January 4, 20187 yr My pipes froze on New Year's Eve while I was away. They took over 2 days to thaw. It was totally lame. The pipes in my work's parking garage burst and now there's a 10x10 ice rink at the entrance of the garage. So thats fun.
January 4, 20187 yr So I haven't been able to see the towers around my building for a few hours now. Normally I have a view of all the towers around Bryant Park and the Empire State Building but right now it's just a couple small buildings directly next to my office and then white. I love transit, but I can just imagine that tonight's commute is going to be a massive pain. This morning was already a mess and they very well might close the above ground portions of the subway which would strand me in Manhattan unable to get home. So today is an interesting day.
January 4, 20187 yr It's great how the only two snow-proof metro systems in North America are Montreal and...Los Angeles.
January 4, 20187 yr The NYC subway has comically old switches which are prone to freezing and that's what happened all morning. I somehow managed to thread the gap between a broken train and a broken signal and got to work without issue but directly before and directly after me things were screwed up to the point where the lines I live on (The B and Q trains in Brooklyn) were turning around before even getting to Manhattan and heading back towards the beach. So essentially useless. Last year they closed all the above ground services when they issued a state of emergency and I have a feeling that's coming. I'm just hoping they give warning so I can get home before I'm SOL. Edit: https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Check this twitter feed out. Look how many delays, broken trains, signal problems, switch problems, etc. there are. I love this city, but its transit is a mess.
January 4, 20187 yr The NYC subway has comically old switches which are prone to freezing and that's what happened all morning. I somehow managed to thread the gap between a broken train and a broken signal and got to work without issue but directly before and directly after me things were screwed up to the point where the lines I live on (The B and Q trains in Brooklyn) were turning around before even getting to Manhattan and heading back towards the beach. So essentially useless. Last year they closed all the above ground services when they issued a state of emergency and I have a feeling that's coming. I'm just hoping they give warning so I can get home before I'm SOL. Edit: https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Check this twitter feed out. Look how many delays, broken trains, signal problems, switch problems, etc. there are. I love this city, but its transit is a mess. DC's Metro system, in some parts, is 100 years younger than MTA's yet the former has electrical failures of epic proportions. To a point where people drive over taking the train even though most don't want too due to reliability. Count your blessings up there.
January 4, 20187 yr DC Metro has way too many issues for how young it is. The NYC Subway is plagued with issues that are never ending, but at the very least they GENERALLY aren't ones that completely cut off service, just make it frustratingly slow. Though there have been a handful of times I've been kicked off the train because of power outages which leaves me with zero options which is never fun.
January 22, 20187 yr Brings back memories. But the farther west in Ohio you went, the worse it got. And the PD is almost a week early with this article.... http://www.cleveland.com/expo/ERRY-2018/01/4760eca309/index.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 22, 20187 yr Latest GFS weather model has -45F in East Central Quebec by the first week of Feb. Single digits for Ohio. Winter isn't done yet, enjoy opening those windows!
March 8, 20187 yr My twitter traffic feed was full of highway problems last night so I chose to use surface streets, which made for a long trip. Surprisingly, Cleveland proper did a pretty good job of road clearance, about as good as Shaker Heights. Not quite Beachwood, but close. Cleveland Heights on the other hand did terribly, perhaps they were simply out of salt.
March 24, 20187 yr To my Cincinnati friends who today are facing 3-to-5 inches of snow and 30 mph gusts, I bring you good tidings from Cleveland where these are the scenes from my condo moments ago. Another storm passes to our south. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 25, 20187 yr The first weekend of spring in Cincinnati: Luckily the temperature is above freezing and the snow has started to melt already.
March 25, 20187 yr ^ Thanks - views like this are a dime a dozen in Cincinnati - never gets old, though!
March 25, 20187 yr I'm just so over the cold, blustery weather. If Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real thing, I think I have it because bad weather just ruins my whole day. I'm so tired of cold-ass wind blowing in my face at all times whenever I step outside.
April 19, 20187 yr "Let's talk about the weather!" they said. Always a safe topic, they said. No, let's not. Is ragelocking a thing, like ragequitting? If so, I'm on the verge of ragelocking this thread. :'( >:( :'( >:( :'( Someone call an Uber for Mother Nature. She's drunk AF and needs to get home ASAP and get some sleep.
April 19, 20187 yr It's pretty sad when you look at the 10 day forecast and (after today) you think "well, that looks a lot better" because it's supposed to be mostly sunny and highs in the upper 40s and 50s. Then you realize not a single day is over the average (and most are 10-15 degrees below it). This is probably the worst spring I can remember.
April 24, 20187 yr (Hopefully) final snowfall totals for the season. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 18, 20187 yr It's 59 right now at my condo in Lakewood, three blocks from the lake. damn, 76 in Shaker Redirected from the visiting Cleveland thread. The importance of wind direction when the lake is really cold.:) Winds are coming out of the Northeast, so areas West of Cleveland are way colder than usual. Prevailing winds are typically NNW or NW, so this is kind of backwards to typical. Bay Village - 56 F Lakewood - 60 F Cleveland (downtown) - 70 F
May 19, 20187 yr I saw photos from up around the Lake Erie islands of marinas getting flooded from the water surging due to the winds.
May 19, 20187 yr It's been in the upper 50s all day here in Lakewood, three blocks from the lake. But the temperatures are rising as the reverse lake breeze kicks in, and the land exhales across the warm buildings and pavement of the city. It was cold at Edgewater Park this afternoon, but the wave action was pretty good so the surfers in wetsuits were out. My son got some wave spray in the last shot.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 21, 20187 yr See what? Grey skies and 1 foot waves? ;) "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 22, 20187 yr See what? Grey skies and 1 foot waves? ;) Actually you can see plenty of that in Cincinnati, when a tugboat and barge manages to kick up a little swell. Columbus, not so much.
May 22, 20187 yr See what? Grey skies and 1 foot waves? ;) Lake fog and 3-5 foot waves. And that smattering of surfers proves this Eric Carmen-produced song is wrong! Speaking of lake fog, this just rolled into Lakewood in the past hour and dropped the temps from 75 to 65.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 17, 20186 yr Cincinnati had over 5 inches of rain on August 16, 2018...the second rainiest day in Cincinnati history: https://www.wcpo.com/weather/torrential-rain-leads-to-impressive-record-for-the-tri-state
September 6, 20186 yr We had an absolute downpour last night in downtown Cincinnati. From 5:15pm to almost 6:30pm the rain was coming down in buckets with non-stop lightning and a period of ten minutes of hail. Power is out all over the city, traffic lights are inconsistent at best and streets are flooded. I've never seen the like. I'm hoping this weather over time doesn't get too much worse, but with global warming I'm a bit worried what the future holds. On the other side, I was talking to a co-worker from Mason (just north of Cincinnati) this morning and they got absolutely nothing. "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye.
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. From the same web site... Temperature refers to air temperature at 2 meters above the surface. The temperature anomaly is made in reference to a 1979-2000 climatology derived from the reanalysis of the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSR/CFSV2) model. This climate baseline is used instead of the 1981-2010 climate normal because it spans a period prior to significant warming of the Arctic beyond historically-observed values. +++++++++++ Why is it significant to leave out the post-2000 data? This is why.... Ten Warmest Years (1880–2017) The following table lists the global combined land and ocean annually-averaged temperature rank and anomaly for each of the 10 warmest years on record. RANK 1 = WARMEST PERIOD OF RECORD: 1880–2017 YEAR ANOMALY °C ANOMALY °F 1 2016 0.94 1.69 2 2015 0.90 1.62 3 2017 0.84 1.51 4 2014 0.74 1.33 5 2010 0.70 1.26 6 2013 0.67 1.21 7 2005 0.66 1.19 8 2009 0.64 1.15 9 1998 0.63 1.13 10 2012 0.62 1.12 SOURCE: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201713 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. From the same web site... Temperature refers to air temperature at 2 meters above the surface. The temperature anomaly is made in reference to a 1979-2000 climatology derived from the reanalysis of the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSR/CFSV2) model. This climate baseline is used instead of the 1981-2010 climate normal because it spans a period prior to significant warming of the Arctic beyond historically-observed values. OK..a typo..1979-2000. Still it was +0.1C day above this average. Today is +0.2C. Not exactly a global scorcher. Hasn't been for a few months now for whatever reason.
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. From the same web site... Temperature refers to air temperature at 2 meters above the surface. The temperature anomaly is made in reference to a 1979-2000 climatology derived from the reanalysis of the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSR/CFSV2) model. This climate baseline is used instead of the 1981-2010 climate normal because it spans a period prior to significant warming of the Arctic beyond historically-observed values. +++++++++++ Why is it significant to leave out the post-2000 data? This is why.... Ten Warmest Years (1880–2017) The following table lists the global combined land and ocean annually-averaged temperature rank and anomaly for each of the 10 warmest years on record. RANK 1 = WARMEST PERIOD OF RECORD: 1880–2017 YEAR ANOMALY °C ANOMALY °F 1 2016 0.94 1.69 2 2015 0.90 1.62 3 2017 0.84 1.51 4 2014 0.74 1.33 5 2010 0.70 1.26 6 2013 0.67 1.21 7 2005 0.66 1.19 8 2009 0.64 1.15 9 1998 0.63 1.13 10 2012 0.62 1.12 SOURCE: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201713 What does any of this have to do with yesterday's WEATHER? Yesterday's global WEATHER wouldn't rank on this list. WEATHER.
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. Yikes. Storms aren't entirely based on the particular temperature at the moment in a particular location. Storms are formed by weather patterns, jet streams, warm fronts, etc.... The science shows that storms in general are getting worse due to global warming. While there can't be direct percentage based attribution to this particular storm, storms are and will continue to get worse. "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
September 6, 20186 yr What does any of this have to do with yesterday's WEATHER? Yesterday's global WEATHER wouldn't rank on this list. WEATHER. You brought up 1971-2000 climate. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. Yikes. Storms aren't entirely based on the particular temperature at the moment in a particular location. Storms are formed by weather patterns, jet streams, warm fronts, etc.... The science shows that storms in general are getting worse due to global warming. While there can't be direct percentage based attribution to this particular storm, storms are and will continue to get worse. I agree a higher heat content creates bigger storms. You also need a strong temperature gradient to mix cold and warm air, hence fall. There's a definite debate about whether storms are getting "worse". There's evidence in the US that storms produce more rainfall, but there is no real set of global data yet and the US is a small area of the globe. It's being worked on though.
September 6, 20186 yr What does any of this have to do with yesterday's WEATHER? Yesterday's global WEATHER wouldn't rank on this list. WEATHER. You brought up 1971-2000 climate. Because the re-analyzer takes today's weather and measures it to climate. The implication was that yesteraday's WEATHER was being caused by Global Warming. I thought this was the WEATHER thread anyway. We already have a Global Warming one.
September 6, 20186 yr So it's OK if you use a weather conversation to discuss climate but not OK if I do? OK, got it. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 6, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. Yikes. Storms aren't entirely based on the particular temperature at the moment in a particular location. Storms are formed by weather patterns, jet streams, warm fronts, etc.... The science shows that storms in general are getting worse due to global warming. While there can't be direct percentage based attribution to this particular storm, storms are and will continue to get worse. I agree a higher heat content creates bigger storms. You also need a strong temperature gradient to mix cold and warm air, hence fall. There's a definite debate about whether storms are getting "worse". There's evidence in the US that storms produce more rainfall, but there is no real set of global data and the US is a small area of the globe. Can you provide a link to some study that questions that storms aren't getting worse since you're saying this is a debatable argument? Warmer air holds more water and it's well documented temperatures are getting hotter. I've never read anywhere someone actually saying what you are implying. I've read quite a few study briefs and every single one of them indicates storms are getting worse and will continue to do so. "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
September 6, 20186 yr On the other side, I was talking to a co-worker from Mason (just north of Cincinnati) this morning and they got absolutely nothing. I was in West Chester and nothing happened. Not a drop.
September 6, 20186 yr Weather and climate are different. However, as the climate warms there are more 90 degree days. Science says a storm on a 90 degree day has more energy and can carry more water than a storm at 60 degrees. If you Google "how much hotter is your hometown" you can access a database showing how many more 90 degree days Cincinnati has just in my lifetime and how the trend is likely to continue.
September 6, 20186 yr On the other side, I was talking to a co-worker from Mason (just north of Cincinnati) this morning and they got absolutely nothing. I was in West Chester and nothing happened. Not a drop. I've got a small rain gauge I use to determine if/how much I should water my vegetable garden. Just over 3 inches of rain yesterday, all in the course of an hour and fifteen minutes or so. It only measures up to 5 inches of precipitation - the post you made up thread about the August 16 storm caused it to overflow. That was a first. On a related note, I've got a few extra pounds of hot peppers if anyone wants any. I've never had plants get this big this early in the year.
September 9, 20186 yr Looking at the climate re-analyzer, today is only 0.2 C over the 1971-2000 average. It was only +0.1C yesterday. Almost negligible. https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/DailySummary/#t2anom I suspect the thunderstorm had to do with a typical early fall cold front moving across the US more than global warming. Cincinnati just was in it's bullseye. Yikes. Storms aren't entirely based on the particular temperature at the moment in a particular location. Storms are formed by weather patterns, jet streams, warm fronts, etc.... The science shows that storms in general are getting worse due to global warming. While there can't be direct percentage based attribution to this particular storm, storms are and will continue to get worse. I agree a higher heat content creates bigger storms. You also need a strong temperature gradient to mix cold and warm air, hence fall. There's a definite debate about whether storms are getting "worse". There's evidence in the US that storms produce more rainfall, but there is no real set of global data and the US is a small area of the globe. Can you provide a link to some study that questions that storms aren't getting worse since you're saying this is a debatable argument? Warmer air holds more water and it's well documented temperatures are getting hotter. I've never read anywhere someone actually saying what you are implying. I've read quite a few study briefs and every single one of them indicates storms are getting worse and will continue to do so. Uhh..it’s basic scientfic knowledge that there isn’t a marker yet between thunderstorm/hurricane intensity and global temperature increases from data we currently have Here’s a link on storms: https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/our-changing-climate/changes-storms From the report: >>Other trends in severe storms, including tornadoes, hail, and thunderstorms, are still uncertain.<< Pretty clear. I stand by what I originally said. It’s not misleading at all.
September 27, 20186 yr There was a tornado touchdown in East Columbus this morning! ??? https://www.10tv.com/article/nws-tornado-east-columbus-reached-ef1-max-wind-speeds-90-mph
November 27, 20186 yr Too bad the rest of the CPD isn't run as effectively as their Twitter account! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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