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1/04/2021 10:17 pm

On January 1, 2021 I rode around in Cherry Bomb...

...with the top down!

For about four hours. Temp hovered right around 70-71 degrees.

BigV · 1/05/2021 6:59 pm

Gravdigr wrote:
On January 1, 2021 I rode around in Cherry Bomb...

...with the top down!

For about four hours. Temp hovered right around 70-71 degrees.

NICE!

1/06/2021 7:22 pm

Cherry Red on the outside, bombed out on the inside!

Goddamn captcha!!!

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xoxoxoBruce · 1/08/2021 3:07 am

You don't have enough posts yet, I haven't see that captcha in a while.

BigV · 1/08/2021 11:35 pm

Welcome to Winter

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BigV · 1/13/2021 8:55 pm

Weather, we've had it. Amirite?

13 days into the year, 20 percent of our annual precipitation. And the long term forecast indicates an atmospheric river, 2000 miles into the Pacific, heading our way.

Last night it was windy, 70 mph across the state. 500,000 people without power this morning, schools closed, a tractor trailer rig was blown over and was leaning against the pedestrian handrails on the bridge over Deception Pass. Driver's OK, but I'm guessing the upholstery might be missing a big chunk of the driver's seat. Google the bridge, it's gorgeous. You'd have some time to contemplate your life choices on the way down.

Clear today though.

xoxoxoBruce · 1/13/2021 11:49 pm

They don't build railings like they used to...

xoxoxoBruce · 1/19/2021 4:16 am

It seems in the last week a warm air mass knocked the polar vortex off center, you know like the bully that knocks you hat down over your eyes. Of course the further it gets from Santa Clause land the faster it's moving. In the past when this happened pieces of P.V. would tear off and act like a giant snowball bringing record snowfalls and bitter cold to where it landed. The problem is we don't know where the pieces will land so the forecast is, you're going to have a nasty winter... or not.

Diaphone Jim · 1/19/2021 12:59 pm

80 F yesterday. Beat the 1920 record by 4 degrees.
Could end up a record drought, too. Makes a beautiful day disaster weather.

griff · 1/29/2021 6:20 pm

We're in the midst of our first real cold snap of the season. The xc skiing is pretty sweet. current temp 10 F

BigV · 2/09/2021 12:05 am

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/snow-is-in-seattles-forecast-along-with-the-years-coldest-temperatures-so-far/

Been wet but not cold enough to snow.

That might be changing soon.

Traces of snow this morning reported in the traffic report.

The picture at the top of the article sure is pretty, isn't it? I get to drink it in every day and I haven't tired of it in over thirty years.

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griff · 2/09/2021 6:56 am

That is nice brother.

We're xc skiing every work morning here plus whatever we do on the weekends. Good snow and holding!

Diaphone Jim · 2/09/2021 12:57 pm

The only thing that makes Seattle's gloomy weather tolerable are two magnificent mountain ranges.
But that weather obscures them more often than not,
When I lived there in the late 60's. it was months before I really believed there was Mount Rainier.

monster · 2/10/2021 8:15 pm

I is frozzed. The warm for the last 10 days I think was a tropical -4°C yesterday. I've still walked over 35 miles so far this moth, though. My knees hate me, but my arse is getting a good workout.

I tried snow shoes on Saturday! weird. like dumpy skis

xoxoxoBruce · 2/10/2021 11:59 pm

Diaphone Jim wrote:
The only thing that makes Seattle's gloomy weather tolerable are two magnificent mountain ranges.
But that weather obscures them more often than not,
When I lived there in the late 60's. it was months before I really believed there was Mount Rainier.

The way Rainier dominates the view east, when it cloudy it's hard to believe it could actually be hidden but it is.

BigV · 2/11/2021 8:40 pm

snowing now though.

griff · 2/12/2021 7:58 am

A degree F this am... going skiing.

henry_quirk · 2/14/2021 7:11 pm

monster · 2/14/2021 7:54 pm

Well I mailed it to you when all y'all were whining about the heat, but then some asshole messed with USPS and I guess it got delayed.....

fargon · 2/14/2021 8:29 pm

You can keep it we got lots more where that came from.

2/15/2021 3:50 pm

Last night at the bar I asked for ice.

I didn't think I had to specify IN MY GLASS, and not all over the damn place!!

21 degrees and ~1-2" of ice. It's not a sheet though, it's little tiny ice BBs. And it's not all that slick, either.

The weather bunny says to expect about a half-a-foot of snow in the next little bit...This could get interesting, I'm used to going where the hell I want in GrandCherokeeOne. I don't know how Cherry Bomb will do in the snow/ice. Front-wheel drive and brand new tires though, so, we'll see.

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glatt · 2/15/2021 7:22 pm

Yesterday I had to chip 1/4 inch of ice off the car in order to drive to the mountains to see my daughter. Took me an hour to clear the car. Ice is a pain in the ass.

Cleared the driver's door edges first so I could get in, and let the engine heat help me.

Not too smart to use your hand as a mallet, but I didn't injure myself.

griff · 2/16/2021 6:57 am

I was prepared to get the tractor out this morning, but it's all ice. Pete had to go in early due to a foreign customer meeting, icy but driveable. I'll try not to break my hand.

BigV · 2/16/2021 12:54 pm

BigV wrote:
snowing now though.

More about this later.

BigV · 2/16/2021 12:55 pm

Meanwhile, Clodfobble, please check in when it's safe to do so.