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Nono · Jun 18, 2008, 08:32 am

(This thread could well be a fast sinker, but what the hell, let's try anyway.)
I admit it: I'm a meteorology freak. The sky is a dynamic tapestry of the forces of nature, and I never tire of observing what's going on up there and trying to figure out why.

Volconvo has a membership spread far and wide. I think it would be fun to know what's happening outside the window of others. So I'll start.

After a super-mild winter we've had a disappointingly cool/rainy spring. But today the sun is out, the temperature up, and all that residual moisture has gone up into puffy clouds among the sparkling Alps.

**Matt W** · Jun 18, 2008, 08:57 am

It's grey. Very grey. Mind you, past couple of weeks have been absolutley scorching.

**Chris** · Jun 18, 2008, 11:44 pm

We had a very HOT start to May and June. It has cooled off a bit though. overnight lows around 13º C.

We did have a week where it was 36º C during the day. Unusual for May.

My local weather

Compugasm · Jun 18, 2008, 11:49 pm

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My local weather

Nono, it seems like all you need is this website, and a list of zip codes and you can get your freak on.

**Chris** · Jun 19, 2008, 12:06 am

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Nono, it seems like all you need is this website, and a list of zip codes and you can get your freak on.

or simply adjust the Long Lat for any Long Lat in the US that gets it more accurate than a zipcode.

That site along with this one I use for Upper Air:

Unisys Weather: Upper Air Data

Nono · Jun 19, 2008, 03:36 pm

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Nono, it seems like all you need is this website, and a list of zip codes and you can get your freak on.

Mighty obliged, Comp. But what I'm aiming for here is a sort of public service. People (me too) love to comment on the weather too others, and this is a ready-made opportunity to do just that. I'm genuinely interested in what others -- here on Volconvo -- have to report.

A gorgeous summery day here: sunny, high 20s (centigrade).and great visibilty. We've earned it.

**Chris** · Jun 20, 2008, 12:31 am

Also a lovely summer day here.

I will make a photo of my N810 - complete with Weather widget on it :)

Ill post it here sometime

Maryjane · Jun 20, 2008, 03:19 am

Last week the temps were in the 100's. What a difference a week makes! Nice sunny day here. Temps were low 90's with 47% humidity. Tonight it will get down to the mid 50's. The AC is off.
Pictured is a typical cloud formation for a summer sky. I pulled into the Lowe's parking lot to catch it after son's TKD practice. It's an awsome place to watch the sun set. I'll try to catch a fiery red sunset for you sometime.

Tycoon · Jun 20, 2008, 03:21 am

What can I say about the weather here? It's California... we have two different temperatures: hot, and very hot.

Nono · Jun 20, 2008, 04:05 pm

Or, as they say in Canada, there are two seasons: winter and road work.

Nice pic of a towering cumulus, Maryjane, and what looks like the same clouds decaying later at sunset.
Does anyone see how the sunset clouds look a bit like the Euro-Asian landmass with a shrunken Africa below? (Or am I crazy?)

Hafta be getting out the camera myself.

Here another superb day, with a hot and cloudless weekend coming up.

Nono · Jun 20, 2008, 04:20 pm

A burgeoning cumulonimbus out over the French Alps (not today though).

Chaossaber314 · Jun 20, 2008, 07:27 pm

Weather?! Oh let me tell you about weather.

Weather is 8 inches of ice in February. A hundred year flood in March. A series of Tornadoes in April (not to mention 3-4 random earthquakes, one over 5.0, though this has nothing to do with the weather). Now a five hundred year flood in June.

Otherwise known as Missouri.

**Chris** · Jun 20, 2008, 07:34 pm

try living in Fairbanks, Alaska for 3 years dude

Chaossaber314 · Jun 23, 2008, 06:38 pm

Seems like it would be one extreme condition that you might be able to adapt to.

The week of that record Ice Storm we had, it went like 80, 30, 60, 12. There's no adjusting to all four seasons over the course of a week.

Gods_Mercenary · Jun 23, 2008, 08:54 pm

Massachusetts is hard to tell because every abnormality has been seen before, but I'd say its about the same, though the transition from cool weather to summer was sudden and late.

**Chris** · Jun 23, 2008, 10:58 pm

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Seems like it would be one extreme condition that you might be able to adapt to.

Are you talking about Fairbanks?

The summer time highs got to 100 deg F and the winter - there was a period of a month where the warmest it got day or night was -40 deg F (and C

and the coldest it would get is -58 deg F )

Nono · Jun 24, 2008, 03:47 pm

German proverb: Spring was a gorgeous day in May.

Chaossaber314 · Jun 24, 2008, 05:56 pm

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Are you talking about Fairbanks?

The summer time highs got to 100 deg F and the winter - there was a period of a month where the warmest it got day or night was -40 deg F (and C

and the coldest it would get is -58 deg F )

Even if those temps were reasonably static for a week you'd be better off for it!

Short answer: Weather is f'ed everywhere.

We could wake up tomorrow and find out that the world had simply split in half and I would not even be remotely surprised. I would just be marginally curious which half I was on.

Gods_Mercenary · Jun 24, 2008, 06:37 pm

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Short answer: Weather is f'ed everywhere.

Have to disagree, normal warm, kinda humid summer.

Nono · Jun 25, 2008, 03:30 pm

Hot, sultry, sunny day here. The promised thunderstorms never developed.

Jun 18, 2008, 08:32 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,134	Weather Report (This thread could well be a fast sinker, but what the hell, let's try anyway.) I admit it: I'm a meteorology freak. The sky is a dynamic tapestry of the forces of nature, and I never tire of observing what's going on up there and trying to figure out why. Volconvo has a membership spread far and wide. I think it would be fun to know what's happening outside the window of others. So I'll start. After a super-mild winter we've had a disappointingly cool/rainy spring. But today the sun is out, the temperature up, and all that residual moisture has gone up into puffy clouds among the sparkling Alps. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Jun 18, 2008, 08:57 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Matt W Moderator Location: Reading, UK. Posts: 6,769	It's grey. Very grey. Mind you, past couple of weeks have been absolutley scorching. I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. -George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes.

Jun 18, 2008, 11:44 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,355	We had a very HOT start to May and June. It has cooled off a bit though. overnight lows around 13º C. We did have a week where it was 36º C during the day. Unusual for May. My local weather I'm voting against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jun 20, 2008, 12:31 am	#7 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,355	Also a lovely summer day here. I will make a photo of my N810 - complete with Weather widget on it :) Ill post it here sometime I'm voting against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jun 20, 2008, 03:19 am	#8 (permalink) (top)
Maryjane Amused Location: Mid Atlantic Posts: 1,242	Last week the temps were in the 100's. What a difference a week makes! Nice sunny day here. Temps were low 90's with 47% humidity. Tonight it will get down to the mid 50's. The AC is off. Pictured is a typical cloud formation for a summer sky. I pulled into the Lowe's parking lot to catch it after son's TKD practice. It's an awsome place to watch the sun set. I'll try to catch a fiery red sunset for you sometime. That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. W. J. H. Boetcker

Jun 20, 2008, 03:21 am	#9 (permalink) (top)
Tycoon Queer Location: California Posts: 2,234	What can I say about the weather here? It's California... we have two different temperatures: hot, and very hot. Ty/Tyc/Tyke/Tycoon

Jun 20, 2008, 04:05 pm	#10 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,134	Or, as they say in Canada, there are two seasons: winter and road work. Nice pic of a towering cumulus, Maryjane, and what looks like the same clouds decaying later at sunset. Does anyone see how the sunset clouds look a bit like the Euro-Asian landmass with a shrunken Africa below? (Or am I crazy?) Hafta be getting out the camera myself. Here another superb day, with a hot and cloudless weekend coming up. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Jun 20, 2008, 04:20 pm	#11 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,134	A burgeoning cumulonimbus out over the French Alps (not today though). "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Jun 20, 2008, 07:27 pm	#12 (permalink) (top)
Chaossaber314 The Cake is a lie... Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,360	Weather?! Oh let me tell you about weather. Weather is 8 inches of ice in February. A hundred year flood in March. A series of Tornadoes in April (not to mention 3-4 random earthquakes, one over 5.0, though this has nothing to do with the weather). Now a five hundred year flood in June. Otherwise known as Missouri. What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

Jun 20, 2008, 07:34 pm	#13 (permalink) (top)
Chris Gamma-ray burst Location: Nashville Posts: 6,355	try living in Fairbanks, Alaska for 3 years dude I'm voting against the theocratic psychopaths Shared

Jun 23, 2008, 06:38 pm	#14 (permalink) (top)
Chaossaber314 The Cake is a lie... Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,360	Seems like it would be one extreme condition that you might be able to adapt to. The week of that record Ice Storm we had, it went like 80, 30, 60, 12. There's no adjusting to all four seasons over the course of a week. What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

Jun 23, 2008, 08:54 pm	#15 (permalink) (top)
Gods_Mercenary Altruism Assassin Location: Massachusetts Posts: 5,286	Massachusetts is hard to tell because every abnormality has been seen before, but I'd say its about the same, though the transition from cool weather to summer was sudden and late. “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” -Albert Einstein

Jun 24, 2008, 03:47 pm	#17 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,134	German proverb: Spring was a gorgeous day in May. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Jun 25, 2008, 03:30 pm	#20 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,134	Hot, sultry, sunny day here. The promised thunderstorms never developed. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne