I saw a few snowflakes here this morning with the air temperature sitting at 40 F. Yes, I understand it only had to be freezing up where the flakes formed, and little enough over freezing for some of the flakes not to thaw on the way down. What is the warmest air temperature at which you have seen snowflakes falling?
I saw a few snowflakes here this morning with the air temperature sitting at 40 F. Yes, I understand it only had to be freezing up where the flakes formed, and little enough over freezing for some of the flakes not to thaw on the way down. What is the warmest air temperature at which you have seen snowflakes falling?
I LIKE that question!!! I have no idea but the possibilities make you think!!
I want snow but not until I get new boots. I discovered during our recent winter mix my old ones are no longer waterproof.
I moved to Southern North Carolina to get away from the snow, I still get some but it's usually gone in an hour or so which is okay with me. I did have to get some waterproof boots though as the rains are much worse done here, I used to live near Washington DC. The traffic is ALOT better down here though and the beach is only 1 1/2 miles away!! But being as my brand new home, 2 years old now, is 30 feet above sea level any storm surge isn't getting anywhere near me.
I too lived in northern Virginia (Mt Vernon to be exact) and moved here in 77. I am within spitting distance of the great Atlantic and my house is 6 ft above sea level TODAY but with the threat of ever warming climate temps and the melting of the polar caps all of that could change but probably not within my life time. The recent fires in California were horrible and downright scary and should give all of us reason for concern.
I live in coastal Mississippi, 26 ft above sea level, about 100 yard from a bayou that empties into a bay on the Gulf of Mexico and I worry about storm surge. During hurricane Katrina, the water came up 18-20 feet in the bayou, flooding houses along the bayou. I figure we'll get our due one of these years. The smart thing would be to sell before home buyers figure that out. Yep, if only I was smart...
Last year we had a blizzard of sorts and I think the snow started when it was still in the low 30's. Christmas day 2003 we got about 1/2 inch snow, but I can't remember the temp.
I'm concerned that one of these Fourth of Julys our yahoo neighbors will ignite the leaves in my yard with their illegal-in-the-city-limits fireworks.
We have a daughter in her twenties, and I feel a bit sad for the future she faces. I think we'll see, world-wide, more death and destruction from climate-induced social unrest and governmental collapse than from climate-induced "natural" disasters.
On a brighter note, I got my new/used RX570 and my trusty RX460 all tuned up and playing nice together in my old PC. Had to underclock or power limit them so as to not max out my power supply: running ~340W at the wall now.
Ideas are not fixed, nor should they be; we live in model-dependent reality.
I too lived in northern Virginia (Mt Vernon to be exact) and moved here in 77. I am within spitting distance of the great Atlantic and my house is 6 ft above sea level TODAY but with the threat of ever warming climate temps and the melting of the polar caps all of that could change but probably not within my life time. The recent fires in California were horrible and downright scary and should give all of us reason for concern.
That's the same place I lived from 69 to 71 when I left home to see the World!! My dad bought a house there and my sister sold it 2 1/2 years ago when he died. I went back to NOVA after my tour in the Navy and lived in Alexandria and then by Fort Belvoir when I could afford my own home once I got a job in Alexandria. I then moved down to Prince William County, it was much cheaper and lived there as I finished my career of 24 years and retired. After the kids got out of college I moved down here.
Cecht I too think your luck will run out one day, I HOPE you have flood insurance and a good backup plan. When Hurricane Florence paid me a visit I stayed but being higher than the predicted surge by over 15 feet I sat here with my generator for company and kept on doing what I do. Fortunately the cable tv , phone and internet kept working during the storm so the only thing that really changed was alot of rain, we are almost double our yearly average so far with a more rain to come on the weekends.
40F in Orlando this morning.
40F in Orlando this morning. What happened?
robl wrote:40F in Orlando
Global warming?
Winterknight wrote:robl
Nope 'arctic blast' that won't last one more day then it will be up into the 70's again.
I saw a few snowflakes here
I saw a few snowflakes here this morning with the air temperature sitting at 40 F. Yes, I understand it only had to be freezing up where the flakes formed, and little enough over freezing for some of the flakes not to thaw on the way down. What is the warmest air temperature at which you have seen snowflakes falling?
archae86 wrote:I saw a few
I LIKE that question!!! I have no idea but the possibilities make you think!!
I want snow but not until I
I want snow but not until I get new boots. I discovered during our recent winter mix my old ones are no longer waterproof.
Snagletooth wrote:I want snow
I moved to Southern North Carolina to get away from the snow, I still get some but it's usually gone in an hour or so which is okay with me. I did have to get some waterproof boots though as the rains are much worse done here, I used to live near Washington DC. The traffic is ALOT better down here though and the beach is only 1 1/2 miles away!! But being as my brand new home, 2 years old now, is 30 feet above sea level any storm surge isn't getting anywhere near me.
I too lived in northern
I too lived in northern Virginia (Mt Vernon to be exact) and moved here in 77. I am within spitting distance of the great Atlantic and my house is 6 ft above sea level TODAY but with the threat of ever warming climate temps and the melting of the polar caps all of that could change but probably not within my life time. The recent fires in California were horrible and downright scary and should give all of us reason for concern.
I live in coastal
I live in coastal Mississippi, 26 ft above sea level, about 100 yard from a bayou that empties into a bay on the Gulf of Mexico and I worry about storm surge. During hurricane Katrina, the water came up 18-20 feet in the bayou, flooding houses along the bayou. I figure we'll get our due one of these years. The smart thing would be to sell before home buyers figure that out. Yep, if only I was smart...
Last year we had a blizzard of sorts and I think the snow started when it was still in the low 30's. Christmas day 2003 we got about 1/2 inch snow, but I can't remember the temp.
I'm concerned that one of these Fourth of Julys our yahoo neighbors will ignite the leaves in my yard with their illegal-in-the-city-limits fireworks.
We have a daughter in her twenties, and I feel a bit sad for the future she faces. I think we'll see, world-wide, more death and destruction from climate-induced social unrest and governmental collapse than from climate-induced "natural" disasters.
On a brighter note, I got my new/used RX570 and my trusty RX460 all tuned up and playing nice together in my old PC. Had to underclock or power limit them so as to not max out my power supply: running ~340W at the wall now.
Ideas are not fixed, nor should they be; we live in model-dependent reality.
robl wrote:I too lived in
That's the same place I lived from 69 to 71 when I left home to see the World!! My dad bought a house there and my sister sold it 2 1/2 years ago when he died. I went back to NOVA after my tour in the Navy and lived in Alexandria and then by Fort Belvoir when I could afford my own home once I got a job in Alexandria. I then moved down to Prince William County, it was much cheaper and lived there as I finished my career of 24 years and retired. After the kids got out of college I moved down here.
Cecht I too think your luck will run out one day, I HOPE you have flood insurance and a good backup plan. When Hurricane Florence paid me a visit I stayed but being higher than the predicted surge by over 15 feet I sat here with my generator for company and kept on doing what I do. Fortunately the cable tv , phone and internet kept working during the storm so the only thing that really changed was alot of rain, we are almost double our yearly average so far with a more rain to come on the weekends.