What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ? - Page 60

Sweetpea · 03-04-2009, 04:38 AM

Zelda, keep that storm to yourself, please! They say there is a lot of wind coming from the South West. But, as I live in the North East, it won't reach me until this evening.

Right now, there are some light clouds covering the blue canvas in the sky. We did have a magnificent sunrise though.

GeoffC · 03-04-2009, 06:11 AM

pffft - forecast for today was supposed to be heavy snow - pah - it's sunny this morning - shirt-sleeved weather ..... (fings aren't what they used to be)

RCR · 03-06-2009, 06:35 AM

I guess this isn't exactly a meteorological phenomenon but...

... we just had an earth tremor here. Very tiny, only 4.7 on the richter scale. But it was exciting. I live in an old and crumbling two storey brick building and I could hear the brickwork grinding away. I thought for a second the walls might collapse, but they didn't.

It was exciting for me because it's only the second tremor I've experienced. The first time was in a hotel room in Manila. That was strong enough to shake me off my feet and make the venetian blinds sway violently and smash against the window frames. I recall going down to reception and asking about it. The reception staff flatly denied there had been an earthquake. I guess they didn't want a foreign guest whining and blaming the hotel and demanding a refund.

pshrynk · 03-06-2009, 09:11 AM

Spring is in the air! I saw a robin flying through the dead tree branches and thought, "Poor little bugger! He's going to freeze to death!"

GeoffC · 03-06-2009, 09:21 AM

Plenty of robin redbreasts here - and the sun is blazing down in to the early spring air....

Greg Anos · 03-06-2009, 09:24 AM

Highs in the 25-27 C range through Tuesday....

Wetdogeared · 03-06-2009, 09:32 AM

0 C here at 6:30 am, cold front moving in later, maybe snow or rain depending on elevation.

Good Morning, WDE.

montsnmags · 03-07-2009, 08:22 PM

Same-same today (warm, humid), though we do have a tropical cyclone (Hamish) tracking down the coast, and the warnings for the possibility of it bringing its winds and floods down as far as Tewantin in the next 48 hours (which is where I live - Tewantin is the local weather station, a few kilometres away).

So, the next few days could be wet and windy, or just wet. Who knows though? Tropical cyclones/hurricanes tend to play it random. The surfs probably going to be up though, which will make for some nice body-bashing, but means we might lose a lot of our beach again suddenly, like last June.

Cheers,
Marc

nekokami · 03-07-2009, 11:00 PM

About 10C here today, maybe a bit warmer. Supposed to snow tomorrow, though.

We call this time of year "would you $&$#$ make up your mind already?" The Muffin Man personifies Spring as this ditzy chick with an attention span of maybe a minute and a half. And the ability to teleport to anything that catches her attention (leaving the rest of us to the not-so-tender mercies of Winter, a rather jealous crone with a nasty sense of humor about the whole thing).

montsnmags · 03-08-2009, 06:23 AM

Okay, I just had a new experience. I've been living here 18 months, and we've had them some distance off the coast before, but they've not gone to the following extent before...

In prime time TV, in relation to my previous post above, they just issued a "WOOP! WOOP!" Severe Tropical Cyclone warning message. It basically repeats the stuff at a couple of the links in my previous post (we're still 48 hours away, if it keeps coming, and they're predicting it'll be down to Category 3 by then), but...yeah, that's new.

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 03-08-2009, 09:07 AM

brilliant sunshine, but chilly.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-08-2009, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

We call this time of year "would you $&$#$ make up your mind already?" The Muffin Man personifies Spring as this ditzy chick with an attention span of maybe a minute and a half. And the ability to teleport to anything that catches her attention (leaving the rest of us to the not-so-tender mercies of Winter, a rather jealous crone with a nasty sense of humor about the whole thing).

heh, not bad.

i call this time of year "first hit of spring crack" and then of course you've got weeks or months of withdrawal while winter digs its nails in and refuses to go quietly...

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Okay, I just had a new experience. I've been living here 18 months, and we've had them some distance off the coast before, but they've not gone to the following extent before...

In prime time TV, in relation to my previous post above, they just issued a "WOOP! WOOP!" Severe Tropical Cyclone warning message. It basically repeats the stuff at a couple of the links in my previous post (we're still 48 hours away, if it keeps coming, and they're predicting it'll be down to Category 3 by then), but...yeah, that's new.

Cheers,
Marc

crikey !

batten down the hatches and stay indoors...

montsnmags · 03-08-2009, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...
crikey !

batten down the hatches and stay indoors...

Battered hatches? Is this some kind of French pastry, because, if so, I am so there!

Cheers,
Marc (who listens to warnings, but hears "pastry")

GeoffC · 03-08-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Battered hatches? Is this some kind of French pastry, because, if so, I am so there!

Cheers,
Marc (who listens to warnings, but hears "pastry")

probably some french naughtycal term ...

zelda_pinwheel · 03-08-2009, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Battered hatches? Is this some kind of French pastry, because, if so, I am so there!

let's invent a new pastry, and call it that !

Quote:

Marc (who listens to warnings, but hears "pastry")

when do you *not* hear "pastry" ?

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03-04-2009, 04:38 AM	#886
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Zelda, keep that storm to yourself, please! They say there is a lot of wind coming from the South West. But, as I live in the North East, it won't reach me until this evening. Right now, there are some light clouds covering the blue canvas in the sky. We did have a magnificent sunrise though.

03-04-2009, 06:11 AM	#887
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	pffft - forecast for today was supposed to be heavy snow - pah - it's sunny this morning - shirt-sleeved weather ..... (fings aren't what they used to be)

03-06-2009, 06:35 AM	#888
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	I guess this isn't exactly a meteorological phenomenon but... ... we just had an earth tremor here. Very tiny, only 4.7 on the richter scale. But it was exciting. I live in an old and crumbling two storey brick building and I could hear the brickwork grinding away. I thought for a second the walls might collapse, but they didn't. It was exciting for me because it's only the second tremor I've experienced. The first time was in a hotel room in Manila. That was strong enough to shake me off my feet and make the venetian blinds sway violently and smash against the window frames. I recall going down to reception and asking about it. The reception staff flatly denied there had been an earthquake. I guess they didn't want a foreign guest whining and blaming the hotel and demanding a refund.

03-06-2009, 09:11 AM	#889
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Spring is in the air! I saw a robin flying through the dead tree branches and thought, "Poor little bugger! He's going to freeze to death!"

03-06-2009, 09:21 AM	#890
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Plenty of robin redbreasts here - and the sun is blazing down in to the early spring air....

03-06-2009, 09:24 AM	#891
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,530 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Highs in the 25-27 C range through Tuesday....

03-06-2009, 09:32 AM	#892
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,780 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	0 C here at 6:30 am, cold front moving in later, maybe snow or rain depending on elevation. Good Morning, WDE.

03-07-2009, 08:22 PM	#893
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Same-same today (warm, humid), though we do have a tropical cyclone (Hamish) tracking down the coast, and the warnings for the possibility of it bringing its winds and floods down as far as Tewantin in the next 48 hours (which is where I live - Tewantin is the local weather station, a few kilometres away). So, the next few days could be wet and windy, or just wet. Who knows though? Tropical cyclones/hurricanes tend to play it random. The surfs probably going to be up though, which will make for some nice body-bashing, but means we might lose a lot of our beach again suddenly, like last June. Cheers, Marc

03-07-2009, 11:00 PM	#894
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	About 10C here today, maybe a bit warmer. Supposed to snow tomorrow, though. We call this time of year "would you $&$#$ make up your mind already?" The Muffin Man personifies Spring as this ditzy chick with an attention span of maybe a minute and a half. And the ability to teleport to anything that catches her attention (leaving the rest of us to the not-so-tender mercies of Winter, a rather jealous crone with a nasty sense of humor about the whole thing).

03-08-2009, 06:23 AM	#895
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Okay, I just had a new experience. I've been living here 18 months, and we've had them some distance off the coast before, but they've not gone to the following extent before... In prime time TV, in relation to my previous post above, they just issued a "WOOP! WOOP!" Severe Tropical Cyclone warning message. It basically repeats the stuff at a couple of the links in my previous post (we're still 48 hours away, if it keeps coming, and they're predicting it'll be down to Category 3 by then), but...yeah, that's new. Cheers, Marc

03-08-2009, 09:07 AM	#896
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	brilliant sunshine, but chilly.