2 posts tagged “cold”

Well it's Friday and the weather guy did not disappoint me. The rain has arrived. Unfortunately the temperature while certainly higher than it's been all week is not the originally promised high of 5°. It's actually only 1°. Which is certainly better than the -20° it was yesterday evening but it's not nearly high enough to assist the rain in melting the snow.
Well, most of the snow. Anything near a street has already been turned to a nasty brown soup of snow, ice and dirty water. Slush. Yet another of the many joys of winter.
I guess I shouldn't complain. It's melting although not nearly as quickly as I'd like. The good news, depending on how you look at it is that the forecast is calling for heavy showers over night. Meaning that most of the snow will be gone tomorrow... replaced by flooded sidewalks, slushy roads and swampy back yards. Not exactly the most ideal situation but as long as the end result is a significant lack of snow, I'll be happy.
It's not going to last though. I noticed that the long range forecast is calling for clear skies until next Wednesday at which time we're going to have a storm of freezing rain and ice pellets.
Hoorah.
It's at this point that my hopes lean in to the possibility that the weather guy is smoking crack and we're actually due for another stint of unseasonable warmth. Hey I can dream can't I?
In the mean time I guess I can enjoy the slightly melty weather we're having. Besides the horrible mess it makes of the roads it does create some extremely interesting ice art.  Icicles.  Which while fun to look at for everyone else speaks of a heat loss problem for the home owner in question. A common issue with the older homes in the area. They're all so large that most owners have cut them up into apartments. They add mini kitchens and new entrances but do nothing about the sinking floors and ancient roofs. The end result is a really nice little apartment with lots of character on the inside and something that looks like the picture on the right on the outside.
My next door neighbors. I can only imagine the size of the icicles hanging on this place. I may go out and check later just to take some pictures. But then again that would require going out into the mess and I'd rather avoid that if I can. One of the few perks of being a hermit.

Well it's finally winter here. I reported yesterday that we had only gotten minimal snow and some chilly weather in the face of the storm front that was sweeping across the continent.
Today I must report that we have now received approximately 1.5 feet of snow [more or less depending on where you live in the area] and the mercury is currently settled at -20 !!
The weather site is also saying that it "feels like" -40 !! Now THAT'S more like it. This is what winter in Atlantic Canada is supposed to feel like. Not all the time. But the middle of January is supposed to feel like... well the middle of January and not like the first buds of spring are around the corner.
I may sound happy and even thrilled about it but that's only because it's not going to last. No the forecast has already predicted that by Friday it will be +5 and rainy. So I'll 'enjoy' the snow and the nostalgic ride down frozen memory lane for a day or two. That's enough for me anyway. Like taking a vacation to the arctic. "Wasn't that fun? Wasn't that cold? Sure am glad we're back to warmer climes though."

Here's hoping that the weather guy has his ducks in a row. I'd hate to be disappointed. As much as I enjoy watching my southern husband deal with the cold I'll be glad when we get back to the 'globally warmed' winter. Not only is it more comfortable, it's a lot easier on the power/heating bills.