Stardancer

Winter, Part 2

Thursday, February 3, 2011 11:24:42 PM

Supposed to snow here overnight and into tomorrow. Last Saturday, it was nearly 80 deg. F.

There's a fairly common saying in Arkansas:

If you don't like the weather, hang around for a few minutes. It'll change.

It's about 24 or 25 degrees here now, with a windchill of about 13. Been that way all day.

This is the South. Ain't supposed to be like this.

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Dacotah # Thursday, February 3, 2011 11:58:08 PM

I know what you mean.
Strange weather all over.

I remember when I lived in South Dakota the weather in the summer changed really fast in one day.

Yesterday it was -30 with the wild shield and now today it was 30 some above.

Richard Keelingmusickna # Friday, February 4, 2011 12:15:30 AM

Definitely strange weather days indeed. I wonder what the summer will be like??

Deb Plattdebplatt # Friday, February 4, 2011 4:13:34 AM

Wow! What a swing in temperature (though I would love to sample a bit of that 80F temperature).

Now that you are on the cold side of the swing, do what you can to stay warm and cozy.

devansdevans186 # Friday, February 4, 2011 3:15:44 PM

Wow SD........30 degree temperature swings, sounds like Utah.
Stay warm!

Darkogdare # Friday, February 4, 2011 5:57:34 PM

They`ve said on the news that cloud above USA was of size of about 30 Serbias

Stardancer # Friday, February 4, 2011 10:54:24 PM

Carol, this weather is just crazy. Woke up with snow all over the place.

Unbelievable.

Stardancer # Friday, February 4, 2011 10:55:59 PM

Richard, I don't even want to think about that. We had a hothothot summer last year, and a drought, too.

I'm just looking forward to Spring.

Stardancer # Friday, February 4, 2011 10:57:26 PM

Thanks, Deb. I really do not like cold weather. Makes my fingers hurt, and I have a very low pain threshold.

Stardancer # Friday, February 4, 2011 10:59:06 PM

Devans, we have days that have 30 degree temp swings! Arkansas weather is just nuts.

Never boring, though.

Stardancer # Friday, February 4, 2011 11:00:01 PM

That cloud was/is huge, Darko! It's like a hurricane fully inland. Really strange stuff.

Deb Plattdebplatt # Friday, February 4, 2011 11:41:17 PM

We are having another winter weather watch for tomorrow morning. Sounds like a good morning to stay at home.

It's a good thing Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this week. I am so looking forward to an early spring.

Stardancer # Friday, February 4, 2011 11:42:36 PM

Me, too, Deb. Me, too.

Dacotah # Saturday, February 5, 2011 12:22:41 AM

It's crazy.

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Saturday, February 5, 2011 1:29:31 AM

I always think of George Carlin's line -- "If you don't like the weather -- move!"

In any case, anything is better than Summer, IMO.

Deb Plattdebplatt # Saturday, February 5, 2011 1:31:58 AM

Originally posted by edwardpiercy:

anything is better than Summer, IMO.

I don't like summer, either. But it's awkward complaining about it since I'm already complaining about winter...

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Saturday, February 5, 2011 1:39:27 AM

Darkogdare # Saturday, February 5, 2011 8:16:15 AM

Originally posted by Stardancer:

It's like a hurricane fully inland.

My aunt said after watching the news that it looked like in SF movie

Adele BrandSittingFox # Saturday, February 5, 2011 2:02:08 PM

The weather in the US has been making the news over here. Keep warm!

53north # Saturday, February 5, 2011 3:02:50 PM

New Moon before perigee, there's alot of steam being formed from faults, witness the latest snow storms in the US. The Atlantic Caribbean Newfoundland has done well to get away without a big quake.

Stardancer # Saturday, February 5, 2011 11:11:29 PM

I agree with you on that, Edward. I don't like hot and I don't like cold. Spring is good. Very good.

Stardancer # Saturday, February 5, 2011 11:17:53 PM

The weather here is not usual, Darko and Adele. Arkansas almost never sees snow like this. It's a different kind of snow, too--sticks together differently, not "wet" like we're used to. Our winter weather usually consists of ice, not snow. This is just really weird. And to see photos of barns in the Northeast covered to the eaves in snow is just unreal.

My family had some home movies of Wyoming in the early '60's with snow events similar to this, when I was just an infant. I've never, ever seen anything at all like this, not that I can remember, anyway.

Stardancer # Saturday, February 5, 2011 11:20:21 PM

Steam from faults, 53? Is that it?

Interesting theory. Arkansas has gotten a lot more earthquakes in the last year or so than it ever has, in places that don't usually record quakes.

Hmmm. Could be.

53north # Sunday, February 6, 2011 12:15:14 AM

I've links in the earthquake prediction post on /yetibetty , you can watch the faults glowing and the water being driven out of the rocks. 99.95% of all water on Earth is formed in volcanoes and geothermally.., when you get alot in one place you get funny stills or freak breezes - earthquake weather..
=o@

TeresiaThere2ia # Sunday, February 6, 2011 10:43:45 AM

Star, Weather is just likely a primary topic around the world. Here I just experience my first winter, but people around me told me that they had never since such amount of snow for the last twenty years on Christmas.http://files.myopera.com/There2ia/smileys/winter01.gif -
Last week was about minus ten degrees Celsius but now it is about ten plus and cold wind.

KittyliciousZaphira # Sunday, February 6, 2011 3:17:31 PM

There's one thing I like about it being February, and that is that it's the last month of winter! I'm beginning to be tired of freezing my butt off, so I'm very much looking forward to a hopefully warmer March.

Stardancer # Monday, February 7, 2011 8:34:16 PM

I think you're right about weather being a primary topic around the world, Teresia. This is crazy!

What do you think of your first winter? Did you get to have a snowball fight and build snowpeople?

What a great smilie! That's how I feel right now.

Brrrrrrr!

Stardancer # Monday, February 7, 2011 8:34:58 PM

I agree with that, Kitty. I am soooo ready for Spring!