September 4, 20205 yr It's going to be colder in Texas than here on Tuesday, for the low. But holy shit our high is only 49 for Tuesday and Wednesday. That's gotta be a record.
September 4, 20205 yr They are forecasting 4 in of snow in Denver, a foot along the front range. The Rockies definitely make life interesting.
September 4, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: Burn this thread to the ground Wat? Possible record high on Sunday followed by a record low on Tuesday. 70 degree swing in 48 hours, with 50+ coming in a single day. That's insane.
September 5, 20205 yr Yeah, I'm right by the foothills in the SW Denver burbs. The current forecast is 89 on Monday and 6" of snow Tuesday. Supposed to be 28 Wednesday morning. Edited September 5, 20205 yr by Schulz2.0
September 5, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said: Yeah, I'm right by the foothills in the SW Denver burbs. The current forecast is 89 on Monday and 6" of snow Tuesday. Supposed to be 28 Wednesday morning. Hopefully it isn't the wet/heavy snow that broken all my tree branches like it did about 3 years ago.
September 5, 20205 yr Author To get 6" of accumulated snow on top of warm ground, it's gonna take a lot.
September 5, 20205 yr Meanwhile in CA, 15 miles from the coast, it’s 106. Supposed to hit 109 tomorrow. Global warming is real.
September 5, 20205 yr This massive cold front over Central Texas today probably explains all the crazy chop out there on Lake Travis. Thoughts and Prayers to the boaters braving the elements out there.
September 6, 20205 yr 4 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Goodbye garden Texas weather just the way I remember it. Heatwave on Monday, blizzard by Friday.
September 8, 20205 yr An inch of snow on the ground right now. Fuck winter weather and fuck the op...
September 8, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: It's chilly, but definitely not winter weather. Mid-November weather. You don't know Houston Sapien... when it gets below 70.
September 8, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, slorch said: You don't know Houston Sapien... when it gets below 70. A glimpse into my nearish future. Truth be told, I like winter to an extent. I just wish it ended on January 31st. February is a shit month where you alternate between almost feeling like spring and polar vortexes, and March (and now often April) are these schizophrenic weather months where 70 degree swings over a 2-3 day window can happen and you can from pleasant to hellish blizzard and back through that time frame.
September 8, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said: hellish blizzard and back through that time frame. Mom's family originally from Sioux City, IA. Visited a few times as a kid. Once during a particularly cold period. Good lord that was miserable. This was me every day. Like preparing for a moon walk just to go outside. Tears frozen to your face. Can't feel fingers and toes. The wind.
September 8, 20205 yr Just now, BabaYaga said: Mom's family originally from Sioux City, IA. Visited a few times as a kid. Once during a particularly cold period. Good lord that was miserable. This was me every day. Like preparing for a moon walk just to go outside. Tears frozen to your face. Can't feel fingers and toes. The wind. "The wind" is our version of "it's a dry heat". But much like dry heat vs humid heat, it's true. The wind just absolutely howls on the northern plains, and makes things so much worse. I've been in 0 degrees with no wind, and the proper layers, and thought to myself "this isn't too bad".
September 8, 20205 yr Author I can make it to March, but yeah. It's not the depth, but the girth that I dislike.
September 8, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: "The wind" is our version of "it's a dry heat". But much like dry heat vs humid heat, it's true. The wind just absolutely howls on the northern plains, and makes things so much worse. I've been in 0 degrees with no wind, and the proper layers, and thought to myself "this isn't too bad". I never really appreciated the type of cold the Midwest gets until I read 'Empire of the Summer Moon' and how settlers and soldiers described a "different" type of cold and desolation. Quote “Worst of all was the blizzard. People from the east or west coasts of America may think they have seen a blizzard. Likely they have not. It is almost exclusively a phenomenon of the plains, and got its name on the plains. It entailed wind-driven snow so dense and temperatures so cold that anyone lost in them on the shelterless plains was as good as dead.” ― S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History Edited September 8, 20205 yr by BabaYaga
September 8, 20205 yr On 9/5/2020 at 5:40 PM, Lobo said: This massive cold front over Central Texas today probably explains all the crazy chop out there on Lake Travis. Thoughts and Prayers to the boaters braving the elements out there. Winds picked up big time in NE Washington and N Idaho on Monday. I think they had 6 ft swells on Lake Pend Oreille yesterday. The temperature also dropped bigly.
September 8, 20205 yr 36 minutes ago, BabaYaga said: I never really appreciated the type of cold the Midwest gets until I read 'Empire of the Summer Moon' and how settlers and soldiers described a "different" type of cold and desolation. I listened to that as an audiobook during harvest last year. Excellent, and I remembered that passage well. We would have "white out safety" discussions at school as kids. Every few years, someone in a place close enough to make the local news went out into a blizzard, got lost, and died. On the farm where I grew up, the hog barns were about 200 yards south of the house. There was no wind break to the west, so when there was fresh, loose snow, the wind would howl through and you couldn't see the barns from the house at times. My mom tied a really long rope up to the front porch that we would use to find our way to the barn and back when it was really bad. My grandpa was 5 when this happened, but he remembers it and still talks about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Armistice_Day_Blizzard Edited September 8, 20205 yr by Al_4_ISU
September 8, 20205 yr I am fine with this. However, the smoke from the fires yesterday was something else.
September 8, 20205 yr ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ yep had friends in Cali and CO share their weather screens like that yesterday. Where yours says "Sunny, " theirs just said, "Smoke" Is that really a 'weather,' might as well just say, "Death." Edited September 8, 20205 yr by slorch
September 10, 20205 yr On 9/5/2020 at 6:58 AM, Parliament said: To get 6" of accumulated snow on top of warm ground, it's gonna take a lot. We ended up with around 6" on our deck and vehicles. There was probably 2-3" on the ground. Probably helped that it rained for 12 hours or so before the snow actually hit.
September 10, 20205 yr Nice... I just opened my windows and turned off my AC. First time in a long time the Feels like temp is lower than the real temp. Girl is curled up in bed. All is good in the triple 6.
September 10, 20205 yr 56 degrees and raining in South Austin. Just shut the A/C off and kids are taking turns opening up all the windows. Glorious.
September 10, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, Lobo said: 56 degrees and raining in South Austin. Just shut the A/C off and kids are taking turns opening up all the windows. Glorious. 50 degrees and raining in North Iowa. Always blows me away when our weather is that similar 1,000 miles to the north. In other news, I expect my sump pump to run for the first time in 3 months by the end of the day.
September 10, 20205 yr 55 minutes ago, Lobo said: 56 degrees and raining in South Austin. Just shut the A/C off and kids are taking turns opening up all the windows. Glorious. 58 in central Austin and drizzle
September 10, 20205 yr 55 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: 50 degrees and raining in North Iowa. Always blows me away when our weather is that similar 1,000 miles to the north. In other news, I expect my sump pump to run for the first time in 3 months by the end of the day. I've lived all over the country, including Seattle. There were days where it was hotter in Seattle than it was in Austin. I think it was November 15th or something.
September 10, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, closetohumping said: I've lived all over the country, including Seattle. There were days where it was hotter in Seattle than it was in Austin. I think it was November 15th or something. Nuts. Reminds me of when we came down to Ft. Worth for the 2012 TCU/ISU game. High that day was like 55. It was in the high 60's in north Iowa. Mid Octoberish.
September 10, 20205 yr 55 minutes ago, Lobo said: What the hell is sun pump? /texanswithoutbasements To be fair, we shouldn't have basements either. As a buddy of mine (retired city water department guy) says "tornadoes are the only reason to have a basement in Iowa". But my house has one. And I have a bar down there. So I do what I can to keep it dry.
September 10, 20205 yr 26 minutes ago, closetohumping said: I've lived all over the country, including Seattle. There were days where it was hotter in Seattle than it was in Austin. I think it was November 15th or something. I went to Seattle for a week in July/August of last year. I packed badly. It was sunny and in the 80s the whole time., I sweated a lot walking everywhere.
September 10, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Judge Roybeanbag said: I went to Seattle for a week in July/August of last year. I packed badly. It was sunny and in the 80s the whole time., I sweated a lot walking everywhere. Yeah, I mean summers there are great. 80s aren't so bad, the weather there is actually really mild. Not a lot of days below 30 or above 90. 19 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: To be fair, we shouldn't have basements either. As a buddy of mine (retired city water department guy) says "tornadoes are the only reason to have a basement in Iowa". But my house has one. And I have a bar down there. So I do what I can to keep it dry.
September 10, 20205 yr We broke the all time record twice a week ago for highest temp on those days. Then yesterday we went from 100 high to ~40 low in 12 hours (radio said 42, my thermometer said 38 outside my front door), which broke the all time record for low temp on that date. wtf?
September 10, 20205 yr 60 degrees in south Austin. Windows open throughout the house. It’s happening!
September 26, 20205 yr Mom's family originally from Sioux City, IA. Visited a few times as a kid. Once during a particularly cold period. Good lord that was miserable. This was me every day. Like preparing for a moon walk just to go outside. Tears frozen to your face. Can't feel fingers and toes. The wind. I bet the cold air really gives the meat packing plant smell that lingers over that city an extra kick. Not as bad if the temps were in the 90s
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