It's snowing here! Yesterday it was in the 70s, today -- the last I heard, 33.
This is the busiest traffic day of the year here in Northern Virginia -- seems like just about everybody grew up somewhere else and goes home for Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
Happy Thanksgiving Libby!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all and may it be a day spent with family, friends and good food!!
Same to you Purplelady.
:turk: Happy Thanksgiving Purplelady, may you eat all that you want. :turk:
The temperature has dropped here too. 59 degrees right now and going down to the lower 50s overnight.
Happy Thanksgiving all. Up early to begin cooking.
SNOW! It's a good thing today is a holiday; otherwise, we would have one huge mess here. At 6 a.m. I looked out the window and saw snow. Now we have at least 5 inches and it's still snowing. :confused: The forecasters are doing a good job reporting what they see looking out the windows and reports from all over the area. :rolleyes:
I will say one thing today 2/20/2016. :clap: :yeah: :dance: :music1: :boohoo: :music1: :rock: :guitarist: :music1: This is one beautiful day!!!!!!!! Come on Spring. Let's have one big drum roll. :kiss: :tiphat:
Same here, and tonight there's a full moon. :smile:
It's been very nice here this week, but it's supposed to cool back down for the next few days. :mad:
Of course, I'll be the first one bitching when it's 95 degrees with high humidity. ;D
Dodged the severe weather tonight. It stayed south of us and hit Lancaster pretty hard. They think it was a possible tornado. Looking forward to Sunday. Should be 57 and sunny!! :smile:
57 and sunny?
:cold:
;D
Quote from: Locutus on February 24, 2016, 11:27:06 PM
57 and sunny?
:cold:
;D
You'd think it was warm, too, if you're coming out of the high 30's and low 40's!
We got SLAMMED last night! :mad:
Quote from: Bo D on February 25, 2016, 08:48:30 AM
We got SLAMMED last night! :mad:
Sorry to hear that. It was scary over here in Virginia, but not as bad as I had feared. I was listening to Topper Shutt telling us to seek cover during tornado warnings, so knew when it was approaching. We got some wind, plus heavy rain with small hail and thunder and lightening, and a lot of people lost power, but otherwise no bad damage locally that I know of, but a different story in the Richmond area, where 3 people were killed.
Quote from: Locutus on February 25, 2016, 01:15:54 PM
Any damage?
Not to my house, but the stream in my back yard nearly flooded up into the yard. And there were trees down everywhere this morning. Southern Maryland took a huge hit, but I haven't seen the damage reports yet. There were reports of tornadoes on the ground in St. Mary's County and Calvert County. Those are two counties next to where I live.
On my drive home last night, I ran into one rainstorm that looked like a wall of water.
Freaky weather for February. Tornado warnings all over the area! I don't ever recall tornadoes in this area in February.
The last of the high piles of dirty snow from the big snow are just about gone, and it feels like summer here -- shirtsleeve weather yesterday and the same expected today.
Quote from: libby on March 10, 2016, 10:04:09 AM
The last of the high piles of dirty snow from the big snow are just about gone, and it feels like summer here -- shirtsleeve weather yesterday and the same expected today.
It has been warm here also but we are getting saturated with rain.
Well, here it is Sunday night, and I can hear the rain on the roof, :yes: so good night all. I'm going to bed.
Quote from: libby on March 13, 2016, 10:56:54 PM
Well, here it is Sunday night, and I can hear the rain on the roof, :yes: so good night all. I'm going to bed.
Good night Libby! Have a good day tomorrow!
It was supposed to rain here today, but never did. G'night Libby!
Rained all day here, and possible rain tomorrow (Monday) with a high of only 48. At least it isn't snow and 32! :yes:
Camp swampy out this way today (DSTMonday). My grass squishes with every step. . . More tomorrow. . . :mad:
My grass is growing already and needs mowing. . . already. . . But that won't happen until the weekend best case; and likely not then because guess what it is supposed to do all weekend. . . That's right . . . rain! :rant:
On the plus side though, the daffodils are up; and they've brought along some friends too! :flower3: :kick can:
(Looks like taxes will be worked on this weekend. . .) :rolleyes:
I'm really restless and would like nothing better than to get out and walk or work in my yard, but it's cold and very windy -- right now sunny -- but this morning it was snowing! Big fluffy flakes drifting down. Now we face a very windy evening and night. But, seems we have it fairly easy here so far -- the folks across the Potomac River in Maryland apparently got a lot more snow.
Quote from: libby on April 09, 2016, 05:36:11 PM
I'm really restless and would like nothing better than to get out and walk or work in my yard, but it's cold and very windy -- right now sunny -- but this morning it was snowing! Big fluffy flakes drifting down. Now we face a very windy evening and night. But, seems we have it fairly easy here so far -- the folks across the Potomac River in Maryland apparently got a lot more snow.
How much did you get, Libby? I didn't measure, but the news reports about 2-3 inches around where I live (PA), some areas measuring up to 5 inches. Best thing about spring snow is it melts quickly and the roads are clear. I'm looking forward to the weather staying warm; I miss my 4 mile walks after work.
We didn't get any around here. :razz: ;D
Quote from: AbbyTC on April 09, 2016, 08:09:32 PM
How much did you get, Libby? I didn't measure, but the news reports about 2-3 inches around where I live (PA), some areas measuring up to 5 inches. Best thing about spring snow is it melts quickly and the roads are clear. I'm looking forward to the weather staying warm; I miss my 4 mile walks after work.
Very little of the snow stuck -- it was pretty, but I needed to go out so was glad.
You walk 4 miles? Some days I guess I may get close (cumulative) , but my routine walks are no more than a mile. I've walked all my life. Had to most of the time when I was growing up, but also for the pleasure of it. To go to school we had to walk (or run) downhill on the unpaved road where we lived to get to the school bus -- maybe half a mile. I still have a scar or two on my knees from going airborne while running.
Quote from: libby on April 09, 2016, 11:17:12 PM
Very little of the snow stuck -- it was pretty, but I needed to go out so was glad.
You walk 4 miles? Some days I guess I may get close (cumulative) , but my routine walks are no more than a mile. I've walked all my life. Had to most of the time when I was growing up, but also for the pleasure of it. To go to school we had to walk (or run) downhill on the unpaved road where we lived to get to the school bus -- maybe half a mile. I still have a scar or two on my knees from going airborne while running.
There's a nature center nearby that I go to. It has a 3.1 mile loop and some side trails. I take one side trail and end up with 4 miles. It's a great workout since 1.5 miles is all hills. Supposed to get warmer this week (60's!) so I'm looking forward to it.
Have been inside all day -- have been listening to news on the radio (I'm in my bedroom looking out the window). It's very windy here, but that's not the news: for several hours, they've been reporting that traffic heading south on I-95 (close) has been stopped or moving very slowly or stopped again because of ? brush fires which keep reappearing because of the wind. Now that is something I don't ever remember hearing. :spooked: Traffic heading north is also affected.
Historically dry in some areas of the country, including the south-southeast.
I have family that have had to evacuate due to the wild fires that are growing in Kentucky. . .
Sounds like maybe it is dry in your area as well! :spooked:
I'm hearing rumbles about a huge storm (snow) approaching the NE so perhaps that will cure it where you are?
It was 37 degrees (the high I think) with a wind chill of 28! That's not November weather. :no: Oh, summer, where art thou?
Quote from: Palehorse on November 20, 2016, 06:05:38 PM
Historically dry in some areas of the country, including the south-southeast.
I have family that have had to evacuate due to the wild fires that are growing in Kentucky. . .
Sounds like maybe it is dry in your area as well! :spooked:
I'm hearing rumbles about a huge storm (snow) approaching the NE so perhaps that will cure it where you are?
Yes, it is dry here. We haven't had any substantial rain for quite a while. Yesterday we had shirtsleeve weather, and today it's been very cold with unusually high winds but not a drop of rain. A little after dark I stepped outside and was surprised at how cold it was. And the wind was so strong I could barely stand up so hurried back in.
Well, here we are, after a winter of mild weather and little to no snow, after congratulating ourselves as we've looked at the cherry blossoms and their imitators, the Bradford Pear trees, in full bloom. And here comes this forecast of a lot of snow heading our way, beginning later today and through the night?
:spooked:
No stats, but it seems to me that over the years I've lived here (a long time) our weather has been generally much less extreme than most places around the country. But. Last week this time the temperature was 91, we've had a lot of wind and rain, a small tornado over the Potomac across from the Tidal Basin, and now the weather guessers say the temperature might get down to below freezing tonight.