BajaNomad - how cold is it??

how cold is it??

Terry28 - 1-11-2013 at 12:34 PM

Burrrrrr. At 11 a.m. this morning it was 21 degrees here in Big Bear Ca. what is it where you are in Baja??

monoloco - 1-11-2013 at 12:35 PM

So cold, the lawyers are walking around with their hands in their own pockets.

Pompano - 1-11-2013 at 12:39 PM

It looks like 55F in Mulege...small winds...clear skies

...this report from a thousand miles north.

bajajudy - 1-11-2013 at 12:48 PM

49 when I woke up
70 now

micah202 - 1-11-2013 at 12:55 PM

...has it been colder than other years overall,,,or just the regular rhythm of norte's?

vandenberg - 1-11-2013 at 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by micah202
...has it been colder than other years overall,,,or just the regular rhythm of norte's?

One of our Mexican friends in town thought it was exceptionally cold this year. However, I believe it to be the sameas every winter. But than, I love the winter season here. :biggrin:

Hook - 1-11-2013 at 02:33 PM

Over here, I think the days in Nov/Dec have been a bit cooler, but the nights (until about two weeks ago) have been very mild. This is due to a combination of clouds that have made their way from the Pacific NW or, alternately, from the south.

In the last couple weeks, the air behind the Pacific cold fronts or high pressure over the Four Corners area has begun forcing some cooler air towards us. Still, the lowest overnight low I have recorded is only 47 F. Last night we were back to relatively warm, moist air as this latest front (that had some Pineapple Express air in it) produced an o'night low of only 62 F.

The next three nights might test new lows, though. Still, nothing threatening the 30s yet that we have seen the last couple winters.

[Edited on 1-11-2013 by Hook]

shari - 1-11-2013 at 02:57 PM

too dang cold thank you very much....geezo....I had to wear socks the last couple weeks!

64 degrees right now...windy too...might as well be in Canada (not)

Bajagypsy - 1-11-2013 at 02:59 PM

Ummm, it is -32 here at the moment, I will trade all of you!

monoloco - 1-11-2013 at 03:07 PM

A balmy 82 with rain showers here in Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua.

DavidE - 1-11-2013 at 03:26 PM

Forty-seven point three at 6:18AM this morning, with wind gusts 14 mph out of the NNW.

This was supposed to be an El Nino year, warmer and wetter in the US west coast.

But no matter what, when properly outfitted with blankets and warm clothes ANYWHERE in Mexico just beats the tar out of anywhere in the USA IMHO.

In Need

MrBillM - 1-11-2013 at 03:28 PM

Of a little Global Warming right now.

BajaBlanca - 1-11-2013 at 03:29 PM

I am sure it is in the 60's here too but with the wind which is really blowing right now, it is uncomfortably COLD. But I would not trade with bajagypsy for even a second. and since I complained LOUDLY about the heat last summer ... I am only whimping kinda quietly about the cold.

mike odell - 1-11-2013 at 04:42 PM

Here in La Ribera, we don't do degree's, in the winter it's either balmy,
brisk, burrrrr brisk, breezy, or duct tape your damn hat on.
Summer is warm, or unpleasanty warm! We don't use the H word, as it
might bring a 200 mph wind storm. :spingrin:

Marc - 1-11-2013 at 05:11 PM

Where is this "global warming" when we need it.

Weather in Baja...no use guessing it.

Pompano - 1-11-2013 at 05:19 PM

From my Baja journal.

1983 Feb. Pta. Chivato.

Windy and freezing! Today was the 5th day of ice in the wash basin at Casa Grande, Pta. Chivato. Campers are being sandblasted on the beach with heavy NNE winds..gusts to 60mph. Lost our solar hot water panels from Casa Grande roof. Ferry service out for a while due to high waves.

Saw snow on Three Virgins and talked to a store owner in Santa Rosalia who told me he had not seen snow up there since 1949.

Manuel’s farms and others in the Mulege valley suffered frozen crops.…losses are great.

Old Doc says, Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

Cypress - 1-12-2013 at 08:49 AM

70 something here in Lahaina.

RenoJoe - 1-12-2013 at 09:23 AM

Too cold to get out of bed this morning here in Reno 7 at 6am 13 now at 8:15. the weather channel says 30 by 3pm. Sure would like to be in Baja Sur right now.

desertcpl - 1-12-2013 at 09:54 AM

31 here this morning,, Yuma

Bodie, CA

tripledigitken - 1-12-2013 at 10:18 AM

It's interesting to see the high/low US weather readings in the paper. Many times it is Death Valley/Bodie.

Bodie's low forecast today is -13 F.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/CASPBODIEH:13

vgabndo - 1-12-2013 at 10:47 AM

Ten degrees here this morning, and just a degree colder at 5500 ft. We have had almost NO melting of the Christmas 3 1/2 feet of snow. By Monday our high is supposed to get above freezing.

I put a heater in the camper to make it habitable for inventory and packing. That melts the inch or two of fresh snow we get now and then.

I'll have to do something before it freezes the door shut til spring!!
:lol:

Bajajorge - 1-12-2013 at 10:57 AM

3 inches of snow yesterday, 7 degrees last night at Topaz Lake, haven't heard from anyone though in San Felipe about frozen dog water bowls yet.

Skipjack Joe - 1-12-2013 at 11:01 AM

Maybe that's why it's a ghost town.

I like your current choice for avatar, Ken. It's really one of your best baja images. I liked it from the first time you showed it here.

Russ - 1-12-2013 at 11:02 AM

41º at 6am and 61º now at 11am
10mph NW ~ clear and sunny

grace59 - 1-12-2013 at 11:26 AM

It is 24 here in Olympia right now with a forecast high of 37. Wish I was in Baja right now. The 50s and 60s sound downright balmy!

Terry28 - 1-12-2013 at 11:58 AM

Big Bear this morning, 6 degrees!! supposed to "warm" up to 30....Climate change in action!!

DavidE - 1-12-2013 at 12:08 PM

I wonder if I can get that really thick clear or almost clear plastic down here? By boxing in the porch, it can really make a difference (sun porch) after the sun has been up awhile. It would be nice to shed this foul weather coat for awhile and enjoy the sun.

You may get a chance, yet, to see snow on Las Tres Virgenes. Monday morn is supposed to see 1C with a thirty percent chance of precep.

Sweetwater - 1-12-2013 at 12:24 PM

It's not that cold yet(edit: 14F).....scheduled to see -5F in the next 48 hours.......but the snow totals for the past 48 hours are around 30" in my yard and on my driveway....which means my back, shoulders and thighs are sore from the workout. They're calling this the "upside down storm", more snow below 8000' than above it.....I could use some global warming about now......or just a good moto ride through Baja :!:

[Edited on 1-12-2013 by Sweetwater]

tripledigitken - 1-12-2013 at 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Maybe that's why it's a ghost town.

I like your current choice for avatar, Ken. It's really one of your best baja images. I liked it from the first time you showed it here.

Thanks!

Bodie wasn't for wimps, it was hard on the little ones too. Surprizing number of infants in the graveyard.

DENNIS - 1-12-2013 at 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
Bodie wasn't for wimps, it was hard on the little ones too. Surprizing number of infants in the graveyard.

Infant death is evident in the graveyards here as well. The body is interred and marked with a crude, whitewashed wooden cross painted with a name and dates, and around the grave is placed the slatted sides of a crib, as a fence. I assume that is to keep the digging scavengers away from the soft dirt.
In time it all disintegrates from weather and deferred attention as life
goes on.

.

[Edited on 1-12-2013 by DENNIS]

Skipjack Joe - 1-12-2013 at 01:44 PM

It was colder than a witches tata here last night.

BajaDanD - 1-12-2013 at 09:34 PM

Here in Prescott Az. its 21F with a low tonight of 8F tomorrow's high a worm and cozy 30F.

Pompano - 1-13-2013 at 06:03 AM

Good morning. Central California Coast is 30F with a slight east wind. Time for a wool sweater and windbreaker.

I'm thankful to be so far south of the really cold weather Up North!

From a Nomad near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

-27C which is -16.6F.

Now that's getting chilly!

p.s. Don't touch your tongue to any metal flagpoles, Kelly!

Hook - 1-13-2013 at 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tripledigitken
It's interesting to see the high/low US weather readings in the paper. Many times it is Death Valley/Bodie.

Bodie's low forecast today is -13 F.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/CASPBODIEH:13

The other two, always in the running, are West Yellowstone, Wy. and Gunnison, Co.

New low for the season over here at 45 F.

[Edited on 1-13-2013 by Hook]

Hook - 1-13-2013 at 07:45 AM

Make that 44.

DENNIS - 1-13-2013 at 09:03 AM

44° here at the moment as well.

Hook - 1-13-2013 at 09:29 AM

Two hours later, already up to 56!

That's why I dont mind temps in the 40s at night. It isnt long until its comfortable when the sun comes up.

Provided there's no wind, of course............... :no:

acadist - 1-13-2013 at 10:14 AM

-2 in Parker, CO this morning when I drove my kid to work this morning

Couldn't resist

Howard - 1-13-2013 at 10:26 AM

It’s so cold, politicians are being seen with their hands in their own pockets.

redmesa - 1-13-2013 at 10:41 AM

26 F here on Vancouver Island but difference is it is 72 F in the house with a warm wood fire burning. In Baja we chill at night and have to wait for the sun to warm us up. Although, here it never really warms up outside and we sure get tired of coats, mitts, scarves, and boots and cabin fever can really take its toll on the liquor cabinet.

Terry28 - 1-13-2013 at 11:11 AM

Zero degrees at 7:30 this morning here in Big Bear, zero as in no degrees!!
I guess that means it was colder earlier...Heading to Baja tomorrow...It has to be warmer there....right?

vandenberg - 1-13-2013 at 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by Terry28
Zero degrees at 7:30 this morning here in Big Bear, zero as in no degrees!!
I guess that means it was colder earlier...Heading to Baja tomorrow...It has to be warmer there....right?

Terry,
Don't forget your skates. :biggrin:

jeans - 1-13-2013 at 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken

Quote:

Bodie wasn't for wimps, it was hard on the little ones too. Surprizing number of infants in the graveyard.

A few years back I happened upon the remains of an abandoned rancho in Baja Sur. Found a grave with father & son who died on the same day. There was no indication what kind of tragedy the family suffered that day.

windgrrl - 1-13-2013 at 12:55 PM

Had to put on shoes and socks. :biggrin:

vgabndo - 1-13-2013 at 02:30 PM

We had 11 F this morning and it was 8.6 F at the ski lifts. By 11:20 it was up to 23 F and I had to wait in line behind four people, so we went home with 16,000 ft. of "frozen smoke" for our morning. I don't think I've ever skied better. The surfing equivalent?

Perfect curl, head high with a moderate offshore breeze, every set identical, effortless "paddle" back to the line-up, and no one ever takes your "wave". SWEET! :lol:

Oh, and "paddle-up" to the bar.

15 days til I trade my Mojo 90's for an Ugly Stik!

Skipjack Joe - 1-13-2013 at 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Terry28
Zero degrees at 7:30 this morning here in Big Bear, zero as in no degrees!!

Who took away the degrees?

CortezBlue - 1-13-2013 at 09:00 PM

Here in Phoenix at 1860 feet ASL, it is COOOOLLLLLLD

27 for a low tonight and probably a few degrees lower at our altitude.

mcfez - 1-13-2013 at 09:53 PM

Rio Linda Ca. 4 miles from the Sacramento International AP

This morning (Sunday) at 6:00 a.m. 23F
Tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. 22F

Unheard of conditions. Our creek is frozen. Oranges are freezing. Unhappy doggies.

bajadogs - 1-13-2013 at 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pompano
From my Baja journal.

1983 Feb. Pta. Chivato.

Windy and freezing! Today was the 5th day of ice in the wash basin at Casa Grande, Pta. Chivato. Campers are being sandblasted on the beach with heavy NNE winds..gusts to 60mph. Lost our solar hot water panels from Casa Grande roof. Ferry service out for a while due to high waves.

Saw snow on Three Virgins and talked to a store owner in Santa Rosalia who told me he had not seen snow up there since 1949.

Manuel’s farms and others in the Mulege valley suffered frozen crops.…losses are great.

Old Doc says, Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

Haha!!!

I'm so glad you are back Pomp!

[Edited on 1-14-2013 by bajadogs]

DENNIS - 1-14-2013 at 08:02 AM

41° here in Punta Banda at the moment. BASTANTE FRIO.

tripledigitken - 1-14-2013 at 08:07 AM

Coldest day of the week here in La Mesa, CA.....40 f. right now.

ligui - 1-14-2013 at 08:09 AM

-24 below here in Fraser Colorado Brrrrrrr ! :biggrin:

Pompano - 1-14-2013 at 08:54 AM

Nomad Kelly just reported in from Manitoba with this...

Its -32 brrrr

nbacc - 1-14-2013 at 09:25 AM

Just returned from San Felipe........a cold shock., 24 yesterday morning. burrr. I want to go back. It was on the cold side there for a few days but nice and sunny and warmed up enough to play golf. Ready to go back already after having to kick the water for the chickens to break ujp the ice so they would have water. Hummm Frio!! nancy

Sweetwater - 1-14-2013 at 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by Pompano
Nomad Kelly just reported in from Manitoba with this...

Its -32 brrrr

Folks who don't report C or F are cheating..... :lol:

-2F here with bright sunshine

CortezBlue - 1-14-2013 at 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nbacc
Just returned from San Felipe........a cold shock., 24 yesterday morning. burrr. I want to go back. It was on the cold side there for a few days but nice and sunny and warmed up enough to play golf. Ready to go back already after having to kick the water for the chickens to break ujp the ice so they would have water. Hummm Frio!! nancy

Did you check my water pipes??

CUT N PASTE FROM TODAY'S LA TIMES

DavidE - 1-14-2013 at 12:57 PM

L.A. NOW Southern California -- this just in « Previous Post | L.A. NOW Home | Next Post » Brrrr: Record cold temperatures set in L.A. on Monday morning January 14, 2013 | 8:10 am increase text size decrease text size 86 8 Temperatures in downtown Los Angeles dropped to their coldest point in 23 years Monday morning, hitting 34 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, setting a record low for the date. If you thought it was especially cold heading to work Monday morning, you're right. At 7 a.m., the temperature was still at 34. The high is expected to hit 56. Temperatures dropped even lower elsewhere, hitting 31 in Redondo Beach, 29 in Claremont and 14 in Lancaster. Temperatures are expected to begin warming Monday night, with the low dipping to 40 downtown. The high is expected to hit 62 degrees Tuesday. The chilly temperatures are the result of a cold air mass that came in last week from Canada, which combined with high pressure in the Pacific and low pressure toward Arizona, creating clear, cold nights and dry air, said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist with the weather service. A number of record lows have been set in the past few days in Southern California, including Sunday's low of 35 downtown and 33 degrees at Camarillo Airport, which tied the record. The last time temperatures dropped to freezing downtown was Jan. 29, 1979. The lowest temperature recorded downtown was 28 degrees, most recently on Jan. 4, 1949.

Bajamatic - 1-14-2013 at 11:04 PM

LA was 37 when I woke up this AM. Serious weather event going on here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6t-EjrtD3U&sns=em

Russ - 1-15-2013 at 07:54 AM

Not too cold, 50º but the wind is howling so it really isn't a day to go play outside. Forecast is for windy and clear but highs only in the mid 50's

Ateo - 1-15-2013 at 08:28 AM

29 degrees here in Oceanside, says my backyard thermometer. Glad I brought the plumerias inside last week.

woody with a view - 1-15-2013 at 09:59 AM

Sat and Sun nights had cases of Frosty Nipples all up and down the central Baja coastline. Last night in Asuncion wasn't bad at all.

Windy as hell now. A police car is traveling up and down the roads warning the people to bring in their small children and animals so they don't blow away! :!:

Hook - 1-15-2013 at 10:09 AM

No colder than 43 last night. Much above the predicton of 37.

Still 10-15 mph winds, but it's risen to 53F.

It HOWLED last night, stopped and then HOWLED for a period this AM. Seems to be backing off.

Pompano - 1-15-2013 at 10:18 AM

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Here's a good example. If it hadn't been for that hole in the cloud bank and the rays pointing the way, we would never have found the fishboil.

It's Nice to have Mother Nature looking out for you.

durrelllrobert - 1-15-2013 at 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by Sweetwater

Quote:

Originally posted by Pompano
Nomad Kelly just reported in from Manitoba with this...

Its -32 brrrr

Folks who don't report C or F are cheating..... :lol:

-2F here with bright sunshine

On the Celsius scale water freezes at zero degrees and boils at 100 degrees (100 degrees difference). On the Farenheight scale it freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 210 degrees (180 degress difference).

Since 100 divided by 180 = 0.556 so to convert F temperature to C temperature you just subtract 32 then multiply by .556.
(-2 degrees F -32= -34 x .556 = -18.9 C)

Since 180 divided by 100 = 1.8 you only have to multiply any temperature C by 1.8 then add 32 to get the equivalent F temperature. (-18.9 degrees C x 1.8 = - 34 + 32 = -2 F)

I FORGOT- THIS IS FOR WHEN YOUR NOT NEAR YOUR COMPUTER; OTHERWISE USE THE LINK POMPANO POSTED .

[Edited on 1-15-2013 by durrelllrobert]

Pompano - 1-15-2013 at 10:48 AM

For weather fans.

If you don't already have one on your favorites, here's an easy & quick conversion solution from Celius to Fahrenheit...and vice versa.

http://www.metric-conversions.org/temperature/celsius-to-fah...

Hook - 1-15-2013 at 11:32 AM

I am almost never converting F to C. It's always C to F. Converting Canadians numbers, converting Mexicans numbers to my own antiquated frame of reference.

But I PREFER using Fahrenheit as it divides temperature into more units within the temp range that humans live in. It allows for less use of fractions or decimals.

Yeah, it's easy to remember when water boils and freezes in celsius. But we never experience temps for over half of that range.

Just doubling the C number and adding 30 gets you close enough for most purposes.

RnR - 1-15-2013 at 07:08 PM

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Originally posted by Hook

Just doubling the C number and adding 30 gets you close enough for most purposes.

That's true, close enough.

And, multiplying by 1.8 and then adding 32 is tough without a calculator. (the multiplying, not the adding)

The true conversion is actually 9/5 + 32. Multiply by 9, divide by 5, add 32. Easier in your head if no calculator is around.

DavidE - 1-16-2013 at 12:01 PM

0 Go to Mexico FAST

10 Why am I here? I'd like to shed this jacket

20 Nice but could be a bit warmer

30 Time for a brewskie

40 Didn't someone say it was cooler over on the Pacific side?

shari - 1-16-2013 at 12:06 PM

i'll HUFF & I'll PUFF AND....we have white out conditions this morning in Asuncion...gotta be blowing 35 knots...dang...part of a block we are erecting up on the 2nd floor just BLEW down

24baja - 1-19-2013 at 10:46 PM

This is the type cold that we are having in southern oregon......makes us want to be in baja! We have been sitting anywhere from -11 to 25 deg feh. For the last week.

Bajaboy - 1-19-2013 at 11:07 PM

only 80 plus today in San Diego....another day in paradise.