Transcriber Weather

[arboggs]

It had been in the 40s Fahrenheit here in Northern Virginia, but the last few days have gone up to the 60s with rain coming in. After tomorrow's thunderstorm it's meant to go back down. The weather fluctuations have messed with my sinuses just enough that I caught the nasty cold my mom's been struggling with so I've spent the last few days in a limbo where concentrating on anything feels like a struggle.

They say we're going to get another snow storm at some time next month, so we'll see what happens.

[pommystuart]

Hope you get better soon.

[Randi]

65 here in Pittsburgh with rain coming up.

[Michael]

It looks like I might have to wear rain gear on my walk to and from the gym this morning...

Greater Victoria.
Today..Periods of rain. Local amount 20 to 30 mm. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 except southeast 40 gusting to 60 near Haro Strait
this morning. Wind becoming southwest 40 gusting to 70 this morning. High 10.
Tonight..Showers ending before morning then partly cloudy. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 except 50 gusting to 70
near Juan de Fuca Strait. Low plus 2 except plus 5 near the water.

[pommystuart]

Rain glorious rain. Its just started,

[Randi]

Canada: These wildfires never went out — they just moved underground

The remnants of the most extraordinary wildfire season in recent Canadian history are still smoldering on a scale that experts say is unprecedented. The warm and dry winter, particularly in western Canada, has left more than 150 fires burning across British Columbia and Alberta, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center.
While it’s common that such hot spots — known as holdover or zombie fires — can smoke and smolder through the cold months, this amount of them is not.

[pommystuart]

We have one of those as well, Burning Mountain.

Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 224 km (139 mi) north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. It takes its name from a smouldering coal seam running underground through the sandstone. Burning Mountain is contained within the Burning Mountain Nature Reserve, which is administered by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).

The underground fire is estimated to be at a depth of around 30 m (100 ft). It is estimated that the fire has burned for approximately 6,000 years and is the oldest known coal fire.

European explorers and settlers to the area believed the smoke, coming from the ground, was volcanic in origin. It was not until 1829 that geologist Reverend C. P. N. Wilton identified it as a coal seam fire.

The fire is generally moving in a southerly direction at a rate of about 1 m (3 ft) per year. The combustion has caused soil discolouration and an uneven ground surface in the area.

[Michael]

[Morgan]

That's a very interesting one! I am surprised enough oxygen gets to the coal surface to keep it going. I suppose the cracks are enough to let in some. Interesting that the kangaroos hang out there in the cold weather; I would , too. Thanks for sharing, Stuart.

[Randi]

Readings from the Pittsburgh Int’l. Airport for February

1: High 48, Low 37
2: High 47, Low 39
3: High 46, Low 28
4: High 55, Low 26
5: High 48, Low 30
6: High 46, Low 26
7: High 53, Low 23
8: High 63, Low 28
9: High 62, Low 49
10: High 63, Low 52 Highest Low
11: High 47, Low 37
12: High 46, Low 29
13: High 44, Low 31
14: High 39, Low 30
15: High 56, Low 21
16: High 38, Low 27
17: High 29, Low 22 Lowest High
18: High 37, Low 18 Lowest Low
19: High 41, Low 18 Lowest Low
20: High 51, Low 21
21: High 59, Low 27
22: High 49, Low 42
23: High 57, Low 44
24: High 37, Low 27
25: High 47, Low 18 Lowest Low
26: High 65, Low 34
27: High 66, Low 48 Highest High
28: High 64, Low 40
29: High 39, Low 22


Normal highs: 37 to 43
Record high: 78 (2018)

Normal lows: 21 to 26
Record low: -20 (1899)

[Morgan]

The first few years of my retirement we were still in a prolonged drought. I started hanging my laundry out to dry as one of my efforts toward a smaller carbon footprint. I became complacent, on occasion, leaving it out overnight. We were in a drought- it wasn't going to rain. Well, I guess we are out of a drought now. We've had a couple little thunderstorm bursts this past week. I was caught with laundry out both times, had to run out this morning and pull it in. I like a good thunderstorm; But it was not a measurable amount. Only enough to go me and my laundry wet. Maybe it will keep it up.

[Randi]

[Michael]

[Randi]

Readings from the Pittsburgh Int’l. Airport for March

1: High 52, Low 25
2: High 53, Low 42
3: High 66, Low 46
4: High 74, Low 42
5: High 75, Low 49 Highest High
6: High 62, Low 56 Highest Low
7: High 50, Low 42
8: High 63, Low 43
9: High 56, Low 50
10: High 41, Low 31
11: High 51, Low 30
12: High 68, Low 45
13: High 71, Low 46
14: High 74, Low 45
15: High 61, Low 47
16: High 61, Low 33
17: High 56, Low 41
18: High 35, Low 28 Lowest High
19: High 44, Low 29
20: High 50, Low 39
21: High 40, Low 22 Lowest Low
22: High 53, Low 24
23: High 43, Low 33
24: High 48, Low 23
25: High 67, Low 36
26: High 51, Low 44
27: High 61, Low 51
28: High 51, Low 31
29: High 51, Low 36
30: High 54, Low 31
31: High 59, Low 45


Normal highs: 43 to 55
Record high: 84 (1929)

Normal lows: 26 to 35
Record low: -5 (2015)

[Randi]

Thunderstorm!

[pommystuart]

For a change, expecting heavy rain today and more on Friday and Saturday.
Temps from 17c-25c.

[Randi]

Heavy rain here too!
There is flooding in some Pittsburgh areas, but everything is OK here.

[pommystuart]

Rain glorious rain etc.
22mm yesterday/today (0900-0900)

Good job you cannot hear me trying to sing that.

[Michael]

There is an article about drought in B. C. here. These pictures are the 1,000 word shortcuts:

Typical spring:




March 31, 2024

What, me worried?

[arboggs]

Well, that's a pretty terrifying difference.