<p>It was fantastic weather today and yesterday. I went to the beach yesterday and it was great. This is one of the things I love about the San Diego area.</p>
<p>It did rain a lot on last Friday though - the first rain in many months.</p>
<p>Flooding in our little town north of Seattle today. Our downtown is flooded, the exit from the freeway is closed, nightmare commutes for many, several areas evacuated. My H had to reroute one neighbor and one employee by phone to help them get back home due to freeway closures. I-5 (main north-south highway) is closed the in middle of the state. </p>
<p>We had 5 inches of snow Sat. and 3.5 inches of rain in 24 hours Sun.-Mon.</p>
<p>WA Governor declared a state of emergency. South of Seattle, all lanes of I-5 are closed and probably will stay closed for 3 days. I have lived here long enough to be considered a native washingtonian, but I have never seen a flood as bad as this one. This is scary stuff.</p>
<p>having just visited the Pacific Northwest for my first time a couple of months ago, I can say my thoughts are definitely with you guys. I read about the Sitka spruce that was felled; I remember seeing it when I was there… so sad, but, it is mother nature’s way.</p>
<p>Certainly time to renew this thread. This has been the strangest two days here in the Chicago area. Highs in the 60s (no more snow on the ground), and we’re under a tornado watch tonight (some areas are under a thunderstorm warning), and will be getting some strong thunderstorms. This is VERY unusual for northern Illinois in January, but I’ll get my fix of a thunderstorm for a while!</p>
<p>I stand corrected… we’ve had two tornado touchdowns in the northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin area.</p>
<p>68 and sunny when I checked at lunch today, Jersey shore.</p>
<p>Who needs Florida?</p>
<p>Snow Saturday night. Snow predicted for tonight. Snow predicted for tomorrow. It’s not accumulating and there isn’t much, but this is frequent snow for this area. I’m anxiously awaiting the first crocuses of February.</p>
<p>64, thunder and lightening storm in Chicago</p>
<p>So much for Chicago winters… I actually love having a nice, cold, snowy winter, so I’m hoping for a good cool-down soon.</p>
<p>My beautiful foot-plus of snow is no more today. The rain & 60 degree weather transformed a winter wonderland into a damp, clammy, foggy, bare-grass mess. On the plus side, this IS Michigan … if you don’t like the weather, there is always tomorrow!</p>
<p>D, on the other hand, is enjoying wearing her flip flops in the 75 degree South Carolina sunshine.</p>
<p>72 outside at 8PM in Texas. Windy. Feels like April. Fortunately no tornado warnings yet. This after the coolest and wettest summer in 50 years. God bless La Nina years - they keep the utility costs less than the mortgage payment!
DH is in Wyoming at the moment. It’s 18 there. Glad I insisted on the new fleece at REI yesterday.</p>
<p>Tornado warnings in Michigan in January!!! Thunder and lightening now. 63 degrees as I drove home from work. Strange.</p>
<p>It almost hit 60 here in Toronto and, except for the large piles from the driveway plows, the snow is gone. It’s been a very strange winter so far. We had more snow before Christmas than we had for all of last winter. I’d be happy if we didn’t see another flake but somehow I doubt that will happen. Enjoying it while it lasts. The craziest thing of all is that one of my Ds was on a cruise in the Caribbean last week with her boyfriend and the weather was so chilly, they couldn’t even sit out on the deck of the ship.</p>
<p>The tornado sirens were blaring as I drove across MO today to take my son to the airport in St. Louis. Fortunately I was in front of the hail and the worst of the wind on the way in, but I have never seen lightning like I drove into on the way home tonight. Then I hit the rain. Hydroplaned on the interstate, a fascinating new experience.</p>
<p>It’s raining cats & dogs here in Michigan right now. There is thunder, too. Wow, is it really January?!</p>
<p>We had lightening once in January during an ice storm–freaky! We’re having a bit of a thaw now–the ice falling off our roof cut off our internet connection and shattered a light fixture. We’re going to the Yucatan tommorrow and I’m ready to be away from ice.</p>
<p>midmo-
So glad you made it home safely!</p>
<p>My weather report from Western WA: we had snow on the ground this morning! I was freaking out about D driving to school, but then it started to rain.</p>
<p>Expected high of 62 here today. T’storms from the Midwest then back to the 20s next week. All within the range of “normal”.</p>
<p>We’re supposed to hit another record high today for this time of year … 70 degrees. It’s been fairly windy today and we’re supposed to get some storms with heavy wind later today. Time to batten down the hatches, I guess.</p>