So How About the Weather....

Chlidonias said:
this photo: http://www.zoochat.com/578/zoochatters-meet-snow-day-129910/

Yes, it wasn't explained what "snow day" was. I thought it had been snowing as well when I saw the photo.
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Yes that's the pic, and they were dressed quite warm, so I thought it was real snow.

Speaking of which, there has been snow on the pyramids, the Sphinx, and the Dome of the Rock!! First snow in Cairo in 112 years and heaviest snow in Jerusalem for 70 years!
LA Times

Cairo sees first snow in 112 years
 
nanoboy said:
Yes that's the pic, and they were dressed quite warm, so I thought it was real snow.

Speaking of which, there has been snow on the pyramids, the Sphinx, and the Dome of the Rock!! First snow in Cairo in 112 years and heaviest snow in Jerusalem for 70 years!
LA Times

Cairo sees first snow in 112 years
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I'm at a backpacker hostel in Kulala Lumpur right now and yesterday someone from Egypt was talking about the snow to some other backpackers and saying that it was the first time it had snowed there in over 100 years. And one particularly dumb girl with one of those grating "I'm so dumb" speech patterns said something along the lines of "oh my god, so that would be the first time anyone in the whole country has seen snow in their whole lives!" and the Egyptian guy said, somewhat drily, "well, unless they have been outside the country..."
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm at a backpacker hostel in Kulala Lumpur right now and yesterday someone from Egypt was talking about the snow to some other backpackers and saying that it was the first time it had snowed there in over 100 years. And one particularly dumb girl with one of those grating "I'm so dumb" speech patterns said something along the lines of "oh my god, so that would be the first time anyone in the whole country has seen snow in their whole lives!" and the Egyptian guy said, somewhat drily, "well, unless they have been outside the country..."
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Backpackers eh? Like, OMG!
 
Weather in Middle Earth....?

So what's the weather like in Middle Earth?

Story here: Model demystifies Middle-earth's climate | Stuff.co.nz

One does not simply model the climate of Mordor.

Unless, of course, you are the University of Bristol's Dan Lunt, who has created a climate simulation of JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Using supercomputers and a model originally developed by the British Met Office, his study compares Middle-earth's climate with those of our (modern) and the dinosaur's (Late Cretaceous) worlds.

The Middle-earth model reveals that the Shire - home to the Hobbits - would enjoy weather much like England's East Midlands, with an average temperature of 7°C and about 61 centimetres of rainfall each year.

An epic journey to Mount Doom, however, would see a shift in climate, with the subtropical Mordor region being more like Los Angeles or western Texas.

The study, released Tuesday on the University of Bristol's website and available in English, Elvish and Dwarvish, also shows that the elves probably sailed from the Grey Havens because of that region's prevailing easterly winds, while the dry climate east of the Misty Mountains is formed by a rain shadow.

Lunt, who undertook the work in his spare time, hopes his work might create interest in the possibilities offered by climate modelling.

His paper shows how any climate (imagined, real or future) can be simulated, he notes, while discussing both the strengths and limitations of such models as well as the importance of understanding how climates are affected by increased levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
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Today (Friday) is a pleasant 22C, but tomorrow is a whopping 38C. And to cap it off, Sunday is back down to 19C!! Melbourne weather eh? Some days you have to use your heater in the morning when you wake up, and use your airconditioning in the evening, all on the same day.
 
nanoboy said:
I see there's a big storm brewing in NE USA. Anyone in the line of fire?
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I'm not in the line of fire but I'll be getting some shrapnel (meaning I'm not getting hit the most but will be getting hit). I'll take some pics if anything particularly interesting brews.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Well, at this time of the year we normally get highs or around 68 and lows of 45, but it's been very hot and dry this year. Weather.com reports that the high today should be 84 and low of 54. I just hope it doesn't mess up the Kings vs Ducks (Hockey) outdoor game on the 25th of January.
 
It has been snowing since just after midnight. -12c, right now. the snow hasn't accumulated much. just makes walking & driving a mess.
 
New York City has a new mayor as of yesterday. The news today referred to this storm as his first "crisis."
It's a storm for Heaven's sake!
Not an unusual amount of snow for this area (It was fun a few years ago when we got a meter of snow!)

So yes, for the media, it is SNOWMAGEDON! (In the US the weather media started naming storms the way they name hurricanes and monsoons. This one is called Hercules. I guess they are saving "He Who Must Not Be Named" for the next one.)
 
Zooplantman said:
New York City has a new mayor as of yesterday. The news today referred to this storm as his first "crisis."
It's a storm for Heaven's sake!
Not an unusual amount of snow for this area (It was fun a few years ago when we got a meter of snow!)

So yes, for the media, it is SNOWMAGEDON! (In the US the weather media started naming storms the way they name hurricanes and monsoons. This one is called Hercules. I guess they are saving "He Who Must Not Be Named" for the next one.)
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Well, although it's 'just a storm', lives can be lost, essential services can be interrupted, and travel will grind to a halt. I guess it's his job to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible, with minimal impact.

I was in NYC a few years ago when it was -10C (no snow though), and man was that cold!
 
nanoboy said:
Well, although it's 'just a storm', lives can be lost, essential services can be interrupted, and travel will grind to a halt.
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Yes certainly... although considering the things that have occurred in this city over the pasy 400 years (or even the past 12) how is this a "crisis"?

In any case, here is the view (because you asked) from my office window today:
 

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Zooplantman said:
Yes certainly... although considering the things that have occurred in this city over the pasy 400 years (or even the past 12) how is this a "crisis"?

In any case, here is the view (because you asked) from my office window today:
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NYC's population has been steadily growing over the last 400 and even 12 years. The press has become more pervasive, and locals are more vocal and demanding. So although it may not be a crisis comparative to other snow storms, it's a crisis if enough people say it is.

Nice pics by the way. 1m of snow is crazy. That's 100mm of rain, which is a lot by anyone's standards.
 
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