Weather

[Alli]

Yeah but see 61ºF is a degree higher than I have my thermostat set in the daytime! Think we've been through this discussion in that other place so I won't expand on it here, except to say that my choice makes sense to me because the mean temperature here on a summer night is only 55ºF.

I agree. I keep trying to explain to my husband that if 62 is too cold to set the AC, then why would you allow it to get that cole in the winter? And if you’ll only heat the house to 68 in the winter, then why can’t you cool it to 68 in the summer? I want to set the thermostat to 68-72. Heat or cool, whichever is necessary. Meanwhile, in the winter I’ll keep the window open and the fan on.

 

[shadow puppet]

Rat Creek in Big Sur, CA this morning after the deluge of rain they've had.

 

[Eric]

Rat Creek in Big Sur, CA this morning after the deluge of rain they've had.

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Are you in the area? I know further north at Devli's Slide HWY1 would get washed out enough that they finally had to build a tunnel through the mountain to bypass it. These cliffs are always eroding, growing up in the area I've seen so much lost to it, you would think they would know better than to build on it.

 

[shadow puppet]

Are you in the area?

I wish. I love the natural beauty of the area. I live on the Westside of Los Angeles. About 4 miles inland of Venice Beach.

 

[shadow puppet]

Manhattan Beach (about 30 minutes South of me) showing off after the rain.

 

[Clix Pix]

Snow in the forecast for my area! This time a real snowstorm, not a puny one or two inches. Maybe 4-6 inches, perhaps 6-8..... ?? It is supposed to start Sunday and may or may not actually dump more on us than anticipated, so it's still going to be a wait-and-watch-and-see-what-we-get. It'll be pretty when it is coming down, I always like watching it, but after the storm stops and people start tromping around int and mar the pristine beauty, it's not so much fun any more. I figure I'll be hanging out here at home for a few days until the roads and parking lots are cleared up.

 

[shadow puppet]

Snow in the forecast for my area! This time a real snowstorm, not a puny one or two inches. Maybe 4-6 inches, perhaps 6-8..... ?? It is supposed to start Sunday and may or may not actually dump more on us than anticipated, so it's still going to be a wait-and-watch-and-see-what-we-get. It'll be pretty when it is coming down, I always like watching it, but after the storm stops and people start tromping around int and mar the pristine beauty, it's not so much fun any more. I figure I'll be hanging out here at home for a few days until the roads and parking lots are cleared up.

Hopefully you can grab some snaps before people muck it all up?

 

[Clix Pix]

Hopefully you can grab some snaps before people muck it all up?

That's what I'm thinking and hoping! Snow always makes for great photo ops!

 

[Pumbaa]

Beautiful weekend. Snow everywhere, clear skies, no wind and around -10ºC/14ºF daytime. Amazing seeing the sun for a few hours!

As expected, our central heating isn’t keeping up with the change in temperature. Less expected was a message from the utility company about a broken boiler reducing the heating capacity for the entire frigging municipality. Expected to be resolved by 7:30 PM next year. Hopefully a typo, really won’t like my next few electricity bills otherwise.

 

[Alli]

Beautiful weekend. Snow everywhere, clear skies, no wind and around -10ºC/14ºF daytime. Amazing seeing the sun for a few hours!

I was with ya for the first two words. It was raining here this morning, but I still went out. Instead of sitting on the deck, I sat under the carport. It was just too beautiful to stay indoors. The rain has now stopped, the skies are blue, and it’s in the 70’s. This is more like it!

 

[Runs For Fun]

Seems like there was supposed to be a big snowstorm moving across the Midwest and the east coast and everyone was supposed to be getting a bunch of snow. We just got a dusting despite being right in the path.

 

[Alli]

Seems like there was supposed to be a big snowstorm moving across the Midwest and the east coast and everyone was supposed to be getting a bunch of snow. We just got a dusting despite being right in the path.

Yes! My daughter moved into her new apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida yesterday, and boy is she happy about her timing in getting out of NYC!

 

[Pumbaa]

First half of the day as beautiful as the weekend with snow glistering in the sun.

Now we’re apparently in for a week of snow & overcast. No worries. We have ways to traverse our frozen hellscape.

 

[lizkat]

Yes! My daughter moved into her new apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida yesterday, and boy is she happy about her timing in getting out of NYC!

Some pretty photos coming out of NYC on Twitter this morning but "the mess is yet to come"....

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1356266869251076102/

Here they forecast between 6 and 14 inches... what a range! gives a clue of how variable the outcome can be from a convergence of fronts and models unsure about duration and a possible stall of the storm off New Jersey.

Meanwhile we had sneaky snow all night as a prelude. Deceptively enough, right now the sun is strong through the overcast of our approaching storm. Guess that's a kind of teaser about Groundhog Day coming up, eh? Think there won't even be enough sunshine to make a shadow tomorrow. Maybe that ol' woodchuck should skip its annual take on how long before spring. and just stay in bed.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Well we got about 2 inches of snow last night. I would have liked some more. I actually like snow.

 

[Clix Pix]

We got about three inches yesterday and today, while it has occasionally spit out a few snow flurries, we haven't had any further accumulation. Fine with me! I feel for the folks in NY, CT, NJ, eastern PA, etc.....ouch!

 

[lizkat]

We ended up in one of those heavy snowbands slowing moving west this morning... we're out of it just now but the kicker is the main winds here now are from the north so it's on to the enhanced lake effect snow coming downstate from Lake Ontario and over Cayuga Lake down into the western Catkills. Fun. So another five inches by nightfall they say. But for once Ithaca's still going to get more of a snowdump out of this by the weekend than we do down here.

I read someplace that the groundhog did see his shadow in Pennsylvania today and big surprise he says six more weeks of winter. Heh, I say "the fix was in" and they let him have a good look last night during a break in the snowfall... so he saw his shadow in the light of the now waning Wolf Moon.

 

[Huntn]

Holy moly, not sure It’s an Artic vortex coming but our serene Winter maybe getting a bit ugly in the US South. I realize you guys up North are used to this, but we are projecting 4 days in a row of freezing to below freezing temps in the Houston area and down to 13 degrees. That temp is laughed at in Minnesota, but here not so much. Now I have to consider how many plants we’ll lose. The lantana, boganvilla and hibiscus are likely goners. One I stuck in our shed, maybe a I’ll fit a couple more potted ones in there. And my lemon tree, hmm.

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Arctic Blast Grips U.S., Upending Markets, Setting Records

Rat Creek in Big Sur, CA this morning after the deluge of rain they've had.

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That seems to be not that uncommon if an occurrence in California, as I recall. Some beautiful areas out there.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Been several years since we had real snow in portland. But then we end up more frozen rain then anything else. Left ice on everything. Waking where cars have not gone is esy up I don’t sink in but where cars have been it’s like loose sand. It got down to 24 degrees and lots of wind all night you heard the ice bouncing off the windows.

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[Clix Pix]

Brrrr, it's cold and it's icy and it's miserable here! Glad I have nowhere I need to be as it would sure be tricky getting there! My lovely car is all icy looking and the sidewalk and parking lot pavement looks slippery.....