November 8, 201014 yr Uggghhh I'm already starting to hate the weather. I'm California Dreamin'. I know my summer "tan" is all but gone. I need a trip to the islands. You need to go to the islands to tan, in the winter? You're already dark. What, do you turn into Rico Suave in the winter? lol In spring/summer I get really dark...in winter, I turn pale and hate it. Thanks Mom! I've always wished I was dark skinned, or at least my brothers complexion.
November 8, 201014 yr No snow at all in Tremont, at least nothing that stuck. Seems like it was one of those true "lake-effect" storms. The North end of Euclid Creek Reservation did not have a drop of snow.... but the South end had a few inches. Somebody can probably explain this better to me, but lake-effect snow jumps over the areas immediately abbuting the lake. Pretty much gone now and it wasn't the type of snow I was hoping for anyways. Mostly slush.
November 8, 201014 yr Uggghhh I'm already starting to hate the weather. I'm California Dreamin'. I know my summer "tan" is all but gone. I need a trip to the islands. You need to go to the islands to tan, in the winter? You're already dark. What, do you turn into Rico Suave in the winter? lol In spring/summer I get really dark...in winter, I turn pale and hate it. Thanks Mom! I've always wished I was dark skinned, or at least my brothers complexion. All you Platanos think that. Ask Sosa. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 8, 201014 yr Uggghhh I'm already starting to hate the weather. I'm California Dreamin'. I know my summer "tan" is all but gone. I need a trip to the islands. You need to go to the islands to tan, in the winter? You're already dark. What, do you turn into Rico Suave in the winter? lol In spring/summer I get really dark...in winter, I turn pale and hate it. Thanks Mom! I've always wished I was dark skinned, or at least my brothers complexion. All you Platanos think that. Ask Sosa. Keep it up Booty!
November 8, 201014 yr Disturbing. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 8, 201014 yr ^^Halston? Gloria Vanderbilt? Bobby Short?? Geoffrey Beene!!? What the hell was this? It sounds like some sort of Wet Dream LuvBoat Trashfest Tribute to the Glitterati of the 70’s!! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 8, 201014 yr ^^Halston? Gloria Vanderbilt? Bobby Short?? Geoffrey Beene!!? What the hell was this? It sounds like some sort of Wet Dream LuvBoat Trashfest Tribute to the Glitterati of the 70’s!! Actually thats the part I loved the most
November 9, 201014 yr Uggghhh I'm already starting to hate the weather. I'm California Dreamin'. I know my summer "tan" is all but gone. I need a trip to the islands. You need to go to the islands to tan, in the winter? You're already dark. What, do you turn into Rico Suave in the winter? lol In spring/summer I get really dark...in winter, I turn pale and hate it. Thanks Mom! I've never known anyone to actually complain about their skin color. I'm sure you're happy with your damn skin tone; no one in their right mind would care that it changes in the winter/summer. My hair turns blonde in the summer sun but it doesn't cause me to run out and buy hair dye. Who gives a sh!t? :wtf: I think you're just looking for an excuse to GTL.
November 9, 201014 yr I've never known anyone to actually complain about their skin color. I'm sure you're happy with your damn skin tone; no one in their right mind would care that it changes in the winter/summer. My hair turns blonde in the summer sun but it doesn't cause me to run out and buy hair dye. Who gives a sh!t? :wtf: I think you're just looking for an excuse to GTL. I grew up in the 80's and have had to deal with the "dark skin" vs. "light skin" issue all my life. I always hated being "light" because someone always had a fuckin' comment. I would think anyone who is black or Latin on here understand or at least knows what I'm talking about. In the 80s if you light skin, it was all gravy. Then the 90's hit and it was all about dark skin men with corn rows or bald heads. In addition, whenever I play sports I bruise. I remember playing football or something as kid and i had a short sleeve shirt on at school and my teacher asked me what happened? At the time I didn't really know what was going on. Right now I started playing volleyball in a league again, after my first week of practice and match, I was black and blue. I'm comfortable in my skin, I just feel healthier and feel I look better when I have more color. GTL? Child boo!
November 9, 201014 yr No snow at all in Tremont, at least nothing that stuck. Seems like it was one of those true "lake-effect" storms. The North end of Euclid Creek Reservation did not have a drop of snow.... but the South end had a few inches. Somebody can probably explain this better to me, but lake-effect snow jumps over the areas immediately abbuting the lake. Pretty much gone now and it wasn't the type of snow I was hoping for anyways. Mostly slush. In a sense, it does. But the reasn for that is that for lake effect snow to form into intense bands, the air needs to be oragraphically lifted. This means, the air needs a little help from the ground elevation to be lifted which causes the warm flow off the lake to rise which it eventually cools, which therefore condensates. Take dt Cleveland for instance at 525' in elevation,and then downtown Medina or Chardon at 1250'. Theres about a 700' change in elevation which causes the air to rise more rapidly which creates the instability for LE Snow. When this air rising is also forced by existing instibility, that's when we get the thunder. The other thing to look at is the temperature difference at ground level versus the temperature difference at the 850 millabar pressure level (about 1,500' up typically). If you get differences upwards of 10 to 15 degrees Celcius, you can really start to get some Heavy LE going. In the last storm, based on the lake temperature, locations near the lake were having a hard time getting their upper air temp profiles to lower. That will come however as the lake cools. Hope that answers your q's about Euclid reservation. Also, as an FYI, if you didn't get you LE snow fill this time, just wait until next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the 18th through 21st). Don't quote me on this, but very, very cold air from Northern Canada is coming down about that time which will cool us, and the upper air aloft off very quickly. With the lake temps still warm and open, and the amount of instability wih this air mass, this could be a big one. November is notorious for these. Think back to Nov of 1996 when Chardon got blasted ith 69" of snow in a 4 day period. Shaker Heights had 35", and the airport (Hopkins) had 20". Similar setup, but again, don't quote me.
November 9, 201014 yr Also, as an FYI, if you didn't get you LE snow fill this time, just wait until next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the 18th through 21st). Don't quote me on this, but very, very cold air from Northern Canada is coming down about that time which will cool us, and the upper air aloft off very quickly. With the lake temps still warm and open, and the amount of instability wih this air mass, this could be a big one. November is notorious for these. Think back to Nov of 1996 when Chardon got blasted ith 69" of snow in a 4 day period. Shaker Heights had 35", and the airport (Hopkins) had 20". Similar setup, but again, don't quote me. You're quoted! :P
November 9, 201014 yr ^Yeah, I guess it's in writing. I think this year we will have a rough late November, and much of December. January looks to be relatively mild as does the first part of February. Could be a cold spring start in march though.
November 9, 201014 yr ^Yeah, I guess it's in writing. I think this year we will have a rough late November, and much of December. January looks to be relatively mild as does the first part of February. Could be a cold spring start in march though. I love snow in November and December (and some of January). After that, I'd much rather it melt and be mild in February, so that sounds like a nice winter to me.
November 9, 201014 yr ^Yeah, I guess it's in writing. I think this year we will have a rough late November, and much of December. January looks to be relatively mild as does the first part of February. Could be a cold spring start in march though. I love snow in November and December (and some of January). After that, I'd much rather it melt and be mild in February, so that sounds like a nice winter to me. Aghh...NOOOO!!! I need snow, and decent snow at that until March, after my b-day (March 2nd) it can become mild and melt all the snow. Skiing on dirt is not so much fun. Hopefully an early cold snap will allow paces to start making snow. Especially those in Western NY.
January 10, 201213 yr Unlike 2011, this winter is warming many hearts Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:36 AM Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:40 AM By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- This is a winter we hope sticks around. A year ago at this time, we were already growing sick of the snow and cold. Our first snowfall arrived Dec. 1, and by this time last year, we had already had 20 inches of snow. So far this year, we've had half that much. And it's all gone. Kids and dogs are tracking mud, not snow, into the house. READ MORE AT: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/mild_winter_in_northeast_ohio.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 10, 201213 yr With all this warmer weather now, folks better get ready for the lake effect to carry into the spring :(
January 10, 201213 yr West Side!!! I love the warm lake it keeps the snow from falling at my house...Now my drive to my office at Alpha Park may not be that great...
January 10, 201213 yr I suspect my snowplow guy is enjoying the pre-paid seasonal rate and not having to do anything!
January 10, 201213 yr Unlike 2011, this winter is warming many hearts Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:36 AM Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:40 AM By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- This is a winter we hope sticks around. A year ago at this time, we were already growing sick of the snow and cold. Our first snowfall arrived Dec. 1, and by this time last year, we had already had 20 inches of snow. So far this year, we've had half that much. And it's all gone. Kids and dogs are tracking mud, not snow, into the house. READ MORE AT: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/mild_winter_in_northeast_ohio.html Not mine :( :( We are having to jump through hoops and pray to snow gods in order to keep our Ski Race Season going. Additionally there are a few ski resorts in the area (Peek n' Peak, and I think Boston Mills is always questionable year to year) that have been having financial trouble in the past few years. These warm temps with no natural snow is going to make surviving a serious concern.
March 19, 201213 yr Just checking the seasonal snowfall thus far in the 2011-12 season for Cleveland (go to http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=cle) and I'm shocked to see we have had 37.5 inches of snow. Really? When?!?! I see it's come in dribs and drabs, with no one-day snowfall greater than 5 inches. I'm also surprised to see January was pretty close to a normal snowfall (18.1 inches actual, 18.7 inches normal). I was expecting our snowfall total thus far to be in the mid-20s, not high-30s. But check out the daily temperatures in the Preliminary Monthly Climate Data for each month this winter. Most daily averages were above normal. By the way, I heard my first lawnmower in Cleveland this year on March 11. It has to be the earliest I've ever heard it in my 44 years -- all in Northeast Ohio. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 19, 201213 yr It is in the 80's here and good lord, this is MARCH! MARCHMADNESSINDEED!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 21, 201213 yr To paraphrase a particularly obnoxious quote heard during too many evil winters: If you do like s***, move to Alaska!
March 21, 201213 yr It's official!! Except they stole my description "The Winter That Wasn't".... In Cleveland, 'the winter that wasn't' was the hottest in 140 years of NWS weather records Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 6:00 PM Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 10:17 PM By Michael Scott, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The winter that wasn't will go down as the warmest on record. Looking back over a wimpy winter season, we can say that no one has ever experienced a warm winter like 2011-12 in Northeast Ohio. The average high temperature this winter was 44.5 degrees, displacing the winter of 1982-83 (43.9) and nearly eight degrees higher than average, according a Plain Dealer analysis of 141 years of temperature data kept by the National Weather Service. READ MORE AT: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/03/in_cleveland_the_winter_that_w.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 21, 201213 yr BTW, the Agriculture Climate Zones have shifted north by one zone, so what used be the zone for Columbus has shifted north to Cleveland making it more difficult to produce some things like maple syrup.... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=check-your-seed-packets "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 21, 201213 yr I was cool with this weather until I realized I couldn't see my dog because the grass in the backyard was so high. I mean it's March, I don't wanna mow...
March 21, 201213 yr People were sunbathing at North and Oak beach on Sunday, including me and some of my then out of town guests. I think it was 83 degrees in Chicago that weekend. It felt like 90.
March 21, 201213 yr roker said it was 85 in chicago yesterday - crazy! it wasnt nearly that warm here, but still i had a short sleve polo shirt on and sat outside and had a late lunch at pj clarkes in battery park city. btw some young girls sat next to us and i overheard them making arrangements to visit the rock hall and the football hof, where to stay and hangout downtown because so and so had a good time, etc. so that was nice to hear!
March 21, 201213 yr BTW, the Agriculture Climate Zones have shifted north by one zone, so what used be the zone for Columbus has shifted north to Cleveland making it more difficult to produce some things like maple syrup.... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=check-your-seed-packets Not sure if it is only me, but I cannot get on the Scientificamerican.com website at all. Here is the Google cache version of the article: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wj6HHj0SIf0J:www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm%3Fid%3Dcheck-your-seed-packets+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
March 21, 201213 yr Not sure if it is only me, but I cannot get on the Scientificamerican.com website at all. Here is the Google cache version of the article: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wj6HHj0SIf0J:www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm%3Fid%3Dcheck-your-seed-packets+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a I just tried it again, and it works. Sometimes I'll post a link directly from the article and I don't test it. Then I hear later that it doesn't work. So I was actually surprised it worked for me just now. Weather Channel reports that Traverse City, MI is forecast to hit 87 today, 42 degrees above normal. I slept with all my windows open last night, and a nice breeze blowing through. One of the benefits of living on the fifth floor near the lake are the breezes. One of the negatives is that from noon to about 9 p.m., it gets downright chilly here because of the lake breeze. Then, the hottest time of the day is in the late evening to about 1 a.m. as the land "exhales" to the lake, and sends all that hot air across all the sun-heated pavement and buildings toward the lake. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 9, 201213 yr Now that it's May and we've cooled off a little bit from our March highs ... (really, the whole point of this post was just to write that, but I need to finish that sentence somehow) ... I'm seriously tempted to slip out early and hit the bike trails in the middle of a weekday afternoon.
July 4, 201212 yr Checking in briefly from my niece's house. Friday afternoon an 80-foot hackberry tree fell across my back porch and took out my power and FIOS lines. Electrical repairs to the house were completed this morning, and part of the tree still has to be removed before the power can be reconnected. Frontier said it could be 2-3 weeks or more before my phone/FIOS is back. There probably are at least two more days' work to get the tree cut up and removed. It was at least 150 years old; when it's all down, I'll count the rings and see just how old it was. It was forked into three main branches, and one remains standing but has enough damage it has to come down. Of the two branches that fell, one went across the back porch and smashed the gutter and railing in addition to taking down the power and FIOS lines, and the other went alongside the house, broke a bedroom window, and grazed the edge of the roof, messing up a few shingles. It could have been worse, either one of those is heavy enough it could have crushed its way right through the house. This afternoon my outside thermometer sensor, in the shade, read 103F. Inside was up to 87F. I've run an extension cord next door to my rental property to borrow enough power for a couple of lamps, a fan, and my refrigerator, and at night I open the upstairs windows to get rid of some of the heat buildup. I wish I could open up downstairs, too, but I'd have to stand guard all night with a weapon. Fort Wayne was hit by a super derecho; prolonged high-velocity straight-line winds. The airport recorded a peak gust of 91mph. We experience downbursts often enough in summer, they're often destructive in a limited area but they only last a couple of minutes with lots of fury, rain, lightning, and thunder, and then the sun comes back out. These winds lasted for several minutes, followed by a downpour and lightning and thunder for a total of about 20 minutes. Just as the commotion ended, the storm-warning sirens went off. Damage is widespread across the region, and Indiana Michigan Power has called in crews from as far away as Colorado. I've taken lots of photos. I'll post them when I have my desktop (Photoshop and FTP) back.
July 4, 201212 yr Holy crap, Rob! Sorry to hear that - our area got hit with some nasty weather but not quite like that. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
July 6, 201212 yr Still no power (or AC), no FIOS (internet). Tomorrow's forecast calls for 106F, heat index 111. Today I finally got to talk to a human at I&M Power, and got a work order written.
July 6, 201212 yr While it has rarely climbed above 85 along Cleveland's lakefront, if I travel several blocks inland, the temperature on my car's thermometer rises 10+ degrees (or drops as much as I head north of Interstate 90). The benefits of a lake breeze!!! However, these are some of the enduring images for me in this hot summer...... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 6, 201212 yr Not sure if it is only me, but I cannot get on the Scientificamerican.com website at all. Here is the Google cache version of the article: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wj6HHj0SIf0J:www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm%3Fid%3Dcheck-your-seed-packets+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a I just tried it again, and it works. Sometimes I'll post a link directly from the article and I don't test it. Then I hear later that it doesn't work. So I was actually surprised it worked for me just now. Weather Channel reports that Traverse City, MI is forecast to hit 87 today, 42 degrees above normal. I slept with all my windows open last night, and a nice breeze blowing through. One of the benefits of living on the fifth floor near the lake are the breezes. One of the negatives is that from noon to about 9 p.m., it gets downright chilly here because of the lake breeze. Then, the hottest time of the day is in the late evening to about 1 a.m. as the land "exhales" to the lake, and sends all that hot air across all the sun-heated pavement and buildings toward the lake. Nice thing for you also is in the fall and early winter, it always stays a few degrees warmer during the day with the warm lake. To top that off, the lake effect snow typically gets pushed inland past your place. There are joys to living on the lake.
July 6, 201212 yr I think Akron was mercifully spared, considering how Cleveland and Columbus (and even Canton) were hit. I didn't even have my lights flicker. I got an incredible view of some lightning, though (my apartment is one of the highest in the city), and got a great new Words With Friends bingo out of it as well (derecho ... can't wait to pull that one on someone). I wonder how the suburbs fared. Since I'm downtown, I'm guessing that the grid is more robust here. (I don't know if I get an even bigger benefit than I might otherwise because I'm right next to Akron Children's Hospital, or if the hospital simply has its own backup generators but no additional reinforcement from the primary grid that might support surrounding properties as well.)
July 6, 201212 yr In the past week my lights only flickered off for one second, then came right back on twice. The thing I hate about that is resetting all the clocks/appliances
July 7, 201212 yr 101F at 7 pm in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I've lost track of the number of consecutive days we've had temps over 100. Those ordinarily happen just a few times, perhaps two or three, in any summer, and nights usually are cool. Our nights have been "cooling down" to the low eighties lately.
July 10, 201212 yr Why are all the freak bad weather words inherited from Spanish? Derecho, El Nino? Well, that's two anyway. :) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 10, 201212 yr http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/glossary.htm Spanish, French, Greek. The NWS has adopted a lot of non-english words for weather.
July 26, 201212 yr Lower 48 wind visualization http://hint.fm/wind/ Great Lakes surface currents visualization http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/currents/
September 7, 201212 yr At sunset this evening, I took this photo from my balcony on the west side of Cleveland of two thunderstorms that radar showed were about 30 miles east of the city (shortly before 8 p.m. EDT) and heading into Pennsylvania.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 10, 201212 yr There's a debate going on right now on a FB page about too many warnings, etc. It brings up a great point. It seems that the closer the storm s get to a metro area (Columbus Dayton Cincy etc), the more the warnings are posted. Yes, there's more people, of course, but I think some of this might lead to a "cry wolf" syndrome. The Mont. County warning Friday night was totally warranted, as a 4 block area around Wilmington Pike in Kettering had cars flattened from trees, and substantial property damage! But for some areas like Cincinnati, the actual storm didn't really get going until it was past the city, and spun up a brief tornado in Clermont County. The "dual polarized" radar at Wilmington should be able to make these events easier to warn on. It's not like they don't have the tools. I hope National Weather Service gets their heads out of the sand and realizes there is a need to address this and quick.
September 10, 201212 yr There's a debate going on right now on a FB page about too many warnings, etc. It brings up a great point. It seems that the closer the storm s get to a metro area (Columbus Dayton Cincy etc), the more the warnings are posted. Yes, there's more people, of course, but I think some of this might lead to a "cry wolf" syndrome. The Mont. County warning Friday night was totally warranted, as a 4 block area around Wilmington Pike in Kettering had cars flattened from trees, and substantial property damage! But for some areas like Cincinnati, the actual storm didn't really get going until it was past the city, and spun up a brief tornado in Clermont County. The "dual polarized" radar at Wilmington should be able to make these events easier to warn on. It's not like they don't have the tools. I hope National Weather Service gets their heads out of the sand and realizes there is a need to address this and quick. Do you mean watches or warnings? I watched the storms roll in and all of the warnings that I saw seemed to be warranted for the conditions. As for the comment about the weather service pulling their head out of the sand, they are way ahead of you. It is an issue that is constantly evolving with all of the new ways that people are obtaining information. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/iln/criteria/ That link is the criteria that the Wilmington office uses to issue warnings and advisories. The largest issue they face is getting the public to pay attention to whatever format they use.
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