More snow

[altivo]

It's snowing again. They say another two to four inches tonight, but at least it won't be as cold as last night when we went down to -5°F/-20°C. Just a light dusting at the moment, but the radar looks like it will be getting heavier soon. All the usual stuff, snow advisory, hazardous weather outlook, etc. Tess was grumpy with me because I didn't

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[luperion]

Proper arctic woofies are all white. :-)

[altivo]

There's nothing proper about Argos other than his manners. How many vegetarian woofies do you know?

Though "arctic" fits with next year's MFF theme of "North to Alaska," Argos is never described as anything other than just "white wolf". Besides, he's sweet like you. ;D

[schnee]

Why does everyone get snow except for me? Darn coastal climate - and darn gulf stream, for that matter. x.x

If you need wolf pictures, you may be able to find some in wolfphotography, BTW (*plugplug*). ^^ I also used to have a large collection myself in the past, but I've often had bad luck with hard disks, so...

[altivo]

You're near the coast? I remember when I studied German in graduate school the teacher made quite a lot out of the weather. He said that Germany was a lot wetter but rarely as cold as this area, which matches what you're saying here I guess. The Great Lakes do moderate the climate here, and especially so for those who live near western coastlines like the west side of Michigan or the western end of New York. But that moderation in temperatures is usually associated with an increased snowfall in the winter. I'm on the wrong side of Lake Michigan to see a lot of that effect (we call it "lake effect") but still get some of it here because of elevation. We are 50 to 60 miles from the lakeshore, and 400 to 500 feet above it. That's apparently just enough that when the wind is northeast and the temperature below freezing, it snows a lot.

[schnee]

*noddles* MMmm... I wish I could say the same thing about this place. :) I live in Kiel myself, which is situated at the Baltic Sea, BTW (not directly at the gulf stream, of course (that's the other side of the state), but we're still influenced by that as well, in addition to the regular influence on climate that the sea has)

Right now, for example, it's raining, but it just isn't cold enough for there to be snow. :P It's often noticeable in weather forecasts on TV etc., too - in Bavaria (specifically, in the Alps), it usually gets much hotter in summer and much colder in winter, despite the fact that that's about 1000 km further south.

Not that I'd want to move there, of course (summers here are already too hot by far for my tastes, for one thing) , but I would love to move further up north, to a place with colder winters *and* colder summer. *s*

[altivo]

Maybe Sweden?

I'm not surprised about Bavaria. As you move away from the coast, the temperatures are always more extreme. Elevation also seems to increase the range on both ends in many cases.

[farhoug]

So there's the snow gone! We've been having above freezing temperatures and rain for a couple of days now, and the snow is disappearing quite rapidly. Hopefully it comes back soon, sunset is around 3pm and it's awfully dark now as the wet ground eats all the light.

[altivo]

It's unusual. We don't often get heavy snow this early in the winter. More typically it holds off until January and then really dumps on us. There were about two inches of new snow last night, and it's snowing again as I write this.

[farhoug]

I guess there's (still) no trusting in weather. =)

[altivo]

Actually this may be a Republican plot to try to prove that there is no such thing as global warming. . .

It's amazing how hard it is to get people to understand that there could be global warming and yet some areas seem to be cooling off at the moment. They just can't see the larger picture at all.

[cabcat]

*watches your doings quietly with that mostly curious but slightly inscruitable look that cats tend to have* :D

[altivo]

*notices that you're so busy watching the food preparations that you missed the mouse that ran right by your tail*