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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Temperatures (F)

Nov 2, Monday
High	43
Normal high	57
Low	30
Normal low	38
Nov 3, Tuesday
High	56
Normal high	57
Low	35
Normal low	38
Nov 4, Wednesday
High	67
Normal high	56
Low	38
Normal low	38
Nov 5, Thursday
High	69
Normal high	56
Low	40
Normal low	38
Nov 6, Friday
High	68
Normal high	55
Low	42
Normal low	37
Nov 7, Saturday
High	72
Normal high	55
Low	38
Normal low	37
Nov 8, Sunday
High	74
Normal high	55
Low	38
Normal low	37

Precipitation (inches)

Nov 2	0.03
Nov 3	0
Nov 4	0
Nov 5	0
Nov 6	0
Nov 7	0
Nov 8	0
Month to date total
Actual	0.10
Normal	.82
Year to date total
Actual	33.88
Normal	33.02

2018 is Pittsburgh's wettest year on record with 57.83 inches and 2019 is the third wettest with 52.46 inches.
This year started out abnormally wet, but then we had a drought.

WINDY here. We had two very brief (a couple of minutes) power outages.
Fortunately not too cold.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Temperatures (F)

Nov 9, Monday
75
54
41
37

Nov 10, Tuesday
76
54
51
36

Nov 11, Wednesday
65
53
60
36

Nov 12, Thursday
53
53
42
36

Nov 13, Friday
54
52
31
36

Nov 14, Saturday
47
52
29
35

Nov 15, Sunday
59
52
45
35

Key:
Actual high:
Normal high:
Actual low:
Normal low:

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Precipitation (inches)

Nov 9	0
Nov 10	0
Nov 11	.52
Nov 12	0
Nov 13	0
Nov 14	0
Nov 15	.11
Month to date total
Actual	0.73
Normal	1.55
Year to date total
Actual	34.51
Normal	33.75

2018 is Pittsburgh's wettest year on record with 57.83 inches and 2019 is the third wettest with 52.46 inches.
This year started out abnormally wet, but then we had a drought.

Lovely weather in my part of the world. Yesterday 0900 to 0900, Max 37.3C, Min 19.4. Humidity 23% to 91%
Had a shower last night, [I mean a shower of rain 7mm in 20 min]. Saved me watering my newly planted Snow Maiden hedge shrubs.

Weather summary for the past ten days from my weather station:
Temperatures in degrees Celsius, maximum gust kmh, rainfall in mm and solar power kilowatt hours.

Cool.

Unsurprisingly, the small amount of snow that fell didn't last.
When I got home from dinner at a friend's last night the sidewalks were dry, but the wood-slat steps up to my apartment were icy!
I decided to use an old trick. I took off my shoes and went up the stairs in my wool socks. It worked very well!

Snow?! Wow! Though Scotland's due some tonight, though North and East I think, and the Highlands of course. Very clever to use the sock trick Randi!

All due to
The coefficient of friction (μ) is the ratio defining the force that resists the motion of one body in relation to another body in contact with it.

pommystuart wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:02 am All due to
The coefficient of friction (μ) is the ratio defining the force that resists the motion of one body in relation to another body in contact with it.

Is it the rough nature of the wool fibres that make the difference when walking on ice please Stuart ?

I understood that the same trick works well when walking on snow because the flexible wool surface prevents sheets of ice building up as snow is compressed by your weight on our shoe sole.

Sounds good to me Joan.

pommystuart wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:35 pm Sounds good to me Joan.

Then I'll give it a go
Though we rarely get snow
When it gets cool
I'll pull on the wool
and hope not to slip
when taking a trip.

It's easier to get these:


If you're in a place with serious winter, you want these:



Your feet will be warm even at -50C, and you won't slip or slide on anything, other than smooth ice that is wet on the surface. In that case, you need logging boots with cleats. But, if things are that bad, you're best to stay indoors.

Raining and about 11C at the moment.

Michael wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:42 am It's easier to get these:


Your feet will be warm even at -50C, and you won't slip or slide on anything, other than smooth ice that is wet on the surface. In that case, you need logging boots with cleats. But, if things are that bad, you're best to stay indoors.

Remember to take them off before you walk on the parquetry floor.

Very sound advice!

I'm not sure how useful they would have been on the wooden steps.

Great on wooden steps!!! Not so great on smooth concrete floors. Not that many years ago, in smaller logging towns, you would see signs on the doors of some businesses saying that you could not enter if wearing boots with cleats.