This is one of those days I'm glad I live up on the mountain. (I you can call it that.) We are OK, the deepest puddle is about six inches deep, but this is what the town looks like right now. We might not get snow much, but this is supposed to continue for the next four days.

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It was raining when I went in to work, I leave to catch my bus home, and it's snowing!.....smh...

Original thread: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/50/the-writers-group/thread/459516/questions-about-equestrian-weather-nature

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Do you think the ponies would be scared of our weather? By the simple fact the weather happens without any intervention and it can't really be controlled. Not to mention, natural disasters, the kind of which that kills people and reeks havoc on infrastructure.

Please correct me if I'm wrong (I probably am, because people should be doing this already if I'm correct), but I'm pretty sure humans can manipulate the weather too.

Step 1. Research wind systems and cycles in the area you want to make it rain in.
Step 2. Extract literal truckloads of water from your closest large body of water, preferably the ocean.

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Spring's all fine and dandy this year with nice warm temps in the 60s and 70s, and then I wake up this morning with two inches of snow on the ground.

What.

Cold Season again. Been feelin' not so hot and haven't been able to focus on writing because of that. I might have to delay a few chapters, but hopefully this blows over soon...

get this. I see the rain and close the window then the rain suddenly stops! I open the window and it comes back!!

WILL YOU WEATHER PONIES MAKE UP YOUR MIND?!?

So, how's the weather for everyone else?

We're a bit snowed in.

It would be manageable, but we live on a hill that isn't getting plowed, the ignition on Asilin's car seems to be jammed in place, and my car's brakes are in really bad shape.

Like "sounds like I'm dragging a trash can every time I hit the brakes below 30 MPH" bad.

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I just looked out side! and its snowing out!!!!!!!! I love the snow. I always say, if its going to be cold, at least make it beautiful and make it snow.

Lots of interesting tidbits in this article. Worth a look for sure.

WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet.

The World Meteorological Organization also permanently retired some hurricane names from the 2019 and 2020 seasons - but made some surprising omissions.

South-England, it seems, is going through a couple of cloudless days.
It's good for my surroundings and general mood but it sure ain't that good for my sleeping patterns.
I get the distinct impression it's only been dark for four hours (Probably about six or seven really, I don't keep time all too well)
Where's the English rain and fog when you need it?

http://kschnee.xepher.net/code/unity/150827weatherpatrol.html

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It's fun to flip through a dictionary and note how words are adopted by the scientific community to serve a specific purpose, often different from the original meaning, which is then misinterpreted by the outside world, in a way which spreads further confusing, but also popularises an abstract area research, and is then further hijacked by writers as literary device to achieve some quite different objective.

Confused? That was partly the idea.

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I am currently working on a new story, which stars Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle. This is set in the Cloudsdale weather factory, and will include a healthy dose of atmospherics physics. I had hoped to finish it this week, but it is going to take a bit longer. As often happens, when you start writing, you find some of the minor background details that needs more thought…

Today’s topic to dive into is cloud classification.

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Think this is the first year we might be flooded in, though. The plan was to go visit my mother today, but...

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My dog has an unreasonable fear of storms.

I don't say "irrational" because most dogs are at least somewhat afraid of storms, and dogs aren't capable of what we would call rational thought, so they can't be "irrational" anyway.

But she takes this to an extreme.

Normally, we bring her in at night because it's warmer and drier, and she has fewer things to bark at or whine about.

Unless there's a thunderstorm.

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Preparing for my next story. Tell me, dear readers, what do you think the Polar Vortex is in Equestria?

1. A band of westerly wind that swirls around 50km above the polar cap during summer months. Usually stable, but can be disturbed by disruptive weather created by inexperienced weather ponies, with unforeseen consequences?

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It literally took me ten minutes to find how to post a blog.
I search and search, and finally, it is up in the toolbox.
It's currently snowing in Seattle,March 23rd, 2018. Two days ago it was sunny and 15 degree celsius at noon.
Now I have to turn up the heat in my apartment to surivive.