Weather & Road Report

[Krikit 1,164]

I just lit the fire! Rainy days and fireplaces go hand in hand.

Yes, I noticed that Thursdays... and especially Fridays.... have very reduced volume. For me, I would go in on Fridays because no one else was there so I could get more accomplished, then work from home on Mondays instead.

[Veronik 19]

Found out today through my sister that the it's actually warmer in Quebec today than it is here! (Here being Virginia)

[Hugglebuggles 60]

We have had a steady downpour for 24 hours now. There are rivers of water running everywhere. I like the rain.

Can I have some of that? We got 0.09 inches of rain in September, and It hasn't rained at all in weeks. Almost everything is dead, including our grass. And it's windy, so I get to deal with those fantastic tumbleweeds and walls of dust. I thought I moved to Colorado, not New Mexico

[Krikit 1,164]

You get tumbleweeds? That's cool.

Yeah, we had some pretty great rainshowers and wind gusts. Lots of flooding. In fact, I thought it was pretty awesome that the radio kept cutting in with the emergency broadcast system warning of the floods. I can't say I recall Canada ever cutting into a radio program to warn of weather conditions. It was just in the regular news reports or on-air chatter. Definitely not the emergency broadcast system.

[Danu 19]

Thunderstorms without rain are wierd.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

You get tumbleweeds? That's cool.

Yeah, we had some pretty great rainshowers and wind gusts. Lots of flooding. In fact, I thought it was pretty awesome that the radio kept cutting in with the emergency broadcast system warning of the floods. I can't say I recall Canada ever cutting into a radio program to warn of weather conditions. It was just in the regular news reports or on-air chatter. Definitely not the emergency broadcast system.

Yep, darn tumbleweeds. I was really amused by them at first, but that changed really quickly. They get pretty big, so you hit them with your car and then drag them several miles before they'll let go. It's fun watching people drive down the road shaking their wheels back and forth like they're in a nascar race under caution, trying to shake the weed off the front of the car

We get the emergency broadcasts a lot in the spring/summer when we have Tornado warnings. I don't remember having anything like that in Canada, but it may have been because there weren't any extreme weather events to be on alert about? Here we get anything from Tornado warnings, extreme thunderstorm warnings and flash flood warnings to blizzard warnings. It's a state of diverse weather events I guess!

Thunderstorms without rain are weird! In the winter sometimes we get "thundersnow" Which is pretty funky.

[Krikit 1,164]

We get the emergency broadcasts a lot in the spring/summer when we have Tornado warnings. I don't remember having anything like that in Canada, but it may have been because there weren't any extreme weather events to be on alert about?

What?!! Southern Ontario is tornado alley!!! I've been in a few of them. And what about the winter snow and ice storms?! How long have you been in the US? LOL

[Hugglebuggles 60]

What?!! Southern Ontario is tornado alley!!! I've been in a few of them. And what about the winter snow and ice storms?! How long have you been in the US? LOL

Too long apparently! In my 21 years in Southern Ontario, I remember 1 tornado warning. I think something happened in Hamilton or something like that. Down in my corner, nothing. And yes, Ice storms sucked! But I don't think it was ever weather alert worthy. They would usually come in slow and you'd wake up the next morning and couldn't go anywhere.

[Krikit 1,164]

We're under a tornado and flood watch till 10am. It's very breezy and rainy out there. The temperature is supposed to be dropping into the 40's for the remainder of the week. I need to go winter coat shopping.

[OBX 51]

Rain, rain and more rain here in NJ. Flood watches here as well but it's quite balmy...60 degrees right now. Headed for low 40s and flurries by Saturday.

[Krikit 1,164]

Got my new winter coat! It has a hood.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Well, we did it. We turned the heat on for the season. Tonight's forecast low is 21 degrees and tomorrow's high is only going to be around 44 and windy. Today was 44 and windy and yesterday was 45 and windy but overnight it only went to about 32 so we were able to keep enough warmth in the house during the day to stay warm enough overnight. The coldest it got indoors was 58. We keep the house set at 64 and as it is now 63 inside and 38 outside - I don't think we can buy another day without heat unless we want to be really uncomfortable!

This cold spell is about 15 degrees below normal for us. Welcome to Georgia, new Canadian arrivals! You brought the Canadian weather with you!

[Krikit 1,164]

Whoa. You guys are hardy. I've had the heat on for weeks. We have two HVAC's so I keep the upstairs heat at 66 and the main floor (and downstairs) heat at 70. If I sit still for too long I also put the fire on because I tend to get chilly with inactivity. I think this extra HFCS weight I've put on has insulated me from some of the cold, because I used to be freezing all the time. I did NOT like that big wind yesterday. It had the wind chill factor in the 20's somewhere. Reminded me of Canada.

[OBX 51]

We had our first dusting of snow this morning in central NJ. It's gone now but still a chilly 32.

[brightskte 18]

We've got 6 inches of snow and anticipating 2-3 more inches by tomorrow.