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Offline Gliderjohn

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Arg! The endless winter!
« on: March 03, 2019, 08:50:08 AM »
Wake up to this. Fresh snow, six degrees actual with wind gusting over 30 mph.






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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2019, 08:54:26 AM »
Might as well live up near the Arctic Circle if it's going to be like this in the lower 48.   :shocked:
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2019, 09:00:44 AM »
If makes you feel better, at some point not to far from now you will be suffering for an abnormally long time, sweltering heat of the type that used to be quite rare.  The planet is always trying to balance itself, one extreme creates another.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2019, 09:16:22 AM »
I feel for you...I'm in the same boat.

Here's what I've got in front of my house. April can't come soon enough



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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2019, 09:27:11 AM »
 I promise that the weather will be warmer come Cedar Vale Frank  :laugh:

 
I feel for you...I'm in the same boat.

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2019, 09:28:05 AM »
I feel for you...I'm in the same boat.

Here's what I've got in front of my house. April can't come soon enough





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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2019, 09:29:51 AM »
If makes you feel better, at some point not to far from now you will be suffering for an abnormally long time, sweltering heat of the type that used to be quite rare.  The planet is always trying to balance itself, one extreme creates another.

True that! Including storms. They seem bigger and more severe than they used to be, especially in the Summer.

Here right now, 28F, 4 mph winds, and what little snow we have is only on lawns and such. We have had enough warm ups that nothing has stuck around like it has in the past. But, it isn't over yet...

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2019, 09:31:54 AM »



No outdoor joy to be had in the "Queen City of the Ozarks" either.  :sad:
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2019, 09:35:04 AM »
Was in the 70's all week in S. Az. Rode all week.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2019, 09:40:14 AM »
Sorry to all who will still have to endure this for another month or so!! :shocked: :shocked: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :huh:



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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2019, 11:19:54 AM »
Simply beautiful- in spite of the cold


Thank you. Yes though I look forward to good riding weather, we are very fortunate to live in a very beautiful place.
The fishing is pretty amazing come late May and great paddling year round. Very peaceful :)

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2019, 11:45:11 AM »
It started snowing around 7am.
Went to Union to get breakfast.
Here's Main Street, Union, MO - approx 8:00 AM

We picked up a couple of inches since then.  The weatherman says 4 degrees for Monday morning.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2019, 12:45:32 PM »
We are being told to expect flirting with record lows the next couple mornings. Still have flurries in the air.

Next weekend they are saying we might be back to normal temps.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2019, 12:53:14 PM »
Come summer, all we'll hear is

IT'S TOO HOT  :cry:

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2019, 01:03:49 PM »
Come summer, all we'll hear is

IT'S TOO HOT  :cry:

Not from me. Some like it hot.   :evil:
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2019, 01:06:55 PM »
Not from me. Some like it hot.   :evil:
I'm just the opposite, I don't like excessive heat.
Just think of how humans are so intolerant  of temps too hot or cold.

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2019, 01:30:47 PM »
It’s been really mild here in Waldheim, but it won’t stop raining...

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2019, 02:07:57 PM »
From Sheepdog:
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To Gliderjohn: What do you expect? The only thing between you and the North Pole are a few barbed wire fences.
I thought that is why KS was south of NEB, S & N Dakota, they are suppose to filter this crap out before it gets to KS.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2019, 02:46:42 PM »
Ya... Im pretty sick of it...  Ive been off 2 wheels for over 10 years and got my Guzzi in dec and have not gotten to ride it yet!  Storm coming tonight... and looks like cold for at least another 10 days..  I guess if it gets it out of its system and we get to have a little dry this spring, and summer that will be good....  its been raining/snowing for about 8 months straight!

The good news is its been so long since ive been riding, that I get to go gear shopping... Just got my new helmet friday!!
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2019, 02:55:58 PM »
Come summer, all we'll hear is

IT'S TOO HOT  :cry:

Oh yes...and make no mistake...those who live in "The Valley Of The Sun" will be talking about..."The Forbidden Planet Summer" once again.... :shocked: :rolleyes: :grin: :wink: where it will be 115-118 during the day and 100 degrees at midnight!! ("Doooohhhh!!!")  Can you say...welcome to Mercury?!? :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2019, 03:08:11 PM »
cabin fever.

got a pork shoulder in the smoker and fire in the fireplace.  I've seen all the news there is at least 4 times and the NASCAR Boredom 500.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2019, 03:36:29 PM »
Oh yes...and make no mistake...those who live in "The Valley Of The Sun" will be talking about..."The Forbidden Planet Summer" once again.... :shocked: :rolleyes: :grin: :wink: where it will be 115-118 during the day and 100 degrees at midnight!! ("Doooohhhh!!!")  Can you say...welcome to Mercury?!? :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2019, 04:09:46 PM »
At least the drought is over in these parts. The Walker, Carson, and Truckee River basins are all at close to 200% of average snowpack.
People who have lived here in Northern Nevada awhile think whatever climate change is happening has made it wetter. I believe we exceeded the annual average precipitation by the end of February.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2019, 04:52:30 PM »
True that! Including storms. They seem bigger and more severe than they used to be, especially in the Summer.

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I don't have data on storm size, but think about the amount of Hype that we get today about storms compared to what we used to get.   

Even regular snowstorms get Names now, like hurricanes do.   They invent things called "Bomb Cyclones!"; man, that sounds horrible, doesn't it?    Not to mention Wolf Blood Super Moons and stuff, things that happen every year or so.   Today, even a full moon is an apocalyptic event.

If a weather front is coming through, the Weather Channels hype it day and night, with tales and video of tornadoes and lightning and gales of the past.   Doppler radar can point out swirling clouds that no one would ever see if it weren't for radar, but they've always happened.

It's almost impossible to find out what the real temperature is, if it's really high or low - all you get is either The Heat Index if it's hot, or the Wind Chill Factor if it's cold.   All in the name of Spectacularism!

Some of the information is useful, but you can look at it and tell that much of it is just hype, designed to get you staying through the next commercial, or click on the "INSANE WEATHER - WATCH HERE!" links.

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2019, 05:31:43 PM »
I'll put some miles on for you guys.  :grin:  Road surf session.  Don't know the exact temp. but I just put the fan on while I'm typing this.  Maybe 82F.
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2019, 05:45:21 PM »
True that! Including storms. They seem bigger and more severe than they used to be, especially in the Summer.

Here right now, 28F, 4 mph winds, and what little snow we have is only on lawns and such. We have had enough warm ups that nothing has stuck around like it has in the past. But, it isn't over yet...

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Funny, it does seem that way but it hasn't been the case according to the records..

Tell you what, that windstorm that came before the cold front was pretty darned crazy.

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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2019, 06:07:18 PM »
They say it's an El Niño year and the wet weather will continue til June. I've been updating my raingear...
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Re: Arg! The endless winter!
« Reply #29 on: March 04, 2019, 10:37:34 AM »
Looked out the window about midnight and wanted to go out.  I postponed until this morning.  It's not my Guzzi but I have to do something while waiting for my V85 to come in.  Soon we will be complaining it's too hot.









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