2022 Worldwide Weather Thread

[Ariadne]

I am. We've had several days of negative double digit temperatures with snow and wind that has dropped the wind chill to -35. It's a relatively balmy -1 right now with only a little wind movement. What are things like on the fringes of the Mojave?

We've been joking about second Winter. It snowed off and on for a few days, fortunately it didn't stick to the roads since people here don't know how to drive in it. Since then daytime temperatures haven't really gotten above 50F and nights hover around freezing.

 

[Ariadne]

We have 28 degrees right now with a promise for temps above freezing later on today. This stretch of sub-zero F temps is unusual for this time of year. Guess I'd better get it in gear and get out to my son's place before the snow melts and turns the last 2 miles of his driveway into a muddy mess. He's loaning me antlers, horns, and skulls for a program I'm giving Thursday night.

I just have to ask what kind of program you need those items for?

 

[Shanazel]

I just have to ask what kind of program you need those items for?

I'm an instructor for OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at the local college. The next course I'm scheduled to teach is about antlers and horns, how each is formed, and which animals have what. Just got home from son's place with a small (3 foot spread) set of elk antlers and the skull piece and horns from my husband's last antelope. Last week I taught classes on camouflage in the animal world and on the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. I love OLLI- I get to pick out a subject that interests me, do the research, and get paid to share it with a bunch of folks.

 

[Daimona]

I just have to ask what kind of program you need those items for?

Wild Tribal fusion?


Sunny and a warm breeze today (i.e. warm for the season). Snow smelting slowly, but still plenty left.

 

[Suzanne Azhaar]

Sunny and warm here too. Perfect day for a walk and practicing dance outside.

 

[Shanazel]

45 degrees and 45 mph wind here today. At least we'll be relatively warm as we blow down the street to visit the tax preparer today.

 

[Ariadne]

I'm an instructor for OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at the local college. The next course I'm scheduled to teach is about antlers and horns, how each is formed, and which animals have what. Just got home from son's place with a small (3 foot spread) set of elk antlers and the skull piece and horns from my husband's last antelope. Last week I taught classes on camouflage in the animal world and on the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. I love OLLI- I get to pick out a subject that interests me, do the research, and get paid to share it with a bunch of folks.

That sounds like an awful lot of fun.

It's warming up here too but I'm not holding my breath since the last frost date isn't till the end of the month.

 

[Greek Bonfire]

It's been a roller coaster here. Last two days have been in the fifties, close to the sixties, today and tomorrow near freezing. Then Saturday close to seventy, then dropping down to fifty, then next week leveling out between 35-40 degrees with snow predicted. No wonder I get so many headaches.

 

[Ariadne]

Same here. Near 80’s for 2 to 3 days followed by a drop below 50 and now it’s raining. I want to say it’s March but this is more extreme then usual.

 

[Shanazel]

About six inches of snow on the ground. Looks like good wet spring stuff, though, instead of that light, dry winter fluff. Supposed to snow again Wednesday so I'm going to try and leave Tuesday evening and get down the road aways to miss it. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

 

[Daimona]

And just as you are getting used to the tought of sun and spring and flowers are popping up from the ground, nature decide otherwise. This weekend started with howling winds and rain. Now, still howling winds, but fresh snow is covering the ground.

 

[Shanazel]

Yesterday was the most perfect spring day imaginable, with temps in the high seventies, abundant sunshine, and the gentlest of Wyoming breezes. I'm sure Lady Nature arranged it solely to celebrate my birthday. Today is also pleasant, and in about five minutes I'm heading back into the garden to admire the two purple crocuses that bloomed this morning.

Tomorrow: rain turning to snow in the evening.

 

[Ariadne]

Perfect for three days. Now windy and expecting rain.

 

[Greek Bonfire]

Yesterday was the most perfect spring day imaginable, with temps in the high seventies, abundant sunshine, and the gentlest of Wyoming breezes. I'm sure Lady Nature arranged it solely to celebrate my birthday. Today is also pleasant, and in about five minutes I'm heading back into the garden to admire the two purple crocuses that bloomed this morning.

Tomorrow: rain turning to snow in the evening.

Happy Birthday!

 

[Shanazel]

Thanks, Fotia.

Gray day with rain predicted, possibly changing to snow in the evening. After two afternoons of pruning an overgrown lilac hedge and an overgrown stand of cotoneasters, I can used a day off. Sigh. Gone is the time when I pruned bushes and small trees for ten hours a day for weeks on end and emerged from the experience with joints that ached not at all. Well, I can still do it for a few hours at a time, and that's all to the good.

 

[Greek Bonfire]

The whole winter was colder than usual. Not always extremely cold but the cold overall is lasting way too long here. Everyone is pretty demoralized, and it doesn't look like even normal temperatures will be lasting here in the near future.

 

[Shanazel]

Our winter was colder for longer than usual, too- lots of sub-zero weather. It's pretty nice right now, almost 50 degrees F with a high of 63 predicted. We didn't get the predicted rain on Tuesday, though there was fresh snow on the mountain. Water for summer is a concern, as always, and we're in more of a drought than usual. People keep moving here then acting like they still live in the land of abundant moisture. Yes, water is very expensive. That means you do not run the shower for five minutes to let the water get good and hot. You do not hose off all outside cement surfaces every day. You do not plant swamp gardens. You do not irrigate lawns daily. And if you do all those things, you do not come whining to those of us who have spent lifetimes in this dry climate and to whom you would not listen about life in the land of little water. Some guy came in the museum one day and proudly announced that he was moving to our fair state "to homestead." He'd found 160 acres somewhere for what he thought was a good price. I asked what he had for water rights. Well, there weren't any, but a stream ran through the property and he was sure he could get permission to water a few cattle and divert some for household uses. I didn't know whether to laugh or try to explain that people have been killed over water rights in this country. I've wondered since then how long he lasted before pulling up stakes and going back East.

 

[Daimona]

Happy belated birthday, Shanazel!

I did the classic mistake thinking that the snow was gone again this afternoon. Just half an hour later, snow flakes started to fall heavily to the ground. For the last couple of hours it has been piling up on every surface. Yep, it is still winter.

 

[Zorba]

Its warming up here rapidly and the rains are starting.

 

[Ariadne]

Warming here too but it keeps threatening another frost and we’re supposed to be past that.