[Laminar]

My furnace struggled until the sun came up. School and day care were both closed so I was home with the kids. We kept the fireplace on all day and have made it work.

[subego]

Radiators usually keep it at 72, so 65 is their version of the struggle.

That’s tolerable, but my place (unusually) also has a furnace, and since I don’t get a medal for not using it, on days like this I let it do some fill-in work.

Been in shorts during the whole freezeageddon.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep 

At least you have radiators.

You will be pleased to know the majority of people in Chicago have some form of heat.

[subego]

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before in this thread, but I love this weather fact.

This kind of cold requires snow pack. Without snow, the ground is darker, and thus absorbs more heat. Without snow, it generally stays above 0F.

[Laminar]

"Albedo" is the term I learned in my astronomy class.

Albedo is a non-dimensional, unitless quantity that indicates how well a surface reflects solar energy

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[subego]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

"Albedo" is the term I learned in my astronomy class.

I was this close to mentioning albedo.

I learned about it from the various solar system generators I’ve played with in the past.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by subego 

I was this close to mentioning albedo.

I learned about it from the various solar system generators I’ve played with in the past.

Showoff.

[P]

Originally Posted by subego 

I was this close to mentioning albedo.

I learned about it from the various solar system generators I’ve played with in the past.

Shoutout to SimEarth, which taught me all sorts of strange terms (including that one).

[subego]

Memories.

[Thorzdad]

Hey! It's 13 this morning! Heatwave!

Some folks had a little fun during the freeze.

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[subego]

Originally Posted by Thorzdad 

Hey! It's 13 this morning! Heatwave!

Some folks had a little fun during the freeze.

Aaaaaaand, it’s 40.

This one trick... asphalt hates it!

[subego]

Usually things look kinda nasty after a snow melt, but for whatever reason, this hit next level grody.

[Thorzdad]

The streets around here are starting to look like there was a naval bombardment. Pretty amazing how badly even new streets are falling apart now.

[subego]

Do they do asphalt or concrete where you are?

They switched from concrete here when I was young, which I’m pretty sure was a horrible idea.

[Thorzdad]

Pretty exclusively asphalt. Been that way forever. Even the repairs and re-paving on the interstates are asphalt now.

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[subego]

[subego]

Here, this captures how disgusting it is.

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[subego]

We should, but I’m sure we can’t afford it.

[Thorzdad]

Gonna be near 60 here tomorrow. High of 22 Thursday.

[subego]

Yay!

[andi*pandi]

spring!

(they're expecting a noreaster on thurs here)

[subego]

April blizzards bring...

[andi*pandi]

Sorry dude. Today we are wearing shorts.

[subego]

Theoretically, it’ll be 60 on Tuesday.

[ghporter]

A bunch of us went to Disney World in the last week of March. My sister got back to her home in southern Michigan just fine. The next day, there was almost an inch of snow. The change from Florida weather to Michigan weather was understandable, but snow that late is very unusual for that area...

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by subego 

April blizzards bring...

Half my racing friends went to St. Louis to race this weekend, the other half stayed in Iowa. It was 30 and snowy down there, and 50 and sunny up here. Jokes on them.

[subego]

Aaaaand... it’s snowing again.

[subego]

This is just wrong.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by subego 

This is just wrong.

I agree - the Cobalt was bad enough as it is, Pontiac did NOT need to make an even worse version.

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[Chongo]

Friday was our first 100 of the year.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Chongo 

Friday was our first 100 of the year.

Oh yeah ?

We got 100 in Chicago as well - all of January and February days combined

-t

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[subego]

It’s a balmy 9° with a -4° windchill.

I guess February in November is the “new weather” in the thread title.

[Thorzdad]

11 here. Similar windchill. The old heatpump is certainly getting a workout this week. It's been running continuously since about midnight.

My son and his wife, who live in far northern Indiana (lake-effect snow land) just happened to have planned a week-long getaway down to Gulf Shores, AL. this week. So, while their home is buried in snow, they're enjoying some lovely 70° weather, and sending us pics just to rub it in.

[andi*pandi]

It might snow today, which reminded me to make an appointment for new tires tomorrow.

[subego]

Let’s tell Reader and Glenn it’s time to change their tires and see if they fall for it.

[turtle777]

I wonder if Apple will offer dedicated summer and winter wheels for the new Mac Pro.

-t

[ghporter]

I'm not changing my tires! But it IS quite cool here, much cooler than seasonable. San Antonio got UP TO 45 today, but on Monday it went from a high of 75 to 39 by midnight, with a low of 32 at about 8:30 AM Tuesday. It got up to 44 yesterday, and the overnight low was only 41. But the drizzly rain made it all feel worse than the temperature implied.

It is pretty amusing to see folks here bundle up when it gets below 70, but it's sad when it really does get cold.

[subego]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

I'm not changing my tires!

Dammit!

[Thorzdad]

I haven’t run winter tires in ages.

[subego]

It’s 60°, and the trees are budding.

[Thorzdad]

Yeah. Feels like early spring down here in Indy, too. I was tempted to open the windows today. I’ve lived through enough blizzard-like xmases to be perfectly ok with this.

[andi*pandi]

It's nice enough here I did open the windows, fresh air feels good.

[Doc HM]

wandering around town without a coat on today. Ok so I did have a jumper on but still, mid winter and its not yet coat wearing temperature.