The Thread About Weather

[amanda]

bbbrrrrr......

[fuzzis]

Looking at the New Orleans doppler loop, we have a wicked looking squawl line of heavy thunder storms headed our way. Feels muggy and tornado'esh down this way. My back porch slab is a natural barometer and starts sweating profusely ahead of foul weather. We could get winds over 30-40, so prepare accordingly. :smt103

Dammit. Good thing there'll be some boys around this evening.

fuzzis

[pinkytuscadero]

Should I be concerned about a field trip tomorrow?
Pinky

[pinkytuscadero]

I meant a school bus in the wind.:)

Pinky

[fuzzis]

I meant a school bus in the wind.:)

Pinky

I think you should always worry about a field trip...and a school bus in the wind. :smt118

fuzzis

[fuzzis]

I would too, buzzed!
headed east or west

Headed nowhere right this minute. We arrived a few moments ago, and now must get back home. Rapidly. :smt118

fuzzis

[Bahlk]

I kinda like the thunderstorms we have hear...very cleansing

[Bahlk]

LOL, just got finished with dinner and now waiting on desert.

:smt038

[carsalesguy]

bad weather tonight?

[wilebill]

24 degrees forecast for the low on Monday night.

[Baloo]

http://www.travel.hickerphoto.com/images/aurora-borealis.jpg

[nooskye]

^^^^^ That Is An Awesome Pic! ^^^^^

[wilebill]

I didn't want to be a Johnny-come-lately to it, so I'm trying to do my part in other areas.

[wilebill]

Okay, now I'm lost. Pay up? I paid 200,000 on the 10,000 post thread and didn't promise anything else.

[wilebill]

So? You're all philanthropic-like...usually. :)Well, I just came in late on all this and never got around to it. I did see that others were offering something and that's the last I saw about the topic until tonight.

[SoMissTV]

It's dropped 12 degrees in the past hour.

[Maggie-Doodle]

Starting tomorrow it is suppose to be as cold as a well diggers butt in Idaho! I heard that with wind chill it would feel like the low 20's...all you ladies with plants..make sure you get them in or they will be "has been"..that is what I have been doing all day...moving my forest inside! My deck looks awful when it is bare!

[kevin]

I still have Bell Peppers growing.Gosh I hope they don't die!

[Conveyor Belt]

I'm probably going to end up at the window, today... not that I mind... I like the cold weather...

[Astra]

Starting tomorrow it is suppose to be as cold as a well diggers butt in Idaho! I heard that with wind chill it would feel like the low 20's...all you ladies with plants..make sure you get them in or they will be "has been"..that is what I have been doing all day...moving my forest inside! My deck looks awful when it is bare!
Heh, mine were already victims of that pre-Thanksgiving cold snap. One morning the grass was green and the impatiens were blooming, the next I was surrounded by a brown yard and the pots had nothing but sticks.

[Maggie-Doodle]

Astra, sorry bout the plants...I have impatients in several containers outside but so far they have made the cold...I am not moving them so I bet they croak this time..however most are under trees that still have leaves on them so they may make it...

I have some huge norfork pines, scheffalearas (sp), and croton plants that takes just about takes two people to move..I finally did get those inside. My angel trumpets were in full bloom...I just cut them back, wrapped the trunks with heavy towels and put big plastic buckets over them...I just didn't have room for two more BIG containers and my son was tired of moving stuff in for me. I have some huge Kimberly queen ferns...I am just going to cover them up and hope for the best..they usually do ok outside...I have some growing in flower beds and they have had frost and was fine.

[Conveyor Belt]

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/39465?from=36hr_fcst10DayLink_undeclared

The 10 day outlook has some cold weather moving in for Christmas day!!! Hooray!!! I detest a warm Christmas. It's just not the same.

Now, the 10 day also has some rain on Christmas, and that sucks. I remember as a child, nothing worse than not being able to take my new outside toys outside to play.

I'm sure this will change a lot before it actually gets here, but it sure will be nice to have cooler weather for Christmas.

[carsalesguy]

Jim Gibbon is up late......he's giving the weather report on the 10:00 right now.......

[carsalesguy]

now i feel like i know what the weather is going to do---

and HE DID JUST PREDICT A LITTLE WHITE SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

[amanda]

what? did he really? I haven't heard this.

[Hermione]

WDAM's webpage says too warm for snow. I heard Steve Taylor talking about snow last night but sounded like it would be north of us.

[Maggie-Doodle]

Yep, S. Taylor said IF the cold front would be one day earlier we would get some snow....OUR LUCK AGAIN! We can all hope the front will zoom on through...it would be nice to have a white Christmas...at least we know it wouldn't last long...just one day would be great! It sure looks like snow outside...it is cold too but I don't think cold enuf! RATS!

[Conveyor Belt]

Looks like we're in for some rainy, stormy weather tomorrow and sunday. Yeah.

[Hermione]

My best friend's daughter has to drive to the New Orleans airport tomorrow evening to pick her up, and come back here, so if anybody wants to send up a little prayer for their safety, it would be appreciated!

(iheart, it's a person you know.)

[dollfus46]

My best friend's daughter has to drive to the New Orleans airport tomorrow evening to pick her up, and come back here, so if anybody wants to send up a little prayer for their safety, it would be appreciated!

(iheart, it's a person you know.)

Consider the prayer sent. :smt006

[Maggie-Doodle]

Yep, from the sound of the weather reports I have heard, we are going to be in for a rough couple of days....it sure was nice today though. It was the first day in nearly a month that I didn't freeze my butt off. I actually wore a short sleeve tee instead of sweats! I am past ready for spring!

I can't remember when we have had this many cold days all in a row!

[Southern_Belle]

bad weather this evening and tonight...

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

bad weather this evening and tonight...

BAD as in a lot of rain, or rain and wind? or ??????:confused:

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

I know we are going to get a good bit of rain my paw (wrist has arthritis in it) is killing me...

[Hermione]

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/4site/radar_jackson.htm

This is a great radar site. Looks bad out there~

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

http://www.srh.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southmissvly_loop.php

[big john]

everyone has their fav.,this is mine.http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx?loc=kmsy&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=JavaLoop&prodnav=none

[fuzzis]

I know we are going to get a good bit of rain my paw (wrist has arthritis in it) is killing me...

My right hip...killing me too. (when they told me it was arthritic, I was incredulous. I was 24 :cry: )

fuzzis

[No-Halo]

Here's where I get my up to date pinpoint area weather info... CloudCom7 (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://mowabb.com/aimages/images/07-10-04.jpg&imgrefurl=http://mowabb.com/aimages/archives/002446.html&h=477&w=640&sz=35&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=QMwu6Gfc54rtcM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dweather%2Brock%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D%26sa%3DN) it has never proven wrong.

[58ford]

My right hip...killing me too. (when they told me it was arthritic, I was incredulous. I was 24 :cry: )

fuzzis
What a coincidence , my right hip is killing me too.
Not arthritis though, It's a hereditary condition.
Days like this I long to get home for a long, hot, jacuzzi bath to soak out the pain.
(dang, now I got me wantin' to take off work early)

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

My right hip...killing me too. (when they told me it was arthritic, I was incredulous. I was 24 :cry: )

fuzzis


I know I am 34 and I always thought when my grandmother would say "oh my arthritis is killing me" I would just roll my eyes and thought good gosh. Little did I know about arthritis and here I am saying it is killing me. Didn't know something could be so discomforting.

[fuzzis]

What a coincidence , my right hip is killing me too.
Not arthritis though, It's a hereditary condition.
Days like this I long to get home for a long, hot, jacuzzi bath to soak out the pain.
(dang, now I got me wantin' to take off work early)

There's no need to go braggin'. Sheesh. :smt118 I took my hip for a walk/run. It's good for it. :smt086

Here's where I get my up to date pinpoint area weather info... CloudCom7 it has never proven wrong.

Have one of those hanging out back, do you? :smt118

I know I am 34 and I always thought when my grandmother would say "oh my arthritis is killing me" I would just roll my eyes and thought good gosh. Little did I know about arthritis and here I am saying it is killing me. Didn't know something could be so discomforting.

I never really paid a lot of attention to such things until my hip started hurting badly. I used to run...a lot...and we though it was all about that, until I went to the doctor and they did some poking around. I have a friend who is a couple of years younger than I am who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis...I'll take mine over hers any day.

fuzzis

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Bless her heart. She stays in pain..
The doctor said I will eventually have my wrist fused. I am hoping NOT. I just grin and bare it.

[58ford]

There's no need to go braggin'. Sheesh. :smt118 I took my hip for a walk/run. It's good for it. :smt086
I never really paid a lot of attention to such things until my hip started hurting badly. I used to run...a lot...and we though it was all about that, until I went to the doctor and they did some poking around. I have a friend who is a couple of years younger than I am who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis...I'll take mine over hers any day.

fuzzis
I can't run to well anymore either.
I got a .45, so I don't have to.

[wilebill]

I just grin and bare it.
I grin a lot when I bare it, too. :smt118

[fuzzis]

I grin a lot when I bare it, too. :smt118

I suppose that's better than screaming, huh? Or is that what she does? :smt103

fuzzis

[58ford]

Ha Ha!

[fuzzis]

I grin a lot when I bare it, too. :smt118

Ha Ha!

For some reason I'm stuck with the image of the dirty old man in a trench coat, nothing underneath, spreading the thing open and waggling his eyebrows with that lewd grin on his face. Ewwwwwwww.

:smt118

fuzzis

[Hermione]

I listened to Steve T. at six, didn't hear anything about sleet or snow. Thank you, Lord.

[Maggie-Doodle]

QM, I heard a couple of the forecasters a couple of days ago talking like we might get some frozen stuff..IF the fronts kept going like they were but from what I heard tonight it isn't going to happen for us...it is suppose to be too warm when the rains come and the rain will be gone before the cold gets here. RATS! I did see where Tue. & Wed. would only be in the low to mid 40's though....you may still want to get some wood for the fireplace though. I WISH I had a fireplace...we don't have one in this house but did in our last one...I so enjoyed curling up on the floor in front of the heat when it was sooo cold....me and the dog..

IF it is gonna be that darn cold we just as well have snow so we can enjoy a snowball fight or two. At least we know it won't last for long down here!

[carsalesguy]

speaking of fireplaces, does anyone know of a chimney sweep?

[Hermione]

Yes, but I'll have to get the number from my mom tomorrow. He did a nice job, left the site clean. Think he's a fireman.

[58ford]

I hate cold.
I like cool, but when it gets below 40 I'm miserable.

[Augustus McRae]

Used to be a store in the curve near Epley on 589 headed to Sumrall. It was H.C. Young's Store, run by Mr. Homer Young. Interesting place. "Cold drinks" stuck down in about four inches of water - no electricity. Great place to get a cocoler in the winter time!

Some of mine and Hawkeye's ol' cronies later bought the property, made it a steak house, something else after that, then Robert St. John made it a steak house again for a while - just was not as good as the place on 49 South, mind you.

Anyway, Mr. Young used to tell me "...son, I like the temperature down to my age..."

I could not agree more!

[Conveyor Belt]

yeah, I like it around 28... nice and comfortable!!!

[Conveyor Belt]

http://image.weather.com/web/radar/us_jan_closeradar_medium_usen.jpg

From the looks of things, looks like it's mixed frozen precipt as far south as lake charles, and that's more southern than we are. Looks like this may be the year for something other than liquid water to fall from the sky.

[jmb]

Up here in yankeeland, we're getting snow flurries and it's all of 18°. If you get some of the slick stuff, be careful out there. I've been driving in this stuff for 26 years and I just slid through an intersection coming home.

[OLDLADY]

jmb......I have honestly been thinking of you this past week...........watched a good bit of weather channel this past weekend and wondered how you were doing? Take care.

[jmb]

Considering the weather around us, we lucked out. Our temps didn't drop below freezing until most of the moisture had moved out of the area. We had three inches of rain over the weekend. That's what made me slide through the intersection...runoff from a yard had frozen in the street. If those three inches of rain had been snow, we'd still be digging out! lol Where these flurries are coming from now, I don't know. Radar shows nothing. I still get as excited when I see flakes coming down as when I lived in the Burg.

[amanda]

Considering the weather around us, we lucked out. Our temps didn't drop below freezing until most of the moisture had moved out of the area. We had three inches of rain over the weekend. That's what made me slide through the intersection...runoff from a yard had frozen in the street. If those three inches of rain had been snow, we'd still be digging out! lol Where these flurries are coming from now, I don't know. Radar shows nothing. I still get as excited when I see flakes coming down as when I lived in the Burg.

JMB, aren't you ready to move back home yet? It's cold here, but nothing like you are getting there. Brrrr.....

[jmb]

JMB, aren't you ready to move back home yet? It's cold here, but nothing like you are getting there. Brrrr.....

If I could talk the boys into moving south, I'd be there in a heartbeat, but they were all raised here and this is home to them. Sooner or later they're going to start repopulating the earth and I want to be close to my grandbabies.

[jmb]

I've always loved the snow and tend to get more excited than the kids. If it's not enough for sledding or getting a "snow day" from school, they're not interested. It takes so much to get a snow day here though, it's been several years since we had one. Back when the boys were much younger, they had been out for Christmas vacation and right before they were to go back to school, we had a hellacious ice storm, trees down all over, but no loss of power. We loaded the family up and went driving around town, video-taping as we went. We got home and were watching the video when we heard a ripping sound and then a crash. It was one of the huge trees in the backyard splitting in two. Missed the back of the house by inches. They were out for about a week extra. I was so glad when they finally went back to school. I can remember sitting by the window at the telephone co. on Brunie Street watching a few flakes coming down and hoping it would last until my lunch hour so I could get out in it. Never happened! lol Guess I'll never grow up when it comes to snow.

And my fingers are crossed for you to get a few flakes! :)

[jmb]

I tried videoing the snow for you but it doesn't show up too good. Hubby bought me a new camera for Christmas and I haven't played around with the settings yet. I hate taping my own voice, plus I went out without a coat, so you'll have to excuse me...
http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r197/jmbmh/?action=view&current=snow01-16-2007.flv?t=1168963261

Look real close and you might see a flake.

[Bahlk]

I tried videoing the snow for you but it doesn't show up too good. Hubby bought me a new camera for Christmas and I haven't played around with the settings yet. I hate taping my own voice, plus I went out without a coat, so you'll have to excuse me...
http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r197/jmbmh/?action=view&current=snow01-16-2007.flv?t=1168963261

Look real close and you might see a flake.

I saw some flakes but was distracted by the country twang narrator j/k
:smt118

[jmb]

I saw some flakes but was distracted by the country twang narrator j/k
:smt118:asshkr:

[58ford]

I hate snow, I hate ice, I hate cold.
Driving to a friend's house in Kankakee, IL, I dropped my bike 4 times in 6 blocks. Cold sucks.

[Bahlk]

Actually my kinds would love to be out in that right about now.

[jmb]

Something about snow turns us all into kids. :)

And as fast as it started, it's done.

[Bahlk]

If that was going on here...there would be hundreds of cars in ditches

[jmb]

I hate snow, I hate ice, I hate cold.
Driving to a friend's house in Kankakee, IL, I dropped my bike 4 times in 6 blocks. Cold sucks.

Not a great time to be on a bike, 58. Hope you landed in a big snowbank and didn't get hurt.

[jmb]

If that was going on here...there would be hundreds of cars in ditches

Oh yeah! That happens here too, especially the first one of the year. Nothing like hitting your brakes and sliding. That's what we call the "oh sh!t" feeling.

[Maggie-Doodle]

I saw some flakes but was distracted by the country twang narrator j/k
:smt118

jmb, THANKS for the video...I could see a few flakes...by looking at the roof of your house and the grass you could really tell it has snowed...and by the way...don't let Bahlk mess with you...I appreciate the fact you still sound like you are from the south. I would have imagined you would have a heavy yankee accent by now! :) When I lived up north...that was one thing I tried to do...keep the southern accent...I may have had to live there for a short while but be damned if I was gonna "sound" like a yankee!

[58ford]

Have you ever noticed everybody always talks (posts) about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it?

[jmb]

Thanks, Maggie. If I haven't lost it yet, I never will. :) I know Bahlk was just kidding. Or deaf. :p

[jmb]

Have you ever noticed everybody always talks (posts) about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it?

I've tried but my raindances haven't worked yet.

[58ford]

I've tried but my raindances haven't worked yet.
I tried to email a request for improved weather to the celestial powers that be, but my requests keep getting re-routed to here http://www.heavensgate.com/

[SouthChic]

When I left for lunch at 12:15, I looked at the thermometer in my car and it was 42 degrees outside. On my way back to work an hour later, it had dropped to 37. According to weather.com (http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/hourbyhour/39401?from=36hr_fcstHourLink_driving) it feels like 28, and there's a chance of sleet between now and 4:00.

[58ford]

dang.

[Butterball]

Personally, I'm glad we can't control the weather -
Can you imagine how messed up that would be?
Who would get to say what the weather would be where?

[Conveyor Belt]

Have you ever noticed everybody always talks (posts) about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it?

Better talk to Al Gore about that one. We're changing the weather on a daily basis.

[amanda]

Weatherbug has been beeping at me saying we are under a Winter Advisory for wet, sleet with freeze overnight making travel hazardous until 9:00 a.m. Be careful out there folks!

[amanda]

On another note - anyone know anything about chickens? I have three compliments of my younger child. How will they do in freezing weather?

[Augustus McRae]

Put them in garage or somewhere to break the icy wind. Put a lamp or light bulb over them or just outside their pen for a little heat. They'll be fine. Pine stray enough for them to "huddle" in would help also probably.




On another note - anyone know anything about chickens? I have three compliments of my younger child. How will they do in freezing weather?

[jmb]

What's your weather doing right now? Weather.com shows Hattiesburg is currently getting a wintry mix.

[amanda]

I heard tinkling on my roof a few minutes ago. It's been back and forth and my temp currently says 34. It just feels like it is 24.

[jmb]

I heard tinkling on my roof a few minutes ago. It's been back and forth and my temp currently says 34. It just feels like it is 24.

Be careful going home, especially on bridges and overpasses.

[carsalesguy]

reporting sleet over here on broadway drive!!! (actually the corner of broadway and lincoln)

[Sir Mickey Mouse]

My deck is iced over in Laurel. I picked up heavy sleet and freezing rain on the way home from work about Ellisville/JCJC exit. Rain drops would freeze on my windshield and the wipers would move the whole piece of ice, and it was stacking up pretty good between glass and hood.

[walls1500]

Dude. You can have ALL of our cold from here! It's been at MOST 12 degrees for the past 5 or 6 days and we've had major snow 4 weeks in a row now. I have 2-3' of snow in my yard and our neighborhood roads are all icy (think jeep test trails). I miss Hattiesburg and the nice mild winters!! Enjoy the "warm" 20's and 30's :-D

Jeff

[carsalesguy]

Dude. You can have ALL of our cold from here! It's been at MOST 12 degrees for the past 5 or 6 days and we've had major snow 4 weeks in a row now. I have 2-3' of snow in my yard and our neighborhood roads are all icy (think jeep test trails). I miss Hattiesburg and the nice mild winters!! Enjoy the "warm" 20's and 30's :-D

Jeff

geez that's cold.........

[Hermione]

Poor Colorado really has had more than their share. Just talked to my young'uns on the Left Coast today and they were getting another round of snow and ice. They can handle snow, but the ice is another issue.

[walls1500]

Yeah, it's 6F right now (low supposed to be -5F to 0F). Anyway, enough of Colorado. I remember living in Hattiesburg when the weather got cold and wishing it would snow. Hopefully you don't get a lot of the ice that TX and OK have seen. Stay warm!

Jeff

[endofthetrail]

Dude. You can have ALL of our cold from here! It's been at MOST 12 degrees for the past 5 or 6 days and we've had major snow 4 weeks in a row now. I have 2-3' of snow in my yard and our neighborhood roads are all icy (think jeep test trails). I miss Hattiesburg and the nice mild winters!! Enjoy the "warm" 20's and 30's :-D

Jeff
All things are relative. You are probly warm compared to your neighbors at Laramie Wy.:smt038

[amanda]

This is why I don't live in the North. I can't stand the cold down here - they can keep the wet, slick stuff up there since they know what to do with it. Did anyone catch on the news the clip of the guy driving the Volvo that lost it on an icy street and took out 5 or 6 cars, and a light pole before he came to a stop? Yeah. They can keep that.

[walls1500]

All things are relative. You are probly warm compared to your neighbors at Laramie Wy.:smt038

Yeah, in Wyoming they have the cold temps PLUS constant wind. My neighbor is from Laramie and he LOVES the weather here :smt055

[walls1500]

Did anyone catch on the news the clip of the guy driving the Volvo that lost it on an icy street and took out 5 or 6 cars, and a light pole before he came to a stop?

Those clips are always hilarious. Driving on ice is an adventure no matter where you live.

Jeff

[amanda]

Those clips are always hilarious. Driving on ice is an adventure no matter where you live.

Jeff

I haven't had much experience with it, and would prefer not to start in the morning. :) I've avoided living in any environment that would produce such effects. If this was a regular occurance, I would be packing and moving to Florida.

[jmb]

Dude. You can have ALL of our cold from here! It's been at MOST 12 degrees for the past 5 or 6 days and we've had major snow 4 weeks in a row now. I have 2-3' of snow in my yard and our neighborhood roads are all icy (think jeep test trails). I miss Hattiesburg and the nice mild winters!! Enjoy the "warm" 20's and 30's :-D

Jeff

Jeff, thank goodness you're not one of the unfortunate still without power.

This is why I don't live in the North. I can't stand the cold down here - they can keep the wet, slick stuff up there since they know what to do with it. Did anyone catch on the news the clip of the guy driving the Volvo that lost it on an icy street and took out 5 or 6 cars, and a light pole before he came to a stop? Yeah. They can keep that.

No, but I saw the one of the semi sliding sideways into cars stopped on the side of the road.

[Maggie-Doodle]

When it gets that cold it is TIME TO MOVE! I lived up north for about a year...I MOVED SOUTH AGAIN! Thought I would have a nervous breakdown before I could get out of all that mess...I AIN'T an inside person! I am dreading this week with all the cold & clouds..I get so depressed without sunshine! I don't want to have to start taking anti-depressants again because of the stupid weather.

[Conveyor Belt]

When it gets that cold it is TIME TO MOVE! I lived up north for about a year...I MOVED SOUTH AGAIN! Thought I would have a nervous breakdown before I could get out of all that mess...I AIN'T an inside person! I am dreading this week with all the cold & clouds..I get so depressed without sunshine! I don't want to have to start taking anti-depressants again because of the stupid weather.

you ever try sleep deprivation therapy? seriously.