August Banter 2019

[George BM]

Feel the tropics. Taste the tropics.

[WxWatcher007]

Four months ‘til reapin’ season.

[showmethesnow]

19 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Four months ‘til reapin’ season.

And you still won't catch me.

 

[WxWatcher007]

I actually hope I can get a year off. It’d be nice to see winter show up for the first time in almost a half decade.

[showmethesnow]

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

I actually hope I can get a year off. It’d be nice to see winter show up for the first time in almost a half decade.

Haven't even put any thought to this coming winter yet. ENSO forecasts are so fickle through the spring/summer it isn't even worth the trouble. Come Sept is when I will start gearing up.

[JakkelWx]

https://theeuronailedsandy.home.blog/blog-feed/

[showmethesnow]

Forgot to mention it earlier in the day but my dogs and myself had an interesting morning. At 4:30 this morning I had the dogs outside to potty and I left the patio door open while doing this. Brought the dogs back in and sat down only to look up as a bat dive bombed me. Needless to say I spent 5-10 minutes with a broom trying to steer this bat back out the door all the while the dogs were racing back and forth through the house trying to catch it. Like I said, interesting morning.

[nw baltimore wx]

10 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I actually hope I can get a year off. It’d be nice to see winter show up for the first time in almost a half decade.

Regardless how good our winter gets, you’d still have complaining turds.

[WxWatcher007]

5 hours ago, showmethesnow said:

Forgot to mention it earlier in the day but my dogs and myself had an interesting morning. At 4:30 this morning I had the dogs outside to potty and I left the patio door open while doing this. Brought the dogs back in and sat down only to look up as a bat dive bombed me. Needless to say I spent 5-10 minutes with a broom trying to steer this bat back out the door all the while the dogs were racing back and forth through the house trying to catch it. Like I said, interesting morning.

You weren’t bit, right? I think that sounds strange for a bat to do.

42 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Regardless how good our winter gets, you’d still have complaining turds.

Yeah, but at least I’ll have my snow to cuddle up with. There’s only so much you can do when the season is trash.

 

Wait for snow 

 

Get excited wishing for snow 

 

Get crushed wishing for snow 

 

Imagine it was snowing 

 

Get disappointed by the lack of snow 

 

Hate snow 

 

Reaper Call

[showmethesnow]

@WxWatcher007

Nah, wasn't bit. Nor the dogs but they have their rabies shots anyway. Probably not so strange though. Have quite a few bats here especially that time of morning before it gets light out. And with the lights on inside I wonder it they were attracting bugs and in turn the bat followed the bugs inside.

[Mrs.J]

When oh when will this weather pattern change. Spent the day in the ER on Tuesday for a Migraine that would not allow me to even keep water down. Still causing me problems with my head and neck. I at no time felt like this on our trip out West. Have a massage today and that will help but can this soup just move on out already. 

[yoda]

3 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

When oh when will this weather pattern change. Spent the day in the ER on Tuesday for a Migraine that would not allow me to even keep water down. Still causing me problems with my head and neck. I at no time felt like this on our trip out West. Have a massage today and that will help but can this soup just move on out already. 

I hope you feel better quickly!

[JakkelWx]

 

[BTRWx's Thanks Giving]

I'm surprised by today's forecast for likely showers.  I looked at the guidance last night and nothing looked active at all.

[dailylurker]

3 minutes ago, BTRWx's Thanks Giving said:

I'm surprised by today's forecast for likely showers.  I looked at the guidance last night and nothing looked active at all.

I'm thinking I need a need point and click app. Weather bug has thunderstorm likely with heavy rain forecasted every time there's a chance of an afternoon shower.

[Mrs.J]

Am in desperate need for a storm so I am running storm songs on my Sonos tonight. 

[Mrs.J]

12 hours ago, yoda said:

I hope you feel better quickly!

Thanks. I finally had to take Excedrin. I hate how it makes me feel but the pain was still to much. Hoping for a good nights sleep. 

[yoda]

14 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

Thanks. I finally had to take Excedrin. I hate how it makes me feel but the pain was still to much. Hoping for a good nights sleep. 

Hope you are able to get a good nights sleeps

[yoda]

13 hours ago, JakkelWx said:

 

I think its been tweeted and retweeted all day on Twitter... probably one of the most today

[frd]

Prety impressive . 

https://eos.org/articles/greenland-ice-sheet-beats-all-time-1-day-melt-record

 

Water pools on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet during its biggest daylong melt event on record, 1 August 2019. Credit: Caspar Haarløv/Into the Ice via AP

By Jenessa Duncombe  17 hours ago

The Greenland ice sheet broke records on 1 August 2019 by losing more water volume in 1 day than on than any other day since records began in 1950, shedding 12.5 billion tons of water into the sea.

The record-breaking day came during a weeklong extreme melt event hitting Greenland due to soaring temperatures and low snow accumulation over the winter. The warmer temperatures are part of a heat wave that scorched Europe in late July, setting records in several countries including Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

 

The extreme melting liquified enough ice to fill 5 million Olympic-sized swimming pools with water. Air temperatures rose to 10°C above average in places in Greenland this week and peaked above the freezing point for hours at a time at the ice sheet’s summit more than 3,200 meters above sea level. The months of April, May, June, and July also had higher than average temperatures in Greenland.

 

The volume of water melted per day on the ice sheet this week has increased as temperatures have climbed. The extreme melting on 1 August liquified enough ice to fill 5 million Olympic-sized swimming pools with water, accounting for 12.5 gigatons of water. The latest findings come from observations and model calculations from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado.

 

[AfewUniversesBelowNormal]

There was never really energy fo worldwide stormsystems in my life - it always underperformed. in the 1990s, there was some good NW-SE moving systems "Clippers" that made snowfall more exciting. I did research once and found that on time dates - 11-11,11 for example, in Las Vegas, or Los Angelos, or New York City, there was 500mb anomalies, and these happened mostly in the 2010s and 1950s. 

[87storms]

been expanding my bourbon game lately.  latest recommendations are mckenna 10 and michter's small batch.  those are probably in my new top 3 along with blanton's.

so are we gonna get a thunderstorm soon or what?

[NorthArlington101]

Ugh, someone bumped the December 9/10 storm thread. Still can't believe I managed to miss that storm. Always gonna haunt me.

2 months or so until I renew my WeatherBell subscription though. Very exciting. 

[JakkelWx]

D.C and Baltimore's latest snowfall was both on April 28, 1898, where 0.5'' of snow fell in DC, and 0.1'' fell in Baltimore. 

On August 19, the sun will be at the same strength as it is on April 28 of any year. 

[losetoa6]

Storms dodged me at College Park yesterday.  Daughter was touring the campus . Forgot how massive it really is . Went to a lot of midnight madness celebrations at Md in the past for basketball at Cole Field house . ..good times .We are touring North Carolina university this morning.  She's likely going to do gymnastics at Temple,  Md , or NC. Headed to Daytona from here to hit the sand 

[mappy]

1 minute ago, losetoa6 said:

Storms dodged me at College Park yesterday.  Daughter was touring the campus . Forgot how massive it really is . Went to a lot of midnight madness celebrations at Md in the past for basketball at Cole Field house . ..good times .We are touring North Carolina university this morning.  She's likely going to do gymnastics at Temple,  Md , or NC. Headed to Daytona from here to hit the sand 

YES! midnight madness at cole field house was the best. i miss that place, it was so wonderful. I went every year before moving away to college. 

I think my mom has a piece of the floor. She's a super duper over the top MD fan. 

[Subtropics]

1 hour ago, losetoa6 said:

Storms dodged me at College Park yesterday.  Daughter was touring the campus . Forgot how massive it really is . Went to a lot of midnight madness celebrations at Md in the past for basketball at Cole Field house . ..good times .We are touring North Carolina university this morning.  She's likely going to do gymnastics at Temple,  Md , or NC. Headed to Daytona from here to hit the sand 

Send her to UMD! Such an amazing experience. I miss it so much lol

 

[nj2va]

19 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Ugh, someone bumped the December 9/10 storm thread. Still can't believe I managed to miss that storm. Always gonna haunt me.

2 months or so until I renew my WeatherBell subscription though. Very exciting. 

Very exciting until we are tracking unicorn patterns that don't materialize.

[JakkelWx]

 

Another classic

[wxdude64]

On 8/6/2019 at 2:49 PM, NorthArlington101 said:

Ugh, someone bumped the December 9/10 storm thread. Still can't believe I managed to miss that storm. Always gonna haunt me.

2 months or so until I renew my WeatherBell subscription though. Very exciting. 

'Twas NOT I.......but I be ready for the first flakes!