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In Wisconsin, we just went from 45 degrees yesterday (shorts weather) to 18 degrees today overnight. That's a drop.

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The Free Republican Union wrote:In Wisconsin, we just went from 45 degrees yesterday (shorts weather) to 18 degrees today overnight. That's a drop.

Seems like Wisconson and Pennsylvania did a weather-swap because we've just done exactly the opposite

I think I didn't see a drop of rain in about 2 years. fortunately (or unfortunately) it rained a shit ton in the start of winter but not much ever since.

Kerwa wrote:

San Lumen wrote:
never heard of that measurement.

It’s what Lord Kelvin used to calculate absolute zero.

This seems wrong... it post-dates Kelvins and Kelvin's calculation.

It's just the Kelvin scale but using degrees Fahrenheit as the increment instead of degrees Celsius.



But we can also find Kelvin's paper online:

In the first part, which alone has been as yet published, the latent heats of a given weight, and the pressures of saturated vapour at all temperatures between 0° and 230° (Cent. of the air-thermometer),

and then

[6] This is what we might anticipate, when we reflect that infinite cold must correspond to a finite number of degrees of the air-thermometer below zero; since if we push the strict principle of graduation, stated above, sufficiently far, we should arrive at a point corresponding to the volume of air being reduced to nothing, which would be marked as -273° of the scale (-100/.366, if .366 be the coefficient of expansion); and therefore -273° of the air-thermometer is a point which cannot be reached at any finite temperature, however low.

The weather here has been pretty topsy-turvy this winter: after a few weeks of -40°C cold spells, there was a few days when it went to almost freezing, then it got brought back down to -40°C for a little bit, there was a blizzard, it briefly rose to as high as like 5°C a couple days ago, and now, well, it's -11°C with a wind chill of -13°C.

Pretty sunny right now, though.

I went out and played basketball today. Early February and it's already too bright and hot in Central FL.....

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Kanadorika wrote:I find consistently sunny days depressing. The pale greyish pallette of a rainy or cloudy day is far superior to harsh sunlight and sharp shadows everywhere.

I actually agree. I much preferred Bay Area weather. I got three climates in one day, it was great. Here it's just 'warm' and 'hot.' For two weeks you have to wear a jacket. Maybe. If you're out at night. Meh.

Mid-Atlantic is great as long as arctic fronts are few and far in between. This year has been colder than the last few but more like what it used to be like prior to 2010.

When i lived in FL the weather just became ridiculously redundant other than in hurricane season... then it really scared the shit out of you.

The usual... 1-3°C, rain or sleet, overcast. As for the debate: SI-Units are the way to go, though while we're at obscure units like Reaumur and Fahrenheit, I'm rather partial to The Benz - 1 m/s = 1 Benz (Bz)

Forsher wrote:

Kerwa wrote:
It’s what Lord Kelvin used to calculate absolute zero.

This seems wrong... it post-dates Kelvins and Kelvin's calculation.

It's just the Kelvin scale but using degrees Fahrenheit as the increment instead of degrees Celsius.



But we can also find Kelvin's paper online:

In the first part, which alone has been as yet published, the latent heats of a given weight, and the pressures of saturated vapour at all temperatures between 0° and 230° (Cent. of the air-thermometer),

and then

[6] This is what we might anticipate, when we reflect that infinite cold must correspond to a finite number of degrees of the air-thermometer below zero; since if we push the strict principle of graduation, stated above, sufficiently far, we should arrive at a point corresponding to the volume of air being reduced to nothing, which would be marked as -273° of the scale (-100/.366, if .366 be the coefficient of expansion); and therefore -273° of the air-thermometer is a point which cannot be reached at any finite temperature, however low.

I stand corrected. I have old steam tables in Rankine and I assumed Kelvin would use farenheit.(kelvin the unit also post dates kelvin).

Oh well. Rankine is still cooler.

Bah, Rømer scale is best...if only because the Inventor shares my first name

Ex-tropical Cyclone Dovi currently barrelling through the North Island, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds, causing widespread power outages. In Wellington, southerlies have been barrelling through with sustained winds at 122km/h (75 mph) and peak gusts of 156km/h (96 mph).

On the West Coast, they've experienced their wettest month of the year ten days into February. In late January, one location in the West Coast set the new 72 hour rainfall record of 1,177 millimetres (46.3 inches).

Costa Fierro wrote:Ex-tropical Cyclone Dovi currently barrelling through the North Island, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds, causing widespread power outages. In Wellington, southerlies have been barrelling through with sustained winds at 122km/h (75 mph) and peak gusts of 156km/h (96 mph).

On the West Coast, they've experienced their wettest month of the year ten days into February. In late January, one location in the West Coast set the new 72 hour rainfall record of 1,177 millimetres (46.3 inches).

That's like Mombai amounts of rainfall. What had been the previous record?

Costa Fierro wrote:Ex-tropical Cyclone Dovi currently barrelling through the North Island, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds, causing widespread power outages. In Wellington, southerlies have been barrelling through with sustained winds at 122km/h (75 mph) and peak gusts of 156km/h (96 mph).

On the West Coast, they've experienced their wettest month of the year ten days into February. In late January, one location in the West Coast set the new 72 hour rainfall record of 1,177 millimetres (46.3 inches).

Wow. I’ve read cyclones are rare in New Zealand and only make landfall about once a decade.

Snow today after yesterday’s sunny weather.

Kerwa wrote:Snow today after yesterday’s sunny weather.

How much is in the forecast?

San Lumen wrote:

Kerwa wrote:Snow today after yesterday’s sunny weather.

How much is in the forecast?

1-3 inches.

Kerwa wrote:

San Lumen wrote:
How much is in the forecast?

1-3 inches.

It’s the same here.

San Lumen wrote:

Costa Fierro wrote:Ex-tropical Cyclone Dovi currently barrelling through the North Island, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds, causing widespread power outages. In Wellington, southerlies have been barrelling through with sustained winds at 122km/h (75 mph) and peak gusts of 156km/h (96 mph).

On the West Coast, they've experienced their wettest month of the year ten days into February. In late January, one location in the West Coast set the new 72 hour rainfall record of 1,177 millimetres (46.3 inches).

Wow. I’ve read cyclones are rare in New Zealand and only make landfall about once a decade.

Tropical cyclones that still are categorised as such rarely do but it's fairly common to have ex-tropical cyclones brush past us or impact us directly, especially if it's a La Nina year, which tends to increase not only rainfall, but the chances of cyclones coming south as well. The last decade I remember about three extra-tropical cyclones of note; Fehi, Gita, and Pam.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 776116001/

Snow and icy roads in metro Detroit causes multiple accidents on interstate highways. One crash on Interstate 96 involved nearly 50 cars.

Woke up to a temperature of 3F (-16C) and expecting a high of 15F (-9C) then a low tomorrow morning of -3F (-19C), so fairly typical of northern New England.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-w ... es/1141863

Denver could receive up to 6 inches of snow as storm darts through Rockies. This same system will bring heavy snow to Missouri, Illinois and Indiana later this week.

San Lumen wrote:https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/02/13/multiple-vehicle-crash-closes-eastbound-696/6776116001/

Snow and icy roads in metro Detroit causes multiple accidents on interstate highways. One crash on Interstate 96 involved nearly 50 cars.

Good god, were there any fatalities?

Esthe wrote:

San Lumen wrote:https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/02/13/multiple-vehicle-crash-closes-eastbound-696/6776116001/

Snow and icy roads in metro Detroit causes multiple accidents on interstate highways. One crash on Interstate 96 involved nearly 50 cars.

Good god, were there any fatalities?

No but there were at least 17 injuries.

San Lumen wrote:https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/denver-could-receive-up-to-6-inches-of-snow-as-storm-darts-through-rockies/1141863

Denver could receive up to 6 inches of snow as storm darts through Rockies. This same system will bring heavy snow to Missouri, Illinois and Indiana later this week.

Well, we won't be getting heavy snow. It'll be worse. We're getting ice. And that means three-day power outages at least.