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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 1:15 am
Twinkie, it's 2:15 a.m. here near Chicago...and it's 51 degrees right now...at Christmastime. Yes, something is definitely askew! LOL It's really windy out there and it looks like rain, and maybe even thunderstorms, are pretty close to getting here by looking at the radar. Temps are supposed to drop drastically tomorrow and the rain may change to snow, but they said not much accumulation. I just want a little blanket of white for Christmas. Then I'll be satisfied. 
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 5:16 am
Kc, it was about the same here. It is crazy! Now, it's very windy and snowing. Looks like only an inch or two of snow today. The 50 mph gusts of winds will be a problem on 90 though. imo
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 9:14 am
Cold down here in the tropical tip of Texas, but I was just reading about all the highway pileups from yesterday. 50+ car pileup on I-40 in NW Texas, 30 car pileup on I-70 in Kansas, 40 car pileup on I-29 in Missouri. Lots of families on the road for Christmas yesterday. News article said many in the pileups were not dressed for the weather and that other travelers were unwrapping presents to dress the kids without enough clothes. This is the time of year when lots of people from up north make their way to South Padre Island, TX, where we are. I just told Bigdog that anybody who manages to make it here today will have been through hellacious weather.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 9:32 am
I saw those pileups on the news, Juju. Scary as all get out. Unseasonably warm here in DE today, with rain all day. It's 52 now, going up to 56, with thunderstorms predicted. Temps go back down in the mid 40s the next few days. First chance of snow looks to be about Thursday.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 11:43 am
It decided to warm up to 19^ AFTER I spent and hour and a half snowblowing our sidewalks and driveways. We only got 4 inches of snow yesterday/last night but had terrible winds so the drifts were very huge.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 1:49 pm
Hypermom, we sure have the wind here too. A wind advisory's in effect until 9 p.m. Sure hope it settles down a bit after that. Lots of flurries blowing earlier, but no snow on the ground here though. My prior post said it was 51 degrees, but by the time I went to bed within that same hour it had already dropped to 35. Right now it's 15 with a windshield of 2. Yep, I guess it is starting to feel a bit more like Christmas in the Chicago area.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 5:52 pm
+4° today!

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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 6:05 pm
We had severe thunderstorm warnings here at 5:30 this morning -- and we're now under severe winter storm warnings with blowing snow. Lots of people south of us have lost power, but so far we haven't. Very glad we didn't have to travel anywhere after I got groceries early this morning!
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Dokatola
Member
06-20-2007
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 8:13 pm
rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 8:21 pm
Juju said: "News article said many in the pileups were not dressed for the weather and that other travelers were unwrapping presents to dress the kids without enough clothes." Now THAT is what I call the true Christmas Spirit! Chili, you look terrific in a bikini I see! Still wearing my wool longjohns @ 47degrees earlier. It was a couple degrees warmer today, now we will be back to lower 40's for the next week.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 8:28 pm
I know it sounds strange but after being -40°, +4° seems pretty warm. We even change into light jackets.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, December 24, 2007 - 5:17 am
That is quite the the temperature change, I would be putting on a lighter jacket too. Yesterday we had in the 40's, then the temperature dropped, this morning we are at 23 with a 7F windchill.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, December 24, 2007 - 8:53 am
well today is going to be in the 40's much better than the past couple of weeks
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Monday, December 24, 2007 - 9:28 am
It was 20 degrees this morning when I left my DBF's house in Comfort, TX. There was ice all over my car. I thought I was going to freeze waiting for my car to warm up. lol But now it is a beautiful, sunny, blue skied 47 degrees. I think the high is going to be around 60.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 10:51 am
well it is Thursday and they are expecting snow in the Boston area again (what is up with Thursday's and snow?)
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 11:18 am
It's rather warm here in Windsor, Ont. It's 4C or 39F, but it's foggy and rainy...generally miserable. All the snow we had before Christmas is gone.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 11:33 am
Yesterday we were under a severe weather alert for wind. It was so nasty out there all day through at least 3am (when I went to bed.) Winds were gusting up to 70 mph's and the sky was brown from the winds kicking up the sand. Cops shut down part of the highway from Mojave to Rosamond (Darren's drive to/from work) because of the low visibility then re-opened but with a CHP leading the way to keep people driving slowly. Today is completely calm, not even a breeze (though cold, it's only 38.)
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 11:43 am
A toasty -1°
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 11:49 am
Looks like we won't be going to a party tonight out of town due to another huge snowfall. Drat.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 8:28 pm
Weather was really bizarre here. Christmas Day, I was all prepared. House tidied up (as best as it could be). Kitchen clean with nary a dirty dish in sight. All food prepared except for dessert, which could be easily thrown together in the morning. I even had Mom's sleep pattern all switched back to daytime, even to the point she'd get plenty of sleep and not worry the rest of the family for how tired she was. A few hours before the family was to get here, Sis calls and says, "have you heard from Cindy? She just called and said they've turned around and gone back home." The roads from WY were apparently so bad with the storm. And they nearly got run off the road. I was perplexed to say the least. When its that bad in nearby locations, we usually get at least something, if not the same. I'm bewildered. What storm? Sis says, "haven't you taken a look outside?" So I did....nothing. I mean, a little bit of a gray sky. But nothing at all to indicate a big storm. Sis says its snowing so bad its coming down sideways at her house. She lives only about 25 miles from us. I check the news....Denver is getting hammered, Ft. Collins is getting hammered. Sis's house is getting hammered. No reports on Longmont. But I look outside and.....NOTHING! I swear we were living in a time warp or something. Or maybe we were transported somewhere else like in that movie Zathura. So, we call it off and regroup for the next day. Everyone gets over here ok. Longmont streets were still dry. Everywhere else got several inches of snow. It was so weird! It spit a little during the day, but nothing more than that. If we got half an inch, I'd be surprised. We're paying for it now. Its been snowing since last night. I'll have several inches to shovel in the morning! But, I'd say it worked out well. Everyone got here safely, got home safely, and now it can snow all it wants. If I need groceries, I'll just order them to be delivered!!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 8:31 am
That happens at my folks' house sometimes, Whoami! Either they get the snow no one else gets, or they don't get the snow or rain everyone else gets within ten miles of them. We luckily have the same here with bad storms, especially tornadoes, because they seem to follow the geographic pattern and just go around us. Today we had a low of 29º, it's now 48º and is supposed to climb to 66º, Clear, Wind: N at 13 mph, Humidity: 32%
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 8:11 am
Man the lifeboats!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 7:59 pm
It's a whopping 9 degrees here right now. And by Monday, it's supposed to be in the 50's. Freakin' global warming....
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 1:22 am
a nice balmy 3 degrees above freezing. Cold for this time of year. The wind chill is much worse though. this moist air goes right thru the jacket to the bone. brrrrrrrrrrrr
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 1:28 am
It's 4 above here right now, but the wind chill is -3. By the weekend it's supposed to be up in the 40's and rainy. Then on Monday mid-50's!
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