Another polar blast on the menu for next week!!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:30 pm

Another polar blast on the menu for next week!!!!!! Devil!!!!

http://www.ibtimes.com/polar-vortex-ove ... ek-1536046

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:48 pm

Forecast to hit OK the following week; not sure if OR will get hit by this one. Crossed fingers.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:58 pm

Second (or third) graphic down the page here: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n ... t/22075421

West Coast looks OK Erik.

Bet Vortex has become a dirty word for folks middle and east.
Hope it's over fast.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:02 pm

lucky1 wrote:Second (or third) graphic down the page here: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n ... t/22075421

West Coast looks OK Erik.

Bet Vortex has become a dirty word for folks middle and east.
Hope it's over fast.

Barb

"And when I say 'Vortex'...I mean my..."

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:42 am

Funny, Michael...

We're stuck in an inversion...a fog soup in the valleys that keeps frost stuck to all the plants and temps below freezing.
All while people are skiing 2,000 feet up the nearby mountain, in bright warm sunshine and getting tans.

May have to go for a drive up there just to get some Vit D.

As long as you folks don't get another Hurricane...

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:55 pm

lucky1 wrote:
Funny, Michael...

We're stuck in an inversion...a fog soup in the valleys that keeps frost stuck to all the plants and temps below freezing.
All while people are skiing 2,000 feet up the nearby mountain, in bright warm sunshine and getting tans.

May have to go for a drive up there just to get some Vit D.

As long as you folks don't get another Hurricane...

Barb

I am so hating this winter crap!!! Even some of my bamboo leaves butrnt, that is a first!!!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:08 pm

Has the place down the shore been warmer/less frigid?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:07 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Has the place down the shore been warmer/less frigid?

it is cold here too, but probably a bit less, but windy as hell coming off the delaware bay , down here now...painting and ripping out cabinets in the kitchen, new electric service and floors go in soon...yay then the new kitchen goes in

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:52 am

We are heading into the next arctic friggin' blast today but at least we are expecting ten inches of snow to help cover things this time around. The last time, it got warm (60) f the day before and rained like hell, melting all the snow. Then the ground froze hard and long...ugh. At least, this time the snow cover should help cover things a bit.....Have I yet said how much I hate winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:27 am

Ugh, Michael.

Seems these polar vortex thingies run across the country, time and again, like railcars.
One after another.

That's a big job you're doing; good luck with it.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:08 am

lucky1 wrote:Ugh, Michael.

Seems these polar vortex thingies run across the country, time and again, like railcars.
One after another.

That's a big job you're doing; good luck with it.

Barb

Snow totals now projected to be 16 inches, woo hoo!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:14 am

Snow totals now projected to be 16 inches, woo hoo!!!!

Will the kitchen cabinet truck make it in?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:16 am

lucky1 wrote:
Snow totals now projected to be 16 inches, woo hoo!!!!
Will the kitchen cabinet truck make it in?

i'm back in home region now, back to work after the three day weekend, which now because of the snow will be a five day weekend I think.....

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:22 am

a five day weekend I think...

West coast Canucks never get that.
Maybe bigger snow plows?

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:13 am

lucky1 wrote:
a five day weekend I think...
West coast Canucks never get that.
Maybe bigger snow plows?

Barb

We got 13.3 in (34 cm) snow last night, hopefully that will keep some stuff warm in the 4 f temp this morning and winds, ugh

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:37 am

No snow here since 3 weeks

...but bariely cold, now its -30c

....we had at least 8-10 nights Under the -20c mark, never saw that since a lot of year. Normally we have 4-5 night Under -20c in a normal winter. But this year its amazing...no nights over -25c till saturday

....high between -17c to -20c in the day.
Dawn it, where s the global warming

Ben

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 7:33 am

hopefully that will keep some stuff warm in the 4 f temp this morning and winds, ugh

Oh man, to actually be grateful for a foot of snow...

no nights over -25c till saturday

Ouch.
What a test this winter for everyone's protection.
That's why global warming was rephrased to climate change.
Or global WARNING.

We haven't seen the sun in a week, with valley fog that'll get worse before disappearing.

Hang in there, folks.
Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 7:59 am

It is a cloudless sunny beautiful day though, was out shoveling....not in shorts this time though....lol

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:05 am

Sunshine makes such a difference...I'd happily trade a few degrees C for it.

Weather channel just reported it's 40F in Fairbanks Alaska.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:10 am

lucky1 wrote:Sunshine makes such a difference...I'd happily trade a few degrees C for it.

Weather channel just reported it's 40F in Fairbanks Alaska.

yeah the sunshine does make it more bearable, gorgeous outside too..i was actually sweating while shoveling at 10 f, even with the wind...

andym · Post by **andym** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:38 pm

Sorry to hear of the that continuing dreadful Weather some of you are having. That wonderful jet stream has kept the UK relatively mild. So mild that my Musa Basjoo is opening new leaves and my beloved Beschorneria Albiflora has started to flower... in January

not good

Musa Basjoo

Tree ferns.... Dicksonia Antartica ... still happy and relatively green

The Cycas Revolta enjoying all the rain.

I hope it warms up for you soon... but not too soon as we'll get all that crap then

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:43 pm

Not warming up in the ten day forecast, all under freezing and single digits at night, ugh! I'm moving to Alaska!

905palms · Post by **905palms** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:00 pm

I remember last year Europe got spanked, now it's our turn..

Love that Tree Fern AndyM!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:20 pm

905palms wrote:I remember last year Europe got spanked, now it's our turn..

Love that Tree Fern AndyM!

I DO LOVE ME A GOOD SPANKING!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:42 am

Looks like Spring at your place Andy.
Great tree ferns!

andym · Post by **andym** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:11 am

905palms wrote:I remember last year Europe got spanked, now it's our turn..

Love that Tree Fern AndyM!

Strangely enough temperature wise it was a mild winter in most parts of Western Europe but it was a very long Winter that went on until May. My minimum was -7C but many parts of the UK were much milder than my inland climate
The beast from the east is not currently far away from us though and in 2011 I had a -11C from its last visit
http://www.wetteronline.de/tiefsttemper ... rte/europa

Glad you liked the tree ferns, both are around 6ft tall.

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:07 am

when is that January meltdown? I got enough of this:

The US is set for its coldest month this century after weeks of sub-freezing temperatures.
The Daily Mail reported:

America is set for the coldest month of the century as weather forecasters predict yet another freezing blast of Arctic air – putting Super Bowl Sunday in jeopardy.

Teams have been warned to stay on high alert for changes to the scheduling of the first Super Bowl to be played in an open-air stadium.

Temperatures have already hit record lows, at times making parts of the U.S. colder than the North Pole, and are expected to plunge in the coming days.

The timing could not be worse for one of the biggest global sporting events, which will be exposed to the full force of the elements at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on February 2.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:17 am

It is ridiculous, should moderate this week after Thursday here in the east coast....... Warmer today but then plunging again for tow days tonight!!!!!! I shall never post a January forecast model that predicts a warmer than average January, and if I ever find the meteorologist who predicted that, it shall be a slow and painful_______________....LOL!!!!!!!

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:17 am

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:04 pm

if I ever find the meteorologist who predicted that, it shall be a slow and painful_______________....LOL!!!!!!!

Start with Gore.

Cold of the Century...that's quite a phrase.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:16 pm

lucky1 wrote: Start with Gore.

Cold of the Century...that's quite a phrase.

Barb

Brrr...I sure hope you all warm up in the east, and the west, been in cold fog for a week.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:20 am

DesertZone wrote:
lucky1 wrote: Start with Gore.

Cold of the Century...that's quite a phrase.

Barb

Brrr...I sure hope you all warm up in the east, and the west, been in cold fog for a week.

It is ridiculous here, will moderate buy thursday, then the funerals begin....30 f is gona be like spring anymore

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:20 am

DesertZone wrote:
lucky1 wrote: Start with Gore.

Cold of the Century...that's quite a phrase.

Barb

Brrr...I sure hope you all warm up in the east, and the west, been in cold fog for a week.

It is ridiculous here, will moderate buy thursday, then the funerals begin....30 f is gona be like spring anymore

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:42 am

Yeah, and its not looking good for the next 2 weeks. There s a map from Environment Canada. And they are right almost all the time. Look, almost all the earth continent are below the normal temp. and the ocean still above

http://meteo.gc.ca/ensemble/naefs/semai ... nee_f.html

Ben

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:01 am

AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IS WAY ABOVE NORMAL!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!

Even the damned arctic sea ice is below normal extent overall, it being way beyond normal in NA is more than made up for by the mild winter on the other side of the world...

Worse then '93-94'? Probably not here. Worse then the early 80's? Probably not.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:09 am

Nome Alaska is "warm", with 37 to 43F these days.

Looks like BC is in for arctic air again, maybe a whack of snow too:
Graphics show North America for February.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-b ... w/22641277

Hwy 3 to Keremeos is closed due to a rock slide, it's been mild in S.Interior with +3C.

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:55 am

And look at New Orleans' forecast!!!!!!

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/aler ... source=web

Holy crap!

Ice Age cometh...

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:43 am

The winter is retreating, finally. I hope this time for good. But as a bonus we got rain in subzero temps

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:07 am

Finally made it into February people!!!!!! woo hoo! one more month if this crap!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:02 am

And now we're cold for a week or so.

Barb