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Here in Philadelphia, we expect record temps of 74 and 78 on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Two days ago we had a snow flash come through with 4 inches. No shoveling though, it melted quickly.
Mother nature is simply menopausal. Haha.
I hope you get your storms, but gently over the next 6 weeks.
In the Utah Salt Lake and Utah valleys we depend on the snowfall for our summer water. In the past years we’ve had less snowfall. Today we’ve had one of the biggest snowfalls this winter and it’s still not enough. It’s going to be a very hard and dry summer unless we miraculously get more of this and temperatures stay down. More winter, please!
You obviously should have saved the extra rain from last year. ;-)
It’s 65 and sunny here in Charleston SC. Our problem is pollen season has started. My vehicle was covered yesterday morning. Many things are blooming already.
Wind chill factor in Bigfork MT is -11 with about 2 feet of snow. You call all pray that it moves south a little bit.
Hang on tight @kayofmt
Well, if they actually built the dams with the funds the voters approved, we might have been able to save more of it.
In spite of the dismal temps out there, the glorious sun is shining through my south facing windows and temp inside very cozy with the heat off.
I think you’re the third contrarian on the theme this month, Here’s hoping you get all the winter you want, plus a bunch more for asking for it.
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Here in western New York state, I wish that we’d had some consistency. This winter has been especially bad with alternating between significantly below normal temperatures and significantly above normal temperatures. The temperature in the next couple of days is to be in the 50’s, but we know that won’t last. Let’s at least have some consistency so I know what to wear! [The wildly fluctuating temperatures are also murder on the roads.]
Now that doesn’t sound nice. I’ve already got 2 feet of snow on top of my car. Will have to pay someone to clear it. The sun is warm through my windows but doesn’t melt the snow out doors at 12 deg and is rapidly dropping to 7 deg. Will be down to 4 by 7 p.m. I’m going to have to turn the heat back on soon as the sun has passed away from the windows.
Wow, the temps drop fast, from 72 to 68 in about an hour in my living room.
Yes, but you’re not asking for it. Here’s to an early spring for you.
I’ll take all the winter I can get.
My sister who lives in Valencia probably agrees with you.
Like OMG, it’s gonna be 31F tonight…in Southern California. Highs all week will be in the 50s. Was Al Gore visiting or what?
It is currently -1 degrees in Bigfork MT.
Yay, my post is getting results! If only we get rain / snow in the mountains too!
That’s nice. I think I’d like Montana.
So our SoCal 31 degrees at 33 degrees north and sea level, compares to -1 degrees at 48 degrees north and almost 3,000 feet above sea level.
Hard to figure out how those data points relate…
Stay warm!
Before we moved to western New York state, we lived in Southern California most of our lives. During one of those Southern California cold spells of overnight temperatures in the low 30’s, a work colleague from Iowa visited us, and he thought the dire warnings from the Southern California news media were very funny.
Yep. The local Southern California news stations have a habit of sensationalizing the weather. The minute that rain is in the forecast, all of them emblazon their broadcasts with STORM WATCH! Prescriptions for valium must increase…presumably.
As if it were just there.
Yeah, any more weather announcers hype every phenomenon. Snowmageddon!
Although, I will say it was kind of neat in Oklahoma when they announced the tornadoes as if it was a football game. We got continuous updates as to where exactly the funnels were. In Illinois, they would tell you “the northeast corner of Grundy County.” In Oklahoma, it was “between Lutter Road and Wild Horse Creek, just south of 150th Street.”
(And I just realized Spellcheck recognizes ‘Snowmageddon.’ We are doomed.)
Real results: 15 F last night in Anza. Still need rain.
We had a hard frost last night. Finally. The last stormy weather we had, the only rain was over the Pacific Ocean. I guess the fish were thirsty.
Uh, what does the map mean?
Western Tennessee is covered in lime sherbet with some counties also covered in antifreeze?
Kansas is covered with strawberry fields and chocolate milk?
Wyoming is covered with Pepto-Bismol and lavender?
Heh.
It is a color-coded map of the various watches and warnings from the National Weather Service. I believe the Pepto-Bismol color is a winter storm warning and the lavender is a winter weather advisory.
I like to think of February as the end of winter. The coldest day of a year is basically January 15th. This means if you split the calander into 4 seasons, the coldest three months are December, January, and February.
This has the benefit of lining up with the calander months, and it also means I start saying it’s Spring on the first of March. They actually have a name, the “meteorological” seasons.
To me this seems like an overall better way to designate the seasons as opposed to that archaic astronomical measure. ;)
I find that the cold and the heat trail the solstices so that the astronomical definitions are more accurate. Generally, January and February are colder than December. Here in Los Angeles, August and September are often warmer than June or July.
But there is merit to your suggestion.
I’m just happy every day when I am neither frozen to death, or broiled by the sun.