Oh, the weather outside is...

[Zkribbler]

It rained all morning yesterday but then the forecast said the chances for rain in the afternoon were low so I risked it and went on a bike ride. I got drenched and had to take shelter under a few underpasses as I tried to make my way back home. It was exhilarating.

Shudda helped the wildfires, yes?

Blizzard. Not a severe one, just enough to be really noticeable and make me put on another layer of clothing.

At least it's a dry one so the weight of the snow isn't going to be dragging down any power lines.

I'm having trouble getting my mind around the concept of "blizzard." It is so bizarre to me, you might as well be posting from the moon Io. I've been in snow exactly once since the 2nd grade.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It's still snowing a bit. The wind has died down somewhat from yesterday, though still very noticeable.

It's a different view outside the window on this side of the building. No cement wall up here, but a telecom tower, half a dozen pine trees swaying in the wind, and a whole lot of absolutely bare poplar trees. And the sky is that shade of grey that in winter means snow and in summer means there's a forest fire or three happening somewhere and the smoke is blowing this way. Even the snowflakes are drifting around up in the air the way ashes would if this were all due to forest fire and not winter.

Mind you, forest fire is more noticeable on the west side of the building, since we get the smoke from the NW U.S., BC, and Banff/Jasper.

 

[Birdjaguar]

It rained last night and the ground was still damp in the morning. Excellent. I slept through it, but the winds and noise kept my wife awake.

 

[Zardnaar]

Spring. Taking turns ar being hot/cold.

Yesterday was nice, today's overcast looks like it might rain.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm having trouble getting my mind around the concept of "blizzard." It is so bizarre to me, you might as well be posting from the moon Io. I've been in snow exactly once since the 2nd grade.

In retrospect, I guess it was more of a minor snowstorm than a blizzard, but it had the potential to turn nasty. Call it a short blizzard. Visibility wasn't great, and I don't envy the people driving around in it.

If I were posting from Io, I'd be talking about volcanic eruptions. Now that is something foreign to me, since we don't have any active ones anywhere around here (there are advantages to living in a landlocked province many hundreds of miles away from the Pacific). Our weather gets influenced by wind and ocean currents related to Hawaii (I've mentioned the Pineapple Express before), but the only hassle we get when anything erupts is smoke and crud in the air that's not much worse than we'd get from a forest fire.

 

[Zardnaar]

Bit damp up north.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/3001...y-rain-continues-to-slam-eastern-north-island

 

[Darsnan]

One of the reasons I went from Syracuse to Springfield Oregon was for the weather, as traditionally in Syracuse all it does is rain in November, whereas traditionally Springfield has better weather. Apparently not so this year!

Wasn't there a Douglas Adam's character who was a Rain God and didn't realize it, and couldn't understand why the rain clouds kept following him around?

D

 

[EgonSpengler]

I can't decide if this unseasonal beautiful weather (77F/25C yesterday) is a sign of the coming apocalypse, or I should just shut my brain off and enjoy it. I suppose both could be true simultaneously.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I can't decide if this unseasonal beautiful weather (77F/25C yesterday) is a sign of the coming apocalypse, or I should just shut my brain off and enjoy it. I suppose both could be true simultaneously.

If you live in the Northern hemisphere in a region that actually gets snow in winter, 25C is not a good thing at this time of year. It's not even a good thing in September.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

If you live in the Northern hemisphere in a region that actually gets snow in winter, 25C is not a good thing at this time of year. It's not even a good thing in September.

Nah it's fine down in the lower American Midwest to get warm spells this late. This same area gets regular snow too.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Sunny and in the low 70s all week.

The Santa Anna winds kicked up yesterday and the power company shut off some customers to prevent fires from downed wires. Other than that, we've had perfect weather. I do wish we would get more rain though.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Drought Prompts Reservoir Pumping

New Mexico water managers are pumping water from state reservoirs into the Pecos River to account for losses during a devastating drought. The move was meant to augment supplies for users and water rights holders along the river,

while maintaining deliveries to Texas required as part of a 2003 settlement, the Carlsbad Current- Argus reported. During a recent meeting, Interstate Stream Commission Pecos River Bureau Chief Hannah Riseley- White said the pumping was needed to account for increasingly scarce freshwater supplies in southeastern New Mexico. The latest map released Wednesday shows about half of the state is dealing with exceptional drought—the highest designation under which fire danger increases, no surface water is available for agriculture and large rivers run dry.

—Associated Press

 

[Birdjaguar]

Snow this morning, but only enough to lightly cover the ground. The sun came out and it all melted and evaporated. Then a bit of rain this evening.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Snow this morning, but only enough to lightly cover the ground. The sun came out and it all melted and evaporated. Then a bit of rain this evening.

New Mexico is unbelievably gorgeous after a snow.

 

[Birdjaguar]

New Mexico is unbelievably gorgeous after a snow.

And it is even pretty when there isn't any snow! But you have to like muted tones of brown, tan, grey, red, and black.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

We got a smidge of rain this morning but are otherwise back in a serious drought. Temperatures have been in the low 60s which is awesome. The wildfire smoke has also mostly cleared which is great as well.

 

[Kyriakos]

Rain.
And 8 Celsius.

 

[thetrooper]

I can see the sun today - for the first time in 6 weeks

 

[Birdjaguar]

I can see the sun today - for the first time in 6 weeks

We had a cloudy day yesterday; the first one in weeks.

 

[thetrooper]

Blah blah blah