pdlamb

Winter? Seems to be in southern Arizona. Had to idle the car in Tucson this morning to defrost the windshield; no scraper in the rental because seriously? in AZ? Got home and walked out of the airport in shirt sleeves. WTH?

parkbrav

Yes RR, it will be classic Route 38 N S storm. Ch 7 says it will be all rain over night and all snow tomorrow morning. Classic.

Claude.fr

This young Italian cycling in Yakutia found out that at circa -50C inner tubes become brittle and break.
... and you can’t put a new one.

rumrunn6

quite the challenge. I would go in that bldg & never leave

gecho

It has been foggy and misty here a lot lately. Two rides this week where the mist kept landing on my glasses, one where the mist instantly froze into an icy layer which was very annoying. The trees do look nice with a thick frosty coating. Trails are almost impossible to see, just a sea of white.

Claude.fr

Neither would I, Correction, I’d stand a good chance to leave in a body bag.

Lorenzo videos should come with a warning reading “Don’t do that unless you have tested in the coldest conditions you could find all your gear, clothes, tent, bike...etc” which he did.

In one of his videos, or maybe an answer to a comment (?), he mentions that he anticipated that inner tube problem and that it was the only technical issue he couldn’t find a solution for, before he left Italy.

wolfchild

It's January 20 and still no winter, no ice, no snow around here...I think the 2022 / 2023 winter season will down down in history as the warmest and most rainy winter season ever.

rumrunn6

so in the NE U.S. we had a "taste" but now be are back to ho-hum ...

unterhausen

I understand how weather can be political, but the rules you agreed to upon signing up only allow posting politics in the P&R forum.

The last couple of years in Central PA we have had a warm January and then it was winter again until May. Looks like that pattern may be followed again this year, because winter is showing up on Tuesday.

FREEBIRD1

It was gone for a while, now it's back. Opened the garage, there's a good 3 in. on the ground and it's currently snowing. Went down to the park trail, took a nice little spin. No dogs, kids, people, whole trail to myself. Looks like a good winter biking weekend.

gecho

Yesterday we got 5 cm of wet snow after which it got up to +4C making a huge wet mess, then it got cold last night. I was pleasantly surprised when I went out today, lots of ice but the stud friendly kind. The roads a much better than they had been the day before. There had been a lot of loose brown snow, your tires just float on it as it shifts around and you can't really steer. Now I can go faster and have way more grip. Though that might change as car tire polish the ice. Winter roads are like a box of chocolates.

What I really like this year is that the city hasn't been clearing the paths to bare pavement. I'm not sure if that's because they're lazy or they learned. A layer of packed snow significantly cuts down on ice from the odd warm day. I came across one ice patch today on a bare section of pavement, but nearly everywhere else is ice free.

parkbrav

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/

Metro Boston has received approximately 5 inches of rain this January. The Globe cut off on January 25, which may have failed to measure the 1+ inches of rain on that day.

FREEBIRD1

We have 5-7 coming today in MI, there's about a 4 in pack currently in my area, I'm ready to hit the trails.

rumrunn6

OK Mother Nature, East Coast. we've got the cold, now where's that pretty little jet stream of moisture for us to play with? come on now, we know you can do it!

FREEBIRD1

Took a little ride in the park a day ago, it was single digits. Lots of negative windchill. supposed to get somewhat sunny 30's this weekend

parkbrav

This morning's temperature was observed to be -10F with no indication as to wind chill.

Also this morning, no heat in the unit or the building. The thermostat was cranked all the way to the top of the dial yet it was freezing in my unit (and the entire building) at 6am.

2 gentlemen from the Cooling & Heating Co. were just here and voila - temps are rising again (thank god)

MooneyBloke

Here in northern Michigan yesterday morning I had 7°F with a wind chill of -11°F. I wore an ankle length camel hair coat and took the bus to work. Call me a wimp, but screw riding in this.

FREEBIRD1

Southwest MI, sunny 31° F, very nice trail riding, 43° F and rain coming later this week. I enjoyed the snow while it lasted.

parkbrav

Ch 7 here in Boston just had some snappy weather statistics and charts illustrating trendlines for Boston winters.

One of the charts said that over the past 20 years, we are getting fewer and fewer nights under 32F. Right now, we're at 11 fewer nights compared to 20 years ago. That can explain a relative lack of snow.

Another chart figures we're on pace to become the sixth warmest winter on record, and the top 5 warmest winters have all occurred in the 2000s.

Just food for thought - winter cyclists seem to be more inclined than most to weather details and trends like that.

And given that there are only 3 weeks left in meteorological winter, it's interesting.

rumrunn6

pdlamb

I'll bite. When did who invent meteorological winter??

parkbrav

Meteorologists (weather forecasters). It's defined by the calendar months of December, January and February. Turn the page into March 1 and we're in meteorological spring.

Astronomical Winter is defined by the solstices. The spring solstice starts this year on March 20th 2023

We had a fine discussion about this last winter. The southern states would probably go by meteorological spring and the northern states (with a later spring) would probably go by astronomical spring. Last year, spring bloomed in my part of Massachusetts in very early March 2022.

rumrunn6

is it Friday yet?

pdlamb

So is this like naming winter storms, invented by the weather channel (headquartered in Atlanta)? I just don't remember hearing about "meteorological" seasons before.

parkbrav

It's certainly a phrase the Boston weather media throws around a lot, I doubt I remember hearing before arriving to Boston.

I've become a lot more weather aware since cycling here in Boston for 12 months. Winter cycling through 65 inches of annual snow here in NW Boston-suburbia causes me a lot more anxiety than pleasure, usually.

anything to shorten or break up the winter season, as far as I'm concerned. Winter in Boston is already a lot shorter than in Northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont).