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Post by Phalon on Feb 18, 2019 10:29:39 GMT -6
We've got some new snow overnight - maybe a couple of inches, but it's very light and powdery. I shoveled off the front steps and the walkway this morning because those areas stay shady. It's probably not enough to bother with shoveling the the driveway or sidewalks - the sun is out, and the temperature is supposed to get to freezing or above; with how light the snow is, it'll probably melt by late afternoon with the sun hitting it.
Except maybe the bottom of the driveway; the plows came by, and dumped their usual heap of snow there. It's nice outside though, so even though it's probably not necessary to clean it up, anything for a reason to get out in the sun!
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Post by katina2nd on Feb 18, 2019 21:08:57 GMT -6
We've got some new snow overnight - maybe a couple of inches, but it's very light and powdery. I shoveled off the front steps and the walkway this morning because those areas stay shady. It's probably not enough to bother with shoveling the the driveway or sidewalks - the sun is out, and the temperature is supposed to get to freezing or above; with how light the snow is, it'll probably melt by late afternoon with the sun hitting it. Except maybe the bottom of the driveway; the plows came by, and dumped their usual heap of snow there. It's nice outside though, so even though it's probably not necessary to clean it up, anything for a reason to get out in the sun! So you're expecting a heatwave then? Come to think of it though, from what you copped a short while back that I saw on the news, "freezing or above" probably seems pretty darn pleasant.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 19, 2019 6:53:41 GMT -6
Most definitely! Especially with the sun out, and no wind blowing. During the Polar Vortex, our lowest actual temperature was -8F (-22C using that handy-dandy conversion thing Joxie's got at the top of the board); it was -50F (-45C) with the windchill. Freezing is 32F; yesterday was ...(does math without even using fingers)...eighty degrees warmer than it was a couple of weeks ago!!! Actually, yesterday was warmer than is typical here; our average temperature for February is about 25F.
You know what I think is interesting...even at -8F, and -50F with the windchill, the Lake and the wind saved Michigan from getting as cold as a lot of other states; Chicago, on the other side of Lake Michigan, for example, was much colder. It's because the water temperature is warmer than the air temperature, and the wind picks up the warmer surface temperatures of the lake water, bringing it inland. The Lake actually steamed in those frigid temperatures.
There's a storm a'brewing. We're supposed to get snow and ice tomorrow - I hope it's more snow than it is ice.
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Post by stepper on Feb 19, 2019 21:09:22 GMT -6
The weather here is on a seesaw. One day we're in the 80s, the next 30s, and it's supposed to be up and down every other day for the rest of the week. Still, we're not having the extremes that are hitting the northern states. My red maple is dropping "noses" already, and the day lilies are springing up. And the local feral mama hasn't been here for two days - I suspect we have babies around here someplace. It seems like she has them about this time each spring.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 20, 2019 0:03:21 GMT -6
Rain, rain, and more rain. It's thundering right now, so I'll probably log off. Laters.
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Post by katina2nd on Feb 20, 2019 20:31:08 GMT -6
During the Polar Vortex, our lowest actual temperature was -8F (-22C using that handy-dandy conversion thing Joxie's got at the top of the board); it was -50F (-45C) with the windchill. Freezing is 32F; yesterday was ...(does math without even using fingers)...eighty degrees warmer than it was a couple of weeks ago!!! Actually, yesterday was warmer than is typical here; our average temperature for February is about 25F. I cannot even begin to get my head around temperatures like that, don't reckon I'll ever whinge about our weather again *cough* we don't know what "real" cold is where I live. 25F is about -4C, our lowest average temperatures are in June/July with lows of seven and highs of fourteen, very seldom drops to zero or below. By the way, that was real clever working that out without using your fingers.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 22, 2019 8:20:10 GMT -6
I'm betting the farmers don't like those seesawing temperatures very much. Up here, the fruit farmers are already fretting how the extreme ups and downs we've had will affect the crops; it may be too early to tell for sure, but they're already predicting huge losses. Oh, and Stepper, if you'd like some snow to go with those 30 degree temps, just give Michigan Tech a call. They've had plenty of practice in the past: www.mlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/02/ffdee092953674/shipping-500-snowballs-to-texas-for-a-giant-snowball-fight-was-a-michigan-tech-tradition.html Likewise with your high temperatures - I whine when it gets higher than 85F here; I'd completely melt in your summer heat! Thanks! I was (not even remotely) proud of myself for completing that (not even remotely) magnificent mathematical feat, without hurting my head in the process. It's still cold, still wintry, but it seems the wildlife knows spring is coming sometime soon. Xena Sis called me yesterday morning, sounding all out of breath when I picked up the phone. I thought something might be wrong, but she was just excited. A huge flock of birds was in the ornamental pear trees in her front yard - about 50 robins had gathered there to pick the pea-sized fruit still hanging on the branches over the winter. Robins, in Michigan, have always been considered one of the first signs of spring. I had some excitement early yesterday morning too, as I was sitting on the back porch just before it turned light outside. Quetta was on the other side of the house, completing her first-thing-in-the-morning inspection of the yard, when I watched the neighbor's huge orange cat run across the ravine as it does almost every morning. I think it waits down there, hidden, until the dog is done walking the perimeter, then makes a mad dash through the ravine, up the hill into our back yard, and through the fence into the safety of its own yard. Yesterday morning its path was no different...but wait...what?...is that a...? "OMG, you're a fox!!!" I said out loud, causing it to promptly turn on its heels, run back down the hill, through the ravine, up the other side and cross the street. I've only seen a red fox one other time in our yard (I think it was the only time I've seen a red fox that wasn't dead on the side of the road). It was a number of years ago - and it was in the spring.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 24, 2019 9:50:13 GMT -6
Sheesh, it's windy!!! We're under a high wind warning until the evening, with 60mph gusts expected. The temperature isn't bad - it's 35F now - but is supposed to drop into the teens throughout the day, and hover around the 20F mark as a high for tomorrow.
The kids came in yesterday to pick up some of their stuff, and stay for dinner. Had a great visit, and it was wonderful to see them, but...Sigh. Still living as paupers. They're in Indiana now, where the Boyfriend is from, having put their dreams of being part of Detroit's revitalization on hold...at least for now. Detroit is expensive - or rather, the safe neighborhoods in Detroit are expensive. The Boyfriend's job there was too unstable - he was hired as an independent contractor for a renovation/demolition company that does historical restorations (of which there is a great need for in Detroit), but though he made a great wage and loved the job, there are weeks - even months - between contracts, especially throughout the winter (the next contracted job isn't scheduled to start until late March; the last one finished just before Christmas). LX's job, entry level experience in her field, didn't pay enough to rent an apartment on her own income, and with the instability of the Boyfriend's income, apartment managers wouldn't consider his income when it came to financial approval; with their student loans, car insurance, etc, they just couldn't find anyone who would rent to them. They stuck it out at long as they could, staying in a motel, but after the company LX was working for started asking her to do things that would be considered unethical, they decided to regroup. They've been in Indiana for about a month now, working not-so-great jobs, but saving money because the cost of living is much lower. They are planning on a Detroit move in six months to a year.
I don't remember it being this hard when Hubs and I were starting out, but then again, that was more than 30 years ago, we were both in the military, and even after my tour of duty was over, he stayed in for three more years, offering the stability the kids don't have.
Yesterday's photo post card from my friend traveling out west: the front page of the Arizona Daily Star, a Tucson newspaper, showing a snow covered landscape. The Headline: "We Might as Well be Michigan".
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Post by katina2nd on Feb 24, 2019 21:15:01 GMT -6
Likewise with your high temperatures - I whine when it gets higher than 85F here; I'd completely melt in your summer heat! So you don't think you'd appreciate a high of 113F then, which is what it hit here last summer (thankfully days like that are rare as hens teeth) or up the top end of Australia where it hit a staggering 120F, now that's really nasty. What sort of highs do you get there? Thanks! I was (not even remotely) proud of myself for completing that (not even remotely) magnificent mathematical feat, without hurting my head in the process. Well you should be, that was quite an impressive feat.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 25, 2019 7:23:59 GMT -6
OMG, no! I most certainly would not enjoy a temperature of 113F!!!
July is our hottest month, with an average high of 80 degrees. It often gets hotter - in the mid-80s into the 90s, but not for extended periods, maybe just a week or two. Rarely does it reach 100. It's very humid, even when it doesn't get that hot.
I've never liked the heat really; even less so, since I work outside. The mid-70s is what I consider the perfect temperatures, though most people around here consider that to be a cool summer.
The wind has died down considerably, though it's still blowing. Nothing like yesterday, and through the night though! They extended the high wind warning until 7am, and dang! It was hard to sleep with all that howling racket outside. I kept thinking about that huge maple hanging over the roof of our bedroom, hearing every creak and groan it made throughout the night.
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Post by stepper on Feb 26, 2019 21:08:10 GMT -6
You don't want to come here in July or August. It's consistently upper 90s to low 100s - and days where the high is 100 or more tend to run back to back for several days in a row. During the summer the prevailing winds come from the Gulf of Mexico so humidity is also significant.
The hottest day on record here was September 6 2000 when the temperature hit 111.0°F. Generally, during January the overnight temperature drops to an average of 40.5°F with the lowest temperature of 0.0°F being recorded on January 31 1949. It snowed here two Decembers ago - the last significant snow before that one was in January 1985. As you might suspect, I probably would not do well in a cold climate.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 27, 2019 9:43:22 GMT -6
Nope! You can have all that heat and humidity, and keep it down there, please!
It snowed when I was there in '82. It wasn't significant - it was just a dusting - but everyone was surprised there was actually snow on the ground.
I think most people wouldn't do well outside the climate they're used to...at least initially. You'd probably get used to the cold we have here if you had to live in it for any length of time, and I'd probably eventually get acclimated to your heat...only if I didn't have to work outside in it!
We had a couple of inches of snow when we got up yesterday morning - kind of surprised us all; it wasn't in the forecast. Light and airy though when it was freshly fallen, it's now settled down to about an inch....just about enough for the dog to come in with a white beard from sniffing the ground. So goofy looking, she is.
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Post by stepper on Feb 27, 2019 22:04:16 GMT -6
I think most people wouldn't do well outside the climate they're used to...at least initially. You'd probably get used to the cold we have here if you had to live in it for any length of time, and I'd probably eventually get acclimated to your heat...only if I didn't have to work outside in it! We see examples of that often - people come her TDY from Alaska or Minot ND and walk around in short sleeved shirts when we're all fishing out parkas. We think they're nuts - and they laugh at us. They're used to cold and we think anything less than 60 is a bit on the cold side. In the spring roofing companies put together teams and they'll work together through the summer, but they have to start in the spring before it gets hot so they'll acclimate to the temperatures as the season wears on. They won't hire new people in the summer because they haven't been working on roofing in the blazing sun and simply cannot endure the temperatures.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 27, 2019 23:19:34 GMT -6
Supposed to get freezing rain in the morning. And snow & rain mix Sunday morning. It got up into the mid 60sF last Sunday, and the spring frogs have been singing a lot lately. Time will spring forward in a couple of weeks, so the sun will be out past 7pm. I can't wait. Maybe my mood will brighten soon.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 1, 2019 6:11:01 GMT -6
I remember something similar in basic training, only it was the opposite. There was a guy from Alaska who just couldn't handle the heat and humidity of Alabama in August. After a training exercise we were all sitting on outdoor bleachers getting instruction, and the poor guy just passed out, falling from the bleachers. He suffered heatstroke, and never returned - we were only a week into training.
Still in the 20s and 30s here; were supposed to get snow over the weekend into next week with the temperature dropping down to highs in the teens. The spring and mid-60s seems like a long way off!!!
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Post by moonglum on Mar 1, 2019 10:22:52 GMT -6
The weather here has been crazy. Daytime temps high teens up to 21C wednesday. Out walking the dogs earlier in the week, the birds were singing, daffodils and snowdrops were in bloom, crazy! Night temps just above zero. Yesterday and today back down to 9-10C and rain.
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Post by moonglum on Mar 2, 2019 2:58:59 GMT -6
The dreary British weather has returned. Rain, and it's that constant fine rain that's not quite a mist and not quite a drizzle. The temperature is not bad though, 9C and no wind.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 3, 2019 8:20:14 GMT -6
Here this morning, the dreary Michigan winter weather has returned. Yesterday wasn't bad - kind of nice, actually. It snowed the pretty kind of snow - big flakes, falling straight down, without wind. The sun came out a few times, and the snow didn't amount to much on the ground. The wind picked up later in the day though. BP and I stopped for a bite at a restaurant downtown after running some errands, and walking to the car afterward was a bitter walk in the wind off the lake. She drove us down the hill to the beach, which was quite crowded considering the weather, though it was mostly people watching the waves from inside their cars, and photographers with long lenses on their cameras pointed toward the lighthouse.
No sun anywhere in sight this morning though, it's lightly snowing, and the temperatures are supposed to drop into the bitter-cold range for at least the next few days. It always seems to happen around this time every year - right after the boss calls to say the nursery is ready to reopen "as soon as the weather breaks".
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Post by Phalon on Mar 4, 2019 6:49:52 GMT -6
The snarling lion bares his teeth, moving in on his prey. He roars mightily. It's March.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 5, 2019 8:01:56 GMT -6
Another snowy, blustery day in the Mitten. At 15F this morning, it's a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday, but who can tell - with the windchill, it's -7F.
School has been cancelled....again. I don't even know how many snow days they've had this year, but it's well over the 7 extra days factored in to the regular school-year calendar so it looks like they'll be going to school well after June 2nd, the date BP is set to graduate. I wonder if after this year, Michigan will go to the 'no snow day' policy of on-line classes when the weather is inclement that some states have adopted. Makes sense, at least after those 7 built-in days are used.
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Post by moonglum on Mar 6, 2019 2:30:14 GMT -6
Well, the wind has died down. The last blows of Storm Freya have departed. The temp this morning is 11C but the rain is still with us. We are changing our broadband supplier as of tomorrow so we'll probably be off and on till it's sorted.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 7, 2019 7:46:32 GMT -6
Another day in the teens yesterday. This morning we're already up to 23F! Whoo-hoo! By the weekend it's supposed to get into the 30s, maybe even 40F!!! Whoo-hoo-hooo!
The whoo-hoos are for real...but maybe with just a tinge of sarcasm. It's supposed to rain. The teens and snow, or the 30s and rain - it's a toss-up which is less desirable.
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 9, 2019 5:24:03 GMT -6
There were patches of snow here and there, but most of it melted on the ground.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 10, 2019 8:38:18 GMT -6
Drat! I missed a small window of opportunity yesterday. The sun was shining, the wind wasn't blowing, and the temperature climbed into the 30s. Did I get outside and enjoy it while it lasted? Of course not; I was "busy" doing a little bit of this, and a bit of that around the house, and by the time I was done with my "work" inside, the wind had kicked up, and it was pouring rain. Ran errands in my car in the rain instead of walking a few blocks in the sun if only I had put off my inside work until the afternoon.
I hate when that happens. Cabin-fever is starting to set in.
It's supposed to be unseasonably warm here by mid-week though, before it gets back down into the 30s by next weekend. Plotting to make my cabin break now.
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Post by moonglum on Mar 10, 2019 11:17:31 GMT -6
The wind has been howling here the last couple of days. Temps have been around 10-11 and rain is intermittent.
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 11, 2019 1:45:25 GMT -6
Supposed to be a warm week, and then back to the cold temps again.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 12, 2019 6:26:54 GMT -6
Whew! Yesterday was a day off running around - the bank, the post office, the grocery store, Xena Sis's for coffee, the dog to the vet for vaccines - all the while the sun was shining. Yay!
Did a lot of legwork to trying to learn about non-THC CBD ointment for LX, desperate to get off prescription steroid cream for eczema. You wouldn't believe how much misinformation, conflicting information, and just plain bogus product there is out there.
Cold and frosty this morning, in the low twenties. It's supposed to get up into the 40s though! Almost 60F tomorrow(!), before it's back down into the 30s with snow for the weekend. Don't care that it's brief - I'll take what I can get!
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 13, 2019 2:18:26 GMT -6
It's supposed to get up to 70F tomorrow, and 66F the next day ... and then in the high 40s & high 50s the rest of the week. Tomorrow night is supposed to be 60F, and the next night is 40F ... and the other nights are in the high 30s. It's supposed to rain, so will have to enjoy the warm weather from inside the house. It isn't May yet, so we'll no doubt have Winter temps again over the next few weeks.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 14, 2019 7:21:29 GMT -6
Same here....sort of. The temperatures are about 15 degrees colder here than there, but the basics are the same.
It was 50ish yesterday, but rain. Supposed to be nearly 60F today, but stormy starting this afternoon. Snow and sleet for tomorrow and snow on Saturday.
I had coffee with the guys (co-workers) yesterday, and we were all pretty much in disbelief that work starts up again in two weeks. Unless the weather quickly takes a turn for the better, the first weeks back at the nursery look to be cold and wet. There's always a lot of excitement and expectation when the new season starts, but icky weather puts a damper (if there's a pun in there, take it) on things.
We had a lot of thunder and rain overnight, but the sun is shining...at least at the present. It's pretty windy, but I think I'll get out and walk downtown....like right now, before it's too late.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 14, 2019 9:24:27 GMT -6
Well, so much for that plan. By the time I finished off my last cup of coffee, and put on my shoes to go for a walk, the sun was gone and it had started to rain. I checked the weather radar, and it looks like the storm started early.
I paid bills instead.
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