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Worth1 · January 3, 2019

I texted in, "will be late" and showed up 30 minutes late no worries we dont operate that way as far as time and so on.
That 30 minutes allowed me to go after the lunatics on the road and it was a pleasurable drive to work.
Darkest before the dawn played a big part of the deal.
By waiting I was able to get past the rain storm that was coming down and I could see to drive and the cars were less nutty on the road.
For some strange reason there is a I dont give a crap group of people that drive to work about 30 minutes later than the I'm gonna die if I dont haul a$$ and run off the road people.
It is true I have observed it for quite some time now.

rxkeith · January 3, 2019

it rained today.

its not supposed to rain here in january.
january is usually a 100 inch+ snow month.
temps were in the mid 30s today, and plus 30s tomorrow.
once we get below freezing, it could be like a skating rink out there.
forecast says 3-5 inches of snow for monday.

it has been a different kind of winter so far.

keith

Worth1 · January 4, 2019

Temperature just dropped to freezing but should warm up fast as the sun comes out.

Worth

bower · January 5, 2019

keith, looks like we're getting your leftovers again... rainstorm tomorrow with high winds..
Not that anyone minds it! We do get rain in January on times, and it's better than more snow - last one was 46 cm. I'm still getting over the flu, so I took the shovelling in three steps. Day 1 I only lasted half an hour, it was -22 C windchill and just too cold to breathe. Day 2 I put in a solid hour and got a good cardio workout. Then today I had to do the rest without fail, before the rain comes tomorrow... or else I would be stuck with a slab of ice out there that won't go away until spring!

GoDawgs · January 6, 2019

El Niño is officially in effect and NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting it to last through the winter. I get their monthly update e-mailed to me. It takes three consecutive months of qualifying weather data (Pacific sea surface temps, etc) to declare an El Niño or La Niña. They started raising the possibilities of this winter's forecast this past fall as ocean temp data started to rise.

The following link is from 2015 (the last year we had a strong El Niño) but has a good explanation of the event along with a good graph of occurrence over the past Januarys. We were due.

https://wunderground.atavist.com/el-nino-forecast

GrowingCoastal · January 6, 2019

We are having an El Nino winter here. Mild and wet. Several pineapple expresses have blown through with buckets of water coming down in wild winds. No snow so far and with luck we'll get none at all. Pretty dreary dark days though. Getting some housework done at last.

rxkeith · January 7, 2019

3 to 5 inches of snow turned into 6-7 inches. several inches were on the ground, and still snowing heavily when i took the dog out this morning. winds were gusting. snow turned to misty rain later in the day.
i got the plow hung up, and had to spend several minutes digging out wet heavy snow
from around the plow. what a pain.

my son is home schooled, but has a choir class at the local high school, and joined rotc after a choir member that was in rotc
suggested he join. rotc was going to have a ball today. my son had his dress uniform ready to go. i checked the school website figuring school would be canceled for the day,
and i was right. i told my son, no school today.
WHAAAAAT????? whaddaya mean no school?
you never saw a kid so disappointed that school was canceled.

keith

AlittleSalt · January 8, 2019

Today, we had the windows open with a fan on. It will be colder and wet by Thursday. It has been a typical Texas winter here locally with the exception of too much rain. 70F one day - 40F the next with some freezing down to 0F or -17C not out of the question. That's just the way it is here.

Nan_PA_6b · January 8, 2019

It's been up & down here, but warm enough my garlic is growing strong.

rxkeith · January 8, 2019

it is snowing right now. several more inches between now and 7pm wed. the range is
anywhere between 5 to 10 inches. the freeze/ thaw/freeze we had yesterday has left the side roads coated in ice. i could skate a couple miles from my house to the highway. today
when i left for work, there is a stretch of our road that is a bit higher because it kept getting blown in. the road surface is slick ice. i was going 30mph or less when i hit the ice, and lost control of the car. i steered toward the ditch and went on in. it was the only way to stop the slide, and i was headed toward a telephone pole. i walked home, called work, said i would be delayed, had my wife call a friend that has a winch who got me out. i took the truck into work. 15 mph is the safe speed right now.

keith

PhilaGardener · January 8, 2019

Glad you are OK and "enjoying" the arrival of winter in the U.P. Ice can be no fun, however!

January 8, 2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilaGardener

Glad you are OK and "enjoying" the arrival of winter in the U.P. Ice can be no fun, however!

Watching all my UP friends complain about the weather these last few days ... and I always remember the one time as a teen I tried to swim in Lake Superior in early June.
That did not last long.

bower · January 9, 2019

Ice indeed... is the very soul of treachery. Always a big issue in our freeze-thaw see-saw winters.

We're having one of our all-season events tonight and tomorrow. Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, rain eventually tomorrow, fog. Did I miss any form of precipitation?

Wind, goes without saying. We only hope there will be enough rain and temps above zero to remove the slush before it freezes. No chance to shovel anything that changes overnight.

Nan_PA_6b · January 9, 2019

Rxkeith, glad to hear you're OK.

bower · January 10, 2019

+1 keith. Ice is no joke, especially when snow comes down afterwards.

We are coated in ice this morning both underfoot and the trees. Schools and govt are delaying opening until conditions change - expected to turn to rain by noon. This hasn't stopped several vehicles from sliding off the highway. Private industry is always last to recognize, when the weather is unfit you simply should close shop and keep your people off the roads!

In my community the council has finally gotten better about sanding/salting the roads after many years of complaints. You would literally take your life in your hands to get to the town limits, only to find bare safe roads everywhere else! Now it is a bit more even, but this morning it seems the ice is just too thick everywhere for a bit of salt/sand to clear it up.

January 3, 2019	#2536
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I texted in, "will be late" and showed up 30 minutes late no worries we dont operate that way as far as time and so on. That 30 minutes allowed me to go after the lunatics on the road and it was a pleasurable drive to work. Darkest before the dawn played a big part of the deal. By waiting I was able to get past the rain storm that was coming down and I could see to drive and the cars were less nutty on the road. For some strange reason there is a I dont give a crap group of people that drive to work about 30 minutes later than the I'm gonna die if I dont haul a$$ and run off the road people. It is true I have observed it for quite some time now.

January 3, 2019	#2537
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,849	it rained today. its not supposed to rain here in january. january is usually a 100 inch+ snow month. temps were in the mid 30s today, and plus 30s tomorrow. once we get below freezing, it could be like a skating rink out there. forecast says 3-5 inches of snow for monday. it has been a different kind of winter so far. keith

January 4, 2019	#2538
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Temperature just dropped to freezing but should warm up fast as the sun comes out. Worth

January 5, 2019	#2539
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	keith, looks like we're getting your leftovers again... rainstorm tomorrow with high winds.. Not that anyone minds it! We do get rain in January on times, and it's better than more snow - last one was 46 cm. I'm still getting over the flu, so I took the shovelling in three steps. Day 1 I only lasted half an hour, it was -22 C windchill and just too cold to breathe. Day 2 I put in a solid hour and got a good cardio workout. Then today I had to do the rest without fail, before the rain comes tomorrow... or else I would be stuck with a slab of ice out there that won't go away until spring!

January 6, 2019	#2540
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	El Niño is officially in effect and NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting it to last through the winter. I get their monthly update e-mailed to me. It takes three consecutive months of qualifying weather data (Pacific sea surface temps, etc) to declare an El Niño or La Niña. They started raising the possibilities of this winter's forecast this past fall as ocean temp data started to rise. The following link is from 2015 (the last year we had a strong El Niño) but has a good explanation of the event along with a good graph of occurrence over the past Januarys. We were due. https://wunderground.atavist.com/el-nino-forecast

January 6, 2019	#2541
GrowingCoastal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC Posts: 1,253	We are having an El Nino winter here. Mild and wet. Several pineapple expresses have blown through with buckets of water coming down in wild winds. No snow so far and with luck we'll get none at all. Pretty dreary dark days though. Getting some housework done at last.

January 7, 2019	#2542
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,849	3 to 5 inches of snow turned into 6-7 inches. several inches were on the ground, and still snowing heavily when i took the dog out this morning. winds were gusting. snow turned to misty rain later in the day. i got the plow hung up, and had to spend several minutes digging out wet heavy snow from around the plow. what a pain. my son is home schooled, but has a choir class at the local high school, and joined rotc after a choir member that was in rotc suggested he join. rotc was going to have a ball today. my son had his dress uniform ready to go. i checked the school website figuring school would be canceled for the day, and i was right. i told my son, no school today. WHAAAAAT????? whaddaya mean no school? you never saw a kid so disappointed that school was canceled. keith

January 8, 2019	#2543
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Today, we had the windows open with a fan on. It will be colder and wet by Thursday. It has been a typical Texas winter here locally with the exception of too much rain. 70F one day - 40F the next with some freezing down to 0F or -17C not out of the question. That's just the way it is here.

January 8, 2019	#2544
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	It's been up & down here, but warm enough my garlic is growing strong.

January 8, 2019	#2545
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,849	it is snowing right now. several more inches between now and 7pm wed. the range is anywhere between 5 to 10 inches. the freeze/ thaw/freeze we had yesterday has left the side roads coated in ice. i could skate a couple miles from my house to the highway. today when i left for work, there is a stretch of our road that is a bit higher because it kept getting blown in. the road surface is slick ice. i was going 30mph or less when i hit the ice, and lost control of the car. i steered toward the ditch and went on in. it was the only way to stop the slide, and i was headed toward a telephone pole. i walked home, called work, said i would be delayed, had my wife call a friend that has a winch who got me out. i took the truck into work. 15 mph is the safe speed right now. keith

January 8, 2019	#2546
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	Glad you are OK and "enjoying" the arrival of winter in the U.P. Ice can be no fun, however!

January 9, 2019	#2548
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Ice indeed... is the very soul of treachery. Always a big issue in our freeze-thaw see-saw winters. We're having one of our all-season events tonight and tomorrow. Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, rain eventually tomorrow, fog. Did I miss any form of precipitation? Wind, goes without saying. We only hope there will be enough rain and temps above zero to remove the slush before it freezes. No chance to shovel anything that changes overnight.

January 9, 2019	#2549
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	Rxkeith, glad to hear you're OK.

January 10, 2019	#2550
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	+1 keith. Ice is no joke, especially when snow comes down afterwards. We are coated in ice this morning both underfoot and the trees. Schools and govt are delaying opening until conditions change - expected to turn to rain by noon. This hasn't stopped several vehicles from sliding off the highway. Private industry is always last to recognize, when the weather is unfit you simply should close shop and keep your people off the roads! In my community the council has finally gotten better about sanding/salting the roads after many years of complaints. You would literally take your life in your hands to get to the town limits, only to find bare safe roads everywhere else! Now it is a bit more even, but this morning it seems the ice is just too thick everywhere for a bit of salt/sand to clear it up.