What is your weather today?

BBerguson

Official Pennsyltuckian
Bret & BBerguson I guess we all missed the "Bomb Cyclone" !

Yes although I have to admit, when it’s cold like this, I would rather it snow like hell and get it out of its system by spring! And a bomb cyclone? What is that really, other than a good name to get you to their site.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
When the newspimps are hyping and spinning the weather report, you know that journalism is plumbing new depths.

Cloudy and gloomy all day today, high temp wasn't much over 60*. If it's going to be cloudy, the least that the couds could do is drop some rain or snow as compensation for the gloom.
 

Ian

Notorious member
Beautiful weather today if a bit chilly for me. 24 when I woke up at 7 and topped out at 68. Unfortunately I spent the day inside cleaning and organizing hobby stuff instead of enjoying the weather because I kinda got myself into a cleaning mess that will get worse before it gets better and needs to be finished.
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Bomb cyclone? Whatever happened to winter vortex? I guess bomb cyclone is just scarier sounding. Being the old fashioned type I'll stick with winter snow storm.
How about "atmospheric river" that used to be called a rain storm.
 

JonB

Halcyon member
How about "atmospheric river" that used to be called a rain storm.
Our weather dudes call those "trains". We had a doosey of a train in 1987, got like 12" of rain over night, very memorable.
Another one came through in 2013, that was less, like around 9" in a afternoon.
 

smokeywolf

Well-Known Member
We're supposed to be getting a bit of snowfall this next Thursday/Friday. So far I've seen guesses of as little as 2" and as much as 8". Right now the guess is 3 to 5 inches. Gonna have to park Mom's Suburban up near the gate.
 

Rick H

Well-Known Member
A "Bomb Cyclone" is just a rapid drop in barometric pressure. 24 millibars in 24 hours. Our weather folks are fond of hyping "Near Bomb Cyclone" for just about every decent storm system that comes through. How "near" they are a little vague about. There is nothing new or particularly rare about the storm systems, just a new name to describe them.
 

CWLONGSHOT

Well-Known Member
Was 1° at dawn... Its up ta 3° goin ta maybe 10....

DURN KOLD!!

MOMMA was outside about 19:30 shoveling again. She loves it I think. My buddy stopped by, on he was from his dads with a blower and made everything right pretty!
Looks like we got about a foot. But it was crazy windy so drifts 3-4' are everywhere. Some parts of the yard barely have 3" but my side 4' fence ya can only see about 18" of.

CW
 
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Matt_G

Curmudgeon in training
Bomb cyclone? Whatever happened to winter vortex? I guess bomb cyclone is just scarier sounding. Being the old fashioned type I'll stick with winter snow storm.
Scarier sounding is exactly right.
They're just pimps.
Only instead of pimping the normal fare, they pimp fear.
A lot of that going on these days.
I could go on quite the diatribe on this, as I'm sure most here could, but I'll leave it at that.
 

L Ross

Well-Known Member
When the target audience is largely incompetent as far as self sufficiency, and are totally dependent upon the "authorities" for most of their basic needs, fear is a winner for the newsies. I have deleted both national and local news from my life, even local radio news. Most everything is a surprise to me now. After the constant drum beat of negativity coming out of my TV a couple of years ago, I just dropped it. Oh and sports too. Quit it like quitting smoking in. my 20's, cold turkey. I feel much better.

Overcast and in the teens and the temp only varied a couple of degrees over night. I may go plug the tractor in, the overcast looks like snow. There were deer out feeding everywhere yesterday.