My weather today. tell us yours

[Dachsie]

It is 79 degrees right now in Austin Texas on this February 7th and we have an expected high of 87 today. Beautiful day and Boomer is enjoying sunbathing.

This is PEEculiar, even for down south.

It has been quite warm, even overnight the last few days. I have tried not to have AC at night to take advantage of weather and lower my heating bill, but I have had to have the AC on in the day for several days now. We had one half day when it was freezing in December but only about two days total so far this winter that were below mid 40s.

Some farmers say this probably means a very dry, drought stricken, summer ahead, but I think all bets are off in this age of malevolent geoengineering.

[TroyOz]

Far West Texas - 65 and breezy. 5000 + elevation.

[Dogman]

North East Texas..


77 now and mid 80's later today, tulip trees full bloom, green busting out, frigging dandelion wars beginning.

Feel at least another cold snap, before the true spring will sprang , lowest temp here 14 degrees,

May fire up the a/c tonight because of house heating during the day. >:(

[crimethink]

60 degrees currently, and raining. Flood warnings for a couple of county rivers.

[madfranks]

Partly cloudy and mid-60's here in the Denver area. I don't think it's that unusual for a relatively warm spell to occur during winter. The cold will hit us again soon enough.

[Tumbleweed]

It was 0 this morning at daylight where I am but has warmed up to 11F now. :)

[ximmy]

lots of rain... but not to worry, we are in a perpetual drought. :rolleyes:

[osoab]

Central ILL.

60+ today. Calling high of 28 and maybe 2 inches of snow tomorrow.

Weekend back to mid 50s.

[osoab]

lots of rain... but not to worry, we are in a perpetual drought. :rolleyes:

If you would close the dams...

[milehi]

lots of rain... but not to worry, we are in a perpetual drought. :rolleyes:

Im in the So Cal mountains today and its been raining all day. I checked the local weather station and saw that the 2017 rain total is 39.17 inches for this area. I also checked Portlands, which averages 41 stations and found 32.01. But we're still in a drought.

[Cebu_4_2]

74 sunny to 61 rainy now dark and 58. Supposed to rain for 3 days. So much for making money with the weather. Need to make K to expand the indoor garage idea.

[osoab]

It was 0 this morning at daylight where I am but has warmed up to 11F now. :)

At least it ain't muddy. :)

[Terry853]

Grande Prairie Alberta. -33 c last night. Bloody chilly out there..

[osoab]

Grande Prairie Alberta. -33 c last night. Bloody chilly out there..

Use real numbers please. :p

[Glass]

we have weather today. I think we also had some yesterday and there's a strong chance we will get some tomorrow as well. The weather might be made to order or it might be a crap shoot. One thing I know for certain is that someone, somewhere will be complaining about it.

[Hitch]

Central CA. We are getting our asses kicked. High winds, lot's of rain. I've been working 12 hour days, soaked the whole time. High winds.

This spring may bring disaster. Our rivers are full already, add the snow pack melting, and our levies will break. We could have flooding like we've never seen before in CA, come this spring.

Rain in the mountains today. This leads to even more snow pack melting and adding to the problem.

To sum it up....I am GLAD I live on a boat!

[Glass]

To sum it up....I am GLAD I live on a boat!

2 animals of every kind.

But seriously... what about all the water diversion infrastructure they built there? Is it in the wrong place or are they just not going to use it?

And given the severity of the drought chances are there is a fair amount of latent absorption capacity in the soil, so more of it might get soaked up than expected. Time will tell I suppose.

I'm not sure whats going on with the sudden obsession with weather. Down here it's summer and for some reason people suddenly seem to believe it doesn't rain in summer when in fact it always does. Even if only one or two days a month. There are always a thunderstorm or two and I recall some years where there were maybe a half dozen or so but this year everyone is losing it because it rained 3 days in a row. And the news had these two fat people (I don't know who) from england complaining it wasn't summer because we had some cloud in the sky. Apparently that means something is wrong and everyone is going, where's the summer this year? It's supposed to rain again for maybe 2 - 3 days from tomorrow and they are issuing flood warnings because there will be puddles. It's completely nuts. How is anyone going to cope when winter comes?

Jeez I hope it snows here for the first time in history.

[cheka.]

houston - 80 degrees, humid, partly chemtrailed

[Half Sense]

North Florida - high 70's to mid-80's during the day. The azaleas have been blooming for 2 weeks now.

[Dachsie]

I wonder if there is another freeze in Florida if that will ruin the orange and citrus crops this year.

[StreetsOfGold]

Central ILL.

60+ today. Calling high of 28 and maybe 2 inches of snow tomorrow.

Weekend back to mid 50s.

You are within driving distance to me (I'm more north) and about the same weather here too :)
For this time of year, I am not complaining.

[cheka.]

houston - record high temp, in the 80's, chemtrailing us hard

[Down1]

50 today, blizzard Thursday.

[hoarder]

31 degrees and snowing in Western Montana. This is the most severe winter in several years. I dig myself out to the mailbox.

[Glass]

I got sidetracked on YT the other day and there were a ton of snow blower videos. People seem quite proud of their blowers. Especially the guys running tractors. Lots of Kubota's. But even some of the smaller units were pretty impressive.

I got the idea the good ones let you change the direction and force of the blower so you're tossing stuff on to a pile rather than just blowing onto a strip next to where you're clearing? or onto the neighbors cars and driveway.....some of them were chucking snow pretty high

And whats the deal if your living semi rural or small community? Do you got to do your sidewalk if you have one or your part of the road out front if it's small town, country road/lane? No obligation? Do it if you want to or leave it to the town/city? I guess if you're dealing with it every winter the novelty probably wears off.

[milehi]

I got sidetracked on YT the other day and there were a ton of snow blower videos. People seem quite proud of their blowers. Especially the guys running tractors. Lots of Kubota's. But even some of the smaller units were pretty impressive.

I got the idea the good ones let you change the direction and force of the blower so you're tossing stuff on to a pile rather than just blowing onto a strip next to where you're clearing? or onto the neighbors cars and driveway.....some of them were chucking snow pretty high

And whats the deal if your living semi rural or small community? Do you got to do your sidewalk if you have one or your part of the road out front if it's small town, country road/lane? No obligation? Do it if you want to or leave it to the town/city? I guess if you're dealing with it every winter the novelty probably wears off.

We don't have sidewalks, but we do get a berm from the plow. I drive my Jeep over the rest. The driver is my friend so he doesn't leave one in front of my house. In town, you're responsible for the snow in front of your business. You're liable if someone slips and falls.

[Camp Bassfish]

5 inches of snow on the ground and still coming down, we've not had "typical" winter here in the last couple years, more ice than snow. This is a picture of the summit of Santanoni Mountain (I didn't take it) in the Adirondacks. The summit sign is affixed to the tree at about 7 feet.....not so much right now.

[Joshua01]

Got about 8" Tuesday here in Cow Hampshire then temps in the 50's yesterday followed today by a nor'easter which is forecast to drop about a foot and a half of snow by tomorrow morning. It's Winter in the NE. This is the current view out my home office window...

[Glass]

edit: I just wanted to add this one from February 8th in front of the 9th Feb video because he talks about the water control infrastructure of NorCal that I was asking about in post #17.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wikin2TJ7b0

Oroville Spillway Failure 9 th Feb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzldNLv8ww

This guy is a pilot and trail rider. Has a few videos of local rivers and town flooding. Some aerials of snow falls in his local area - the Sierra's. Nevada City area.

[milehi]

Oroville Spillway Failure 9 th Feb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzldNLv8ww

This guy is a pilot and trail rider. Has a few videos of local rivers and town flooding. Some aerials of snow falls in his local area - the Sierra's. Nevada City area.

If it keeps on rainin' levees going to break.

ETA IDGAF. While these fuckin idiots shouldve been updating 50 year old infrastructure, they were pushing drought, fear, taxes, fees and fucking global warming and GLBTXYZABC feels. Fuck em.

I wanna see the ground give way. Wash it all away. Wash it down.

[cheka.]

blue balling cold here in houston - feels like 50's after cold front. chemtrailers still here -- pre front, post front...nothing changed - sprayers directly overhead doing their thing

[ximmy]

more rain, dams are failing, levy's are leaking... ground water is full so rain won't soak in... but we are still in a drought so expect high water prices to continue.

[EE_]

more rain, dams are failing, levy's are leaking... ground water is full so rain won't soak in... but we are still in a drought so expect high water prices to continue.

You'll get a ticket if you water your lawn, watch out.

[Glass]

update and fly over on the Oroville dam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2aD53JIDzo

[Glass]

Here's another PoV. The problem is out of control. The Government is lying. The dams gonna break OMG we're all going to die. so be warned if you've had enough doom today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxVmKnBgvc

Will be interesting to see what happens. IF they can relieve the pressure and is it enough. Snow melt still to come. How far would the water reach if it did break? I'm not sure it will but they will certainly have some cleaning up to do.

I certainly would be heading out of town for a few days if I was downstream.

[Glass]

Here is another short fly by video - - of Bullards Bar. The waterfall is very impressive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaGEpFz5-Eo

This one is closer to home for the pilot.

[Glass]

From about 2 hours ago... I think.

Evacuations ordered from North Oroville

Evacuations Ordered Due to 'Hazardous Situation' at Oroville Dam Emergency Spillway
With the emergency spillway expected to fail, officials have ordered the immediate evacuation of areas near the damaged Oroville Dam in California.

Officials anticipate an imminent failure of the auxiliary spillway and have ordered residents of the low levels of Oroville and areas downstream to evacuate in a northward direction, toward Chico, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Marysville and Yuba County are also under mandatory evacuation.

"A hazardous situation is developing with the Oroville Dam auxiliary spillway," the Butte County Sheriff Department said in a release. "Operation of the auxiliary spillway has lead to severe erosion that could lead to a failure of the structure. Failure of the auxiliary spillway structure will result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville."

In response, officials are releasing up to 100,000 cubic feet per second, up from 55,000 cubic feet per second, from the damanged main spillway in an effort to ease pressure on the emergency spillway before a failure occurs, according to The Sacramento Bee.

An evacuation center has been established for Oroville residents at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for possible dam failure. Areas affected include Oroville, Palermo, Gridley, Thermalito, South Oroville, Oroville Dam, Oroville East and Wyandotte. The warning is in effect until 4:15 p.m. PST on Feb. 13.

Last week, heavy rains and rapid snowmelt opened a gaping hole in the main spillway of the tallest dam in the United States. The damage to the dam caused the Oroville Reservoir to completely fill and flow over its emergency spillway for the first time in its 48-year history. The flow over the emergency spillway began around 8 a.m. Saturday, according to a California Department of Water Resources press release.

Department of Water Resources Acting Director Bill Croyle told California Gov. Jerry Brown that the void in the Oroville Dam could cost $100 million to $200 million to fix, The Sacramento Bee reports. He also said DWR engineers will spend the coming weeks calculating whether it makes sense to repair the existing concrete structure or build an entirely new spillway nearby.

He wants the repairs finished by the start of the next rainy season in October.

On Friday, officials with the Butte County Sheriff’s officials, in conjunction with CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire, California Office of Emergency Services and Oroville City officials announced that the Oroville Dam emergency spillway would be opened as early as Friday evening, but decided against it.

Instead, once the reservoir reached its full capacity, water slowly began spilling over the emergency spillway, reports KCRA.

"Basically it's going to be a triage situation. We know we're going to have erosion going on but it's in the best interest of the lake right now to be able to keep using the spillway to evacuate water," department spokesman Eric See told the Associated Press.

(MORE: The latest On Deadly Flooding in the West)

The initial cave-in of the spillway occurred Wednesday when chunks of concrete went flying from the water surging down the spillway, creating a 200-foot-long, 30-foot-deep hole. The hole is continuing to grow.

"I've never seen it like this, ever," Charles Wing told the Los Angeles Times. "And I've been here 44 years."

Story from Weather.com (https://weather.com/news/news/oroville-dam-spillway-california-hole-emergency)

[Glass]

ah ok. We're all over here on Oroville: http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?94681-Time-to-build-an-ark

[monty]

Yesterday we had a light rain. Today we have a chilly north wind an light snow falling

[ImaCannin]

Beautiful Montana blue sky with whisps of nano particulate clouds lingering about.