What's the weather where you are?

Horseofadifferentcolor said:
Here in Texas it is very hazy. On our local weather it says the winds are bringing dust from the African Sahara! We get dust and smoke from Mexico all the time, but Africa? :O EPA says this is fine, but after working outside all day I cant stop sneezing.

Here is the link showing the wind pattern. http://austin.ynn.com/content/weather/

Is this new or just something I have not read before?

Actually, we also have dust from the African Sahara in the south-east of France, which happens from time to time for a few days here, but what isn't usual is the fact that it has been going on for more than one month, giving a rather hazy sky where it is renowned to be very clear...
 
Been pretty nice here in North Yorkshire this week, warmish days with some pretty long nights. I'm hoping it stays that way for Leeds Festival, but British weather can be really temperamental.
 
Nienna Eluch said:
Here in Massachusetts, we are having a drought, although nothing like in the midwest and southern states.

I was talking to the worker where I buy my grass-fed meat at and he said that they did get the first cutting of hay, but the second cutting is all dried up and brown. There is a farm in a different city that they couldn't even get their first cutting as it all dried up and died. He says he doesn't understand why there is no mention of this drought on the news.

We have had forecasts of rain and thunderstorms throughout the spring and summer and end up either getting nothing, or very little. That big storm, the derecho, that was suppose to hit the east and southern part of New England the last couple of days never materialized, at least not where I live. We did get a couple of short showers that didn't do much other than to wet the top of the dirt and leave a few puddles on the streets. The weather is cooler and cloudy now, so that's nicer. It was in the 90s and very humid.

The continuing weather forecast is for scattered thunderstorms....we'll see....

We got some rain and even a little thunder - so yay. As a matter of fact, it's still raining.
 
Mainly clear skys and sunny here in central England. One thing i did notice yesterday on an early morning walk - just how bright the Sun was. Ive never known it so bright to actually catch my attention like that. Never worn sun-glasses once in my whole life, but ordered some yesterday after that.
 
Some guy at FB noticed that the skies are really void of airplanes and he is right: I noticed here the sky is void, since some days, of contrails. The sky is blue, blue, blue like the sea in a beautiful calm day. Is that normal? No airplanes at all? Nothing in the sky, nothing? How are your skies?

I am very happy because August is coming and that means autumn! My favorite season! ;D

So here 34 Celsius. Vitamin D in quantity.
 
Had some very sudden, very heavy, thunder-storms over the past couple of days. They kinda come out of no-where, belt it down for a bit, and then disappear.
 
Timey said:
Had some very sudden, very heavy, thunder-storms over the past couple of days. They kinda come out of no-where, belt it down for a bit, and then disappear.
Ours just ended an hour ago, it was not very long or strong, "but" the noise sometimes was freaking weird : the thunder sounded like it was coming from a metal box, with echoes, as some cheap computer speaker.

Weird, I have to say.
 
Ekios said:
Timey said:
Had some very sudden, very heavy, thunder-storms over the past couple of days. They kinda come out of no-where, belt it down for a bit, and then disappear.
Ours just ended an hour ago, it was not very long or strong, "but" the noise sometimes was freaking weird : the thunder sounded like it was coming from a metal box, with echoes, as some cheap computer speaker.

Weird, I have to say.

Yeah the thunder was pretty impressive here as well.
 
Here in Germany, the wheather is behaving weird as well - constantly switching from very hot to quite cool and back. Maybe it's just because I pay more attention, but I get the feeling that the "sky moves faster", so to say.

Nienna Eluch said:
I was talking to the worker where I buy my grass-fed meat at and he said that they did get the first cutting of hay, but the second cutting is all dried up and brown. There is a farm in a different city that they couldn't even get their first cutting as it all dried up and died. He says he doesn't understand why there is no mention of this drought on the news.

I just read an article on Agromoney.com about declining wheat harvest in Russia and elsewhere because of the drought. It seems to happen everywhere.

[...]
"When you are talking about a harvest that low, you would not expect the Russian government to stand idly by and watch grains leave the country, and undo the efforts it has made to build up the livestock industry."

In the US, broker Doane said: "The continued deterioration of crop estimates for Russia is reviving warnings that country may have no choice but to suspend new grain sales like it did in 2010, even though last week Prime Minister Medvedev decidedly ruled that out."

'Story for wheat only beginning'

The comments come amid continued concerns too for wheat crops elsewhere in the former Soviet Union, and in Argentina, Australia and parts of Europe, where dryness has also been a threat.

In the US, the drought, if it continues into autumn, could hamper sowings of winter wheat for 2013 too.


Matthew Pierce, trader at GrainAnalyst.com, said: "Heading into the planting season for soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat, the story for wheat is only beginning while the story for corn feels played.

"Problems in Australia, Argentina, Russia and Kazakhstan - the issues with wheat are expanding by the day."

Source: _http://www.agrimoney.com/news/reviving-russia-export-fears-refresh-wheat-prices--4833.html
 
luc said:
Here in Germany, the wheather is behaving weird as well - constantly switching from very hot to quite cool and back. Maybe it's just because I pay more attention, but I get the feeling that the "sky moves faster", so to say.
I concur, yesterday It was almost "cold" our thermometer told us 12°C in the morning, it was cloudy and all until 15h in the afternoon and then BANG, sun, heat, 30°C ... and this morning ? 9°C :scared:
 
Luc said:
Here in Germany, the weather is behaving weird as well - constantly switching from very hot to quite cool and back.

Same here.

Two days ago, (Sunday), Toulouse region was exposed to intense thunders and rainfalls. In one hour or so rain totaled 55 mm and thunders were strong, frequent and close.

After this storm, temperatures dropped sharply from 30+ to 20ish (Celsius).

Today (Tuesday), the sun is back and temperatures are on the rise again. We should reach 37 on Friday.

Those last days are a very good summary of the summer 2012 weather in the area: very unstable, very chaotic, very extreme, alternating heat waves with strong storms. This pattern is very unusual here.
 
What a read! EVERYWHERE is 'abnormal'...

I'm located in the Midwestern United States

We hit a high of 95 degrees Fahrenheit today. The average summer here sees only fourteen 90+ degree days. We've had 42 so far with 7 of those being in the 100's.

We have surpassed record highs in March, April, May, June, and July.

July was the hottest month ever according to records dating back to 1886.

We have been under a burn ban since the end of June because of the 'Exceptional Drought' conditions and fear of fire.

A mandatory water restriction emergency has been declared because our lakes and reservoirs are drying up at an increasing high rate. Anyone caught watering that doesn't have permission will be fined.

Until 3 days ago, our last significant rainfall was on May 1st with the total being 0.50 in. Two days ago we FINALLY received precipitation. Almost 2 inches. Our gardens are drooping because they aren't used to the rainfall. The local streets flooded because of how heavy the rain fell. There were tens of thousands without power because of hundreds of dead or dying trees that fell on power lines.

The lake near my home is several feet below average and smells horrid. The ducks and geese aren't around
as typical. The surrounding grass seems to have been bleached white. It hurts to go barefoot.

I've been raking leaves since June.

The hummingbirds that normally find my feeders are missing.

I've always felt 'closest to home' when I was outside with Nature. These days I feel like I'm stumbling around in a very foreign place...
 
Central plains US. Temps have cooled some, a few nights, we can open the windows for fresh air as we sleep.

Very, dry. A few isolated thunderstorms, only trace of moisture in them, grass is brown, mid-summer flowers didn't happen. Here too they are talking mandatory water restrictions. One good result of this, I guess, I haven't had to mow the lawn in over a month!

It's really the same warm, dry weather pattern that has persisted since last October. Odd, approaching strange.

Mac
 
luc said:
Here in Germany, the wheather is behaving weird as well - constantly switching from very hot to quite cool and back.

Same here in Portland, OR.

The temperature has been switching daily from 50-65F Low
and 80-100F High. The weather in the two weeks so far have
been calm, sometimes windy/breezy, nothing catastrophic. We
did have few days of thunder, lightning, and rain in the valley.

Maybe we humans are being purified and stress tempered like
gold in a alchemical fire/crucible with impurities being removed? ;)
 
Around 95-105 in southern california. Just had a 4.4 earthquake yesterday, and another 4.5 early today in Yorba Linda area, and I felt both of those. Also had like 8 total earthquakes in 2 days in the same area.
 
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