Weather

[connorlindeman]

We have had two inches of rain since August 1. We should have had more than a foot. You can see the bottom of the reservoirs. They will begin rationing water soon if we don't get some enough rain. We are in our worst drought since 1987.

 

[jaylach]

Finally getting some much needed snow. This is from my 3rd floor living room window.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

No snow here yet, but some ominous looking clouds hanging over the mountains...

 

[Back in the fold]

We got our first actual snow of the season here in Billings today . Maybe an inch total . It’s already melting .

 

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Today is the day I adapt to the weather conditions transitioning to full blown winter . It is 7 degrees Fahrenheit right now with two inches of snow on the ground . I’m still going to do my daily run but some days I will walk . Yesterday and today are two such days . I see no reason to take a chance on hidden ice and falling and hurting myself .

 

[Essjay]

I've just been reading the news about Storm Bert. How can such a small country as the UK have such devastation in the west but almost nothing in the east?

 

[GaryE]

I've just been reading the news about Storm Bert. How can such a small country as the UK have such devastation in the west but almost nothing in the east?

I left home in late Fall this morning, and within 15 minutes was driving in winter. Now I'm home, back in late Fall. The sea has a lot to do with patterns. My friend left Montreal this summer, from a sweltering 36 degree celsius. After 9 hours on the road, he reached the coastal ridge, and noted the temperature falling to 26. As the sea came into sight, the temp was 22, and soon after he got here, it was at 18. It was still 36 where he'd started.
The next city north of us, inland and 90 minutes' drive away, will generally get significantly more snow than we do. They can be getting 40cm, and we get a dusting or nothing. It drives my aquaristic friends there crazy, as they shovel a lot, and I don't. But if I go visit my daughters in Nova Scotia, there is high ground inland there where really bad snow squalls have to be watched out for, while 30 km away, it's clear. When you check the weather before a winter drive here, you check multiple forecasts.
With a coastal climate, we end up with micro-climates all around, and I'm on a large land mass. When I was just in London, I felt like Yorkshire was really close, and Scotland a short drive away. My British friends have a very different sense of travel distance than I do.

I feel like I'm in a cowboy movie, snow and cold weather wise. It's quiet. Too quiet...

 

[Magnum Man]

cold front moving in today... high temp, at sun rise... slowly dropping to single digit highs towards the end of the week, and windy... well below zero windchills... better check the pump house heater, as we have no snow on the ground...

 

[GaryE]

cold front moving in today... high temp, at sun rise... slowly dropping to single digit highs towards the end of the week, and windy... well below zero windchills... better check the pump house heater, as we have no snow on the ground...

I envision you standing in clouds of breath from large hoofed mammals.

I'm hoping for snow this winter. There's nothing colder than cold with no snow. With snow on the ground, it's always less harsh. We're bouncing up and down around freezing, but by the Bay here, the north wind is now constant and will be to varying degrees until March. I don't want anything outrageous, but a few little 10-20cm snows would be good. I can do without the 60cm ones, but the dog needs to play.

 

[jaylach]

Sigh, December 3rd and the high is supposed to be 57F. Just not right for Wyoming...

 

[Magnum Man]

I wish, we've had windchills, in the -0's, for a week, now coming a slight warm up for 2 days, then more of the below zero stuff...

 

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Sigh, December 3rd and the high is supposed to be 57F. Just not right for Wyoming...

Just about the same up here north of you . A balmy 55 degrees and sunny .

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I'm not one to fret about such things (too much), but the warm weather is really starting to creep me out a little bit. No snow on the ground and forecast says highs in the upper 40s all week. Feels like October. It's nicer than the usual sub-zero lows, but I do hope winter shows up soon.

 

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I'm not one to fret about such things (too much), but the warm weather is really starting to creep me out a little bit. No snow on the ground and forecast says highs in the upper 40s all week. Feels like October. It's nicer than the usual sub-zero lows, but I do hope winter shows up soon.

Have you ever heard the term “ open winter “ ? It means a winter with no snow . It happens every once in a great while . The last one we had in Billings was the winter of 1982 - 1983 . I had a motorcycle then and rode it to work every day for an entire year .

 

[jaylach]

I'm not one to fret about such things (too much), but the warm weather is really starting to creep me out a little bit. No snow on the ground and forecast says highs in the upper 40s all week. Feels like October. It's nicer than the usual sub-zero lows, but I do hope winter shows up soon.

I agree. I don't mind the nice weather but wish it was wet. If it rains here it would be snowing in the mountains where we need it.

Next ten days shows as mid to upper 40s with a 50 thrown in. So far we have only had two light snows.