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Tonight, as I attempt to sleep, amidst the driving rain, I will tell myself that the garden needs it; that when I come to plant my seeds, in springtime, it will be easier.
However, I do not really want to garden here, in this inhospitable, fractured place, I want to move on and start anew .
Sometimes, in the darkness, the idea of moving on seems remote, a dream that I will never live to see. And yet, only tomorrow, that darkness will begin to clear, and summer come
Anyone notice that NWS forecasts have gotten worse this year? They say it's supposed to be sunny today. Haven't see the sun yet. The French source forecast I use on my phone is right on with cloudy.
Might be I'm noticing more cause I expected NWS to get worse(for obvious reasons), but it feels like they used to do better.
Dawn and sunrise this morning, Dec 21st, from Buck Hill!
Happy Winter Solstice to all of those who celebrate!
#BuckHill #BlueHills #BlueHillsReservation #Boston #BostonWX #BostonMA #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #LongDistanceObservations #Weather #Sunrise #Dawn
Cooler air to end this weekend
Cooler air is in today's forecast from a northwest to north wind. Unseasonably warm temperatures are forecast for Christmas week. -- Rich Segal
https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/cooler-air-to-end-this-weekend/
#Forecast #Austin #Local #News #TopStories #Weather #GoGreen
4 Regions Most Likely to Have a White Christmas This Year
https://bestlifeonline.com/white-christmas-2025/
#DailyLiving #Christmas #News #Weather #Winter
A cool change sweeping over #Adelaide this evening, sure makes a nice change from the heat over the last week.. A nice top of around 25c for Xmas day but heading up towards around 40c again near New Years eve according to BOM 🥵
Where you might need to go if you're dreaming of a white Christmas
Statistical odds on where to find snow on the ground Christmas morning. -- Rich Segal
#WeatherBlog #Local #News #Sports #TopStories #Weather #WeatherTrafficInDepth
Warm start to the weekend ahead of a mild cold front
Highs on this final day of autumn will be much warmer than normal. A cold front overnight drops highs a bit for the first day of winter. -- Rich Segal
https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/warm-start-to-the-weekend-ahead-of-a-mild-cold-front/
#Forecast #Austin #Local #News #TopStories #Weather #GoGreen
Sunny & pleasant Friday, weekend warm up ahead
Sunny skies today with afternoon temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. Winds will pick up during the afternoon hours, gusting at times up to 25 mph. -- Meteorologist Tommy House
https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/sunny-pleasant-friday-weekend-warm-up-ahead/
Austin weather history: The hottest, coldest and wettest Christmases over the years
KXAN dug through the archives to find the hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest Christmases in history.
The wind took down a cottonwood at the Masonville house. Cottonwoods grow fast and make weak wood, but they are still heavy! This one decided to take out a small gate that lets the horses go down to the creek.
There was a large cavity nest inside the trunk that fell. We're trying to figure out whose nest it was.
Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to deadly Asia flooding, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-12-warmer-seas-heavier-linked-deadly.html
#sea #Asia #environment #temperature #weather #rain #flood #floods #flooding
Sumatra’s ‘natural’ disaster wasn’t natural: How deforestation turned a rare cyclone catastrophic https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/sumatras-natural-disaster-wasnt-natural-how-deforestation-turned-a-rare-cyclone-catastrophic/
#Sumatra #environment #forest #deforestation #weather #cyclone
Cedar season arrives along with drier air, nosebleeds
As Central Texas transitions from ragweed season to mountain cedar season, allergy sufferers may experience new symptoms as the season shifts into late December.
https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/cedar-season-arrives-along-with-drier-air-and-nosebleeds/
#WeatherBlog #Allergy #Austin #Local #News #Texas #TopStories #Weather
Wet weather moving out, big warm up moving in
Heads up! It's a slow and wet Wednesday morning commute for many as dense fog and widespread drizzle continue in parts of our area. -Meteorologist Kristen Currie
https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/wet-weather-moving-out-big-warm-up-moving-in/
Spotty rain ahead of a late week cold front
Despite the calendar saying "December", our temperatures will give more of a fall-like feel most days this week. -Meteorologist Kristen Currie
https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/spotty-rain-ahead-of-a-late-week-cold-front/
Non-rage, non-scary fun thing:
A Mastodon post months ago showed me WeatherStar4000+ from netbymatt.com, a functional duplicate of the old current conditions display from the Weather Channel on cable. It even includes the light jazz background music from the old days. Fun. Try your own location!
https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/
PS, today's weather is the reward year-round desert residents receive for staying through the 120-degree F temperatures in the high summer.
I have just rolled out a configuration change across the entire FediMeteo network.
I've enabled remote purge propagation. Since weather forecasts have a short shelf life, there is no need for old reports to take up space on your servers.
From now on, when FediMeteo deletes local posts (usually after 3 days), we will also send a deletion signal to the rest of the Fediverse. This helps keep your timelines clean and your storage usage low.
#FediMeteo #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates