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Kommando posted:I'm seeing a lot about frozen Americans. Any canadians care to comment, eh? Winnipeg is supposed to have a balls tightening -22deg C maximum tomorrow. I'm in Northern Ontario. Looking at around -25 C feeling like -34ish tomorrow morning. Not really that cold considering in a few weeks or so we will have at least 2 weeks of minus 20-30 degree highs. A week ago it got up to 1 degree out and I didn't even bother putting on a sweater to go outside to smoke. The problem this winter is the -20 one week to plus 2 the next, that happened last week and back to -20 just destroys our roads.
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| # ? May 25, 2013 18:20 |
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It's only 35 C here in Western Sydney today but relative humidity of 50% is making it less bearable than last week's 40+ temperatures. Tomorrow's forecast is for 42 C - I hope like gently caress that's not 42 and humid.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 04:43 |
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Could one of our thread-resident mets help clarify the seriousness of this? It sounds bad but considering the source I would like to see if it really is that grave.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 05:51 |
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Kommando posted:
Edmonton has been holding steady at anywhere from -5 to 5 for the past two weeks, with a brief dip into -20 for a few days accompanied by a dump of snow. Quite above average for the middle of January temperature wise, but perfectly average schizophrenic weather trends.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 06:12 |
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NTT posted:Yeah I heard NW Oklahoma is getting hosed by cold weather right now. Nobody in America except for Florida seems to be happy, really. Around Philly its been really nice. Aside from the wet weather the temperatures have been solidly in t-shirt range. Although we did have fog for a day straight, which was pretty cool/spooky.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 07:03 |
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Kommando posted:
-22 is pretty cold, but not really horrible. I don't consider it cold until the air actually hurts my skin on contact, and that's usually -30 or lower. I can be outside in a skirt for some time in -22 before I get uncomfortable. It's wind that really makes cold awful. If the air is perfectly still and you have your own radiant heat lingering at the surface of your skin, you can hardly feel the chill, or you can feel the heat of the sun if it's clear.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 08:08 |
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Lolie posted:It's only 35 C here in Western Sydney today but relative humidity of 50% is making it less bearable than last week's 40+ temperatures. Tomorrow's forecast is for 42 C - I hope like gently caress that's not 42 and humid. 39 tomorrow with the chance of a late shower here. I'm just so used to it hitting 30-39 degrees on a regular basis that. It doesn't feel that hot anymore. Saturday on we're meant to be getting a heck of a lot of rain though which will be good. EDIT - for repetition. Not that it matters now. Octy fucked around with this message at Jan 17, 2013 around 12:01 |
| # ? Jan 17, 2013 09:03 |
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Octy posted:39 tomorrow with the chance of a late shower here. I'm just so used to it hitting 30-39 degrees on a regular basis that I'm used to it. It doesn't feel that hot anymore. Yep. BoM is predicting that monsoon season will finally hit the top end this weekend, which should end the heat wave. Tomorrow's likely to be absolutely horrible, though, due to the humidity more than the heat. Dew point is sitting at about 20 C here at the moment, making it pretty uncomfortable even though the temperature's dropped to just below 30 C. I'd never survive in the tropics.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 09:09 |
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Powershift posted:Everybody seems to be ignoring the real weather story of the year so far, southern california in a deep freeze  I was laying on a bench on the back patio yesterday and fell asleep for a good half hour. It was about 45, no wind, sunny.. just beautiful outside. Jeans and a light hoodie..
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 16:38 |
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Enjoying a nice flu induced dream this morning when my weather radio wakes me up, a sound I haven't heard in a very long time. Winter Weather Warning, heavy snow and freezing rain. I was excited when I heard the snow part but then the freezing rain just ruined it, then I remembered it's been raining for the past 2 days. It's going to be a long night and I expect being called out (volunteer firefighter) for at least 1 car wreck  .
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 16:43 |
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I work in the south of England, and everyone at school is panicking because we're in a Red Snow Alert! Maybe up to 4" where I live, which is rare indeed. I'm originally from the northeastern US and laugh at 4" but here it's serious business, fair enough. My husband is incredibly excited as he'll finally get to use the snowshovel he got for Christmas in 2011! He's 45, and about three years ago was the first time in his life he saw snow deep enough to leave footprints in (he's from Kent near Dover). I'm not excited about shovelling, having had to dig out my share of cars by myself in years past, but I'll let him enjoy the excitment. The first snowfall of the year is always grand. It also means possibly a day off university, yay! I feel like a little kid hoping like crazy for a snowday (right now it's overcast, and spitting down a bit -- I had my fastest commute ever because everyone's fled home early or else to buy up all the bread and milk in the shops.)
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 19:38 |
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kicktd posted:Enjoying a nice flu induced dream this morning when my weather radio wakes me up, a sound I haven't heard in a very long time. Winter Weather Warning, heavy snow and freezing rain. I was excited when I heard the snow part but then the freezing rain just ruined it, then I remembered it's been raining for the past 2 days. It's going to be a long night and I expect being called out (volunteer firefighter) for at least 1 car wreck Yeah, Charlotte is hunkering down for  3-5" of snow expected tonight. It'll be melted by noon tomorrow, but that won't stop the local media from declaring it to be Snowmageddon 2013.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 21:49 |
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Ms Boods posted:I work in the south of England, and everyone at school is panicking because we're in a Red Snow Alert! Maybe up to 4" where I live, which is rare indeed. I'm originally from the northeastern US and laugh at 4" but here it's serious business, fair enough. My husband is incredibly excited as he'll finally get to use the snowshovel he got for Christmas in 2011! He's 45, and about three years ago was the first time in his life he saw snow deep enough to leave footprints in (he's from Kent near Dover). I'm not excited about shovelling, having had to dig out my share of cars by myself in years past, but I'll let him enjoy the excitment. The first snowfall of the year is always grand. Interesting, as the Met Office tells me only parts of South Wales have  RED SNOW ALERT!!!  But yeah I'm about 15 miles inland from the coast in eastern Dorset and yeah we're supposed to get pasted with 4 to 6 inches like you say. Crazy times, I'm going to enjoy watching the whole country fall over like it normally does when we get any snow.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 22:12 |
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The Entire Universe posted:Could one of our thread-resident mets help clarify the seriousness of this? It sounds bad but considering the source I would like to see if it really is that grave. It depends on what you consider "grave". It basically means you have conditions that help with bombing lows. Which, if it pans out the way some models are indicating, the eastern US seaboard is going to get cold temps and Ireland/England is going to get poo poo stomped with a winter storm. On the Pacific coast, a whole bunch of surfers are catching flights to Maverick's. Its one of those rare patterns that show up and give us biblical weather. But as for concern, it really depends on you. For most it will be a day or two of "this weather sucks" and possibly a few more car wrecks/power outages.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 23:16 |
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Danica! posted:It depends on what you consider "grave". It basically means you have conditions that help with bombing lows. Which, if it pans out the way some models are indicating, the eastern US seaboard is going to get cold temps and Ireland/England is going to get poo poo stomped with a winter storm. On the Pacific coast, a whole bunch of surfers are catching flights to Maverick's. All I know is that is exactly what insta-freezes everything in Day After Tomorrow so I think we are all doomed. It is also bringing us in MN the coldest weather in 4+ years starting Sunday. -20f to -25* Sunday and Monday night. Yeeeeaaaaahhh Minnesota.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 23:30 |
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Over on the other side of the world the Aussie heat death is giving us one final burst here in Sydney. It's 10.30 in the morning and already 33c. It could reach the low 40's. At least the heatwave is going to break tonight and it's forecast for rain over the weekend. I just hope there's enough rain to help with the bushfires.
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| # ? Jan 17, 2013 23:44 |
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Danica! posted:It depends on what you consider "grave". It basically means you have conditions that help with bombing lows. Which, if it pans out the way some models are indicating, the eastern US seaboard is going to get cold temps and Ireland/England is going to get poo poo stomped with a winter storm. On the Pacific coast, a whole bunch of surfers are catching flights to Maverick's. I'm in the Midwest and probably won't get anything other than the usual ballshatteringly cold weather, "this weather sucks" is something I say before even getting my head off the pillow in the morning. I was more interested in getting something like the second half of your post, so thanks for advising that it's rare but not apocalyptic.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 00:36 |
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40°C/104°F at 11am, christ it's going to be hot today. And there are really strong, dry winds blowing. Stay safe everyone.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 00:46 |
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The "grave" was possibly in reference to the recent number of records broken or unusual weather phenomena. It's probably not a good thing.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 00:46 |
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Helith posted:Over on the other side of the world the Aussie heat death is giving us one final burst here in Sydney. It's 10.30 in the morning and already 33c. It could reach the low 40's. At least the heatwave is going to break tonight and it's forecast for rain over the weekend. I just hope there's enough rain to help with the bushfires. I left home at 9am to do some shopping in the hope that it would still be cool enough. It wasn't. I came home looking like I'd had a shower.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 01:11 |
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Yeah I went out just after I posted and it rose 5 degrees in that hour. The soles of my feet were sweating so much in my flip-flops (thongs) that they were sliding off. Ugh, I hate humidity. Its 41c on the North Shore and it's only midday. I'm spending the rest of the day in front of a fan.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 01:19 |
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Jesus. Sydney forecast has just been updated to 44 C for the city and 46 C out here in the west. Relative humidity is pretty low, which is great for personal comfort but terrible in terms of fire danger. The sooner this storm and southerly buster roll in this evening, the better. Link to Sydney observations for anyone who's not terrified by the fact that those revised maximums are likely to be wrong as it's already over 40 C in many parts of Sydney and it's only just after mid-day. http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/observations/sydney.shtml Lolie fucked around with this message at Jan 18, 2013 around 01:23 |
| # ? Jan 18, 2013 01:20 |
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41c in the east and I have to go walk a dog. If I never return, remember me as I was: a lovely, boring poster. ETA: 42! Oh God! ETA 2: Don't worry, I'm just going to take her out for a pee and then give her a beef-stock ice block, she'll be okay. Avshalom fucked around with this message at Jan 18, 2013 around 01:27 |
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Avshalom posted:41c in the east and I have to go walk a dog. If I never return, remember me as I was: a lovely, boring poster. Please don't walk the dog. Dogs don't perspire in the same way humans do - they need to be cooled directly in this kind of weather. Stay safe everyone. Edit. Just refreshed the observations and it looks like temperatures are starting to drop near the city. Let's hope the change is rolling in early. Edit 2. Beautiful fluffy white clouds are forming quickly here now. It's still 40 C in the shade on my front verandah but the cloud cover should drop the ambient temperature pretty quickly. Edit 3. Temperature is rising again around the city. 
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 01:24 |
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Lolie posted:Please don't walk the dog. Dogs don't perspire in the same way humans do - they need to be cooled directly in this kind of weather. Yeah, I've been making sure to take my dog out around 8am the last couple of weeks. Even then it's still fairly warm though.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 01:32 |
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Helith posted:Yeah I went out just after I posted and it rose 5 degrees in that hour. The soles of my feet were sweating so much in my flip-flops (thongs) that they were sliding off. Ugh, I hate humidity. Its 41c on the North Shore and it's only midday. I'm spending the rest of the day in front of a fan.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 02:00 |
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Thundersnow is pretty cool. 
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 02:14 |
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Hey, congrats on the baby Admiral  and yeah it's hotter than last Tuesday as it's now 43c. That's 109f
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 02:15 |
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Helith posted:Hey, congrats on the baby Admiral Now 44.7 c , 112.5 F. Do not buy an expensive, full core latex bed before air conditioning. Especially if your bedroom/upstairs gets to 37c. Like sleeping in a hotpocket.
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Admiral posted:My wife just had our second baby two days ago, and when I left the beauifully airconditioned room at NSPH, I couldn't beleive it. I was totally out of touch about what the weather was going to be, it was like being slapped in the face by a giant angry man called Summer. This feels WAY hotter than the Tuesday from a week or so ago. Congratulations on the baby!  It's 44c out right now. The roads are oozing at the sides. There's a hard, gusty, hot wind blowing. It's like being in front of a fan pumping hot air out of a baking oven, it is just unbelievably oppressive. People are still loving jogging in it. Important News: The dog is fine. Avshalom fucked around with this message at Jan 18, 2013 around 02:46 |
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Nocheez posted:Yeah, Charlotte is hunkering down for Oh hey there, Charlotte goon. I'm prepared for the whole goddamned city to shut down tomorrow... because that's what happens when Charlotte sees the wet white stuff.
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nimh posted:Now 44.7 c , 112.5 F. I managed to pick up a 14,000 BTU portable air conditioner online for $199 back in October. It's the best $200 I've spent in a long time. My cats hate it, though, and choose to spend these days in the hottest room in the house instead of the air-conditioned lounge/dining area.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 02:57 |
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Apparently it's hit 45 degrees in the city. They're saying we might surpass the previous record of 45.3 degrees, which was back in 1939. I'll be damned if this weather is going to stop me from having my customary cup of tea though.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 03:06 |
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Kommando posted:I'm seeing a lot about frozen Americans. Any canadians care to comment, eh? Winnipeg is supposed to have a balls tightening -22deg C maximum tomorrow. It was about -33C with windchill here in Winnipeg yesterday, and around that today. It's kind of whatever. You just wear more layers and it isn't so bad. Plus it's pretty fun to go somewhere like the dog park in -40 blowing winds and imagine you're in the arctic. The past like three winters have been pretty drat mild, though. Usually we have a couple little stretches where it'll be -40 or colder with wind, but it hasn't really happened much in the past three years. Light on snow too. Like Picnic Princess posted, -20 might sound cold but it isn't, really. I'll take it to the 40C humidex we get sometimes in the summer.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 03:07 |
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We just broke 45 degrees (113 F) here - hottest day I can remember, and seeing all the people going to the Big Day Out leaving early this morning made me cringe. Can't think of a worse situation than being there today.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 03:10 |
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Octy posted:Apparently it's hit 45 degrees in the city. They're saying we might surpass the previous record of 45.3 degrees, which was back in 1939. I'll be damned if this weather is going to stop me from having my customary cup of tea though. BoM is showing that it was 45.2 at Sydney airport half an hour ago. It's currently 45.2 at Bankstown, down from 45.4 half an hour ago. It got to 45.6 out my way and I guess there's a chance it could go higher as it's still just after two and sometimes we don't hit our maximum out this way until around 4pm but it's really clouding over here now.
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Tony Inchpractice posted:We just broke 45 degrees (113 F) here - hottest day I can remember, and seeing all the people going to the Big Day Out leaving early this morning made me cringe. Can't think of a worse situation than being there today. Moshpit? Today?! I thought it was on Australia day but it appears to have changed. Heat strokes galore.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 03:15 |
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Despite all my griping, the temps we've been enjoying (more or less, the ice and snow are melting away and that's good enough) in Omaha are pretty much bullshit. We're usually safely below freezing in the Jan/Feb part of the year and it's been in the 40's and 50's. I won't get my hackles up for a crazy summer storm season, but it's slightly worrying between this winter being so mild (even that one storm wasn't terrible) and the and last winter basically being an absentee season. 2 winters from a single city is still pretty anecdotal, but hey things are hosed up and bullshit all over in various categories. E: Those temperatures are in Fahrenheit. Just noticed it might be a little confusing after a page of hotstralia. It's also a little  that one would roll by my mentions of 40-degree weather and think I was just another parboiled Aussie relaying the temperature in degrees Celsius.
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This is insane. It's hit 46.5 out here now and it's reached 46.4 at Sydney airport. It has to stop climbing some time.
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SMH is reporting the city has now hit 45.3. Glad I'm not there, with all the concrete and glass.
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