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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2020 22:11:08 GMT -5
It's January in central Ohio and tomorrow's forecast is calling for a high of 67 F. That's only 30-40 degrees above the norm for this time of year.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 13:41:28 GMT -5
Mixed Rain and Snow for me until Thursday and it will be a bit breezy too. I just don't know what to expect from it.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 23, 2020 12:22:23 GMT -5
Temperatures have been in the 40s for weeks. It doesn't rain ALL the time, but it does rain so often that the ground and pavement are never dry.
But - the salmonberries have been out for weeks, in fact they're almost gone. The first snowdrops bloomed a few days ago. The hellebores are blooming too, and the daphne is starting to. The buds on the hydrangeas have grown into distinct leaves. Bulbs are popping up, and the irises too. The days are getting noticeably longer.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 27, 2020 12:28:10 GMT -5
And now the crocuses are out and the heather is blooming as well.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 7, 2020 7:36:59 GMT -5
After not getting more than a few flurries for much of the season, the winter weather hit in full force overnight in the Pittsburgh area. Some wintry mix to start the festivities, then we woke up to around 3-4 inches on the ground, and it's still coming down.
Kids started with a two-hour delay that morphed into a closure by 7 AM, with the upside of this being that I don't have to shovel the front walkway to clear a path for them this morning and can send them out later to do it instead.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 7, 2020 12:42:23 GMT -5
We still have cold nights in Portland, but the days are warm and wet. In our yard, the berginia is in full bloom, the first miniature irises have opened, and the daffodils and narcissus have started to bulge at the top of their stems. A few days ago I saw a robin.
We'll get at least one more blast of winter, we always do. But this interlude is nice.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 7, 2020 16:50:49 GMT -5
Today is one of those uncomfortable days that I love so much, because they’re just about the last opportunity for us Quebecois to truly bond over a common problem: SNOW!!! We’re in the middle of a heavy snowfall (up to 50 cm!) that causes cars to stay stuck in the middle of streets with nowhere to go anyway since all driveways are buried under. A typical sight on my street in such a day is a couple of neighbours (who hardly know each other) working hard to clear the snow in front of one’s house, exchanging words of wisdom like “it’s winter, eh?” until a third neighbour shows up at the end of the street, trying to drive his car a bit further until he gets stuck. Then everyone shovels the car free, shovels the street so the car can move, shovel the third neighbour!s driveway, and then all three start over with a FOURTH neighbour showing up in his car and getting stuck. It’s pure mayhem! And all those people helping each other give me faith in humanity again. I just came back in, all wet from melting snow (it’s hot work, as anyone from the northern states will know!) and feel like a million bucks!  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 7, 2020 17:34:09 GMT -5
Today is one of those uncomfortable days that I love so much, because they’re just about the last opportunity for un Quebecois to truly bond over a common problem: SNOW!!! We’re in the middle of a heavy snowfall (up to 50 cm!) that cause cars to stay stuck in the middle of streets with nowhere to go anyway since all driveways are buried under. A typical sight on my street in such a day is a couple of neighbours (who hardly know each other) working hard to clear the snow in front of one’s house, exchanging words of wisdom like “it’s winter, eh?” until a third neighbour shows up at the end of the street, trying to drive his car a bit further until he gets stuck. Then everyone shovels the car free, shovels the street so the car can move, shovel the third neighbour!s driveway, and then all three start over with a FOURTH neighbour showing up in his car and getting stuck. It’s pure mayhem! And all those people helping each other give me faith in humanity again. I just came back in, all wet from melting snow (it’s hot work, as anyone from the northern states will know!) and feel like a million bucks! Heart attack weather. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 7, 2020 19:16:22 GMT -5
Today is one of those uncomfortable days that I love so much, because they’re just about the last opportunity for un Quebecois to truly bond over a common problem: SNOW!!! We’re in the middle of a heavy snowfall (up to 50 cm!) that cause cars to stay stuck in the middle of streets with nowhere to go anyway since all driveways are buried under. A typical sight on my street in such a day is a couple of neighbours (who hardly know each other) working hard to clear the snow in front of one’s house, exchanging words of wisdom like “it’s winter, eh?” until a third neighbour shows up at the end of the street, trying to drive his car a bit further until he gets stuck. Then everyone shovels the car free, shovels the street so the car can move, shovel the third neighbour!s driveway, and then all three start over with a FOURTH neighbour showing up in his car and getting stuck. It’s pure mayhem! And all those people helping each other give me faith in humanity again. I just came back in, all wet from melting snow (it’s hot work, as anyone from the northern states will know!) and feel like a million bucks! Heart attack weather. My granddad died that way! He cleared his driveway, came in to sit in his armchair, and passed away. (I can it a true Canadian death)! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Mar 26, 2020 16:10:40 GMT -5
Signs of spring: last Saturday, I never found it necessary to put on socks, for the first time this year.
The maple tree has buds, and the first azalea blossom is open.
But we still have frosty mornings, and the other day a hailstorm.
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Post by brutalis on Apr 23, 2020 8:38:13 GMT -5
Summer is coming! EGADS. They are expecting triple digit weather already here in Phoenix. Possibility of 100-101 temps this weekend and then starting Monday 103-105 temps. Thanks to a cold front north of us pushing rain and snow into Colorado and Nevada it means Arizona gets all the increased heat pushed down our way.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 23, 2020 9:12:06 GMT -5
Summer is coming! EGADS. They are expecting triple digit weather already here in Phoenix. Possibility of 100-101 temps this weekend and then starting Monday 103-105 temps. Thanks to a cold front north of us pushing rain and snow into Colorado and Nevada it means Arizona gets all the increased heat pushed down our way. It would take a salary in the upper half of six figures to get me to live in Phoenix. I HATE hot weather. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 9:33:46 GMT -5
Here in South Central PA - we have been having a chilly windy and rainy April. I manage to get the grass cut on the few sunny days we have had but with a WINTER coat on! I need the coat mostly because of the wind chill. We had a few nice days that I managed to get out and ride my bicycle to fight boredom. I am really out of shape....  |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 23, 2020 9:49:08 GMT -5
md62 - yeah, Pennsylvania has had a crappy April. I did get my bike out for a 10-mile ride this past Sunday, and I'm hoping to do the same this afternoon if I can log off work early, but doing outside things has been completely hit or miss. Slam_Bradley- completely agree. We'd visit my grandmother in Memphis in the summer when I was growing up, and that was brutal, with 90 degree temps AND 90+% humidity. She always wondered why my sister and I didn't want to go outside, and we had to explain that we rarely if ever had that mix in Pittsburgh. Phoenix? No fluffing way, not for any amount of money. I've done Bakersfield, CA in August for work, with days driving around the oil fields reaching 110+, and that is nothing I would ever consider living in.
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Post by brutalis on Apr 23, 2020 9:52:11 GMT -5
Summer is coming! EGADS. They are expecting triple digit weather already here in Phoenix. Possibility of 100-101 temps this weekend and then starting Monday 103-105 temps. Thanks to a cold front north of us pushing rain and snow into Colorado and Nevada it means Arizona gets all the increased heat pushed down our way. It would take a salary in the upper half of six figures to get me to live in Phoenix. I HATE hot weather. Since I was born and raised here I kind of got used to it. I am totally in the reverse: I HATE SNOW. If i were forced to endure driving and working in it I would be miserable. Plan is to retire to a spot in Colorado (with a friend who already retired there) where it snows just enough to enjoy but it melts by the end of the day and their summer is in the high 80's with lots of rain. That is the plan if I can endure working another 3 years for an early retirement at age 60 and not getting terminated from the hospital. |
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