Baby it's cold outside

Maureen813

yep, we're only 9-10 miles from lockport and the way the snow came down we got lake effect from Ontario and Erie.  I shoveled more than I care to admit, won't be doing that again   Tonight will be 0-5 above. brrrrrrrrrrrrr.  We're in store for freezing rain tomorrow then snow again on Wed. At least it's not the '77 blizzard, that was snow, several feet, zero visibility, no power, people didn't get home for a week that year.  That was a really nasty storm that year.  I tolerate snow better than ice, don't like ice.  With snow, 4-wheel drive will work, ice...nothing works.

catbill

It's 2-4 inches for us tomorrow.  Temps are around 10 degrees today.  It's gonna be a three-dog night again, Unfortunately, I only have one, and she's a small one at that.  Oh, heavens, the weather forecast is on TV as I write this.  They just said after tomorrow's snow it gets REALLY cold again.  What, 10 degrees isn't cold enough?

D4Hope

It snows just about every day here in balmy Rochester NY. It is very cold.

Maureen813

D4 Hope, yes I know Rochester well, one hour drive from here.  Buffalo gets a bad rap,  Syracuse gets a lot more snow than Buffalo.  We earned the rap during the '77 Blizzard.  Stay under a warm blanket and watch Deperate Housewives LOL

Maureen

D4Hope

Yes Syracuse gets alot more than us. We get the Lake effect and it snows three inches every day, just enough to be annoying LOL.

Maureen813

Good news, Rochester is well prepared when dealing with snow.  Hubby was working out of town and they shut down the city for a 5 inches.  5 inches to buffalo/rochester is exactly your reference, annoying. Stay warm my friend

Maureen

D4Hope

Yes they are well prepared. My kids complain because they never get a snow day. Where I grew up in Connecticut they would close if it threatened to snow, it was ridiculous LOL.

suzwes

We're supposed to have a low of -2 degrees F tonight also.  Brrrrrr.  8 more sleeps and I am flying to the Dominican Republic (as long as Detroit and Philadelphia have no snow storms to prevent us from flying a week from Monday).  We are supposed to get up to 5 inches of snow on Monday night but the long range (for 8 days from now) looks sunny although very cold.

Trisha, 86 degrees sounds heavenly.  I hope you're not in the area with the floods or the fires!

karen1956

Its 9:40pm and 45 degrees in Denver....just came back from a nice walk....got to open the window!!!  SW Colorado mountains are getting snow, but nothing for the Denver area...

Maureen813

 Just on my way to chemo this AM and my outside thermometer is reading -9.9 yep, that's negative 9.9 degrees Fahrenheit!!  The official temp is minus 2.  Either way it's really cold outside.  Three sweaters, winter coat, hat, gloves two pairs of socks, boots, DD is heating the car up.  I'm cold already. Not snowing yet I think it's too cold to snow!!  Have a great day ladies. 

Love,
Maureen

lvtwoqlt

Yesterday the high was 50 which is close to the average high for this area (46). There is still snow laying on the north facing slopes and areas that are protected by trees/buildings from the snow last Monday. Today they are calling for scattered rain showers and a high near 41 so that should help melt the snow that is left. The weatherman said that the front going through today and tomorrow looks like what went through last week and covered us with snow but the temps are warm enough  to prevent frozen precipitation.

Some of the schools had put in the calendar 2 yrs ago to use today (MLK JR day) as a snow make-up day, nobody complained then but boy are they raising a stink about going to class today. They were out of school 3 or 4 days last week due to the icy road conditions.  

mbtlcsw01

Caladesi Island, FL 

mbtlcsw01

Spent the day yesterday @ Caladesi Island with the DH.  It was very cold riding the ferry over and back, but the sun came out to warm us.  We went to remind ourselves why we live in Florida.  I've always wanted to go, but chicken out because it is not accessible by car.  Decided to through abandon to the wind and just enjoy myself.  I changed my avatar to a pic taken yesterday of me and my DH.  I now have some precancerous things on my face, so I can no longer let sun shine on my face like I used to.  Oh well, I'm so very happy to be alive.  Grandson is due in 8 weeks.

mbtlcsw01

suzwes

I love the pictures and the new avatar Mary.  The Ocean and the shells look beautiful!

mbtlcsw01

The bigger shell has a hermit crab living in him, so can't pick those up.  I felt guilty stepping on so many shells and crunching them, but they were everywhere.  Today it is pouring outside.  We are having to let water out of the pool, but it can't keep up with how much rain we are getting.  It started when we went to bed last night around midnight and hasn't stopped.  It is supposed to rain all day.  We have a conservation area behind the house that at times has 6 feet of water in it and then it can completely dry up.  Yesterday, one area was completely dry.  Today it is full.  We needed the rain badly.  Just getting it all at once.DH flies back to Virginia for 11 more days today.  It was a surprise to have him home for the long weekend, but will miss him greatly when he leaves.

Maureen813

Beautiful pictures Mary.  Wishing I was there! Came home from chemo and turned up the furnace, I'm freezing today.

mbtlcsw01

My sis lives in Preble, right out of Syracuse.  I hear often from her about how very cold it is up there, but have the most spectacular summers and springs.

Maureen813

Same in Buflo.  you can't beat the summer, fall and most of the time, spring...so pretty. 

lvtwoqlt

Went to quilt guild tonight at 6 and it was just starting to sprinkle, someone was leaving at 7 and came back in to say it was snowing! the temp was just at 33 degrees and big wet flakes were coming down. Temperature has been hovering around freezing since then. We are not expecting anything to lay tonight.

Sheila 

raeinnz

We had a storm with strong winds and some very heavy showers last night but it is 81 degrees F, fine with some cloud and a breeze today - humidity pretty high.  Forecast for slightly lower temps for the next few days but fine.

Oooooo man - can't believe how cold it gets in some places over there and how many layers of clothes you have to put on to stay warm. 

Meece

Would you be considered in a tripical zone, rae?

catbill

High today at -2 degrees, low tonight at -19 degrees.It's not too cold to snow though,  Sigh!!!

Meece

Oh my goodness!  I wore a light sweater today.  I would look like an eskimo if I had to deal with

-02°!

mbtlcsw01

We've had signifcant rain in the last week.  It rained 3 inches on Monday and it rained another inch yesterday.  Today it is cool for us--in the 50's with a very stiff wind out of the north.  Supposedly getting down to freezing tonight.  Oh well, I've already lost lots of foilage but I know spring and my new grandbaby are just around the corner.

chabba

And here we had a day to savor and enjoy in this area.  No rai an temps in the low 50's.

Meece

I was amazed how beautiful today was.  We traved abot 40 miles to visit friends in the mountain area.  It was amazing clear and warm in the mountains, we had left the valley full of fog and had a wonderful morning in the sun.  When we got back home and enjoyed the ramainer of the day in sunshine without the benefit of wearing a sweater or coat.

raeinnz

Meece - where I live, in the top half of the North Island of NZ, the climate is considered sub-tropical and the rest of the country is considered temperate but there are vast differences in climates in the temperate zone. Climates are a bit more alike up our way but get hotter and more humid the further north you go. Day/night temp range in summer here is usually 60 - 80 and in the winter 40 - 60.  We rarely have temps above 90 and below 30.  We are at the lower end of the sub-tropical area so the temps and humidity are not as extreme as further north - just perfect for me as I don't really like the humidity and I don't like cold.

We are in the second day of a tropical storm that has come down to visit us.  4 inches of rain over the last 12 hours and the same or more expected over the next 24 hours.  Winds are predicted to pick up overnight too - don't like high winds.  Temp is still round 75.

Meece

I really hate winds of any sort, too.  Thank you for explaing your climate, Rae.

NativeMainer

Wind chill warnings in effect.  Temp's below the donut, just enough breeze to feel like a knife when I stuck my head out the door when the dog went out this morning.  Snow is one thing (and it's snowing again), cold is expected, but this is rediculous!