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G'arrrrrrgh! It's soggy and slushy and blughy outside here, today. Gonna get wicked cold tomorrow.

Oh my god. I seriously almost died yesterday. It was SO COLD!

Lovely crisp winter's day. Will probably piss down later.

Rain. mist, rain, mist, mist, rain....

Boooooooring!!!

Still, there are signs of a cold front finally coming in over Sweden, so perhaps we'll get some colder and nicer weather -or at least drier!

There was fog about 40 minutes ago, but now it's clear. The temps are decent in the morning although its quite humid (the fact I can't see the fog doesn't mean the water isn't there ).

Forecast: dry today, rain/snow mix to-morrow and temperatures around 0° (deadly combination*)

*eithe it should be clearly above or below. At 'around zero' one gets the worst of both plus slippery sidewalks and streets

Ow-yow cold here, today. But dry.

Quote from: Agujjim on December 04, 2009, 04:35:28 AM
Summary:
-10C = cold
-20C = damned cold
-30C = %#&@ing cold
-40C = don't leave the house

This reminds me of an old temperature/weather related joke:

HOW COLD IS IT?
An annotated thermometer

Fahrenheit / Celsius

+50 / +10
* New York tenants turn on the heat
* Minnesotans plant gardens

+40 / +4
* Californians shiver uncontrollably
* Minnesotans sunbathe

+35 / +2
* Italian cars don't start

+32 / 0
* Distilled water freezes

+30 / -1
* You can see your breath
* You plan a vacation in Florida
* Politicians begin to worry about the homeless
* Minnesotans eat ice cream

+25 / -4
* Boston water freezes
* Californians weep pitiably
* Cat insists on sleeping on your bed with you

+20 / -7
* Cleveland water freezes
* San Franciscans start thinking favorably of LA
* Green Bay Packers fans put on T-shirts

+15 / -10
* You plan a vacation in Acapulco
* Cat insists on sleeping in your bed with you
* Minnesotans go swimming

+10 / -12
* Politicians begin to talk about the homeless
* Too cold to snow
* You need jumper cables to get the car going

0 / -18
* New York landlords turn on the heat
* Sheboygan brats grilled on the patio, yum!

-5 / -21
* You can hear your breath
* You plan a vacation in Hawaii

-10 / -23
* American cars don't start
* Too cold to skate

-15 / -26
* You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
* Miamians cease to exist
* Minnesotans lick flagpoles

-20 / -29
* Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you
* Politicians actually do something about the homeless
* People in LaCrosse think about taking down screens

-25 / -32
* Too cold to kiss
* You need jumper cables to get the driver going
* Japanese cars don't start
* Milwaukee Brewers head for spring training

-30 / -34
* You plan a two-week hot bath
* Pilsener freezes
* Bock beer production begins
* Minnesotans shovel snow off roof

-38 / -39
* Mercury freezes
* Too cold to think
* Minnesotans button top button

-40 / -40
* Californians disappear
* Car insists on sleeping in your bed with you
* Minnesotans put on sweaters

-50 / -46
* Congressional hot air freezes
* Alaskans close the bathroom window
* Green Bay Packers practice indoors

-60 / -51
* Walruses abandon Aleutians
* Sign on Mount St. Helens: "Closed for the Season"
* Minnesotans put gloves away, take out mittens
* Boy Scouts in Eau Claire start Klondike Derby

-70 / -57
* Glaciers in Central Park
* Hudson residents replace diving boards with hockey nets
* Green Bay snowmobilers organize trans-lake race to Sault Ste. Marie

-80 / -62
* Polar bears abandon Baffin Island
* Rhinelander Birkebeiner
* Girl Scouts in Eau Claire start Klondike Derby

-90 / -68
* Edge of Antarctica reaches Rio de Janeiro
* Lawyers chase ambulances for no more than 10 miles
* Wisconsinites migrate to Minnesota thinking it MUST be warmer

-100 / -73
* Santa Claus abandons North Pole
* Minnesotans pull down earflaps

-173 / -114
* Ethyl alcohol freezes
* Only Door County cherries usable in brandy Manhattans

-297 / -183
* Oxygen precipitates out of atmosphere
* Microbial life survives only on dairy products

-445 / -265
* Superconductivity

-452 / -269
* Helium becomes a liquid

-454 / -270
* Hell freezes over

-456 / -271
* Illinois drivers drop below 85 MPH on I-90

-458 / -272
* Incumbent politician renounces a campaign contribution

-460 / -273 (Absolute Zero)
* All atomic motion ceases
* Minnesotans allow as to how it's getting a mite nippy

 

We have 0°C in Stockholm today and it has been said that the cold and the winter is finally coming...


I'm bored crazy with the perpetual greyness that is called winter these days. I want snow! Lots of it!


Twenty years ago the winters were mostly white here. The rain, fog, supercooled rain, we mostly have these days was called London weather...

 

-29 C; feels like -39 C if you count the windchill factor.

It has been snowing lightly but regularly for the past couple of days, but since the cold doubled down today there's only some ice crystals in the air from any moisture giving up and dying. My SIL asked me if this was Russia, because some areas of the province are hovering around -35 C with windchills dipping below -50 C.  I told her yes it was - she said we need some vodka in that case. 

I'll wager we get a chinook through here about December 20ish and a green Christmas as usual - maybe even +10 weather and an opportunity to wear shorts on Christmas Day (I'll be on the other side of the Rockies, hoping for a bit of snow on the ground).

Yesterday, we finally had temperatures below freezing, and some snow in the evening. 

Unfortunately, it's gotten warmer today, and the snow has now mostly gone. 

Still, it's a start!

Chances for white christmas set at 50/50 currently.
Yesterday some puddles were frozen, others were not. Some of those right next to each other.

-30 C and clear this morning.  Supposed to warm up to a barmy -22 by this afternoon.

Must be a chinook on the way - they are forecasting +4 C by Wednesday.

The salmon or the chopper?
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Generally 'balmy' here, with 84F (feel like 89F due to the humidity) expected later in the day.

The wind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind


_{and -22C is still barmy cold.}