It was +52 degrees F in Philly as I was driving to work at 5 A.M.

[PCIntern]

by tonight it's gonna be in single digits...and let's not overlook the fact that my outside thermometer Saturday morning said 0 degrees. I'm SO CONFUSED!

It's true: I've only been around 60+ years so I have no perspective...this isn't weird or anything...it's just that we keep having once-in-a-thousand-year storms, temperature swings of 50 degrees every 24 hours, record precipitation in the Summer months, ice storms where there were never ice storms, chronic coastal flooding unlike any recorded...and this is Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore...we are, or at least WERE known for some reasonable consistency in our weather. I've lived here all my life and the way storms would approach the area was: you would see a dimple of relief in the weather map which vaguely coincidentally covered the whole original 215 area code and much of south Jersey. Snowfall and rainfall was generally more moderate, and if, say Harrisburg got 10 inches of snow, we'd get 3 or four tops and if a storm came up the coast, we were somewhat sheltered and get maybe 2/3 of what northern Jersey and Long Island would get. Not now...

Gee...it almost makes you think that perhaps something is different?

[MindPilot]

1. Warmer in Lakewood New Jersey than San Diego this morning

52 vs 57

Weird weather that's for sure.

Except San Diego won't be heading for single digits this morning.

[PCIntern]

3. Ed Zachary! nt

[NuclearDem]

2. We've got a wind chill of -29 here in Indy.

[PCIntern]

5. It's on its way here, methinks...

Good luck to you and yours!

[Recursion]

4. Kelvin? (nt)

[Historic NY]

6. Its pouring here north of NY City and 54....

in less that 24 hrs it will be 50 degrees colder. The snow is retreating, just in time for the next batch. We have been swinging wildly from the low of -10 to this. I'm sure glad I don't have to go out and work in it any more, 31 yrs was enough.

[Historic NY]

19. Its dropped 11 degrees since my last post

[curlyred]

7. -2 in Denver and dropping, but it is coldest before the dawn

In the 40s tomorrow.

[Siwsan]

8. Michigan is being hammered by storm after storm

Started the massive ice storm, just before Christmas, that took out power to about 40% of the state's residents. Before we can really fully recover, we get hit by over 16 inches of snow and sub-arctic wind chills. Now they are talking about the potential for another "icy" situation for Friday!?!?!

[JustAnotherGen]

9. The fog is so thick

In Basking Ridge NJ this morning - that I couldn't see anything in the parking garage. And yesterday it was warmer in Rochester NY (where my family lives) than it was in NJ. That's odd. Almost never the case.

[Agschmid]

10. The fog for the commute this morning was crazy!

[PCIntern]

16. I had a big problem at a blinking red

and no visibility to either side...scared the crap outta me.

[TBF]

11. I still think the "nuclear event" in Japan

is a big issue, along with the global warning in general.

29 and clear in Houston this morning. We are within an hour of the coast - south of the city. I'm not going to complain given what I'm seeing in other areas of the country.

[PeaceNikki]

12. it's -14 with windchill of -50

[PCIntern]

13. Ye Gods...

wow...car batteries tend not to work in that weather...

[PeaceNikki]

14. no kidding. I have a jumper pack in my trunk to help her if she needs it.

Yeah, this is brutal, even by Wisconsin standards. Especially SE Wisconsin.

[Bjorn Against]

15. Sounds beautiful, we are currently at negative 22 degrees here in Minnesota.

[greytdemocrat]

17. It's 70 here in Sarasota,FL

We had thick fog a few hours ago but it's mostly burned off.

[durablend]

18. Close to 50 again this upcoming weekend n/t