Winter's practically over
01-30-15, 03:53 PM
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I'd always choose cold over snow in a heartbeat-- I'd take -20 over 2" of fresh dry snow every time. Skidding around on that dry, packed slush, with traffic on your left, never stops being terrifying!
CHEERS to the longer days and more sunshine. In fact, I'm getting out the office early today to get some of that beautiful blue skies and sunshine!
I'm sorry, but do you remember the last two Aprils??? The last two springs in Minneapolis were sole-crushing with all the late snow.
But on the other side we had a great time last April, we went to Welch Village to snowboard/ski on April 5. In MN, most resorts are closed the second week of March, and many mountain resorts are closed or closing in early April, so there's that going for you.
I'm sorry, but do you remember the last two Aprils??? The last two springs in Minneapolis were sole-crushing with all the late snow.
But on the other side we had a great time last April, we went to Welch Village to snowboard/ski on April 5. In MN, most resorts are closed the second week of March, and many mountain resorts are closed or closing in early April, so there's that going for you.
01-30-15, 06:07 PM
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Hate to double post you but I'm near-ish to you. I remember that day. We had one like it.
I grew up in Upstate NY, near the Finger Lakes. I'm not that old but I remember when getting over 85F was 'hot'. Now we hit 95F and that's nearly normal. My gardening maps now let me grow stuff that used to just thrive in places like Virginia. Climate change has certainly changed things.
I grew up in Upstate NY, near the Finger Lakes. I'm not that old but I remember when getting over 85F was 'hot'. Now we hit 95F and that's nearly normal. My gardening maps now let me grow stuff that used to just thrive in places like Virginia. Climate change has certainly changed things.
As soul crushing as the last two Aprils were, in between the snow storms we had some pretty easy commuting days. Besides, I just don't see it working out that way this year. Winter just hasn't been able to get much of a foothold.
I have a friend who's a ski instructor at Welch. It's very rare that they'll stay open into April even if there's still snow. Lots of their employees can't stick around. Many plan ski trips out West.
I have a friend who's a ski instructor at Welch. It's very rare that they'll stay open into April even if there's still snow. Lots of their employees can't stick around. Many plan ski trips out West.
- Andy
01-30-15, 08:37 PM
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Temperature is dropping fast tonight, and the wind is picking up. My commute yesterday morning defeated me, and I left my bike at work until the snow melts off the streets and paths. I am really tired of winter. And February is coming, which can be even brutaler than January.
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01-30-15, 10:07 PM
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Spring-like weather here is 50 to 65 mid-day high. We also get over 100 here in the summer. Last 4 years in a row have seen over 100 degree swings over the course of the year. It was not always like this.... typically we maxed out in the mid 90's..... but climate change has tossed our old weather out the window entirely. Last january we had a day go from 55 to -1 in the span of 6 hours. Scary stuff.
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Things like you talk about have happened forever.
01-31-15, 09:44 AM
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They're predicting up to a foot of snow here with 30+ mph winds and cold temperatures for the next week. That sure looks like winter to me.
01-31-15, 09:52 AM
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The weather forecast for Chicago area, really sucks!
01-31-15, 09:54 AM
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Pacific NW coast it was dry when it hit 27, winter storms tend to be rain out of the southwest and warmer..
so for the snow shovelers ... winter stays Inland from Here ..
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so for the snow shovelers ... winter stays Inland from Here ..
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01-31-15, 06:42 PM
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Take a lot at long term weather statistics and you'll see this just ain't true. Sure we have spells where weather is unusual for a few years in a row. But here in Va it's been below normal for six out of the last ten years.
Things like you talk about have happened forever.
Things like you talk about have happened forever.
Not to get all P&R here, but no... no it has not. I would love if we had no impact on global climate... but we do. It's not just co2 either... its the countless landfills, mines, sewers, and leaky gas utility pipelines spewing methane out as well. Methane is far more potent than co2 in the aspect of greenhouse effect warming. The arctic is also warming faster than everywhere else because the mirror of ice just is not what it used to be..... sea water is dark. There are hints that the reason temperatures have only started to increase exponentially relatively recently is that over time the oceans have become saturated with co2, so its no longer going into the ocean, but staying in the gaseous part of the atmosphere.
If you realy do the research, you'll realize the fantasy of no climate change is as dangerous as it is stupid. /P&R rant
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To OP whatta ya gotta say today. LOL. Still snowing here in Chicagoland. I guess we got the unexpected snow that NY was expecting.
02-03-15, 05:02 AM
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16 and super icy out in some spots. Doing my grocery run. Going to go super slow on way home - about to load up, put jackets back on and set out.
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Over 3' of snow in the last week (12"+ yesterday) blowing, drifting and temp is currently 5F. Certainly doesn't feel practically over...
02-03-15, 07:29 AM
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Yeah, well we might get a paltry couple of inches today, but it's looking pretty balmy next week.
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Not to get all P&R here, but no... no it has not. I would love if we had no impact on global climate... but we do. It's not just co2 either... its the countless landfills, mines, sewers, and leaky gas utility pipelines spewing methane out as well. Methane is far more potent than co2 in the aspect of greenhouse effect warming. The arctic is also warming faster than everywhere else because the mirror of ice just is not what it used to be..... sea water is dark. There are hints that the reason temperatures have only started to increase exponentially relatively recently is that over time the oceans have become saturated with co2, so its no longer going into the ocean, but staying in the gaseous part of the atmosphere.
If you realy do the research, you'll realize the fantasy of no climate change is as dangerous as it is stupid. /P&R rant
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For example, as cold as last winter was, and as much was we kept hearing about "the polar vortex" it was only the 4th coldest in my lifetime. There were parts of the country (and the world) where it wasn't cold at all. When I was young we had a few cold winters like that strung together so in my mind last winter was kind of like getting back to normal.
By contrast, as warm and dry as the winter has been here, there are obviously other parts of the country that have been hit hard by winter storms. It's also not the warmest winter in recent memory and there were one or two in my youth just like it. Like the year I got cross country skis for Christmas.
I blame the Internet for the mass hysteria generated by weather events that are much less rare then they are made out to be. Funny how they seem to happen every month.
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02-03-15, 12:59 PM
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Just got a foot of snow this weekend, and i was out fishing for trout last week...so i would say that winter has just begun.
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The weather men are now promising us a Pineapple Express on Friday. First rain since mid-December. Three or four inches here in Sac. Likely the snow elevation will be high so it won't do much for the nearly-absent snowpack.
After that? Sunny and sixties.
After that? Sunny and sixties.
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