2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread

[Brisketexan 105158]

28 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Name drop?  It’s my wife’s cousin. And he’s a priest.  I don’t know how else to describe him. He’s in her family and he’s a dude of the cloth.  I mean, you’ve never in your whole life said something like “my cousin is an electrician and he told me to check the breakers”

Yeah...beware the "family priest."  We had one of those -- a cousin who had JUST taken his formal vows.  Family wedding in Piedras Negras....in September, in an un-air conditioned church....it was 175 degrees in there.  So, he takes a train in for his first formal priestly duties, presiding at the wedding.  For his homily, he spent FORTY FIVE EXCRUCIATING, SWEAT-SOAKED MINUTES reading from a book of anti-abortion poetry (yes, there is such a thing), in Spanish.  The first couple of poems, I translate for my wide-eyed wife.  After that, I just said "it's more of the same bullshit" as we rolled our eyes and toyed with heat stroke.  Due to the length of the wedding, we don't even get to the reception till like 9:00 at night.  We're starving, and dying of thirst.  All that's on the table is each setting had a single 6.5 oz bottle of warm Coke, and in the center, a "pate" that some family member had made that tasted a lot like play-doh.  No food or drink would be served until the bride and groom arrived after all the photos were taken and such.  By the time they got there at 10:00, we guzzled some cold water that was finally released, ate something (don't even remember what), then went home with headaches from the heat and dehydration.

The poetry wasn't even well-written, for fuck's sake.

[Pescado_Rojo 19423]

25 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah...beware the "family priest."  We had one of those -- a cousin who had JUST taken his formal vows.  Family wedding in Piedras Negras....in September, in an un-air conditioned church....it was 175 degrees in there.  So, he takes a train in for his first formal priestly duties, presiding at the wedding.  For his homily, he spent FORTY FIVE EXCRUCIATING, SWEAT-SOAKED MINUTES reading from a book of anti-abortion poetry (yes, there is such a thing), in Spanish.  The first couple of poems, I translate for my wide-eyed wife.  After that, I just said "it's more of the same bullshit" as we rolled our eyes and toyed with heat stroke.  Due to the length of the wedding, we don't even get to the reception till like 9:00 at night.  We're starving, and dying of thirst.  All that's on the table is each setting had a single 6.5 oz bottle of warm Coke, and in the center, a "pate" that some family member had made that tasted a lot like play-doh.  No food or drink would be served until the bride and groom arrived after all the photos were taken and such.  By the time they got there at 10:00, we guzzled some cold water that was finally released, ate something (don't even remember what), then went home with headaches from the heat and dehydration.

The poetry wasn't even well-written, for fuck's sake.

I've got Judd Apatow on line 2

[royiv 9326]

4 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Is it the Power of Christ that compels us?  

Seriously, safety first.  But if shit goes sideways, she's gonna think it's because of her confession.  On top of that, our family priest is flying in tomorrow during extreme weather where he is (blizzard conditions) and where we are (tornado/t-storms).  God, it would appear, is not entirely without a sense of humor this week.  

Stay safe y'all.  We do need the rain.  

You have to fly the family priest in to diddle the kids? I thought they all did that.

[gsoda3 3263]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah...beware the "family priest."  We had one of those -- a cousin who had JUST taken his formal vows.  Family wedding in Piedras Negras....in September, in an un-air conditioned church....it was 175 degrees in there.  So, he takes a train in for his first formal priestly duties, presiding at the wedding.  For his homily, he spent FORTY FIVE EXCRUCIATING, SWEAT-SOAKED MINUTES reading from a book of anti-abortion poetry (yes, there is such a thing), in Spanish.  The first couple of poems, I translate for my wide-eyed wife.  After that, I just said "it's more of the same bullshit" as we rolled our eyes and toyed with heat stroke.  Due to the length of the wedding, we don't even get to the reception till like 9:00 at night.  We're starving, and dying of thirst.  All that's on the table is each setting had a single 6.5 oz bottle of warm Coke, and in the center, a "pate" that some family member had made that tasted a lot like play-doh.  No food or drink would be served until the bride and groom arrived after all the photos were taken and such.  By the time they got there at 10:00, we guzzled some cold water that was finally released, ate something (don't even remember what), then went home with headaches from the heat and dehydration.

The poetry wasn't even well-written, for fuck's sake.

so verbosity runs in your family

[Brisketexan 105158]

Just now, gsoda3 said:

so verbosity runs in your family

Perhaps.  But mine never rhymes.  And if it's 175 degrees, I cut a sentence or two off.  I'm not a monster.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-03-01/heres-whats-happening-to-all-the-tree-branches-piled-up-on-austins-curbs

 

Apparently they use the downed tree mulch as bulking agent for dillo dirt.

We're going to need to shit way more to use all of the excess mulch.

I think I'll head to y mas tomorrow to get started.

[Storm the Field 5295]

La Niña, which increases hurricane activity and worsens western drought, is finally over after a rare three-year "triple dip," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

Weather conditions are now considered neutral, NOAA officials said. The neutral conditions are expected to continue in the Northern Hemisphere through spring and early summer.

There's around a 60% chance that El Niño develops in the fall, climate officials said. When El Niño arrives, it's likely to cause wetter-than-average conditions along the Gulf Coast between October and March. It can mean dryer and warmer conditions in the northern U.S. and Canada. 

[Storm the Field 5295]

Right on cue, after an abnormally warm start to March, colder, wetter weather returns just in time for Spring Break. Gonna be chilly, rainy, and windy as hell Thursday and Friday.

[YGIFS 19452]

Good.  These SXSW fuckers had it too nice since Friday (though a bit warm on Saturday).  They should know how fucking weird it gets here in March.  Gonna throw off our fishing/camping plans a bit.  I can only hope and prey you white people with multi-generational inherited wealth can still go skiing while the rest of us work   

Bullshit aside, we do need some more rain before late April.

 

 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

[hornian 5219]

13 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

Who do I blame for this? I need to blame someone. 

[gsoda3 3263]

enjoy it while it lasts.  

[Eastwood 4394]

8 hours ago, hornian said:

Who do I blame for this? I need to blame someone. 

The Derel

[Biff Tannen 45691]

2 hours ago, Eastwood said:

The Derel

He's the worst.

[YGIFS 19452]

13 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

He's the worst.

Gotta love the Derel

[UnivTex34 1763]

 

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by UnivTex34

[Deej 76831]

Oh, no!!! 39 degrees? You might need a light jacket over a t-shirt, but probably not. The horror!

[UnivTex34 1763]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

Oh, no!!! 39 degrees? You might need a light jacket over a t-shirt, but probably not. The horror!

Did you see the tweet I posted? New models showing snow.

 

lol

[Deej 76831]

1 minute ago, UnivTex34 said:

Did you see the tweet I posted? New models showing snow.

 

lol

[Deej 76831]

7 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Did you see the tweet I posted? New models showing snow.

 

lol

Your tweet just shows up as a black bar.

[UnivTex34 1763]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Your tweet just shows up as a black bar.

It's a twitter link, click on it

 

 

[Deej 76831]

1 minute ago, UnivTex34 said:

It's a twitter link, click on it

 

 

And that's why I scrolled right past it. Rule of thumb, don't leave Surly for any link when on your work computer. 

[UnivTex34 1763]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

And that's why I scrolled right past it. Rule of thumb, don't leave Surly for any link when on your work computer. 

and it is posted identically in both posts, lol. One shows up, one doesn't 

 

lol

[YGIFS 19452]

5 minutes ago, Deej said:

Your tweet just shows up as a black bar.

The Dexter Lake Club?  

Wow, Otis loves us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My man!!!!!!!!!!

[Brisketexan 105158]

4 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

The Dexter Lake Club?  

Wow, Otis loves us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My man!!!!!!!!!!

Hey winter....if I was in your shoes, I'd be....

LEAVING!  WHAT A GOOD IDEA!

[WithoutAClue 15388]

[atomheartbevo 89732]

We are going camping next weekend so you motherfuckers are going to get snow.

[Biff Tannen 45691]

It was fucking cold today. Wtf. 

[Storm the Field 5295]

Digging the current extended forecast for the next 2 weeks. Long stretch of days with highs in the low 80's, lows in the high 50's or low 60's. 

This is what late March is supposed to feel like.

[South Austin 52520]

On 3/16/2023 at 9:28 AM, YGIFS said:

The Dexter Lake Club?  

Wow, Otis loves us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My man!!!!!!!!!!

 

On 3/16/2023 at 9:34 AM, Brisketexan said:

Hey winter....if I was in your shoes, I'd be....

LEAVING!  WHAT A GOOD IDEA!

This is just really great stuff.  Bravo, gents.

[Hpara759 1780]

still 2023...this morning in the panhandle...freezing drizzle

[Hpara759 1780]

[YGIFS 19452]

what time tomorrow (Sunday) this cold shit hitting Austin?  Trying to make a Trail of Lights plan and kids should be able to tough it out but one is under the weather and if it's gonna get legit cold, we'll hold back.  But they can hack it, or should be able to, at like 50-55*.  But myriad reports say by dusk could already be down to 35-40*.  

I'm doing my part to help the grid by pruning more tomorrow near the lines and having Austin Energy come out before end of month to get the really tall ones I can't reach in my middle-age anymore.  But we live, thanks to politics, on a protected circuit so other than downed limbs...we will be fine this Winter.  The rest of Texas apparently can get fucked. Godspeed you chilly bastards.

[Storm the Field 5295]

1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

what time tomorrow (Sunday) this cold shit hitting Austin?  Trying to make a Trail of Lights plan and kids should be able to tough it out but one is under the weather and if it's gonna get legit cold, we'll hold back.  But they can hack it, or should be able to, at like 50-55*.  But myriad reports say by dusk could already be down to 35-40*.  

I'm doing my part to help the grid by pruning more tomorrow near the lines and having Austin Energy come out before end of month to get the really tall ones I can't reach in my middle-age anymore.  But we live, thanks to politics, on a protected circuit so other than downed limbs...we will be fine this Winter.  The rest of Texas apparently can get fucked. Godspeed you chilly bastards.

Front is rolling through late this afternoon. Will get windy and start dropping 2-3 degrees every hour starting around 4 pm. Should bottom out around 40 at dawn tomorrow. You should be in good shape if you head out a little before sundown. Wind supposed to die down by then to almost nothing and should still be a few ticks above 50 at 5:30 Sunday.

[jimmyjazz 45978]

So KXAN's hourly forecast is currently predicting 41 F at 11 PM.

It's 10:40 PM and their website is showing 34 F.

Good job, guys.

[InkaUtexas 25991]

My weather station at the house is showing 32 @ 11:49.

Checked the forecast for the lows and said 38.

Weather weasels suck.

[Blotto 23559]

On 12/9/2023 at 11:06 AM, Storm the Field said:

Front is rolling through late this afternoon. Will get windy and start dropping 2-3 degrees every hour starting around 4 pm. Should bottom out around 40 at dawn tomorrow. You should be in good shape if you head out get your roll on a little before sundown. Wind supposed to die down by then to almost nothing and should still be a few ticks above 50 at 5:30 Sunday.

FIFS. He's going to look at Christmas lights, for fucks sake.

[InkaUtexas 25991]

[InkaUtexas 25991]

28 in San Marcos. Forecast was not that cold. It is nice to be able to have no AC or heater running all day

[YGIFS 19452]

Wowza. Wasn’t convinced by weather outlets it’d get this cold but glad I got my ass outside last night and cover up flora and move planters into garage.  Even the kid’s inflatables are frosted over.  Outside temp shows 29* and I bet it falls another 1-2 before school.  Upstairs heater kicked on but it always runs more up there.  Down here, we dropped 6 degrees in less than 24 hours.  Have understanding with wife, if I can’t run the A/c below 76, we don’t run the heater until 64.  
 

I should put a coat on the the Elf on Shelf or just tell that little fucker To ‘’magic-magic’ his ass a scarf and warmer socks. 

Edited December 11, 2023 by YGIFS

[jimmyjazz 45978]

I'm glad I dripped my outer faucets.  It probably wasn't cold enough for long enough to damage pipes, but I'm not taking chances.

[Storm the Field 5295]

Some primo winter weather on tap to close out 2023 in Texas. Loving this forecast of calm, sunny days with highs around 60 and lows in the high 30's through NYE.

Need to take advantage and walk the dogs and put some miles on my bike while it lasts.

First week of 2024 looks to be very stereotypically January. Dreary, windy and chilly, with occasional showers.

[YGIFS 19452]

Our oak trees seem to be having "mast" years more and more frequently in the last 10-15 years.  Way more than normal, and that may not be a good harbinger for things to come.  

I was picking them up by the bucketful this morning and was pretty chilly.  About 35* with the wind chill just after dawn.  Neighbor's dad looks at me like, "Little cold for that, but why do think there's so many again this year?"  My theory is the relentless draught for the last 2-3 years, the trees are trying to make sure their species lives on.  He agrees and adds he remembers when it used to only happen 2 or 3 times a decade, not 2 or 3 times in a row.  He excuses himself to go get warm inside and says he can't wait for summer on days like these.  I get it, but seems like we go from 110* to 40* in a big hurry every year now.  The trees are trying to tell us something.  So are my shrunken balls.  Should be nice enough out after lunch to go outside and play with new Christmas toys though.  Looks like more rain next week, glad about that.  

[Biff Tannen 45691]

2 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Our oak trees seem to be having "mast" years more and more frequently in the last 10-15 years.  Way more than normal, and that may not be a good harbinger for things to come.  

And I learned something today.  Now I feel I can watch football and drink for the rest of the afternoon without guilt.

https://www.massaudubon.org/news/latest/about-those-acorns#:~:text=Like many trees%2C oaks have,acorns in a mast year!

[YGIFS 19452]

Yeah, your mom likes my "mast year."  The more you know...

Bad jokes aside, my wife and I both take care of our trees ourselves and have tried out damn best to keep them alive through heat and freeze alike.  So like dorks we track their growth, and I prune myself to make sure its done correctly (about 75-80 trees, half of which are myriad oak varietals), and even log their mast years (that sounds like a sexual act, could be-dunno).  And the last 3 late Autumns/early Winters have been extremely high counts.  I mean, we don't count the acorns, but you can just tell by how many craft bags 'n shit we fill up (never mind the extra squirrel activity).  What we've seen in the last 3 years would be perfectly normal over the course of a decade.  But it's been over the course of just 27 months.  Now this isn't "The Happening" level of bullshit, but it's certainly a disturbing early warning sign.  I've never tracked 3 years like this in 27 years in Central Texas even with other very hot summers and cold years. 

Obviously anecdotal to my neighborhood, but I pay attention all over town.  The fact that it's still going on with consistent drops is the weird part.  A mast year usually sees a narrow window of 2-4 weeks of high volume drops.  This has been 8+ weeks of marked drops, week in and week out.  For 3 straight years.  And nearly every "wet" cycle has not panned out to anything like we thought it should during that same timeframe.  And now those Oaks foretelling of their degradation will crack and fall into power lines this next freeze.  Maybe everything is fine, but in my neck of the woods...this is all kinds of wrong and everybody knows it but doesn't want to admit it.  I like trees.  So I take care of mine.  And the more I reread what I just typed, it's some kinda Arbor Horror Porn.  Dammit, I had something for this! 

[Biff Tannen 45691]

4 hours ago, YGIFS said:

it's some kinda Arbor Horror Porn

Pretty sure Barnes and Noble and the Cheesecake Factory went in with the movie theater to make this in the late 90s.

[YGIFS 19452]

Ah yes, I remember.  I ordered the Oreo Tuna Parmesan.  Oof, magoof.  

[Brisketexan 105158]

Pretty sure Barnes and Noble and the Cheesecake Factory went in with the movie theater to make this in the late 90s.

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