Old Weather Forum

Feeling quite spring-like today - 10C at lunchtime and the nasty wind-chill has gone.

Weather's getting better here too - still hovering around 0 C today, but it's supposed to go up a bit each day until it hits 13 C on the weekend!

Randi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:14 am Note: If you get any sort of pull-on spikes/chains, be sure that front part of the foot has good traction for the push off

What form of Yaktrax do you have Randi, please?, I've got steel coils at the front, and crampon spikes at the back. I have crampon fitments for my crutches too

studentforever wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:06 am Ah, one of the tricks I have developed is the 'penguin waddle'.

Make sure to avoid their other favourite mode of transport...unless you have a hot water-bottle tucked in your jumper

AvastMH wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:53 pm What form of Yaktrax do you have Randi, please?, I've got steel coils at the front, and crampon spikes at the back. I have crampon fitments for my crutches too

They are called "Run." They have steel coils at the back and crampon spikes at the front.

We're up to 3.6C with very light rain. Our snow of the ground measured 19 cm on the 13^th, 27 cm on the 14^th and 17 cm this morning. Now we just wait for the melt. The long term forecast has 50 mm of rain for us over the next ten days with a high of 11C for Sunday.

That looks pretty cold Randi. Watched the weather on CNN and was horrified by how bad it is. The electric outages sound like no fun at all

The snow and cold weather has ended here in the Seattle area. The temperature rose and there was heavy rain most of the day yesterday. So only patches of snow remain. The coming week is forecast to be fairly normal here with highs around 8 C and lows around 3 C and rain off and on; perfect weather for getting back outdoors again.

Our snow depth is down to 11 cm. We're cloudy, but expected to clear in the next two or three hours, getting up to about 8-10C depending won which computer model you choose. Right now it's plus 6. If I remember, when you have enough snow on the ground, 7C is usually about as mild as it gets, barring strong winds blowing in warm air. I guess we'll see.

This is us:
Summary: .... 12 .... 24 Hrs
Maximum: ... 5.1 ... 7.8 deg C
Minimum: ... 1.9 .. -1.3 deg C
Precip: .... 0.0 ... 0.0 mm
Max Wind: ... 10 .... 10 kmh


Our normal low is 3.1 our normal high is 9.1. We have a trace of snow on the ground, mostly just from piles left over from cleaning sidewalks, etc. We got up to 8.8 the other day, with a good west wind bringing in milder air from the Pacific Ocean.

It was supposed to snow during the afternoon and evening, but it didn't. So they changed the forecast to no snow.
Guess what
It still says no snow.

Randi wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:18 am It was supposed to snow during the afternoon and evening, but it didn't. So they changed the forecast to no snow.
Guess what
It still says no snow.

Are they checking the wind direction by licking their finger and holding it up over their heads?

Crocuses have started to bloom

That's old news here.

We had 0.4 " ( 1 cm) rain overnight. May get a little more. Every little bit helps. Met with old water resource colleagues today (Zooming.) Despite well below normal runoff expectations in the coming season, no one is too concerned- water demand is low. WE ARE CONSERVING.

So far the only thing blooming in my yard is dandelions.

20 inches of snow in the Colorado Front Range today!

Wow !
Looks beautiful as long as you don't have to go out in it....

I've now got to the age where snow is best admired through double glazing in a warm room!!

It is beautiful though.

Great photo!