Oh, the weather outside is...

[Snerk]

Finally some more snow here. This winter isn't half bad, but long ways to go yet.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Gonna hit a high of -10 degrees today with a wind chill of -19. By the weekend it'll be highs of -18 with a wind-chill of -27 degrees.

 

[civvver]

Cold snap everywhere in the midwest and north east US. It's awful. I can't even walk the 200 ft from the parking lot into my office without gloves and a hat.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Cold snap everywhere in the midwest and north east US. It's awful. I can't even walk the 200 ft from the parking lot into my office without gloves and a hat.

Not just the Midwest and northeast US... the southeastern US too. Georgia has declared a State of Emergency due to the snowy icy conditions.

To be fair... when I lived in Georgia, the whole State pretty much shut down whenever there was so much as 1 inch of snow... but still.

 

[EgonSpengler]

It's not quite a whiteout out my window. It's that fine-grained, granular snow, blowing around in swirling wind like a white sandstorm. Visibility is a couple hundred yards or meters, where I can normally see the city skyline miles away. The road that's usually bumper-to-bumper traffic is essentially empty, but for plows and official vehicles. A Post Office truck just went by. I guess they're serious about the 'in rain, sleet & snow' thing. It's not too cold right now, as often happens when it snows, but it's supposed to crash into the single-digits after the storm passes, so we'll have a small window to shovel the snow before it turns to rock-hard ice.

 

[Sommerswerd]

A blizzard... something that they're calling a "cyclone bomb"... schools are closed. Kids are happy.

 

[stfoskey12]

I experienced what could be my first sub-zero F temperatures on Tuesday morning in Berea, KY. Depending on which source I used, the temperature was between -2 and +3F (-19 to -17C). Back in North Carolina, we got an inch of snow last night, and schools are closed today and tomorrow because it's not supposed to get above freezing. Some snow melted today in the sun, but it's sticking pretty well in the shade. I like the cold, so I'm not complaining. But if it was well below zero (F) for weeks on end, I'm sure I'd grow to hate cold.

 

[Disgustipated]

Fairly warm where I am, at least for January. The big news is we've gone a record without rain. It's not looking good for California water supply this year either. And the Colorado river isn't looking this year either. My car was getting so dirty without rain I had to get it washed. I'm the type to only wash my car twice a year anyways.

Please make it rain.

 

[warpus]

it's been between -15 (5F) and -30 (-22F) during the day and night here (incl. windchill) over the last couple days. It's -25 right now with windchill and we've had an extreme cold warning for a couple days now

It's cold but it doesn't seem so bad when I'm walking to and from bus stops on my way to/from work. I'm loving all the new layers I bought for my Nepal trip - I washed it all and it works so well (and is so compact). The one thing it doesn't help me with is the snow

 

[Cutlass]

6 or 7 inches of snow today, with high winds. Wasn't really cold though. But next 2 days are supposed to be far colder than this area normally sees. We may go 5 years at a time without this level of cold here.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

A blizzard... something that they're calling a "cyclone bomb"... schools are closed. Kids are happy.

So I saw the media throw that term around. Does it actually signify anything distinct or is just a new clickbait headline buzzword?

Fairly warm where I am, at least for January. The big news is we've gone a record without rain. It's not looking good for California water supply this year either. And the Colorado river isn't looking this year either. My car was getting so dirty without rain I had to get it washed. I'm the type to only wash my car twice a year anyways.

Please make it rain.

Yeah, it looks like we got the floods last winter and are straight back into the drought. Very frustrating. I miss rain very much.

 

[Zkribbler]

So I saw the media throw that term around. Does it actually signify anything distinct or is just a new clickbait headline buzzword?

High winds & a precipitous drop in temperatures.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

So I saw the media throw that term around. Does it actually signify anything distinct or is just a new clickbait headline buzzword?

It is a very nasty winter hurricane, and it is practically knocking the trees down around my house as I type this, and blowing the roofs off of houses in town. Wind has been clocked at over 100 MPH (170 kph for those of you who measure things the right way.) I only hope it doesn't knock out my power. My pipes will freeze before the electricity gets hooked back up.

 

[Birdjaguar]

In NM we measure rainfall in hundredths of inches (0.01). If we get 0.01 of an inch, it is counted in our annual total. Tomorrow will be our 90th day without measurable rain. Nothing since Sept. 5th. It's been a dry fall.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

It is a very nasty winter hurricane, and it is practically knocking the trees down around my house as I type this, and blowing the roofs off of houses in town. Wind has been clocked at over 100 MPH (170 kph for those of you who measure things the right way.) I only hope it doesn't knock out my power. My pipes will freeze before the electricity gets hooked back up.

Isnt that just a blizzard? I also thought you were in Ireland

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I experienced what could be my first sub-zero F temperatures on Tuesday morning in Berea, KY. Depending on which source I used, the temperature was between -2 and +3F (-19 to -17C). Back in North Carolina, we got an inch of snow last night, and schools are closed today and tomorrow because it's not supposed to get above freezing. Some snow melted today in the sun, but it's sticking pretty well in the shade. I like the cold, so I'm not complaining. But if it was well below zero (F) for weeks on end, I'm sure I'd grow to hate cold.

Schools close there for an inch of snow?

I could see closing for a blizzard, extreme cold temperatures, dangerous ice conditions, and so forth. But that little skiff of snow and temperatures that are quite manageable with proper outdoor clothing wouldn't merit anything closing here.

I'll admit that I've been bundled up in my apartment, since -40, and even -25 is outside my comfort zone. It's supposed to be -16C tomorrow, so that won't be so bad.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I could see closing for a blizzard, extreme cold temperatures, dangerous ice conditions, and so forth. But that little skiff of snow and temperatures that are quite manageable with proper outdoor clothing wouldn't merit anything closing here.

People there don't generally own what you are referring to as "proper outdoor clothing." My most serious outdoor clothing is a hoodie. There is also a high probability that their city owns neither a snowplow nor a salt truck, so that "little skiff of snow" does in all likelihood produce "dangerous ice conditions."

By the way, the juxtaposition of "I only hope it doesn't knock out my power," and "How is it that you have internet access if the power is out?" was hysterically funny, so thanks for that.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So I saw the media throw that term around. Does it actually signify anything distinct or is just a new clickbait headline buzzword?

I heard that it is a reference to the rate and magnitude of the drop in barometric pressure...which was pretty extraordinary. Supposedly it has an actual numerically defined value to qualify as a 'cyclone bomb', though I find it hard to believe that the whole thing isn't made up for click bait.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

By the way, the juxtaposition of "I only hope it doesn't knock out my power," and "How is it that you have internet access if the power is out?" was hysterically funny, so thanks for that.

Do you think you could try to resolve to be less rude this year? It's very easy to be in a hurry and misread a post.

 

[Sommerswerd]

I heard that it is a reference to the rate and magnitude of the drop in barometric pressure...which was pretty extraordinary. Supposedly it has an actual numerically defined value to qualify as a 'cyclone bomb', though I find it hard to believe that the whole thing isn't made up for click bait.

I was thinking the same when I first heard the phrase.

By the way, the juxtaposition of "I only hope it doesn't knock out my power," and "How is it that you have internet access if the power is out?" was hysterically funny, so thanks for that.

Do you think you could try to resolve to be less rude this year? It's very easy to be in a hurry and misread a post.

Get a room you two.