyzed by upset and worry about global warming....
...but on the other hand, you only get so many perfect days in one lifetime. If they're going to come in February instead of first appearing in April, so be it. It was GORGEOUS here this past weekend, and looks to get even nicer later this week. Like everyone's saying here, having open windows and fresh air and abundant sunshine -- it's such a salve for the soul. (Now I just need the stupidly early time change, so I, too, can grill my dinners!)
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 27, 2017 11:59:26 GMT -5
Total weirdness.
Saturday it was 35 or so and felt colder (low of 22).
This week's forecast is:
Today - 50/42, sun
Tues - 63/41, afternoon t-storm
Wed - 43/27, morning rain
Thurs - 41/22, afternoon snow
Fri - 38/29, sun
WEIRD.
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Feb 27, 2017 14:04:56 GMT -5
Total weirdness. Saturday it was 35 or so and felt colder (low of 22). This week's forecast is: Today - 50/42, sun Tues - 63/41, afternoon t-storm Wed - 43/27, morning rain Thurs - 41/22, afternoon snow Fri - 38/29, sun WEIRD. We're getting the same mood swings -- it's like it's March... but in February! A couple of days ago the forecast had highs in the 70s on this coming Thursday, with thunderstorms. Then highs in the low 40s on Friday, with snow. (They've since backed off on the snow.) |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 2, 2017 10:11:16 GMT -5
DST starts on the 12th. We'll be returning from a cruise early that day, traveling from eastern to central time, and ship time is often different than "real" time. I will have NO IDEA what time or day it is for at least 24 hours.
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Mar 2, 2017 10:28:33 GMT -5
We're getting 60 mph gusts today as the fronts shift from warm back to a cold one. My ears feel like they're going to explode.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Mar 2, 2017 12:07:48 GMT -5
We're getting 60 mph gusts today as the fronts shift from warm back to a cold one. My ears feel like they're going to explode. My head has been killing me since last night and I can only assume it's from the weather. It was lovely and warm yesterday but then a bunch of thunderstorms rolled through last night. |
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Mar 2, 2017 12:14:22 GMT -5
My head has been killing me since last night and I can only assume it's from the weather. It was lovely and warm yesterday but then a bunch of thunderstorms rolled through last night. My head works as well as any barometer. I've always felt I got lucky in life, having no seasonal allergies at all (Hugs and Boomer both are wildly allergic to all seasons). But my cross to bear is that my sinuses have hair-trigger responses to even the slightest change in atmospheric pressure. It's like olde-tyme grizzled pioneer types being able to predict weather with their old wounds... only it's my head. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 12, 2017 21:42:02 GMT -5
Just to continue bizzaroland here. We had very little snow in January and none in Feb, just rain. It was 60 here last weekend. Naturally we are supposed to get 3-7 inches tomorrow.
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Mar 13, 2017 9:50:52 GMT -5
After a generally snow-free winter here, too, we're apparently getting... something tomorrow. The official winter storm warning says 18-24 inches of snow. The actual "this is what weather you're getting in your exact location" prediction says 6-11 inches. Although most of it's buried in the overnight, so the Weather Underground day-by-day breakdown shows a happy little sun for today, then a wee snowcloud for tomorrow with accumulation prediction of "1-3 inches". The bulk of the storm is buried in Monday night, when they're calling for 5-8 inches, but I struggled not to laugh out loud when I opened the webpage, saw "1-3", and thought we'd been downgraded that hard from the breathless storm predictions we've been getting since Friday. "All that bluster over 1-3 inches??"  For the record, the storm warnings have been unusually verbose and vague. An unusual amount of technical detail, followed by predictions of eight to 24 inches of snow. Hugs keeps rolling her eyes as Boomer and I keep checking in, because 8-24 is a very wide spread. It's almost as if they're saying, "Well, it's going to start snowing at some point, but you know what? IT MIGHT NEVER STOP! I mean, that might happen! And if it did happen, then we'd get a TON of snow! If it didn't, we'd get normal snow. BUT WHAT IF IT'S A TON?" |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 13, 2017 18:59:07 GMT -5
Meanwhile, It's 90 here and I had the AC on earlier. On the plus side, it hit 90 nearly two weeks later than last year!
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Post by pairesta on Mar 14, 2017 7:56:12 GMT -5
We got a touch of whatever it is slamming the northern parts of the US and it's colder now than it's been maybe in a month.
PS I love how frisky cats get when it's cold out. Both of ours are just racing around from room to room like maniacs.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Mar 14, 2017 8:44:53 GMT -5
We got maybe...six inches of snow? A lot of it was lake effect, which is unusual for the far west side of the lake. Husband says it's worse closer to the city, which makes sense (also closer to the lake). It's been a strange winter.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Mar 14, 2017 9:04:54 GMT -5
It's expected to get down around freezing tomorrow night here, which is unusual for March in Florida. I actually went and dug out the blankets that I had put up for the year, figuring I'd need them the next few nights. I had been thinking it was full-out Spring and I'd need to start wearing shorts, soon.
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Mar 14, 2017 9:15:08 GMT -5
Well, Hugs and I are both taking snow days (my office is actually closed, hers has, at the moment, just a delayed opening, but she's sure as shit not driving all the way there in this weather), as we're getting pelted by sheets and sheets of wind-driven sleet. It sleeted hard all night. I can't remember the last time I've seen weather this dreadful. I mean, heavy snow has a certain appeal. Driving, lashing heavy sleet, though? ::shudder:: We've gotten about four inches of just sleet so far. With a bit more snow mixed in for good measure. I'm very, very happy to be cozy and bundled up on the couch! ( pairesta, this weather has pushed the cats from "frisky in the cool weather" into "curled up on the couch as well, in the cold miserable weather". They are very much enjoying that they don't have to go outside in this mess.) |
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Post by Lord Lucan on Mar 14, 2017 11:19:12 GMT -5
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Mar 15, 2017 6:53:54 GMT -5
God, I hate snow.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Mar 15, 2017 8:20:27 GMT -5
It's so cold this morning!! 25 degrees! (I just had to backspace 4 times to type that correctly. I'm losing it, people!)
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Post by LazBro on Mar 17, 2017 8:55:12 GMT -5
Highs in the 70's this weekend. The warmer weather is nice, especially now that we're in DST and there's enough evening light to eat outside.
Less nice ... it's fucking mowing season! 6-7 months of yard work begins this Sunday.
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