The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[woob]

Summer starved? Hilarious. Yeah, it's been rainy, but there's still been enough accessibly sunny days/periods for outdoor enjoyment, and warm enough weather to still be outside when it's not sunny. Yeesh.

I'm completely overjoyed at the amount of rain we've been getting, as it means we don't have to live in constant smoke for days/weeks at a time.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by woob

Summer starved? Hilarious. Yeah, it's been rainy, but there's still been enough accessibly sunny days/periods for outdoor enjoyment, and warm enough weather to still be outside when it's not sunny. Yeesh.

I'm completely overjoyed at the amount of rain we've been getting, as it means we don't have to live in constant smoke for days/weeks at a time.

Bring on the mosquitoes!

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by woob

Summer starved? Hilarious. Yeah, it's been rainy, but there's still been enough accessibly sunny days/periods for outdoor enjoyment, and warm enough weather to still be outside when it's not sunny. Yeesh.

I'm completely overjoyed at the amount of rain we've been getting, as it means we don't have to live in constant smoke for days/weeks at a time.

Forest fire smoke typically comes from hundreds of km away, where the weather is different. Rain in the Calgary region has almost zero impact on the amount of smoke we get.

[Erick Estrada]

It is Calgary after all and it's never been a guarantee that summers will be hot and sunny. We have had a good run of late with hot summers but this year is one of those years were we get a below average summer. Just have to make good use of the stretches of nice weather we get from now until the fall.

[kevman]

That's why I'll never complain about a +30 day in May - some years it's the best we'll get.

I don't even mind the rain in the city. It's what it does to my hobbies that bums me out. The trails are a mess and the rivers are raging.

[undercoverbrother]

Rain and cold weather in Summer sucks and it you like it you suck too

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Rain and cold weather in Summer sucks and it you like it you suck too

You suck more if you like the forest fire smoke.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Rain and cold weather in Summer sucks and it you like it you suck too

I'll take some wetter than normal after 4 years of drier than a nuns ####.

[flamesfever]

I can't remember a year where we have had to turn our air conditioner off and on so many times.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by woob

Summer starved? Hilarious. Yeah, it's been rainy, but there's still been enough accessibly sunny days/periods for outdoor enjoyment, and warm enough weather to still be outside when it's not sunny. Yeesh.

I'm completely overjoyed at the amount of rain we've been getting, as it means we don't have to live in constant smoke for days/weeks at a time.

No smoke is nice but people are definitely justified in feeling like there is less opportunity for enjoying outdoor seasonal activities.

Typically people have 2 days a week to spend a day out and weekends have been unsettled if not miserable weather wise. This weekend is shaping up to be the same. I'll be going out of town to get some solid sun and heat.

Here it seems that the sunny breaks are happening when most cant get out to enjoy it.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

No smoke is nice but people are definitely justified in feeling like there is less opportunity for enjoying outdoor seasonal activities.

Typically people have 2 days a week to spend a day out and weekends have been unsettled if not miserable weather wise. This weekend is shaping up to be the same. I'll be going out of town to get some solid sun and heat.

Here it seems that the sunny breaks are happening when most cant get out to enjoy it.

Nah man! Get with the times! You work from home, buy one of those 'mouse jiggler' thingys and you get like 5-6 days off a week, easy!

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Rain and cold weather in Summer sucks and it you like it you suck too

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

You suck more if you like the forest fire smoke.

ratio

[woob]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Forest fire smoke typically comes from hundreds of km away, where the weather is different. Rain in the Calgary region has almost zero impact on the amount of smoke we get.

You don't say?? Almost like weather that hits Calgary typically travels 100s of kms too! Likely meaning, that areas where there's forest fires that this rainy weather has been passing through, is lessening the amount of fores fires in those areas. But what do I know, Ciiff?

[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Rumour has it: you can still go outside in the rain.

Rain doesn’t stop the game as quickly as lightning does. One flash and you have to wait 30 minutes to be sure it’s not going to strike closer. One more flash and there is no time left in your time slot.

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Rumour has it: you can still go outside in the rain.

Yes, you can…. and it sucks compared to going outside in not rain.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Brendone

Yes, you can…. and it sucks compared to going outside in not rain.

And yet still better than sitting around inside.

[Reggie Dunlop]

The rain is good for the farmers.

[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The rain is good for the farmers.

There comes a time, maybe now, when the rain is too late to benefit the grain development.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

And yet still better than sitting around inside.

There’s a world of difference between what an individual person can do, and what people in the aggregate are likely to do.

The astute observer will have noticed that there’s a dramatic variance in how many people you see doing stuff outside on any given day, and that this variance correlates strongly with the weather. They will also notice that far more people take time off work in July and August than in April and May - this is conjecture, but maybe it’s because it’s typically hot and sunny in July and August, and most people find that nice weather to do stuff outside in.

We’re well past the ‘enough moisture to stave off drought’ stage and into the ‘bad summer for all sorts of organizations and people’ phase.

The folk festival will likely fall well short of sellouts this weekend. That will impact their gate receipts, which in turn will reduce how much money they have to spend on acts next year. I expect facilities like Heritage Park will also suffer from low attendance and revenue this summer. Same with events like charity runs. The hundreds of cancellations in sports leagues have already been mentioned.

This is shaping up to be a ####ty summer for all but some contrarian weirdos.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

There’s a world of difference between what an individual person can do, and what people in the aggregate are likely to do.