Good morning. A view from my jeep window.. supposedly in spring.

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Take this seriously.. it works well.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Experts: Record Cold Summer Leads To Changing Leaves In August

Friday morning, Pittsburgh is waking up to temperatures in the 40s.

And the 40sa near me in the Eastern part of the state.

And I concur with the expert quoted: I am seeing yellow and red colors already showing up, a week prior to school evening beginning.. I truly hope this is not a harbinger of a winter of discontent to come..?

We have this from Accuweather: Summer is going to make ‘one last gasp’ late August.. that may upset those who felt summer was just a soft breath of air to begin with. 

Experts: Record Cold Summer Leads To Changing Leaves In August

It’s spring dammit. And that’s how I’m dressing.

It is almost unthinkable, but it appears that a flow of air straight from the Arctic will develop again

An Accuweather forecaster on a springtime cold and snow outbreak that’s about to hit the nation ..

Happy spring, anyway.

This is what the map of the United States may look like next week.. the polar vortex makes a return.. Late in the game, but it’s looking strong and cold..

Ready?

The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming

…..but for what it’s worth, the Farmer’s Almanac and the large furry critters that cross the road did.

And so did Accuweather—which seems to be so far ahead of the game on the NOAA all the time…

This is just how WRONG the government was. (Maybe they were too busy writing the code to HEALTHCARE.GOV?)

The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming

The storm has arrived..

If you see this man wandering your streets .. give him what he wants and he will go away..

Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged

It’s going to get miserably cold again. This time it will be colder for a longer period of time.

I already heard the reports that propane gas is going up about $200 a fill..  I burn coal.. haven’t heard about that yet. Nonetheless, when it’s 100 in July we’ll laugh about -5. Maybe.

Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged

I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but a heavily aged Naked Cowboy is still going strong in New York City.. Read more here.

And reading the weather report, the Naked Cowboy will have plenty more chances for his nipples to cut glass. Lots of cold coming and snowstorms likely over the next two weeks, too..

SCARY POLAR VORTEX STUFF. Stuff I am really sick of hearing about

The 'polar vortex' is coming back. But not really. It will not be as cold as it was earlier this month. And I am really tired of news agencies scaring the long Johns off of everyone. This is winter.. it will be cold. It will snow. You hear that all the time. You want cold? Go back to 1994 in the Northeast when it was so cold, businesses and schools shut down.. People literally could not walk outside. I was 14 during the great American Cold Wave of 1994 and fondly remember it.. being off school was cool—adults had it worse than me at the time. But when you compare THAT winter to this one? I don’t even want to hear people talking about the polar vortex. It’s already the most overused weather expression of the year.. How about start telling people, “Well, WINTER is still here.” In the summer when temps reach 100 or more, what fancy term will we come up with to scare the hell out of everyone?

1994.. when cold waves were king. 


Have a good winter day, everyone.

It got so cold so quickly in this Norwegian bay that it froze a bunch of fish swimming in it

This is like THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW kind of stuff

It got so cold so quickly in this Norwegian bay that it froze a bunch of fish swimming in it

Wow.. so DRUDGE is a horror movie fan after all!

The SHINING’s last scene with Jack Nicholson is the imagery used for his top link about the weather.

Good choice, Matt..

Heads up! Sunday ice storm set to hit Northeast..

Life-Threatening Cold to Plunge Into Rockies, Plains

Heads up United States—it’s going to be so cold your spit will freeze. Even more, it could kill. Not a situation to be ignored—this is the coldest air in the United States in 20 years (And it’s early for it, too) .. 

Life-Threatening Cold to Plunge Into Rockies, Plains

My favorite weather source on Facebook, Weatherboy weather, is predicting son extremely cold weather coming this month—perhaps historic cold.

Yes Christmassy maybe. But unfortunate for those who are not ready or able to deal with such extreme weather.

Old
Man
Winter.

Arctic ice.

It’s on the way..

GET READY AMERICA. 

The long extended summer season is about to end. As predicted back in June by some weather experts (like Accuweather): Cold air is going to start to .. well.. do what it does at this time of the year..

Next week, a cold pattern  will emerge..

I frankly don’t think I’m ready.. it’s been at least 70 degrees everyday for most of October.. A realistic wake up call is going to knock our long johns off.

It’s here. 

Winter 13-14. 

Wow. Middle of May. Freeze warnings…

Massive cold snap in the UK

Massive cold snap in the UK

A cold spring night.

Before I write anything else, it’s worth noting: It feels like mid December .. And it’s spring time. The days are getting longer but not warmer, at least not here in the East, where cold seemingly snuggled into the lands back in January and stuck around ever since. Snowstorm after snowstorm, brief thaws that only turned to ice.. All that behind us, but what’s ahead? Apparently more snow—forecasters are at least speaking of some predictions that snow yet again will strike Coal Speaker home base by the middle to end of the week…

Nonetheless, tonight, as the sun’s final rays faded into black, a cold wind blew as I walked outside. And I couldn’t help but think of Long Beach Island.

I’m a part time vacationer—which means if I actually go on vacation I really don’t enjoy myself.. Something deep down prevents any form of relaxation, I guess. I imagine it will get even tougher with a child in the family—but at least now there is a rewarding reason not to relax.

But as a lover of Long Beach Island, I just can’t stop wondering how the little slice of paradise is tonight? 

The winds are cold there, too, I’d guess. But along with those cold winds come beautiful sites of a bay on one side of the highway and a deep and dark ocean on the other… 

I miss it. I hope to go  back. And I hope my wife and I can introduce a young and inquisitive Ayden to the little island as well.

Maybe he will become a lover, like me, of Chicken or the Egg. Maybe the little AM will enjoy the PM watching over the island from the lighthouse at the top.. And maybe even he, like me, will enjoy the humble rooms of the Buccaneer Motel.

I hope..

It’s been a while since I was there. Maybe this year I can get back there.. 

That is, of course, once these cold and biting winds go away and warmth comes back ..