Weather ramblings
It was 5oC and the windchill made it feel even colder on Saturday. It was 18 on Monday. Sunny and warm. On Tuesday night temperature dropped below -10 and it felt even colder. It also snowed a tiny bit - just enough to freeze into frosting on cars and grass. It was below 0 during the day on yesterday and it's supposed to be again tomorrow. Then it will get warmer once again - up to +13 on Monday and then dip below 0 again on the next day.
It's not that I can't take the cold - I have the proper clothes and shoes and it's not that cold during the day. It's the temperature jumps that get me. As my brother said about the -12 during the day (-17 with windchill) weather that Poland has right now (the warmth is over) - at least when it's cold all the time you get used to dealing with it. Not that I want to have it as cold as it is in Poland now but if not for the wind the 0 to -5 day temp is my perfect winter weather. If only there was more snow I would be perfectly happy with it lasting for few weeks.
But my winter looked like this for one morning in supper snowy spot: This is my brother's winter:
And of course it's still cold in my apartment. I can barely make it go up to 19oC and it's usually around 18when I wake up. It's not fun sitting in such temperature. At least when I'm running around in my down jacket and UGGs and all that bothers me is the wind putting tears in my eyes. But if I were back home those tears would freeze so this is still nicer. But then I remember how far south I am and realise once again how much milder European climate is.
Think about this - Londoners are less likely to have cold weather like this then me here in subtropics. They can have flowers in their gardens that are more susceptible to cold. Of course for all of us the rarity of these events comes from the Global Warming. England used to have snowy winters - now it snow causes panic. Most of the US that is now hyperventilating about cold used to have days of weather like this every winter. It's just after a while the new weather patterns become normal and the ones that used to be normal become exceptional (see this post for nice graphics on this EDIT: And the new xkcd is perfectly on topic too). And then you call off the climate change because it's cold outside for few days. Even when the other hemisphere is melting from deadly heat (and I mean deadly - animals were dying in Australia including fruit bats falling dead from trees in temperatures reaching 50oC - I can't even fully comprehend 50 but it makes me happy about -5 here).
I know a lot of people in Poland who complain about the cold and cloudiness but I think I was born to be northern European. I hate heat and 30-something is already too much for me but I'm also not really good with the temperatures below -10 - my eyes water and fingers freeze. I want to have seasons but without too many weather extremes and it's hard to accomplish that in continental climates.
It's not that I can't take the cold - I have the proper clothes and shoes and it's not that cold during the day. It's the temperature jumps that get me. As my brother said about the -12 during the day (-17 with windchill) weather that Poland has right now (the warmth is over) - at least when it's cold all the time you get used to dealing with it. Not that I want to have it as cold as it is in Poland now but if not for the wind the 0 to -5 day temp is my perfect winter weather. If only there was more snow I would be perfectly happy with it lasting for few weeks.
But my winter looked like this for one morning in supper snowy spot: This is my brother's winter:
And of course it's still cold in my apartment. I can barely make it go up to 19oC and it's usually around 18when I wake up. It's not fun sitting in such temperature. At least when I'm running around in my down jacket and UGGs and all that bothers me is the wind putting tears in my eyes. But if I were back home those tears would freeze so this is still nicer. But then I remember how far south I am and realise once again how much milder European climate is.
Think about this - Londoners are less likely to have cold weather like this then me here in subtropics. They can have flowers in their gardens that are more susceptible to cold. Of course for all of us the rarity of these events comes from the Global Warming. England used to have snowy winters - now it snow causes panic. Most of the US that is now hyperventilating about cold used to have days of weather like this every winter. It's just after a while the new weather patterns become normal and the ones that used to be normal become exceptional (see this post for nice graphics on this EDIT: And the new xkcd is perfectly on topic too). And then you call off the climate change because it's cold outside for few days. Even when the other hemisphere is melting from deadly heat (and I mean deadly - animals were dying in Australia including fruit bats falling dead from trees in temperatures reaching 50oC - I can't even fully comprehend 50 but it makes me happy about -5 here).
I know a lot of people in Poland who complain about the cold and cloudiness but I think I was born to be northern European. I hate heat and 30-something is already too much for me but I'm also not really good with the temperatures below -10 - my eyes water and fingers freeze. I want to have seasons but without too many weather extremes and it's hard to accomplish that in continental climates.