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Post by walt on Apr 14, 2018 12:34:38 GMT -5
After 2 days in the high 70's and one reaching 80*, snowing this morning.
Radio yesterday said blizzard warning, 1 to 2 inches of snow. Where in the world is 1 or 2 inches ** of snow a blizzard? Not where I come from, and I'm only about 150 miles *** from where I was born.
Maybe in Ghana, where my wife is from, but she has lived here 15 years and is no more impressed than I.
*For non-USA people, I'll just say that's really nice and warm.
** 2 1/2 - 5 cm. Blizzard? Not here on Earth.
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Post by richardw on Apr 15, 2018 15:23:20 GMT -5
A blizzard would be to me be a snowfall(any depth)cold enough that it gets blown into drifts.
Raining here this morning but blue sky to the west so the sun will be out soon.
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Post by walt on Apr 15, 2018 16:25:10 GMT -5
Snowed all day yesterday, but it melted as it hit the ground. Strong wind but no drifts. And not much water total. Sunny today but still cold with strong wind from the north.
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Post by mskrieger on Apr 16, 2018 11:05:23 GMT -5
We had beautiful spring weather, sunny and high 60s F on Friday and Saturday. The fragrant magnolia across the street began blooming and smelled wonderful. A bunch of neighbors out on strolls complimented our front yard veggie garden (nothing up yet except garlic and leeks!) I may be starting a trend, that would be great.
Then Saturday evening a windy cold front blew in and now it's raining cats and dogs. About the only good thing I can say is that down by the water where I live, there was no snow or ice. Up here in the interior where I work, I can still see snow that fell over the weekend that the rain hasn't melted yet.
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Post by richardw on Apr 17, 2018 15:42:52 GMT -5
Could be some interesting weather coming, GEFS ensemble 1504 18Z and some runs before it has picked up a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event over Antarctica towards the end of April, which is mixing down the layers of the stratosphere. Major SSW events are quite rare in our hemisphere (less common than over the arctic). There have only been a few this century. Minor ones are more common, we see them every couple of years. Too early to say how major this one will be. They usually manifest as a significant injection of polar air (i.e. cold) into lower latitudes. This affects temperatures and storminess. They often will disrupt the polar jet stream in a major way, so weather systems get "out of sync" the usual latitude belts.
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Post by steev on Apr 18, 2018 2:31:07 GMT -5
Crappy on the farm; cold wind and sparse rain, not enough to do any good; put a bit of snow on the coast peaks, but no snowpack, just some white between the trees; I'll not be putting the riega on auto this year (can't afford to burn out another pump, so I'll only up it when I'm on-site), sure would like a "normal" rain season for a few years.
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Post by mskrieger on Apr 18, 2018 13:29:42 GMT -5
Still chilly and rainy/icy/snow flurries, with occasional bouts of sun. The trees think it's spring though--you can see a haze of red and pale green buds everywhere. And a sweet pea sprout emerged in the garden. First sprout of the year!
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Post by richardw on Apr 18, 2018 14:56:11 GMT -5
Blowing its guts out here this morning, at least its a foehn wind so its not cold, but, where have our nice calm autumns gone we use to get
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Post by steev on Apr 18, 2018 19:51:13 GMT -5
Prolly gone with the nice excitable honeys we used to get.
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Post by zeedman on Apr 18, 2018 22:50:50 GMT -5
The winter storm over the weekend dumped A LOT of snow, shattered the local record for April - and the 2nd highest storm total in our history (1st place was in the 1800's). Spent 2 days digging out. Daughter had CO poisoning, her heater vent was blocked by snow. The final insult... today the roof of my patio collapsed, due to the weight of the snow.  All of my seed starting supplies are buried in there, I'll have to dig through the snow before the upcoming thaw & begin cleaning up the debris. |
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Post by philagardener on Apr 19, 2018 5:22:02 GMT -5
I get your drift! Sorry to hear that storm was such a problem. Late snows can be heavy!
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Post by reed on Apr 19, 2018 7:07:06 GMT -5
Yesterday was mid 70s F and mostly sunny, cold wind and light snow this morning. Probably frost again tonight if the clouds clear out. Kind of a bummer,  I had corn and beans up at this time last year. |
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Post by mskrieger on Apr 20, 2018 12:55:55 GMT -5
glad to hear your daughter is ok, zeedman. A blocked vent can kill. |
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Post by richardw on Apr 20, 2018 17:03:39 GMT -5
Thats a bit of a bugger zeedman, how deep was it in the end.
Three days now of strong west winds here, but ease off Sunday
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Post by reed on Apr 23, 2018 9:36:46 GMT -5
I'm behind here too but finally getting a break. Yesterday and the day before were in the 60s and dry so I got all my gardens tilled. Still in the 40s at night and raining today but I'm gonna put beans and corn in ASAP. I had beans and corn up at this time last year but this year so far just the regular early spring stuff is up and and even it is mostly just in seedling stage. Onions and garlic of all kinds looking great, some garlic plants are huge by my standards
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All of my seed starting supplies are buried in there, I'll have to dig through the snow before the upcoming thaw & begin cleaning up the debris.
I had corn and beans up at this time last year.