How's The Weather By You?

rkunsaw said:
A storm blew through during the night. It rained hard for a while. I haven't gone outside yet this morning.
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We got that storm too, Rkunsaw, complete with thunder and lightening.. Started in the wee hours and gave us more much needed rain.

I had to put Ohno's Thundershirt on him. I don't know how that contraption works, but it does. He stopped shaking and snuggled down between us and went to sleep...usually the bed is shaking like it has a vibrator, during a storm.
 
Ozarkgal said:
I had to put Ohno's Thundershirt on him. I don't know how that contraption works, but it does. He stopped shaking and snuggled down between us and went to sleep...usually the bed is shaking like it has a vibrator, during a storm.
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Thundershirt? ... I must investigate .. I really need to know more about this ....
 

Everyday around here, it's 102 ... 104... 101 ... 105 ... broken record ... humidity always 100%. No rain, just heavy humidity.
As soon as the sun peeks out in the morning, I go for my morning walk.
It's only about 80 at daybreak.
 
Boo's Mom said:
Everyday around here, it's 102 ... 104... 101 ... 105 ... broken record ... humidity always 100%. No rain, just heavy humidity.
As soon as the sun peeks out in the morning, I go for my morning walk.
It's only about 80 at daybreak.
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DISCLAIMER: I'm from the Southern Hemisphere.

The High Plains Regional Climate Center appears to indicate that more than two thirds of the US is below average temperatures - to date - in 2013.
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How does that accord with what is being reported in the US ??
 
Overall this summer has been cooler and wetter than normal. But this past week or so has been hot and very humid. Our little lake, while much fuller than it was during last year's drought, is still a few inches below the spillway.

Another good rain should get the water flowing again.
 
Good geography lesson TWH.
Like the other thread about the size of Australia vs United States.. large land masses have variable weather patterns at any given time. Even states like Texas and California have snow/blizzards at the same time as heat waves. It happens.

I'm back from my daily jog and happy to do this early in the day ... before I'm fully awake ...lol Our heat dome scenario is supposed to break by the week-end, and I'll be one happy camper. A little rain is promised too.
 
Weather and climate are two different concepts. A big difference between the US and Australia is the terrain. Australia is much flatter than America. The local differences of high country (cold and wet) and lowlands (dry and hot) are much greater in America. Comparisons of climatic and weather patterns between the two land masses can be very confusing, not to say misleading.
 
Continuing usual summer pattern. Our Mother Ocean continues to provide small waves, though. Hasn't gone completely flat which gave the Pacific its deceptive name...
 
Cool, overcast and drizzle...enjoying the break in the heat...thank goodness for monsoon season. ;)
 
We are in the midst of a burst of beautiful Queensland Winter weather that is the reason so many Southerners migrate North, either for the Winter or permanently.
Forecast for Thursday

Fine and mostly sunny. Moderate W to NW winds, becoming fresh and gusty SW'ly during the morning. Fire Danger: Very High.

Precis: Fine, mostly sunny.
City: Max 24
Bayside: Max 23

UV Alert from 9:30 am to 2:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate]

Friday
Fine, mostly sunny. Min 9 Max 22
Saturday
Fine, mostly sunny. Min 9 Max 26
Sunday
Fine, mostly sunny. Min 11 Max 24
Monday
Fine, mostly sunny. Min 11 Max 27
Tuesday
Fine, mostly sunny. Min 14 Max 27
Wednesday
Mostly fine, possible shower. Min 9 Max 23
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TWHRider said:
Nashville, Tennessee is about 75 NW of me. They are stuck in a rain pattern that has dumped 6-1/2 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. The Bordeaux area of Nashville is under water this morning. One interview-ee commented he hasn't seen this much flood water since the May, 2010 flood when the Cumberland River went way over flood stage.

People are being rescued from their flooded homes, some folks woke up to find their cars floating in their apartment parking lots.

Yesterday we had a gully washer. The good was it washed my horses off, so I didn't have to; the bad was poor old hughes.net did not have a clear view of the Southern Sky, so it went down for three hours:sour:

This morning we've got nothing but high humidity and cloud cover. All this means is that my hopes of not having to mow this coming weekend, have just been dashed:sorrow:
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More strange .. if only there could be some sharing.

Having more heat in the deep south, and an African dust cloud in our skies. Africa, it seems, is not sending us hurricanes this year, so far, but Sahara sand storm clouds.
The clouds filter out a little of the sun's heat in the afternoon. Will be happy when the rain decides to come here ....
 
TWHRider said:
<sigh> my youngest brother still has the farm in Welshfield. If I had more money than brains, I'd have him send the renters somewhere else for the summer. There's three bedrooms, so room for you. All I'd have to do is re-fence the old cow pasture, I don't ever remember the creek going completely dry, the barn is still in great shape, we'd be "good to go" until winter:bananalama:

You could Skype with your children and grand children and say hasta la vista to the Heat From Hell for the summer:cheers:
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You're a sweetheart, and you know I like the area (what I can remember of it), but I'm Stuck like Chuck .. as they say....
besides, what would I do if I couldn't complain about the weather..:D
 
Well, I asked for it..now I've got it. It has rained and stormed everyday this week. We're up to about 5 inches of rain now with more predicted for the next several days. On top of it is the heat and humidity, which is making everything grow like a lush tropical jungle, with no hope for us to be able to get out and try to mow or weed control it. I'm going to have to hire a crew of bushwackers to get through it when this is over.

We had a doozy of a frog strangler, fish drownder thunderstorm Wednesday night with a tremendous light show and claps of thunder so loud, the house rocked. No sleep for me that night with two of the three storm phobia dogs in bed with us all night. Hubby slept sound all the way through it. I guess being hard of hearing has it's perks.

More storming last night, but not as severe, and it has been raining with thunder rumbling off and on all morning. The good news is that the creek is behaving it's self, although it did come up to the top of the bank in the wee hours of Thursday morning. I could have sold tickets for white water rafting on it.

Not complaining...I welcome the water unless it becomes a flooding event. My thoughts are out to the people suffering from heat and drought in Texas and flooding in Tennessee.
 
We had some nice steady rain for a couple of hours last night, so I'm happy. No flooding in my immediate area. Folks in Texas have been dealing with the drought conditions for so long, and I also feel sorry for the wildlife there existing with little or no water. Was just talking about it with hubby yesterday, and we both agreed that we'd rather deal with drought than flooding for sure. :rain: Temps yesterday were mid 70s, today supposed to be low 80, very nice for August. :cool:
 
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