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RE: Brrr - 12/30/2013 10:17:15 AM

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Low 30's (F) and light snow here. But the weekend in Columbus was very nice.

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RE: Brrr - 12/30/2013 10:23:27 AM

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9:30 AM and it is still only 12 degrees! The cold weather is back

Noon and -2 here. Just two days ago it was high 30s.

It is supposed to get to -10 tonight. This is ridiculous for December.

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RE: Brrr - 12/30/2013 10:39:42 AM

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A balmy 41 in the People's Republic. But by Friday the forcast high is 21.

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RE: Brrr - 12/30/2013 12:01:19 PM

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Spent the last week in Phoenix with the Wife's aunt for the holidays ... 72 degrees, cool breeze, not a cloud in the sky ... Now back to the cold, drip-fest that is Seattle.

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RE: Brrr - 12/30/2013 4:58:20 PM

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This is in the "glad I moved way south" bucket. We are about to see "cold" front here so its gonna drop all the way into the 50s tonight before it warms up to 70 something. Of course I don't have working heat due to construction so might need a blanket. :)

Having grown up (or at least aged) in the north east corner of a house with 1930's steam heat in New England I know about cold nights in the winter. The FL approach is much better.

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RE: Brrr - 12/30/2013 5:26:37 PM

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I've got socks on. It's supposed to get into the mid-70's, but right now it's feeling a tad chilly.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 6:53:00 AM

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Don't make me come down there & smack you. My brother in Tampa does enough gloating on how warm he is.

Currently 20°F (-6.7°C) here on the bald prairie.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 8:09:42 AM

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It's a bloody heat wave in North Carolina! 33F... Whew!

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 8:22:13 AM

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Cold weather from the midwest headed our way. Currently 18 degrees. Snowstorm predicted for Thursday and Friday, the usual 8-12 inches. At least it will be light and fluffy. I love light and fluffy.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 9:37:39 AM

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Mid-50's, brilliant sunshine and virtually no wind, perfect. A cigar is in my (very near) future.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 9:48:38 AM

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I love light and fluffy.

What about heavy and blubbery?

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 10:39:43 AM

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I love light and fluffy.

This reminds me of a wine MindMuse brought to a dinner. Now, while "fluffy" may sound a bit critical, I mean it in the best way - the wine billowed up around you, holding you firmly in the moment. It was focused and intense; I believe it was a white Burgundy. Clean, good fruit and then crushed shells, leading you into the infinite distance.

47°F/8°C here, down to 32°/0° tonight. We live on the 5th floor of our building, and don't even turn the heat on - lights, electronics, cooking, warmth enough. After 17 months we're still "moving in" and did get some boxes of stuff reconciled yesterday. Had the door open to the outside for a few hours, to cool things down.

Kudos to Phil (Wadcorp) for using the little circles "°" - the "degrees" symbol. I always copy from him.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 10:43:59 AM

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Mid-50's, brilliant sunshine and virtually no wind, perfect. A cigar is in my (very near) future.

Gee, I'm having one now.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 12:05:24 PM

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"experts" say that January will be better than December was....but it is a tough mindset right now with two months to go and we have already had more "winter" this last December than the last two years combined.

A year ago, Europe was getting slammed with it. I think it's more the norm now that somebody is going to be getting it. As long as the jet stream pattern stays like it's been recently, I wouldn't count on January being much fun. West of the Rockies, the jet stream has been going "up" very high - in June, Alaska had temperatures in the 90s, and on December 7 it was 39°F and raining at the Prudhoe Bay airport (on the shore of the Arctic Ocean). The airport was built in 1968 and the 39° is the warmest December temperature since then.

Jet streams form over the area with the largest temperature differential - in general, the area or front where the cold polar air meets warm equatorial air. The Polar Jet Stream is the strongest, with a secondary, weaker Subtropical Jet Stream forming around 30 degrees north latitude. In the past, large "domes" of heavy, cold air over the polar regions would keep the Polar Jet Stream moving faster, which gives it a "flatter" course and less deviations to the north and south. Now we have dramatically less polar sea ice, so more open water, more water getting warmed by the sun and giving heat back to the atmosphere. Now there's less temperature difference between the polar and temperate regions, and the Jet Stream slows down and gets pushed and pulled more by low and high pressure air masses, and it's deflected farther to the north and south.

As the Arctic Ocean warms, there is some evidence (and a good bit of speculation) that the circulation of cold air will move from a polar orbit to one closer to Greenland (which would presumably still be ice-covered). Then you've got really cold water near Greenland and in the North Atlantic Ocean. Here comes the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Currents, bringing warm water up from the south.... If anything, I'd say things are going to get "more interesting," rather than less.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 1:14:41 PM

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Mid-50's, brilliant sunshine and virtually no wind, perfect. A cigar is in my (very near) future.

Gee, I'm having one now.

I'm hoping it was as good as the Padron 1964 I just finished (in 62 degree weather), to the nub, baby!

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 3:17:57 PM

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Kudos to Phil (Wadcorp) for using the little circles "°" - the "degrees" symbol. I always copy from him.

Good to know.

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RE: Brrr - 12/31/2013 4:22:39 PM

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9:30 AM and it is still only 12 degrees! The cold weather is back

A little better today. Ended up in the mid 40s"..........So I was able to get in a decent bike ride (the you actually have to pedal with you legs)

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 5:19:19 AM

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Current forecast is calling for wind chills at -40°F early next week. WTF????

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 6:40:18 AM

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Got in the office early, snow is still light and blowing around. Downside to light and fluffy is it's only 20 out with a windchill of 2. The walk from the subway was a little brisk. Prediction is for 9 to 15, but it's still early yet. I'm jealous of those going on bike rides......

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 8:24:37 AM

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Current forecast is calling for wind chills at -40°F early next week. WTF????

Perhaps the gods are angry.

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 8:33:06 AM

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Mid 50's today with 60's tomorrow, not a cloud in the sky.

Cold weather makes me grumble any more, I'm officially old, I suppose.

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 10:12:59 AM

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11°F (-11.7°C) now in Kansas City. And it's warmed-up a bit.

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 10:36:25 AM

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9:30 AM and it is still only 12 degrees! The cold weather is back

A little better today. Ended up in the mid 40s"..........So I was able to get in a decent bike ride (the you actually have to pedal with you legs)

Had to bundle up at the start of my bike ride yesterday the Garmin said 42°F but ended at a nice 78°F. The high point in the ride was 83°F, layering is a good thing.

I had to look it up, on a windows box Alt+248 on the key pad gets the " ° ".

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 10:40:39 AM

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I had to look it up, on a windows box Alt+248 on the key pad gets the " ° ".

Cool. Although it only works for me using the number pad rather than the numbers on the normal keyboard.

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 3:04:49 PM

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WTF!!! It's supposed to be about 18-20F with the windchill factor tonight! Don, what are you sending our way????

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 3:24:36 PM

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It's supposed to be about 0 F in NJ tonight combined with high winds and heavy snow. FL can't come soon enough!

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 3:26:27 PM

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 3:33:05 PM

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It's supposed to be about 0 F in NJ tonight combined with high winds and heavy snow. FL can't come soon enough!

Winter storm 'Hercules'

Sounds like Champagneinhand's area. I checked, and there have been quite a few inches of snow already, several more expected tonight, and that same cold temperature. Don't think it's supposed to happen today or tomorrow, but if the winds act a certain way, he can really get dumped on, due to the proximity of Lake Ontario and "lake effect" snow.

Dave, if you're out there, stay in there.

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 4:41:10 PM

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Predicted "high" temperature in Chicago for this upcoming Monday is -11°F Yes, you read that correctly. Must be all this global warming...

Hopefully this cold weather kills a few annoying bugs that have been allowed to survive during our last few warmer winters.

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RE: Brrr - 1/2/2014 6:07:32 PM

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Big Jet Stream event going on right now - the gray in the picture. From up by Hudson Bay in Canada, it is truly plunging straight south. Polar air flowing over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and right into Wisconsin and Illinois. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is as cold as is northern Montana, by the Canadian border. S1 is lucky it goes back to the northeast, sparing south Florida.

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