bag of hammers
Minister of Fire
the "end of the world" Noah (interesting the weather channel would show this just before playing the video clip of the east coast getting hammered)
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Warm_in_NH
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Above freezing and raining! First spring rain of the year.
If it continues for 40 days and 40 nights, then I guess I gotta pack the dog and cat onto the kayaks.
If it continues for 40 days and 40 nights, then I guess I gotta pack the dog and cat onto the kayaks.
It's raining steady here or I'd go out and shoot some fresh spring shots for you.
April 1, 2014. On the road for work and stuck in a hotel because of yet another walloping storm. Drifts are as high as the door ways, can see the poor bastard out thier trying to dig everyone out.
what a piece of crap march was ,from mat noyes via twitterin New England anyway
We just blasted past the wettest March on record (dating back to 1871). Not good at all when the result is a catastrophic mudslide.
1st ships went through the seaway Friday, 1' fresh snow Sunday , people ice fishing today(on the same river the ships went through this weekend)..lol
Crazy weather! I cannot wait to see green grass!
Crazy weather! I cannot wait to see green grass!
jharkin
Minister of Fire
Funny, over here winter just suddenly ended this week. Over the weekend we got the drenching rain that melted the last of the snow and now its in the 50s sunny and looks to basically stay that warm through the 10 day forecast.
Yesterday I raked the yard. Time to see if the grass recovers from the chemical assault I resorted to last fall in a last ditch attempt to kill off the creeping charley lawn ivy infestation.
Yesterday I raked the yard. Time to see if the grass recovers from the chemical assault I resorted to last fall in a last ditch attempt to kill off the creeping charley lawn ivy infestation.
some interesting stuff from wsi on this summer and the coming el nino http://www.wsi.com/blog/energy/unus...ve-nao-conditions-has-ended-19821997-analogs/
Now official....2013-14 is coldest winter Chicago has ever experienced. Colder than 77-78; (for those who remember) NWS:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
937 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 /1037 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2014/
...COLDEST FOUR MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD IN CHICAGO...
CHICAGO:
THE IMPRESSIVE COLD THIS PAST WINTER CONTINUED DURING
MARCH...WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 31.7 DEGREES
FOR THE MONTH. THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD IN
CHICAGO. HOWEVER...OF EVEN MORE INTEREST IS THE FACT THAT WITH THE
ABNORMALLY COLD MARCH ACROSS THE AREA...THIS MADE THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH PERIOD IN CHICAGO 22.0
DEGREES...WHICH IS THE COLDEST SUCH PERIOD ON RECORD FOR CHICAGO
DATING BACK TO 1872!
HERE IS A LIST OF THIS YEARS DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE RELATED TO THE OTHER COLDEST SUCH PERIODS ON RECORD
IN CHICAGO:
RANK AVERAGE YEAR
DEC-MAR TEMP
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1. 22.0 2013-14
2. 22.3 1903-04
3. 22.5 1977-78
4. 22.5 1892-93
5. 22.7 1978-79
Source: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=101458&source=0
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
937 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 /1037 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2014/
...COLDEST FOUR MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD IN CHICAGO...
CHICAGO:
THE IMPRESSIVE COLD THIS PAST WINTER CONTINUED DURING
MARCH...WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 31.7 DEGREES
FOR THE MONTH. THIS RANKS AS THE 19TH COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD IN
CHICAGO. HOWEVER...OF EVEN MORE INTEREST IS THE FACT THAT WITH THE
ABNORMALLY COLD MARCH ACROSS THE AREA...THIS MADE THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH PERIOD IN CHICAGO 22.0
DEGREES...WHICH IS THE COLDEST SUCH PERIOD ON RECORD FOR CHICAGO
DATING BACK TO 1872!
HERE IS A LIST OF THIS YEARS DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE RELATED TO THE OTHER COLDEST SUCH PERIODS ON RECORD
IN CHICAGO:
RANK AVERAGE YEAR
DEC-MAR TEMP
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1. 22.0 2013-14
2. 22.3 1903-04
3. 22.5 1977-78
4. 22.5 1892-93
5. 22.7 1978-79
Source: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=101458&source=0
Seasoned Oak
Minister of Fire
johneh
Minister of Fire
Manitoba from winter peg
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/mu...test-key-of-bart-252699601.html?device=mobile
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/mu...test-key-of-bart-252699601.html?device=mobile
bag of hammers
Minister of Fire
bag of hammers
Minister of Fire
I heard on the radio this morning the coast guard ice breakers are breaking 6' of ice on parts of Superior. Crazy.
"The U.S. Coast Guard has spent 8,300 hours on the ice-breaking mission this winter. "
This seems like a lot to me.
link: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007...awrence-Seaway-opens-shipping-season-ramps-up
(credit njsnowfan)
Others of interest:
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/video/Two-ships-take-damage-from-ice-252980401.html
http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/596524/Ice-breakers-challenged.html?nav=5006
bag of hammers
Minister of Fire
"..in some places ridges of eight feet of ice have formed..."
"..challenged by Lake Superior ice as thick as six feet in some places..."
Trying to look on the bright side, anyone doing any part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour this spring is in for a visual treat - when that stuff breaks up and piles up along the shoreline in massive crystal blue sheets (visible from the highway in many locations) and the morning sun hits it, it is incredible (think superman's fortress of solitude, lit up, on steroids). I hope I can get some pics this year.
"..challenged by Lake Superior ice as thick as six feet in some places..."
Trying to look on the bright side, anyone doing any part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour this spring is in for a visual treat - when that stuff breaks up and piles up along the shoreline in massive crystal blue sheets (visible from the highway in many locations) and the morning sun hits it, it is incredible (think superman's fortress of solitude, lit up, on steroids). I hope I can get some pics this year.
Well at least Environment Canada has a big heart. It knows what you folks are going through.
Swedishchef
Minister of Fire
Well, we pointed out this was the coldest winter on record in Chicago, so here's one for the Canadian side:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...peg-s-winter-the-coldest-since-1898-1.2598530
"No Winnipegger alive has ever experienced the kind of winter we've just survived."
I suppose this is where Canadians are sent as a punishment?
(Sorry I couldn't find the EC link, so had to use the CBC.)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...peg-s-winter-the-coldest-since-1898-1.2598530
"No Winnipegger alive has ever experienced the kind of winter we've just survived."
I suppose this is where Canadians are sent as a punishment?
(Sorry I couldn't find the EC link, so had to use the CBC.)
Swedishchef
Minister of Fire
As I have mentioned in a previous thread, the only thing Canada can send to the US is cold. And in return you send us Nor Easters.
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