Well 34 degC at 09:30 in the morning in Bloemfontein , central south africa. If you have a west wind blowing, you can dry your washing in 15 minutes. If its an easter then it is more comfortable. Volkswagen and some other famous company's has got testing facilities down here in a place called Upington. 51 degC someday's in the shade, a very very dry heat with mosquito's that try to sting you through a steel corrugated roof. The cars get washed everyday 500 of them to see how they cope in this weather. The coldest that we get is about -11 degC with a dry weather and a southern wind that is very uncomfortable. So much better than heat, you can alway's light the fireplace or put on more clothes. But if I see the people living where it is - 40 degC, I will rather stay here. The girls are even more pretty in summer ! 😀
Down here our Summer seems to have crashed & burned. The past week the hot-air collided with several cold-fronts I guess. Raging thunderstorms driving down the temps, temperatures slowly coming up, just to be driven down again.
Today it just didn't warm up at all,74F this afternoon, maybe 66 degrees F at 10PM(Now).....yuk!
I'm going to have to close some windows I guess!
__________________________________________________Rick.............
Today it just didn't warm up at all,74F this afternoon, maybe 66 degrees F at 10PM(Now).....yuk!
I'm going to have to close some windows I guess!
__________________________________________________Rick.............
My biggest problem with the cold, at least at present, is that the 12 year old schnauzer can't find a place to do her biz...
I finally got smart and fired up the pelet stove. Balmy 29C in the den downstairs where the stove is. Up stairs is still around 18C.
I've got 10 40# (18.18Kg) bags of pelets and I'm going to burn them.
I've got 10 40# (18.18Kg) bags of pelets and I'm going to burn them.
They said on the radio this afternoon that the weather could be extremely cold through most of February.
Must be related to global warming. Somehow. We all know it is happening. Solar output has nothing to do with the weather.🙄 It's cow farts I tell you!!!
True Story....
Dan.
They said on the radio this afternoon that the weather should be extremely hot through most of February.
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I can get three different forecasts by checking three stations here.
-19C (-2F) this morning.
Short term forecast seems to be a slight warming trend through early next week.
Warming trend - back to normal for this time of year?
-19C (-2F) this morning.
Short term forecast seems to be a slight warming trend through early next week.
Warming trend - back to normal for this time of year?
I can't believe the disaster Atlanta turned into -- kids sleeping in school -- they obviously never heard Garison Keilor talk about the "Storm Parents" out in Minnesota, nor heeded his advice -- Keilor relates how his "storm parents" were Catholic which offended his Lutheran sensibilities. It's on Youtube.
We really had local weather. Usually we are 3 or so degrees colder than in DC due to normal heat island effects of the city. This morning DC was 24 F, and we were 5. 10 miles away! 30 miles north it was 12.
I really hope this cold weather can do in the invading pythons in Florida.
I really hope this cold weather can do in the invading pythons in Florida.
It never got here. The northwest panhandle did see freezing temps. Here where the snakes are we just got wet....3 inches of rain and 68 degrees. T shirt and flip flops weather.
I can't wait to get to Texas.... Woke up this morning to -14* F temps... to step outside and have a 10-15 mph wind on top of that -14*.... just a little cold in Nebraska this morning.
Ciudad de México, Febuary 3 2014.
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Pemo (me) and my son Rodrigo.
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A wonderful snowy day again(10cm/1" wow) 🙂 My bro up in Marathon has snow, we have a nice picture!! I call it earth cleansing, -10C(10F). Doesn't stop the squirrels and finch's eat'n up the seeds we have put out for them.
As much as I think it would be nice to live in the warm climates, I think over all, I'd miss real winter and the sleds/plows buzzing/rumbling by the house. Keeps the tourist down as well 🙂
xmas/winter without snow 🙂 eek Insects 365 days a year eek 🙂
Check out the woodpecker on the first branch, left side. His fav, this dead tree. Once he is done with it, more wood to burn. The snow bumps along the top fence rail, are the squirrel's creations. Funny to watch him go for it.
Across the street, Black river bank and the trailer park.
As much as I think it would be nice to live in the warm climates, I think over all, I'd miss real winter and the sleds/plows buzzing/rumbling by the house. Keeps the tourist down as well 🙂
xmas/winter without snow 🙂 eek Insects 365 days a year eek 🙂
Check out the woodpecker on the first branch, left side. His fav, this dead tree. Once he is done with it, more wood to burn. The snow bumps along the top fence rail, are the squirrel's creations. Funny to watch him go for it.
Across the street, Black river bank and the trailer park.
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We got about 6" last night -- the heavy wet kind -- then it rained -- now it's frozen -- lost one tree last night.
The Dutch caribbean around Xmas time is pretty awkward, shops selling Xmas trees, christmas decorations everywhere, with temperature in the high '80s.