The London Lounge

So it's finally got to the point where it is embarrassing to even try to wear winter clothes any more. There are some mid-weight suits hanging about in proper colors, but-- and this is catching me by surprise-- they don't seem terribly useful.

Mornings now are around 40 degrees, and 80 is threatened for this afternoon. Certainly temperatures about 70 will be the norm from now, and I find that my internal thermostat is treating that as hot weather. So we skip to the more substantial 10oz frescoes, which I'd assumed would be pure summer weight, and feel relief at the lighter weight and breezier construction.

Anyone else abandoning subtle gradations and going straight from heavy to light? Is this year measurably different in climate?

Not in the UK we're still in our tweeds it's so cold.

The weather is still jumping around in New York.

Similar to you Concordia, I'm doing 9-10 oz worsteds and feeling cool in the mornings. (Highs in the upper sixties- low seventies).
Next week is supposed to be highs in the forties and wet- back to lighter flannels.

Aah Springtime!

There is significant jump where I am, too: 70 today, 40s tomorrow (both highs). I could go with some middle weights, but not for long as spring tends to be short. Also, I think a lot has to do with which way the thermometer is moving. From Winter to Spring it's positively balmy at 50 degrees, but from Summer (90s-100s) to Fall, 70 feels like a chill.

pbc wrote:There is significant jump where I am, too: 70 today, 40s tomorrow (both highs). I could go with some middle weights, but not for long as spring tends to be short. Also, I think a lot has to do with which way the thermometer is moving. From Winter to Spring it's positively balmy at 50 degrees, but from Summer (90s-100s) to Fall, 70 feels like a chill.

There is something to that-- I think my next midweights should be tilted toward fall colors.

I wear swimming shorts and plastic sandals most of the time. Hee hee!

I wore 14/15 Oz flannel today

How soon will spring arrive in your town?

When will spring arrive? In my case, the answer is January. The appropriate question would therefore be: when will summer arrive? Today it's 25ºC, and don't expect me to say what this is in Fahrenheit, as it is a temperature scale that I do not regard as having any good... Celsius relates to water and by Kelvin, to absolute universal temperatures. Fahrenheit is just something that a random German came up with one day, and even they Germans realized it was useless... Anyway, I guess it will be summer by in a couple of weeks already... You people don't realize how horrible hot weather can be, you think of Spain as great for its weather, but yes, it may be good if you go to a place in the coast for a week in your vacation in August, but I tell you that it is extremely hateable when you're in late April studying for your physics final exams which start on May 5.

storeynicholas wrote: I wear swimming shorts and plastic sandals most of the time. Hee hee!

your out of order.

Dear Guille:

Studying for a physics exam wouldn't be fun in a garden of paradise

edhayes wrote:Dear Guille:

Studying for a physics exam wouldn't be fun in a garden of paradise

I like physics, so I think that yes, it would be pretty nice to study physics in a garden of paradise, or at least in any German town from which any important German physicist came from.

Concordia wrote:How soon will spring arrive in your town?

Perhaps a more suitable question (no pun intended) is: what are the typical spring conditions where you live and what fabrics work well there?

Where I grew up spring was 80+, sunny, and perhaps a slight breeze. Where I am now spring includes temperatures up to 90 and down to freezing (highs) with all manner of wind, clouds, sun, snow, etc. For example, for the last two days temperatures were in the 80s, sunny and calm. Today and tomorrow it will be in the 40s with some wind. Next week, who knows?

I find that I err on the cool side (wear warmer clothes). There can be significant variation in a single day. You can always remove a jacket or roll up your sleeves if necessary. If you're caught unprepared for the cold you're just that - cold. For the wide variation I stick with wool, maybe a mid-weight if I have a choice. Where I grew up I'd stick with light-weight wools.

pbc wrote:. . . . Where I am now spring includes temperatures up to 90 and down to freezing (highs) with all manner of wind, clouds, sun, snow, etc. . . . .

You must live in New England! There are ways to deal with these extraordinarily rapid changes. Layering, of course, is one.