Oh, the weather outside is...
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The forecast for last night was maybe a few flurries, but no accumulation. We got 18 cm on top of the car. The road had less, maybe 6-8 cm, but it was still a bit of a shocker when I got up before dawn to take my daughter to school for a chess tournament. At 8, when my son and I went to skating practice, major roads still hadn't been plowed, but we saw snowplows out at 9:30, on the way home.
Bestbank Tiger
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Temperatures are dropping. Ugh.
Grendeldef
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Excellent Father's day weekend - +14C & clear blue sky for two days. Max temp records for November broken everywhere around mainland but since the national record is from Aland it survives. It's supposed to get colder later next week & I should start thinking of switching the winter tyres on.
^^^ Posts like those above make me glad to be living in NM.
Grendeldef
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I'll get back to you next summer when you'll have 45C vs our 25C and no rain in sight unless someone posts something appropriate on the "now listening to..." -thread 
On the other hand I'm extremely happy that you & others feel that way as otherwise you'd (plural) be here & I'd have to move much further up north. Me & NM (or even the old one) is not an equation to be solved in my lifetime.
On the other hand I'm extremely happy that you & others feel that way as otherwise you'd (plural) be here & I'd have to move much further up north. Me & NM (or even the old one) is not an equation to be solved in my lifetime.
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NM is not Phoenix AZ. Our summers are mostly in the 90s with some 100+. Albuquerque is a mile high so it stays cooler than many other warm places. Summer is our rainy season where we might get 3" of rain in July-Aug. Otherwise it is all sunny days. I love the heat (my wife does not) so you should have no fear of me moving into damp chilly lands you adore. Hot days, cool nights, no humidity!
Grendeldef
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You have a point there as I got a heat stroke & sunburns just by thinking Arizona. Still, I'm not willing to go above 25C voluntarily besides summer nights with only a couple of hours twilight without proper darkness are not easy to give up.
Winter is cool, too, in more ways than one but a prolonged transition period either direction sucks.
Joining the mile high club at home is an obvious bonus I admit.
Winter is cool, too, in more ways than one but a prolonged transition period either direction sucks.
Joining the mile high club at home is an obvious bonus I admit.
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Warmest November night on record last week here in Ireland (15C/59F) back to a more normal frosty nights with ice on the car in the morning.
Dry and bright, will mow the lawn one last time tomorrow.
As it was so mild and damp there is still growth and flowers.
Dry and bright, will mow the lawn one last time tomorrow.
As it was so mild and damp there is still growth and flowers.
Zardnaar
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Cold and wet today.
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Grendeldef
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Today is likely the first official (1cm or more measured @ 8.00 o'clock) day of snow locally but looking at my own yard I'm not convinced yet. Later today it'll be snowing enough (5-10cm expected) that tomorrow will surely be the start of winter in that respect. The long term weather forecast is that next week is still roughly average ie few degrees minus but December is likely 2-4C above average so white xmas is unlikely which is always a bit sad. When I was a kid a snowless xmas was a notable exception but in the past decade it's a 50-50.
On a purely positive note everything outside looks at least order of magnitude better when covered in white powder rather than the usual miserable shades of green & brown.
For a change I'm early with winter tyres on the car I'm usually driving as the law regarding those has changed recently. Calender used to be the only defining factor when winter tyres where mandatory but now they're mandatory when "driving conditions so demand" but the interpretation is left, not surprisingly, to police rather than to drivers themselves so avoid problems I'm early. In practice nothing much has changed especially for those like me who're not on spiked winter tyres.
On a purely positive note everything outside looks at least order of magnitude better when covered in white powder rather than the usual miserable shades of green & brown.
For a change I'm early with winter tyres on the car I'm usually driving as the law regarding those has changed recently. Calender used to be the only defining factor when winter tyres where mandatory but now they're mandatory when "driving conditions so demand" but the interpretation is left, not surprisingly, to police rather than to drivers themselves so avoid problems I'm early. In practice nothing much has changed especially for those like me who're not on spiked winter tyres.
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Here's some links to the Buffalo Snowmageddon:
Twitter posts: love the "proper use of hazards" post!
Pictures thread: I don't know why people were digging out in some of the photos - they still had another day+ of snow coming!
Twitter posts: love the "proper use of hazards" post!
Pictures thread: I don't know why people were digging out in some of the photos - they still had another day+ of snow coming!
Instagram account needed to view them. 
Probably for the same reason I did sidewalk clearing multiple times before the snow was done: It's easier to clear less snow more times than risk back injury or heart attack trying to do it all at once.
If you wait a bit, they become visible.Instagram account needed to view them.
