Winter 2025

[Brian Roth]

Snow on Gulf coast beaches?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/weather/video/winter-storm-weather-snow-gulf-coast-digvid

In the late 1970's I lived for a couple of years in Houston. I recall mowing my lawn (shirtless <g>) in January.

No "day at the beach" here in Salina, KS. Last night's low was -13, breaking the previous record of -7 set in 1935. Normal lows here in Jan. are high teens to mid 20's.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrian

 

[thelivingroom]

I’ve lived in New Orleans my entire life (50 years) and it has “snowed” a few times, with the most only being 1/2” in 2004. Today’s 10” tied a 130-year-old record. I’ve experienced heavy snowfall in other cities before, but knowing that it was probably a once in a lifetime experience here today felt pretty surreal and magical.

I’m three blocks from the Mississippi River, directly across from downtown, and couldn’t see the city at all from the batture when I walked down there during the peak.

 

[sahib]

..... mowing my lawn (shirtless)....

A very good Glaswegian expression for that.

" taps aff "

 

[JohnRoberts]

Weather is variable, thats why they average it over thirty years to determine climate.

I am well north of you and didn't get any snow but it was certainly cold enough (teens overnight). When you get moisture up from the Gulf and mix it with the extreme cold, snow and freezing rain happens. I got the cold but not the wet this time.

JR

 

[JohnRoberts]

Nawlins ready to geax......

JR

 

[pucho812]

My home town of Brownsville Tx,

Has had snow but it’s so rare it has been 100 years apart from each instance and it was barely enough to make a dent. They get cold enough once in a while and they fear black ice more than it snowing.

Stay safe out there.

 

[ruffrecords]

I guess we must be heading for an ice age

Cheers

Ian

 

[fazer]

I guess we must be heading for an ice age

Cheers

Ian

At least an ice week. -8 here at night. A cold 4 days. I’m dreaming of spring.

Those pictures of New Orleans are mind boggling.

 

[JohnRoberts]

I guess we must be heading for an ice age

Cheers

Ian

In fact we are currently in a "interglacial" period, or between ice ages......

How long until the next ice age is impossible to predict with any accuracy.

JR

 

[Brian Roth]

If I combine the highest temp from summer 2024 (non-record 107F) with the record low this week (-13F) that is a 120 degree swing in six months.

The 12" of snow that fell here Jan 5 is still mostly not melted. What did slightly melt on a very few days barely above 32F has refrozen multiple times and became as hard as granite. It's really scary walking atop a 10" thick snow pack in my front yard (to retrieve snail mail) and is like walking on an ice skating rink. You don't sink into the snow at all....no footprints!

Locals I know who lived here for multiple decades have never seen anything like this January.

Well.....what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger???

Bri

 

[scott2000]

what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger

Reminds me of the hook

 

[Brian Roth]

Great song!

Bri

 

[JohnRoberts]

I am a little self conscious about complaining about cold weather since I am a relocated yankee who knows that MS is not actually cold. But it is kind of relative, I have lived down here for 40 years so my cold tolerance is not what it once was.

We just recently had a couple "cold for Mississippi" stretches of weather. Today while out in my carport I noticed a small metal can of pruning sealer that apparently froze and blew out the bottom seam of its metal can. It made quite a mess leaving a puddle of non solidified sealer on top, down the side of my smoker, and onto the carport floor. At this point I think I need to leave it to harden.

I don't know which hard freeze blew out this metal can but it was way below water freezing temperature a few times. I've never seen anything like this happen before.

[humor] Must be climate change [/humor]

[Update] Upon closer inspection it appears that a hole in the thin bottom of the steel can rusted through, so no freezing drama was involved. [/update]

JR