Weather WTF

[Sheilbh]

Yes the forecasting has been lacking.

It's always this way. I thought it was just part of being, as Duque says, an ocean climate not a continental climate.

Weirdly I have a friend who swears by the Norwegian weather forecaster.

[Duque de Bragança]

If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.

And in my London's quite dry comments - annual precipitation in London's around 22-23 inches. Very rarely snow and if we get snow it will probably cause the city to temporarily collapse

3 days of snow with like 5 cm is enough to cause quite a disorder in Paris as well. Happens every 10 years or so though.

[merithyn]

Huge storm moved across the midwest today. Over 400,000 people in central Iowa without power, including the entire city of Ames - where my daughter lives.

Admiral Yi? You okay? I heard Iowa City got walloped pretty badly, too.

[HVC]

Hit 38 degrees today. Should start cooling off again. Have a managers golf thing Wednesday. Yay(sarcasm)

[HVC]

If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.

And in my London's quite dry comments - annual precipitation in London's around 22-23 inches. Very rarely snow and if we get snow it will probably cause the city to temporarily collapse

3 days of snow with like 5 cm is enough to cause quite a disorder in Paris as well. Happens every 10 years or so though.

Is that a global warming thing, or did you guys just never have snow?

[Sheilbh]

I think London's always been a bit too warm and buildingy to get snow regularly. I think Paris is probably similar. The countryside in the south of England, I think, used to always get snow.

[Valmy]

Wait if you build buildings you have less snow?

[Duque de Bragança]

I think London's always been a bit too warm and buildingy to get snow regularly. I think Paris is probably similar. The countryside in the south of England, I think, used to always get snow.

Mesothermal climate plus urban micro-climate. City centre has always 2-3 C° more than the suburbs.
Climate change makes summers warmer though.

[Sheilbh]

I think London's always been a bit too warm and buildingy to get snow regularly. I think Paris is probably similar. The countryside in the south of England, I think, used to always get snow.

Mesothermal climate plus urban micro-climate. City centre has always 2-3 C° more than the suburbs.
Climate change makes summers warmer though.

Yeah.

I suppose it still snows in London most years but it's like snow shows. It's very rarely enough that it actually settles because of the heat.

[Maladict]

It's 29 degrees inside, at night. I haven't slept more than three hours a night since Friday 

[Sheilbh]

What is happening

All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.

[HisMajestyBOB]

We still haven't hit 100 since 2012, but we have had nearly non-stop 90 degree days with heat indices of 100+. Overnight lows have been consistently in the 70s, with some nights not even getting below 80. The scattered thunderstorms have Florida-like downpours, which is not something I remember from the 1990s, but has become much more frequent.

[garbon]

What is happening

All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.

I look like a vampire as I've the curtains drawn. Still 86f/30c in my bedroom/office but at least it isn't the full outside temp.

[Syt]

What is happening

All windows in my flat are open and there's zero breeze.

Put a fan in front of one window, blowing out. It'll create a draft from the other window (I find it works best with just one other window open). It's how I cool my place off a bit during the night.

[Tonitrus]

Like most of us Englanders, there's no A/C here, but my old, stone building (It's a renovated 19th century chapel) seems to work like a nice, cool cave (The walls look to be about 2-ft thick at least).  A low-powered fan at night, and every is nice and temperate.