What is the weather like where you live?

I've got to tell you,we don't know if we should plan to go out and get a tan or just go skiing? Just a few days ago,it was 80-85 degrees and then yesterday and today,we are below freezing and snowing. In fact,we broke records and even made some new ones.Today,we broke the record for the most rain in a 12 hour period and Las Vegas started a new record of getting over six inches of snow when they have never had snow before. They have gotten snow flirries in North Vegas before but nothing that added up to anything as to records. It snowed so bad that they closed the airport because they don't own any snowplows. What a strange winter so far. What is the weather like where you live?
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  • I'm south of you in Yuma and it's been cooler this winter than usual, but still nice.  We've had a lot of wind, which makes my bad golf game worse.  But all in all, it's been pretty mild all over this winter.

  • No need to even comment, mild compared to what everyone else has...

  • It's funny that you brought up Christmas Day or evening that is. We experienced 70+ mph winds that took out about 1000 trees that were 30+ years old and several roofs of hotels here in Palm Springs and was featured on several news channels here. Yes,didn't see that one coming. I'm thankful that I wasn't trying to fly in at this airport at the time. The airport has three different crosswinds when your trying to land and sometimes fast and short is the only way,lol.
    Yes,it's been a very mild winter and summer and now we have Camel Spiders everywhere. That's right,the suckers we our soldiers deal with in Iraq. The one's that grow about 8 inches long and run about 10 mph towards you. I took one to my service dogs vet and then started getting calls from all of these doctors and scientists about the ones that I've been catching for the last two weeks. The baby ones that I've been catching are about 3-5 inches long and still scares the crap out of you,lol.
    As far as the water goes,don't you know anyone from the Teams or UDT?
  • Hi Todd,
    It's good to know I am not the only one witnessing strange phenomenon (anomalies really). We had a thunderstorm on Christmas Day 2008. I'm pretty sure that never happens in Vegas. Our Summer was even mild compared to previous years but our Fall is turning out to be hotter than expected. ??

    I'm prayin' for rain and even have my indian dance prepared as a backup. Lake Mead has this white line where the water from the Colorado River used to reach. Line? I meant wall of white separating the water from the brown in the mountain. The stingy people up north are not letting the water flow down. Dam. LOL...
  • Hi Tracy,
    Yes,I will totally agree with you about the Dewpoints. I will same this much,our jobs are getting harder and harder when it comes to predicting the weather. Good examples is like the hurricanes that we've had this year in the Pacific Basin. Going opposite of Ships models and discovering new flaws in our satelite images and technology. Even with our Doppler radar, the radar shows cloud reflections in an area and a spotter at that location on the ground is saying,"What clouds are you talking about,there is no cloud in the sky anywhere in this area" Then five minutes later,whatever it was just completely disappears from radar.
    On the other side of things,you see people like me being asked about the weather at a certain location such as NASCAR tracks during races and golf courses during a televised event. I don't know if it's more about safety or liablities. Lawyers seem to be running the country and not the dope in office in DC.
    Now last week,we had some dewpoints that were unheard of for this area at this time of the year.Perfect for a good thunderstorm and nothing. I'm like darn it,I was hoping for a really good light show and try to get some good pictures. Oh well,what can you do?
  • Hi Todd,

    Yes, those blackjack tables are really a big revenue source for "the house". lol...
    Thunderstorms do seem to pop up in Vegas, sometimes out of the blue, literally. Since I don't forecast weather, I cannot comment on the tropical moisture here. We take an observation hourly in good weather to augment the ASOS at the airport. The local NWS does a fair job at predicting but, as you know, it is not always easy to make forecasts accurate every single day. The dewpoint temperature is a good indicator of how long a storm will hang around during monsoon season. Researchers at NWS have noted that 63 degree dewpoint temperatures are the official beginning of monsoon season. I know from experience that 63 degrees equals very strong storms that may dissipate and reappear without mercy.
  • Aloha Tracy,
    I guess I don't check here often enough these days. Been busy with vacations,relatives and birthdays. Yes,we seem to do the same thing. I'm with NWS and NOAA, my SGX coverage area is from Palm Springs to Joshua Tree National Park and Oahu at Barbers Point which involves a lot of flying. I go back and forth from California and Hawaii. We've had a lot of tropical waves this year from the current El Nino along the tropics.
    I don't know if I could live in Las Vegas. I like it there too much,lol. Way too many blackjack tables for my blood,lol. I noticed that you have been getting a lot of tropical moisture and pop up thunderstorms,how do you handle that with your job?
  • It snowed at 2,800 feet in the Las Vegas Valley on December 15th and at the airport on December 17th. The dark top picture was taken at 8:30 pm and the daylight picture was taken at 3:53 pm on the same day.

  • Hi Todd. It just so happens that I am the weather observer for the airport in Las Vegas. Ironically, I worked on the day it snowed all day long at the airport. My mobile phone has pictures of the snow, I'll try to download the pics.

    Anyway, it snowed hard enough to cause visibility to drop below 1/4 mile. This criteria alone will prevent planes from being able to take off and land. The airport has de-icer but the planes would be all iced up before they could get to the runway for take off. It was miserable for the entire air traffic staff. Ironically, the snow only affected the lower level on that day. The airport sits about 2,180 feet above sea level but the surrounding upper level areas just seven miles to the West and Northwest didn't even get rain that day.
  • Well,I've got to tell you guys that there is a downside with this very warm winter weather here. We just had a swarm of killer bees that just showed up this morning and are on the rampage. Had to call a bee service to get rid of them safely. Here you have to assume that they are killer bees until someone tells you otherwise. They are responsible for many deaths from multiple bee stings.
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