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Ali, it snowed out; Place to talk about the Winter Weather
Topic Started: Nov 18 2007, 08:09 AM (8,196 Views)
legitlinda
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Those are beautiful pictures Condor and Cw.
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We got a small dusting of snow yesterday while I was at work at Camp Shelby. I'll post some pictures as soon as I download them. It was funny though because when we get snow--any amount--this far south everything shuts down. Guess yesterday was the exception.
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Culture Warrior,Jan 17 2008
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Here we go - winter pics:


I altered this to B & W - thought it would look cool:

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CW,

Great time o' day dude ... We may live closer together than we realized :lol: :lol: :lol:

I saw your pics and they looked like the road I traveled to work a couple of years ago. I had about 10 mile of dirt road that I would drive twice a day ... I was loving life!!!

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Toothless Dawg,Jan 20 2008
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CW,

Great time o' day dude ... We may live closer together than we realized :lol: :lol: :lol:

I saw your pics and they looked like the road I traveled to work a couple of years ago. I had about 10 mile of dirt road that I would drive twice a day ... I was loving life!!!

Wooah, life in he fast lane there, TD.

Bet you don't have many of them leadfoot ladies passin' ya on that road.

What kind of truck did you have?
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CW,

ahahhaaha wasn't much traffic on that road at all ... it was great!!! I was driving an F-250 and then bought an Explorer. Never had a problem getting anywhere I wanted to get :lol:
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Great pics. Makes me miss a good winter snow. I think our snow was on the ground for about six hours.
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Well, the mid-winter blues are really starting to set in here at Shiloh. Haven't had but, a few days of above freezing temps here in a while. We are wondering if the Sun is still up there anywhere as it hasn't been visible (except for a glimpse now and then). Still haven't finished cleaning the downed trees from the December Ice Storm. I am finding it harder and harder to motivate myself to go out and get anything done. :( We are really ready for Spring and still have a month and a half of winter to go. On the upside I have been spending a lot of time at the Pawn Shop (part time employment) wheeling and dealing a few guns and will probably set up at the Grand National Gun and Knife show toward the middle of next month to pass the time :mellow: . I don't ever remember a winter quite like this one has been. We usually get some intermittent warm sunny days but, this year they have been few and far between. I think I would like to go to sleep and wake up in, oh about April.
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I know just how you feel GB! It's been an ugly winter - it's those darn old gray skies. We've got snow, wind and sleet in the forecast for tomorrow. Let's just hope the electricity stays with us!
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Today: Patchy blowing snow before noon. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 2.
Wind chill values between -30 and -40.
West northwest wind 27 to 30 mph decreasing to between 18 and 21 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.


Current Local Weather
Green Bay, Austin Straubel International Airport
Lat: 44.48 Lon: -88.13 Elev: 699
Last Update on Jan 30, 3:53 am CST

Current Temp: -9°F (-23°C)
Humidity: 61 %
Wind Speed: W 23 G 36 MPH
Barometer: 29.58" (1003.2 mb)
Dewpoint: -19°F (-28°C)
Wind Chill: -35°F (-37°C)
Visibility: 1.50 mi.




Dear Mr. Gore,

Please come and visit and help pay our heating costs and dig us out of he snowdrift....

Signed,

Sick of your Global Warming BS :cold:
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Ice!!

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A nice toy to have!

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Burrrrrrrrr. That is cold. It should make me feel a little better that I don't live on the frozen tundra of the Great White North (yankee land :P ) but, right now I would love to take a little journey to, say the Bahamas.
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Burrrrrrrrr. That is cold. It should make me feel a little better that I don't live on the frozen tundra of the Great White North (yankee land :P ) but, right now I would love to take a little journey to, say the Bahamas.

HEY,

LET'S PACK THE BAGS AND HIT THE BEACH smiley-cool-party
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Good glucka bluka ALI!!! That picture of the ice on the windows is confirmation that the only direction I will move in the future is south. I hate ice. I was a young telephone man back in the 70s when an ice storm came thru Virginia. I was 30' up a telephone pole, freezing my buns off and I made a resolution at that time that I would NEVER EVER AGAIN complain about it being too hot!!! Today, decades later, I have kept that resolution. You and Pete be careful with all that ice/snow and don't overdo it!!!

Think WARM ... :blink: B)
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I'm glad I don't live in the deep freeze but the frosted windows sure are pretty. :)
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gobblerblaster,Feb 1 2008
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Burrrrrrrrr. That is cold. It should make me feel a little better that I don't live on the frozen tundra of the Great White North (yankee land :P ) but, right now I would love to take a little journey to, say the Bahamas.

Right now, I'd even settle for Padre Island Texas. Used to go there on vacation as a kid with my Dad on Christmas break. It wasn't real summery but, it was a darn sight better than where we come from.
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Ali, don't ya just love it when your car windows are full of that ice? And you basically need to use a jackhammer to get it off?


WHEW....that was a near miss :blink:

APOCALYPSE SNOW.... :cold:
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All we've been getting is freezing rain, a little bit of snow and those wonderful gray skies! The ice scrapper doesn't make a difference to the windshield CW! Only trouble is, you can only leave the truck running with the defroster on for so long - gotta get into town, put what's left of the grocery money into the gas tank and start all over again!! I got myself going on some vitamin D and set my thoughts on what I'll plant this Spring! Here's a photo I took today -

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I'd guess that to be hemlock tree there, Ali

or a spruce

Well, I was hoping to try and get a really neat pic for yous guys, too. But it sure doesn't look like its gonna happen this weekend....and the hope for some ice fishing on a bright sunny winter day is now thrown out the window, too......looks like another weekend stoking up the fireplace and pushing the white stuff around with the tractor:


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Today: A chance of flurries before noon, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 27. Calm wind becoming south between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 22. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west southwest. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Widespread blowing snow and a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. West wind 11 to 14 mph increasing to between 19 and 22 mph. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Areas of blowing snow and a chance of flurries before midnight, then areas of blowing snow after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around -8 :cold: . Wind chill values between -25 and -35 :cold: . West northwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 5.:cold:  West northwest wind between 16 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -5. :cold: 
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Ali,Feb 7 2008
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- gotta get into town, put what's left of the grocery money into the gas tank and start all over again!!

Ali, the latest scuttlebutt I have heard about those gas prices is to expect to see it drop about 50 cents a gallon by Spring, so that'll give you a few extra bucks for groceries.
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I sure hope those gas prices come down soon Almtnman! It seems like a gamble every time I go into town, they fluctuate within an hour!!
Sunday looks like a nice day to go fishin' CW! Sunshine and blue skies! Life shouldn't be so glum this time of year!
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The object(s) for today are:

1) Stay warm

2) keep the fire burning

3) and if ya got guts to do it - go see if the car starts

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Today: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Wind chill values between -30 and -40. West northwest wind between 22 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.


Current conditions:

Mostly Cloudy and Breezy

-10°F (-23°C)

Wind Chill: -36°F (-38°C) :cold:
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Ali,Feb 8 2008
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I sure hope those gas prices come down soon Almtnman! It seems like a gamble every time I go into town, they fluctuate within an hour!!
Sunday looks like a nice day to go fishin' CW! Sunshine and blue skies! Life shouldn't be so glum this time of year!

Actually went ice fishing yesterday before the winds picked up and the temps dropped. Figured the fish would bite a little before the front went thru.

WHAT A BLAST!

Wasn't hot action, but had some fun, caught a few perch and this story:

I have one of the portable Eskimo ice shacks. They are great, accept you need a snowmobile or 4-wheeler to haul them around. One-man-power does not pull a sled that weights well over 200 lbs with gear in it very well or very far on snow covered ice.

So pulled the shack as far as I could muster / about a half mile - over near another one. Figured they put that shack there (noone in it BTW) for a reason. Maybe they knew there were fish there. Set up a tip-up and jig poles for pan fish and sat down enjoyed the peace and quiet (DANG- forgot the beer!!!! Coffee will do ;) ) and caught a few perch.

After awhile it was getting a little cold with the door open, so zipped it shut. Nice and dark inside now. Thought it would be neat to look down the holes and see what was down there - and HEY - there is a perch trying to eat my minnow! Had a bunch of fun watching perch eat minnows and trying to have the patience to wait until you could not see the minnow anymore before setting the hook. Who needs one of them underwater cameras :P .

After catching one, I put another minnow down and jiggled it around - and all of a sudden a pike zipped thru so fast I couldn't see that it grabbed my minnow, but figured it did cuz it just stopped in its tracks right under the hole. SET THE HOOK!!! YEHAWWW....let the fun begin :banana-man:

Well there went the other pole, too. Seems he grabbed that bait on his way thru, too and that was the direction he swam from. I just grabbed that pole with the other hand and broke the line.

Now, I'm trying to play this pike up to the hole with the other and lost track of where the gaff hook went. Well here is the pike's mouth and big sharp teeth gaping open out of the hole and no gaff to be found. Pulled just a little harder until his gills were out and grabbed under the gills and pulled it out on the ice. YIPPEEE!! :banana-man:

That made up for the darn perch that did the same thing and while I'm trying to figure out how to get the dumb thing unhooked, it did by itself and plopped back in the water :wacko:
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I always love to hear about the one that got away CW!! There are a couple of 'tents' set out on the lake down the road and I'm hoping they don't blow away tonight! We finally had some blue sky this morning, but as the day progressed the wind picked up and the snow started to fly! Keep that fire goin' and don't forget to let the faucets drip!!
I sure wish other people here would write in about their winter weather - what it's like in other States, and what they do to pass the time. I took this picture today - a little bit of Heaven!

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Couple of pics, I've been trying to get for yous.

This is what happens when the air temp is colder than the water temp of a large body of water. It was about 0 when this was taken - it looks much more severe when the winds blow and it actually starts to make it snow when it hits a large cold area. In other words, if the wind blows hard over the warm water, it warms up the air and is moist, then hits the cold air over land and turns to snow. Lake effect snow:

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Well, we are in the midst of not one, but THREE warnings:


Hazardous Weather Outlook
Special Weather Statement
Winter Storm Warning


It is raining to beat all heck right now, and with the ground temps being what they are, it freezes on contact of the surface. In a nutshell, the road is better traveled by ice skates rather than anything else - at least 1/2" of ice on ALL roads. We tried to go to church, but the roads are just too dangerous to drive on. Had to turn around and barely made it back.

From here it will only get worse:

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Today: Periods of snow possibly mixed with sleet. The snow could be heavy at times. Some thunder is also possible. Widespread blowing snow after noon. High near 32. Northeast wind 9 to 12 mph increasing to between 20 and 23 mph. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of around 7 inches.

Tonight: Periods of snow with widespread blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 13. North northwest wind between 20 and 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 2 inches.

Presidents' Day: Areas of blowing snow and a chance of snow showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. West northwest wind between 16 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A chance of flurries before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Wind chill values between -10 and -20. West northwest wind around 15 mph.



Here is the current radar

We're just gonna hunker down for the day and get the fireplace up and going. :camping:

What sucks is the 4WD truck is down and I need to get a $5 part (thermostat) to get it back on the road.
Can't get to the Farm and Fleet store to get it :( Unless we break out them ice skates smiley-outta-here
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Beautiful pictures CW! ....but they make me feel colder than I already am! The wind has been blowing all day here bringing us a little bit of everything - snow, sleet, freezing rain. It's suppose to go into the 40's tomorrow, then back into the 20's for the rest of the week. Not so bad, considering what you've got to look forward to! Just remember, this is the kind of weather that will make you happy to clean your rain gutters out in the Spring! Hooray!!
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Good News!! I saw a bunch of Robins today!! Spring can't be to far off!
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Ali,Feb 25 2008
08:16 PM
Good News!! I saw a bunch of Robins today!! Spring can't be to far off!

I may have seen them, too....

THEIR TAILS.......

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. North northwest wind between 10 and 13 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. Northwest wind between 9 and 11 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 2. North northwest wind between 3 and 6 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 24. North northwest wind at 8 mph becoming south southeast.

Thursday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 22. South southeast wind 11 to 15 mph becoming west southwest. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

BUT there is a bright spot in the future:

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

ONLY to be denied.......

Sunday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25.
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Stupid Robins! 7 am this morning - snow. It's been snowing all day without a break, and it's not suppose to let up until tomorrow night. We're expected to get about two foot of snow, then into the single digits. I can make a bet that our weatherman has dyslexia just like yours CW.
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Spring is in the air here. 74 today, just perfect. It's my favorite time of year. I wish it could just stay this way all the time.

CW, I've been meaning to tell you that picture of the lighthouse is beautiful!

I've got stupid birds here too. They're stupid mocking birds though. They make noise all night long in a tree about ten feet from my bedroom window. They make me crazy!

If they just wouldn't do it all night they'd be pretty cool though. It sounds like a lot of birds in that tree but it's really just a couple or so. Listening to all the different sounds they make would be nice...in the day time! Stupid night birds!
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Oh rub it in, LL.... :thatfunny:

The first 100 feet or so that looks like shoreline going out into the water, is not.....it's ice.

I wish I could find some pics of what happens when the ice freezes across a bay and if the wind is so strong, it breaks up all the ice and pushes it up on land.....basically end up with a 50 foot high moving ice glacier.

I'll dig through some old pics and see if I can find one.
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Oh rub it in, LL.... :thatfunny:

The first 100 feet or so that looks like shoreline going out into the water, is not.....it's ice.

I wish I could find some pics of what happens when the ice freezes across a bay and if the wind is so strong, it breaks up all the ice and pushes it up on land.....basically end up with a 50 foot high moving ice glacier.

I'll dig through some old pics and see if I can find one.

Okay I will just a little bit.... :P

I just went down to the beach and had breakfast at a little cafe with my son. I love the smell of salt water in the air, sun shining, warm but not hot, the waves breaking, I just love it this time of year. :rolleyes:
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Oh rub it in, LL.... :thatfunny:

The first 100 feet or so that looks like shoreline going out into the water, is not.....it's ice.

I wish I could find some pics of what happens when the ice freezes across a bay and if the wind is so strong, it breaks up all the ice and pushes it up on land.....basically end up with a 50 foot high moving ice glacier.

I'll dig through some old pics and see if I can find one.

Okay I will just a little bit.... :P

I just went down to the beach and had breakfast at a little cafe with my son. I love the smell of salt water in the air, sun shining, warm but not hot, the waves breaking, I just love it this time of year. :rolleyes:

Send those sea air breezes this away......we just had another blast of snow again last night.
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Mmmm, my toes in the sand, the sun on my shoulders, the smell and sound of the ocean!
Wake up Al, the pipes are frozen again!
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Told ya!! Here's a picture of a big, fat, stupid Robin for ya!!

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Ali,Mar 8 2008
09:52 PM
Told ya!! Here's a picture of a big, fat, stupid Robin for ya!!

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Forecast for where I live.

Now you see why I stayed in this area and put up with the cost, taxes, and other BS.


Mostly Sunny
63°F at 10:42 am
Feels Like 63°F Low: 47°F
High: 78°F
Humidity: 41% Pressure: 30.25 in
Visibility: 25 mi
Wind: CLM 0 mph

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49°F/75°F Wed



54°F/74°F Thu



53°F/75°F Fri



48°F/71°F


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These pics were taken way back in early Feb. They are just a little chunk of the whole pic.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/...173/detail.html

I'm planning a bike ride out there this weekend. No, I probably won't take pics. I used to take a lot of pics but was always disappointed in what they show. They never really show the beauty of the landscape. Decided that it would be better to just remember the stuff myself and not saddle my sons with the job of throwing out a bunch of poor pics that have absolutely no meaning to them.
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Herb,Mar 10 2008
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These pics were taken way back in early Feb. They are just a little chunk of the whole pic.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/...173/detail.html

I'm planning a bike ride out there this weekend. No, I probably won't take pics. I used to take a lot of pics but was always disappointed in what they show. They never really show the beauty of the landscape. Decided that it would be better to just remember the stuff myself and not saddle my sons with the job of throwing out a bunch of poor pics that have absolutely no meaning to them.

Beautiful pictures Herb, but did you see the ones about the mountain lions being spotted in East County? That is scary! :unsure:

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Sure hope you have a great time Herb! If for nothing else, wish you would take a few photos for me - it's quite colorless around here this time of year!
As far as cost, taxes and other BS (including the snow and cold) ....we really don't know why we stay around here!!
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