Oh, the weather outside AIN'T frightful . . .

And pass on my greeting to the lady of the house, while you're at it, OK?

That might be best!

That's just because you want them to keep sniffing your arse.

Ah, the dreaded "wintry mix." I never saw the phrase in MN or WI, to my recollection. But Columbus loves it some wintry mix. Bah.

there was wintry mix for part of my walk to the subway this morning

first a bitta sorta snow, then a bitta sorta mix, then a bitta sorta rain, then a bitta sorta mix, then I was inside the station

my hair has poofed up from exposure to wintry mix. time to find the hood for the coat

Attempting to lull me into a false sense of security, the sun came out as i was taking the little doggies for their constitutional . . .

Miss Girl? Miss Olga says hello.

Please say hello back to MsO when you next see her. Give her a hug for me.

'K . . .

Miss Olga, The Girl says hello . . . oh, and this ((((((((hug))))))))) is for you . . .

A reminder to 'Never say never' perhaps this year you ... could be lucky?

Let me suggest you read this fine work of meteorological/climate history ...
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 by Brian M. Fagan, http://www.amazon.com/Little-Ice-Age-Climate-1300-1850/dp/0465022723

In 1816, it due to perfect or imperfect weather conditions, it snowed in the New England summer.

We live in hope.

Snow? We dunno snow! Or hardly!

Almost snowed in Sydney once, in my lifetime - but 'twas only hail!

The last time there was officially measurable snow in Phoenix was 1937.

There is a possibility of snow in Houston, Friday and Saturday. Not a lot, I grant you. I'd just as soon skip that little amount.

You two are funny. (I missed this last night.)
Thank you for passing on my message, Mr Messenger. And thank you for the hug, Ms Poofy hair.

So, is it snowing, like properly, now?

Well, we had to wait a week, but, yes, it's snowing now. Whether or not one would call it proper, i'd not be willing to say. It's a nasty, wet, "a degree warmer and this would be rain" kind of snow. My first shovel-full, the handle began to tremble so i quickly put it back down, and shook about half the snow off, then proceeded carefully with regard to how much snow i picked up. It's the kind of wet, heavy snow that could snap the handle of the shovel. The temperature is low, too, near freezing, and with a nasty high wind. This is the kind of snow that kills middle-aged men who go out to shovel. I took it easy.

The weather outside today sure as hell is frightful . . .

Whoever wrote your climate history hardly seems competent. I suspect it was by a journalist, and not by either a scientist or an historian. A volcano in what is now Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies) erupted explosively, ejecting the top 6,000 feet of the mountain into the upper atmosphere--Tamboro in 1815. The period 1812-17 was a particularly active one for volcanoes, but Tamboro was the worst. Most historians use the term "the year without summer" to describe 1816. Google "the year without summer," and you'll learn all about it. The omission of the cause for that effect on the part of your author makes me suspect he doesn't really have a clue.

It's frightful now.

6'-10' of snow, sleet and freezing rain for New Hampshire.

Weird how fast it went from being 55deg and sunny in November to nasty old winter.

Surely you don't mean six to ten feet . . . not yet, anyway.

It has turned into freezing rain here.

looks like the south of the province is gonna dodge this early storm like bullet

Well over a foot and still coming down heavy in southern WI. Will have to go out in the midst of it to knock snow off the cable, before we get these 40 mph wind gusts they're forecasting for the afternoon.