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Re: 2019 What's the weather like where you are?

Snow.

It is right at freezing and the ground isn't frozen. The snow must be melting under couple of inches that blankets the outdoors.

A sunflower that stood green after some hard frost in the yard has fallen down. Because the deciduous trees have not fully shed their leaves and branches are breaking, many power outages are being reported.

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digitS' wrote:Snow.

It is right at freezing and the ground isn't frozen. The snow must be melting under couple of inches that blankets the outdoors.

A sunflower that stood green after some hard frost in the yard has fallen down. Because the deciduous trees have not fully shed their leaves and branches are breaking, many power outages are being reported.

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And here I am still running my A/C

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It is 84 degrees now. 65% humidity. It just sprinkled a little while ago so now it is steaming off. My rain barrels are full and overflowing. It is about 100 gallons of water in all.

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Oh this day has been terrible! The three things that makes a day miserable: COLD, CLOUDY AND WINDY. 52 out there but with the strong wind it feels 20, like it should be snowing! Temperature will drop into the 40's tonight. Later on it will get warmer during the day, but we're expected to get rain/storms.

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Yesterday we had flash flood warnings and thunderstorms but today, it is nice and normal. The current temperature is 70 degrees with a high of 85 expected. No winds now, but that should pick up to 18-22 mph later. There are the usual windward and mauka showers. The sky has a few patches of blue. Humidity is still 94% so it will still be muggy outside.

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Finally got to turn the A/C off for the first time since late May. It's been off and my windows are open to allow fresh air to pass through the house and air it out. Beautiful day outside in the mid 70's, overcast skies, slight breeze and no rain in sight for now.

They are saying cooler temperatures are on the way with nighttime temperatures in the upper 60's. All I can say is it's about time...…..

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There is still snow in the shady parts of my yard.

Afternoon highs in the mid-50's F and with sunshine and no wind, it's just long-sleeve shirt weather by then :).

I was just becoming used to seeing young people in shorts and hoodies but suspect that is becoming uncomfortable attire.

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We could have an early frost this year. It is below average this year.

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Right now I am sitting in my office and it is storming out there. Good think I didn't get my garden planted yet!

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It was in the 70s, and really nice out there, which is why I got a bunch done! I also brought in my curry tree, since it is supposed to get below 50° in the morning. And I think I'll leave it on the back porch, as we are supposed to get a downpour tomorrow - finally! I just heard from the meteorologist that we are more than 4" below average in the area, since 9-1, but prior to 8-1, we were almost 8" above average! This is the only way my tomatoes sort of came back, after that horrible fungal disease - there was almost no rain at all since late July!

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It is 82 degrees right now. I mowed the shaggy grass this morning and although the top was dry it was still damp at the base. Otherwise it has been a fairly clear day. Humidity is 59%.

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Snow in the forecast for tomorrow night in the mountains where we are going camping today with 47 other couples & a few singles. Camp fire will feel good and be fun. Nice moon & star show after dark. Relax and forgot about life for a while.
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Not bad. It is 83 degrees but only 64% humidity with a good breeze 18 mph. It is cooler now so I can get away with watering every 1.5-2 days. Unfortunately, it is still too humid for the soil to dry enough to work it. I have some plants that need to go in the garden, but I don't want to work wet red clay.

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34°F outside... frost advisory in effect.

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Ever since the last rain....er, power-outage causing storm that is....the mornings are freezing cold in the high 40's (last night was 47) and low 50's, with afternoon temps of 70's. Today had a high of 78. Wore a long sleeve-shirt when I went shopping this morning and by afternoon I was pushing the sleeves up. Crazy Texas weather.

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Although the wet side of the Cascades may have had a little too much, there has been some nice and appreciated rain.

Today's afternoon temperature was above 60°f with bright sunshine but 35mph wind gusts sent Autumn leaves flying along the roadways.

I'm fairly sure that we have seen the last of the 60 degree weather for 2019. Forecasts short and long-term suggest "below" normal temperatures. A 60° day is about 10° "above" normal for this time of year.

I won't be hoping for bad weather on the trick-or-treaters but the recent rain will likely have to hold us into November. Since we had September snow, I imagine that will be the scenario after Halloween.

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It rained and rained. I’ll be working in ankle-deep mud and puddles tomorrow. Thank goodness for the new boots. :wink:

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We're supposed to get life-threatening storms Wednesday. Guess I better get the closet cleaned out. If you don't hear from me after Wednesday.....you'll know what happened to me.

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I hope weather man is wrong again we are suppose to have terrible dangerous storms Wed evening. Frost & freeze in the forecast for Friday & Sat night. I need to harvest all the green tomatoes & peppers Fri morning. Going camping Fri right after lunch.
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Your storm is probably mine. It's supposed to be BAD from what I heard, and I think they'll be coming in the night tonight in my area. First thing when I get home from work I will cover the lettuce and cauliflower. Cabbage should be fine. WHY, WHY, WHY do bad storms seem to always come in the night when people are trying to sleep? I guess I will have to pop glowsticks and sleep in the closet. And yep, major temperature drop after the storm. Too bad my Phoenix tomato and onions didn't finish before the first bad cold. I can't even pick the green tomatoes off the plant because they're too small, and I'm sure they'd ruin before turning red.

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Happy Halloween everybody!

Hmm, so those storms weren't as life-threatening for my area as predicted. But at 6:45this morning it was a painstakingly freezing 39. And for someone who only got five hours of sleep that night....it wasn't a nice thing to wake up to. @Gary, how did you do?

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As usual weather man made the storms out to be worse then it turned out to be. We have had non stop rain it comes in waves somethings raining so hard I can barely see the neighbors house then it lets up to a sprinkle then rains hard again. Water is running down the driveway like a stream and the garden is under water. There is 1 plant in the garden I forgot to harvest before the hard freeze tonight, today I have to walk across the swap with no boots. Old tennis shoes will be cold in that water I have two 10ft boards to throw down to walk on. I'm not sure why I never thought about buying boots until Applestar mentioned it, probably because I only need boots in the rainy season 6 months every winter. I actually like walking in mud & water is summer.

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Well, I guess better the weather be predicted bad then turn out better instead of be predicted lightly then turn out to be severe. I had to wear my boots this morning when going out in the 39 degree slop to uncover my garden 'cause I was already dressed for work.

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Yesterday, I discovered the true meaning of "isolated showers". It was dry where I live but as I went down the hill, I could see the haze and the streams of rain coming from the cloud in sections. I hit a few sprinkles on the road when I crossed the line at the bottom of the hill. I went over the dry overpass and could see the part of the freeways that was raining and wet and the part that was bone dry. Once I got past Leeward College it was raining lightly and the road was wet. This is a total distance of about 6 miles.

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1st frost & freeze this morning Nov 1 its 30 degrees F everything white with frost. We are leaving 12 noon going camping.

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Have a fun and safe trip, @Gary! :wink:

31 was the low last night. Frost covered the garden this morning. I am concerned for my stuff...I hope it pulls through.
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Pre-dawn temps hovering at or just below freezing point with light and hard frosts this weekend... have been in panic mode all week trying to protect or bring inside plants.

Forecast for next weekend is mid 20’s so hard freeze is coming, which requires a whole another level of prep and garden cleanup this week.

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It froze here last night, barely - the thermometers mins were at 31° overnight. Supposed to get back into the 60s this week, but much colder next weekend. This week, the garlic goes in!

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Brr. And that is why I despise the winter. The colder it gets, the crankier I get.
Lows have been in the 40's. Highs in the 60's. Thankfully daytime temperatures are supposed to increase for a few days, but there is rain in the future, followed by another temperature drop with 50's being the highs.

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Actually we were down to 29°F sat morning. So yeah. I haven’t gone out to look. I have a family dinner tonight and can’t be distracted nor have the energy to spare if things need doing out there. Better NOT TO KNOW.

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I agree. Sometimes it's better not to look or know. Don't wear yourself out now, @Applestar! :)

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TN weather man is calling 30 degrees a hard freeze. LOL hahaha LMFAO 30 degrees might be a hard freeze for TN but not MI or other northern States I have no clue what MI calls a hard freeze probably 30 below.

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To me 30 degrees is a hard freeze. But that's coming from somebody who hates temperatures under 60. My cousin, however, lives in the north and will experience single digit temperatures. She enjoys the cold, and even enjoys shoveling snow out in it. Me, I hide indoors and stay near a heater.

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30°F isn’t enough to overcome the thermal mass of the ground so nothing really freezes — ice skims on the surface of buckets of water maybe. Several hours below freezing and down in the mid-20’s are generally enough for mud to freeze hard enough to walk on without collapsing. So that’s my definition and I’m sticking to it. :wink:

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applestar wrote:30°F isn’t enough to overcome the thermal mass of the ground so nothing really freezes — ice skims on the surface of buckets of water maybe. Several hours below freezing and down in the mid-20’s are generally enough for mud to freeze hard enough to walk on without collapsing. So that’s my definition and I’m sticking to it. :wink:
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^^^ Heh :() ^^^

.... currently 29°F instead of the predicted 33, and in worst case scenario, temps will drop another 3 degrees before dawn. Not what I was expecting/prepped for.

What will I find in the cold light of the morning because I do intend to go out and look this time....

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28°F at dawn and hard frost to light frost almost everywhere as expected — especially the front lawn looked as if it had snowed:

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Skim ice and up to 1/16” thick solid ice on surface of most exposed location buckets and containers of water. But the mud was not frozen, so not “had freeze” :wink:

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Brr. Temperatures are dropping out there. Tomorrow will be cold, weekend will be warm, but then temperatures will drop again. My weather app shows next week being WAY too cold for my liking. Highs in the 50's and 40's, with lows in the 20's and 30's. Time to break out the afghans and hot chocolate! Anything to curb my irritable mood caused by low temperatures.

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Down to 32°F (freezing) by 8:30pm tonight, then keeps getting colder to 22°F by sunrise. brrr! Then low in the 20’s for 4 nights Tues night to Sat morning! Hard Freeze!

This being the forecast, it’s entirely possible that the actual temperature could turn out lower in the high teens tonight.
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The storm on the east side of the Rockies has trapped the air in much of the Pacific Northwest for several weeks.

The days begin with frost but the sunlight and still air has allowed warming so that each afternoon is in the 50's F. The temperatures have limited the amount of heating so that air quality hasn't been too bad. Fortunately!

My lawn and trees must be suffering. I almost feel that I should have the outside water back on and running sprinklers. The conditions must be difficult for the forests. This is the time of the year when we usually have storms, often snow. Very little rain falls here in the interior NW during summer months. The Weather Service tells us that the most recent two weeks have been the driest since the 1930's.

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