Will We Have a Winter this Year??

Originally posted by Blaine91555
I'd find it hard to accept that since they can't even accurately predict more than a few days out that anyone knows. The only ones arrogant enough to do that have a financial interest it seems to me, or a political one.

People who don't know the difference between global climate and local weather events shouldn't be making comments about GW.

I'm having winter right now!!! lol

it has started to get really cold here in england also

reply to post by NOTurTypical


In Atlantic Canada, we went from mild weather to a nice snow dump, now its between -15 celcius to -20...I want my mild weather back thank you very much!

Originally posted by MJZoo
Haha, we'll see!
Im in SW Michigan and it's been pretty nice here. It was 50 and sunny on Friday. The lake finally froze about a week ago and I'm actually surprised that it's still frozen. I had heard that after New Years we were supposed to get a HUGE drop in temperature but I sure haven't seen it. After the last few winters, I'm just fine with how this one is going.

I feel the same way. Here in the south a few cold days and some light snows but nothing too bad. Last winter was just way too cold for me. I just hope it doesn't decide to become winter in March cause by then, I'm ready to get outside in the garden and the yard. I already have hyacinths popping up in the flower beds.

reply to post by maybee


Last year, we were swimming in March! We live a few miles from the Florida/Georgia line, and we have a homemade solar heater for the pool. It doesn't do a lot, but it does just enough to get a few extra degrees of warmth in March, April, May, and October!

Last year we had such bitter cold in January, it was the worst I've seen in my 10 years here. The year before last was almost as bad.

This year is more what Florida winters were like for the first few years I lived here. A few cold nights, but then some nice 70-degree days. The last few years of several weeks at below freezing temperatures was abnormal, and it was destroying the Orange and Tomato crops.

We are halfway through January, if we make it another couple of weeks, we will be into Springtime here!

Well, there is now a "Winter Storm Warning" for the next few days in my area (PNW, US). We will supposedly get 6-12" of snow total. This is, actually, slightly below average for this time of year. The "extreme" winters are when we get 18" over the course of one night.

I'm looking forward to shoveling! (No, really, I love to shovel snow, it gives me great pleasure. haha)

winter came back with a vengeances yesterday...14 degrees

reply to post by SuperTripps

Winter came and went.....my area of SE had about an inch of snow, a few days of below seasonal weather....it's now 45 and rain is forecast.

Took a while, but it's here now..

-25 all week

Originally posted by caladonea
reply to post by DontTreadOnMe

 

I live in Seattle...and the weather we have been having...is like a combination of fall and early spring. I am really enjoying it!

Well...color me wrong!...lol...we now have snow in Seattle..and it is currently 32 degrees out.

i little winter judging by the mild temps though its going to be a VERY hot summer

I'm not sure if it's just a fluke or it's coming here too. Cold as balls the last few days and snowing a little bit right now.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by maybee

 

Last year, we were swimming in March! We live a few miles from the Florida/Georgia line, and we have a homemade solar heater for the pool. It doesn't do a lot, but it does just enough to get a few extra degrees of warmth in March, April, May, and October!

Last year we had such bitter cold in January, it was the worst I've seen in my 10 years here. The year before last was almost as bad.

This year is more what Florida winters were like for the first few years I lived here. A few cold nights, but then some nice 70-degree days. The last few years of several weeks at below freezing temperatures was abnormal, and it was destroying the Orange and Tomato crops.

We are halfway through January, if we make it another couple of weeks, we will be into Springtime here!

Sorry to be off topic,but your homemade solar heater for the pool?
I have been thinking about it.You can u2u me if you will.

Back on topic,it got cold here in Kentucky for a few days,but now we will experience thunderstorms later tonight.We are about 20 degrees warmer now.
Crazy stuff.
Had snow yesterday.

Originally posted by CALGARIAN
Took a while, but it's here now..

-25 all week

Wind chill even higher, from the weathernetwork for Calgary.

Feels Like : -39

brrr.

Here its -29, no wind chill.
Definitely winter now.

Winter has indeed slightly returned to Moscow, we had three days of almost non-stop snow from a low pressure system. I think we must have four inches of snow now. Now yesterday the Siberian High Pressure began to move in, dropping our temperatures to below -7 C and it's predicted to stay around -10 C the next days. And to be honest, snow I love - the more the merrier. Though if we will have severe cold snaps again... (Imagine that, a Russian, who doesn't like cold!) Luckily we have central heating, so we won't get heightened heating bills. Still, living in an old house, full of cracks to allow heat out and cold in isn't the best way to spend a winter in Russia. I'm trying to find schematics of some cheap device to give us power and heat and spread it around the house. Any ideas anyone?

Oh,great,we are under a tornado warning!!

Going to go hunker down.

Louisville,KY

reply to post by kdog1982


Hunker down? What? Are you new to the Midwest?

Tornado Warning means you are supposed to go outside and look for it! When you see it, or when the trees bend over and touch the ground, then you dive underneath something like the couch.

Hunker Down. Pffffttttt!

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All safe,yeah my hunkering down is going down to the walk out basement sit on the back porch and watch the debris flyby.

45 and rain here is south West Michigan. Sunday it was 7 next Sunday it's supposed to be 50. Oh well raise the price of gas because people aren't spending enough to heat their homes.