How is the weather?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Our temps have been hovering just above freezing for the last couple of days. Currently -3ºC (roughly 27ºF). Ice storm coming tonight and tomorrow with up to 5mm of ice accretion expected. Power outages likely.

Eek!  Hope that that doesn't come to pass!

We received less than an inch of slushy muck this morning.  Like you, temps in the mid-thirties.  Will watch the local news a bit later.

One good thing to come out of it:  while I was taking a short break from shoveling said muck, I happened to glance a huge bird flying by.  It was a great blue heron! 

PD

[DaveF]

With the greatest sympathy for those experiencing harsh winter weather (and we've had a couple of cold weeks, followed by two "named storms" in the past few days), today has been a gift from heaven here in south-east Wales: dry, sunny, temperatures up to the low teens Celsius, with the first whiff of spring in the air, and now a moon a day away from full giving light to the night, and giving the owls something to hoot about.  Damp, grey Welsh weather to resume as normal tomorrow, apparently.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

With the greatest sympathy for those experiencing harsh winter weather (and we've had a couple of cold weeks, followed by two "named storms" in the past few days), today has been a gift from heaven here in south-east Wales: dry, sunny, temperatures up to the low teens Celsius, with the first whiff of spring in the air, and now a moon a day away from full giving light to the night, and giving the owls something to hoot about.  Damp, grey Welsh weather to resume as normal tomorrow, apparently.

Glad that you're enjoying some warmer and pleasant weather. 

Here, I know that spring is on its way when the snowdrops pop up and open (though we still can get more snow after that--hence, I think, that's why they are called that).   

PD

[steve ridgway]

Here, I know that spring is on its way when the snowdrops pop up and open (though we still can get more snow after that--hence, I think, that's why they are called that).   

I saw a few yesterday  .

[DavidW]

It is warm and humid here.  It happened so rapidly that my indoor conditions remain cool and dry while outside it feels very different!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yes, it's strange when it's colder inside during the winter than it is outside!  The weather is all over the place here; it's supposed to get into the upper 40's today though next week one of the day's highs is currently predicted to be 14.  It's bizarre!

Rather a grey and soggy day today though I plan to get a walk in. 

Feels like today would also be a good day to listen to an opera.

PD

[krummholz]

None of the warnings of power outages came to pass here, fortunately. Temps have been hovering between 0º and 3ºC during the day, dropping below sometimes at night, but not always. Southern VT is expecting a serious snowstorm tonight and tomorrow, but we are just supposed to get maybe 10 cm (4") overnight, and that will do it. It's been a boring week otherwise in the weather dept, leaving me unable to hike or even walk anywhere since the trails are slushy and the streets and sidewalks have huge puddles everywhere. Can't wait for colder weather to arrive by Tuesday.

[Daverz]

It is warm and humid here.  It happened so rapidly that my indoor conditions remain cool and dry while outside it feels very different!

It's 26°C outside here in sunny California at 33°N latitude.  I have the windows open and fans running to warm up the house.  But January has otherwise been relatively "cold" here, not the warm winter we were promised because of El Niño, and last year had many more days in the mid 20s C.  Cooler temps and several inches of rain are forecast for later in the week.

[JBS]

Some change in the weather extreme here in South Florida.

It's been unusually warm the last few days here: the afternoon high today (Sunday 28th) was 86F. A cold front came through about dinnertime, with the morning low tomorrow (Monday 29th) forecast to be 56F. So a 30 degree difference within 24 hours.  Windy but no rain that I know of. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 67F, with lows in the mid/upper 50sF and highs barely above 70F (if that) the rest of the week.

[DaveF]

Glad that you're enjoying some warmer and pleasant weather. 

Thank you - raining again now, as I predicted.  Our snowdrops are well out, and I've even seen the first daffodil - very early, as they normally appear around 1st March - St David's Day, our national day (although not national holiday, sadly).

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Thank you - raining again now, as I predicted.  Our snowdrops are well out, and I've even seen the first daffodil - very early, as they normally appear around 1st March - St David's Day, our national day (although not national holiday, sadly).

Wow!  No flowers here yet.  Looks like you're currently in the low 50's?

I'm just back inside from doing a quick shoveling (not much thankfully) and a bit of sanding.  Temps this week are forecast to be from the low to upper 30's during the day and 20's to teens at night.

We've had some rain off and on these past few weeks with the occasional dusting of snow.  *Glad that we've received some rain this winter as otherwise, with the dearth of snow, the water tables would be low.  It has made for some rather soggy walking in some of my favorite areas though.

*with the exception of some flooding!

Good day for some hot cocoa (which I have some along with whipped cream) later me thinks! 

PD

p.s.  Do you pin a leek or a daffodil onto your clothing?  Or do anything else to celebrate the holiday?

[Spotted Horses]

It's 26°C outside here in sunny California at 33°N latitude.  I have the windows open and fans running to warm up the house.  But January has otherwise been relatively "cold" here, not the warm winter we were promised because of El Niño, and last year had many more days in the mid 20s C.  Cooler temps and several inches of rain are forecast for later in the week.

Similar conditions at 34°N latitude. Most notable disappointment is little rain after the big December storm.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Similar conditions at 34°N latitude. Most notable disappointment is little rain after the big December storm.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

It's 26°C outside here in sunny California at 33°N latitude.  I have the windows open and fans running to warm up the house.  But January has otherwise been relatively "cold" here, not the warm winter we were promised because of El Niño, and last year had many more days in the mid 20s C.  Cooler temps and several inches of rain are forecast for later in the week.

How cold was it in your house?

PD

[Daverz]

How cold was it in your house?

PD

18C.  It's been 15C some mornings.  I had to buy some warm slippers; I've always gone barefoot indoors. I'm sure that sounds like tropical weather from Finland.  I don't care for temps much under 22C or so.  I'm convinced that 20C was only a comfortable "room temperature" back in the days when men wore 3-piece wool suits at the office.

[DavidW]

I'm convinced that 20C was only a comfortable "room temperature" back in the days when men wore 3-piece wool suits at the office.

Ha!  That is what I have it set at.  Keeps the power bill down.

[DaveF]

p.s.  Do you pin a leek or a daffodil onto your clothing?  Or do anything else to celebrate the holiday?

Some extreme patriots might wear the leek - as for the holiday, it isn't actually one.    Welsh culture is a tricky one, since it has been for so long associated with the language, which most people don't speak.  Up until the mid-'90s it was common to see troops of primary-school kids done up in traditional dress on St David's day, waving flags and daffodils, until the educational authorities realised that the Welsh culture most young people were interested in was rugby and the Manic Street Preachers.  The BBC National Orchestra always used to put on a special concert, negotiating the tricky task of finding some Welsh music that was (a) any good and (b) of instant mass appeal (so no Hoddinott, Mathias or Jones (due to (b), that is, not (a).)  Not this year, though, as the concert hall is long-term out of action due to dodgy concrete.

Thread duty - a surprisingly chilly-feeling 8°C today, but warming up nicely for the weekend.

[Spotted Horses]

Seems like we're going to get about 4 inches of rain from this storm in coastal California, starting Saturday night, ending Monday morning. Some areas will get a lot more, and some places are flooding, where the terrain tends to allow water to collect. The news media makes it sound like the entire state will float away.

I noticed that flamboyant terms for weather conditions has proliferated very recently. The first I ever heard the term "atmospheric river" was a few years ago when I read an article about a time, maybe 150 years ago, when Sacramento was hit by a series of storms and was under 15 feet of water for months. Now every time it rains it is an "atmospheric river." Maybe sometimes it is just an atmospheric creek. Same for "bomb cyclone." What they now call a bomb cyclone, I think they used to call a "cold snap."

[Daverz]

Seems like we're going to get about 4 inches of rain from this storm in coastal California, starting Saturday night, ending Monday morning. Some areas will get a lot more, and some places are flooding, where the terrain tends to allow water to collect. The news media makes it sound like the entire state will float away.

I noticed that flamboyant terms for weather conditions has proliferated very recently. The first I ever heard the term "atmospheric river" was a few years ago when I read an article about a time, maybe 150 years ago, when Sacramento was hit by a series of storms and was under 15 feet of water for months. Now every time it rains it is an "atmospheric river." Maybe sometimes it is just an atmospheric creek. Same for "bomb cyclone." What they now call a bomb cyclone, I think they used to call a "cold snap."

What he mentions a couple times is "orographic lift":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orographic_lift

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Seems like we're going to get about 4 inches of rain from this storm in coastal California, starting Saturday night, ending Monday morning. Some areas will get a lot more, and some places are flooding, where the terrain tends to allow water to collect. The news media makes it sound like the entire state will float away.

I noticed that flamboyant terms for weather conditions has proliferated very recently. The first I ever heard the term "atmospheric river" was a few years ago when I read an article about a time, maybe 150 years ago, when Sacramento was hit by a series of storms and was under 15 feet of water for months. Now every time it rains it is an "atmospheric river." Maybe sometimes it is just an atmospheric creek. Same for "bomb cyclone." What they now call a bomb cyclone, I think they used to call a "cold snap."

I was wondering how you were doing.

Doing a quick bit of googling, I found this article in Scientific American which says that "Geologic evidence shows that truly massive floods, caused by rainfall alone, have occurred in California every 100 to 200 years."  Wow!    Hard to fathom the damage that it did.

The article is here:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atmospheric-rivers-california-megaflood-lessons-from-forgotten-catastrophe/

PD