What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying) - Page 23

giallo · #**441** Posted **Nov 24, 2023, 11:22 PM**

^ I've always known it as a toaster oven. I've heard people call it a pizza oven as well. I use mine daily to toast......toast.

A short walk along Commercial Drive on another beautiful day. Despite 'The Drive' being my neighbourhood's high street, I rarely take photos of it. I had to go to the pharmacy this afternoon, so I brought my camera and an 85mm lens along for the walk.

TownGuy · #**442** Posted **Nov 24, 2023, 11:45 PM**

^ Those trees in the 3rd from last are super cool. What's happening there? A combination of vines and mosses? Also what kind of trees in general? They have neat branching.

Decent day here. Sunny. Sun is also starting to set somewhat over Lake Ontario.

SignalHillHiker · #**443** Posted **Nov 24, 2023, 11:46 PM**

I think all trees look like that if it rains enough.

Innsertnamehere · #**444** Posted **Nov 24, 2023, 11:49 PM**

High of 0 today - I think that makes it the coldest day yet this fall. A bit of snow this morning, but nothing that stuck. Second time this year for that, including Halloween.

Cold week ahead, with some highs below freezing.

mcminsen · #**445** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 7:24 AM**

Sunny, dry, cool.

Friday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 8 C, the low was 2 C.

English Bay Live Cam

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmFZKM74iEg

madog222 · #**446** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 7:40 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TownGuy

^ Those trees in the 3rd from last are super cool. What's happening there? A combination of vines and mosses? Also what kind of trees in general? They have neat branching.

Moss and ferns growing right on the bark, no vines. That occurs in our forests especially on the Bigleaf Maple, Acer Macrophyllum. SignalHill is right, thanks to all the rain along with the deeply ridged bark.

If Gaillo tells us what street that is I can confirm what species but they do look like they are A. Macrophyllum.
The branching, especially on the right is mainly due to pruning around the utility lines.

https://nativeplantspnw.com/big-leaf...-macrophyllum/

flar · #**447** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 2:51 PM**

Low of -6.8 overnight, hovering around that temp for about seven hours. That was finally enough to kill the pokeweed growing in my front garden. It's interesting to see how much certain plants can handle.

Yesterday morning it survived -4, but it was only that cold for less than an hour

This morning:

The passion flower plant is surprisingly tough, last year it stayed lush and green until the Christmas blizzard, which dropped to -17 with 100km/h winds. Survived last night no problem

giallo · #**448** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 3:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by madog222

Moss and ferns growing right on the bark, no vines. That occurs in our forests especially on the Bigleaf Maple, Acer Macrophyllum. SignalHill is right, thanks to all the rain along with the deeply ridged bark.

If Gaillo tells us what street that is I can confirm what species but they do look like they are A. Macrophyllum.
The branching, especially on the right is mainly due to pruning around the utility lines.

https://nativeplantspnw.com/big-leaf...-macrophyllum/

It's East 6th Street just off of Commercial Drive.

MonctonRad · #**449** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 3:20 PM**

A chilly -7C and sunny in Moncton at 11 AM. This is by far the coldest day of the fall so far. It feels like full on winter..........

SignalHillHiker · #**450** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 4:09 PM**

It’s cool, light flurries. Brunch at my parents’. I really lucked out with my bus commute. If I had to do this way every day I’d need a car. Nearest bus stop to my parents that has a Saturday route is 28 minutes walk away to the hellscape of Kenmount Road. And it’ll take me an hour and a half to get home. But I get to see the hub at the Avalon Mall instead of my usual Village Mall.

Lucky it’s not raining lol

q12 · #**451** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 4:12 PM**

MonctonRad · #**452** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 4:12 PM**

Molson would love this photo.

Does this dealership cater to or give special discounts to returning oil sands workers coming home to Newfoundland???

giallo · #**453** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 5:13 PM**

The hillside behind the dealership covered in cookie-cutter housing is the icing on the cake.

SignalHillHiker · #**454** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 5:40 PM**

Two whole hours to get home. It was fine, though. Heavy snow for quite a bit, especially at higher elevations.

TownGuy · #**455** Posted **Nov 25, 2023, 8:58 PM**

Nice day at Frontenac (north of Kingston). Things got progressively sunnier as the day went on.

3 otters

urbandreamer · #**456** Posted **Nov 26, 2023, 2:13 AM**

I was at my local Nissan dealership yesterday and due to a combination of Black Friday sales, nearby construction and high interest rates, not a single vehicle customer showed up, apparently the slowest day in years. Anyway, the bored sales staff went to Mary Browns for lunch lol. (SHH bus shelter photo looks like a MBs takeout bag ha.)

401 today was packed, the afternoon sun slowing traffic to 60kph through the airport area this afternoon. I'm getting a taste of what the KW to T.O. commuter life must be like: such a waste of life ugh.

Anyway, winter jacket and toque weather. A farmer was harvesting corn sileage with his late 70s MF equipment near Milton.

Friday night in Palmerston, Ontario a surprising number of people out walking, mostly young families. It's astonishing the number of Caribbean and Punjabi Canadians who've moved to small town North Perth/Minto.

mcminsen · #**457** Posted **Nov 26, 2023, 7:51 AM**

Another beautiful November day. Sunny, dry, calm and cool.

Saturday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 7 C, the low was 2 C.

Downtown Vancouver, Nov.25 '23, my pics

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White Rock Live Cam, Nov.25 '23

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MK3E9EWDSY

SignalHillHiker · #**458** Posted **Nov 26, 2023, 9:54 AM**

Oh wow - woke up to just below -6C at my place. Kitchen faucet sputtered and the water was painfully cold to the touch - it's already (in November!?) time to keep the faucets dripping until spring. So wasteful but it's literally what the authorities tell us to do in the core.

EDIT: I heard two bangs/booms this morning. Assumed it was just work at the dry docks, but there's been some kind of stand off ongoing on Brazil Street which is roughly the same direction from my place. And now the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has cancelled the Christmas parade and warned the thousands downtown to go home without going handy to Brazil Street.

It's interesting to be watching one of these that isn't on my street.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...v-26-1.7040463

madog222 · #**459** Posted **Nov 26, 2023, 11:47 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by giallo

It's East 6th Street just off of Commercial Drive.

Thanks. In that case those trees are Elm, mostly Siberian Elm with some American Elm and Brandon Elm.

https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explor...651,-123.07237

MonctonRad · #**460** Posted **Nov 26, 2023, 5:32 PM**

+4C and sunny in Moncton at 1 PM. Decent out.

I will probably haul my sorry ass outside in a few minutes to install the storm windows on the gazebo for the winter. I usually have this done by now, but I have been tackling my winter preparations at a glacial pace this year. I only got the winter tires on my two vehicles last week.

In any event, the weather today is better than it will be later in the week, so, if I want to avoid frostbite, today is the day........