Northern weather

[healey36]

Not a huge fan of South Florida, but Miami should be great for a respite from the cold.

[E7]

i only ever visited Florida one time.....January and February of '98. St.Pete. Nice to visit, but not interested in living there. From the places I've been, somewhere in Tennessee would be my pick. Knew a nice gal in Jonesboro....should have moved down there! Always good at making the wrong choice!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I made the obligatory, very popular and “fashionable” pilgrimage to Ft. Lauderdale as a college classmate waaaaay back in the 60’s, traveling during the nighttime in a group of 8 in one vehicle from undergrad school in Ohio . My strongest impression from then was the fragrance of peach tree blossoms which wafted thru the open windows, in Georgia, which was nearly inebriating in its beauty.

Those blossom-saturated open-windows breezes turned out to be the best experience of the whole excursion since I didn’t find the ocean, nor the beach, particularly charming, nor clean.

Returned to campus in a couple days and never returned , though I realized my experience had to be very subjective, considering the wide variety of communities throughout Florida , of course . I have several in-laws who have purchased second-homes in Florida, who have been living there happily-ever-after for portions of each year .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I lived in Tampa when very young, and have returned there as well as have visited Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, St. Augustine, Destin, Sarasota, and Key West. My MiL lives in Ft. Myers. Orlando.......too many times.

They all have something positive to them and all seem in the path of bad weather all to frequently.

[J. S. Bach]

I lived just north of Ft. Lauderdale for thirty-five or so years working for the local transit agency for twenty-four of those years and sometimes miss it; both my work and the area.

[robert.]

I’m staying in Delray and commuting to Miami beach for a trade show. While driving to dinner on Sunday we watched a spaceX launch. A little unsettling at the time. Until you Google today’s rocket launch. You’ll think it was a weapon launch. Spacex does not launch straight up. It starts off about 30 degrees

[HONDO74]

Dangerous arctic blast to send coldest air of 2023 across northern US
https://news.yahoo.com/could-january-en ... 11497.html

An arctic blast looming this weekend has the potential to be the most significant winter cooldown for the northern tier of the country since December.

The FOX Forecast Center said highs will be 25 to 40 degrees below average Saturday and Sunday for much of the central and northern Plains and Midwest, with highs more than 30 degrees below average from Montana to western Kansas on Sunday. This will correspond to temperatures staying in the teens and single digits.
The FOX Forecast Center is tracking arctic air that is expected to surge south into the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley with dangerously low wind chills this weekend into early next week.

At night, lows will drop below zero for more than 20 million people across parts of 15 states from Idaho to Michigan.

The coldest morning will be Monday as actual temperatures drop into the negative teens and 20s in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana.

[healey36]

Will it reach as far south as Missouri? If so, hunker down, mate, and leave the tap dripping.

Temps are 10-15 degrees above normal here, and generally have been since Christmas. I’m wondering if we’ll ever see any significant snow here this season.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Will it reach as far south as Missouri? If so, hunker down, mate, and leave the tap dripping.

Temps are 10-15 degrees above normal here, and generally have been since Christmas. I’m wondering if we’ll ever see any significant snow here this season.

Was up in PA and they got 3-4" last week. Wait until Thursday around here - back to "normal" temps with a chance of something falling out the sky....

[healey36]

Nearly sixty degrees here today. For an hour or so, I watched a flock of rather disoriented looking Robins flap around in the back garden, wolfing the bird seed I tossed out there this AM. I do see it’s forecast to chill down later this week, so I guess the heat-pump will be back on-line. Maybe February comes in with a roar.

[E7]

Some killer highs for Southern PA

Wed 01
37°/23°
1%
Thu 02
44°/25°
2%
Fri 03
29°/11°
1%
Sat 04
31°/24°
0%
Sun 05
52°/32°
8%
Mon 06
51°/33°
5%
Tue 07
55°/36°
8%
Wed 08
49°/32°
40%
Thu 09
50°/34°
42%
Fri 10
49°/32°
60%
Sat 11
47°/31°
37%
Sun 12
49°/34°
11%
Mon 13
53°/37°
22%
Tue 14
51°/38°

[robert.]

My neighbors yard is filled with little white snowdrop flowers

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Look like a colder weekend here in VA than in PA?

Wed 01
38°/24°

Thu 02
42°/29°

Fri 03
32°/14°

Sat 04
32°/25°

Sun 05
49°/30°

little white snowdrop flowers

Saw some of those poking up; not sure that they will make it through this weekend. Irises were looking to be poking up through the mulch, here and in PA.

[HONDO74]

Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter

28 degrees at 11 am. Made my trip to the library and back but stopped at the bank; that northwest wind just cuts through everything while you're standing at the ATM....