Weather

[FarmerJamie]

TN and KY are getting whallopped right now with snow on top of ice. My friends are safe, but huge areas are being hit

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

Do I have to go outside today, the feels like temp is going to chill me to the bone.

 

[NH Homesteader]

-6 actual temp, weather says -30 to -40 with wind chill…. But it’s not windy so I don’t know how they figure that🤷🏻‍♀️ Either way it’s not pleasant out there!

 

[FarmerJamie]

Dusting of snow here overnight, several inches up north in the snow belt

 

[FarmerJamie]

My college buddy and his wife are on the first cruise ship to visit Hawaii in 2 years. Mid 80s and sun

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

-6 actual temp, weather says -30 to -40 with wind chill…. But it’s not windy so I don’t know how they figure that🤷🏻‍♀️ Either way it’s not pleasant out there!

sorry, I think that came from our way.

we are to be in the upper 20s today and the rest of the week, chickens are finally thawing out

 

[Alaskan]

How many hours of daylight do you have right now @Alaskan ? I think that’s my #1 reason I couldn’t live in Alaska.

Uh..... depends on how you count...

Like... now it is just after 9am, and the sky has brightened... but the sun isn't visible.

The sun skims along the southern horizon (well... the eastern edge of the southern horizon) for an hour or so before getting over the mountains.... then it stays a few feet above the mountains... as it travels west.... then another hour long sunset.

So... does the day start when the sky starts to lighten? Or when you actually see the full sun?

I looked that up once... technically it is nautical, civil, and astronomical dawn (and twilight... whatever)


From:

Twilight, Dawn, and Dusk

Twilight is the time of the day when the Sun illuminates the Earth's atmosphere even though it is below the horizon and not directly visible.

www.timeanddate.com

Anyway... at the darkest day of the year... we get 5 hours... I think almost 6.

But, because of the hour plus long sunrise/sunset thing... I always feel that it is such a nebulous concept.

Floofy... can't catch it..... like the weather forecast... make it whatever it is you want it to be....

 

[NH Homesteader]

Nope. No way. Uh uh. All of ya'll who deal with this are tougher than me!

We're crazy windy - gusts around 40mph. Made carrying hay interesting. Started for one feeder with a whole armload of hay. By the time I walked about 20 ft hardly any hay left, lol. Most of it was in my hair.

Super windy here too, it hurt my face doing chores 🥶

 

[NH Homesteader]

Face masks I love them and wear them pretty much from Dec to Feb

I haven’t figured out how to make them not fog up my glasses!

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

We are supposed to be in the mid 20s with some light snow.