How's The Weather By You?

PLEASE !!!!!!!
I don't want you to think I am complaining...............................but..... ...........

There is a major snow storm on its way for tonight and tomorrow.. They are calling for up to 30 cms of the white stuff with brisk winds of 80 kms hr....
Temperatures around the -12c mark... Windchill around the -30c mark...

Now, could someone PLEASE tell me honestly where the HECK spring is ??????
Will it ever come ?????
Perhaps it just forgot to come this year ....
 

Steve said:
PLEASE !!!!!!!
I don't want you to think I am complaining...............................but..... ...........

There is a major snow storm on its way for tonight and tomorrow.. They are calling for up to 30 cms of the white stuff with brisk winds of 80 kms hr....
Temperatures around the -12c mark... Windchill around the -30c mark...

Now, could someone PLEASE tell me honestly where the HECK spring is ??????
Will it ever come ?????
Perhaps it just forgot to come this year ....
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LOL....seems just not too long ago you were wishing for snow...this seems to be turning out to one of those careful what you ask for things.
 
Oh I agree with you 100% Ozark, but as far as this year goes, enough is enough..

Yes we need the snow for our survival of our village, but at this time of the year, there are NO more tourists to spend the buck$..

Snowmobile trails have been closed..
Ski hills are closed..
Ice fishing is all over at the end of March.. Ice is too thin in places but still OK in others..
Cross country skiing and snowshoeing is all over..
Winter carnivals have come and gone..

Just to name a few......

NOW............ Lets bring on SPRING !!!!!!
 

We seem to be vasillating between winter and spring here. Few days of spring, then back to cold and gloomy. I planted flower seeds Tuesday, on Wednesday we had ferocious storms and gully washer downpours that no doubt washed all my seeds away. Yesterday, back to winter clothes...

Steve, just yanking your chain...I think we're all ready for spring to come and stay awhile..we had a really tough, hot, droughty summer and a long winter...soooo ready for a nice loooong spring:cool:
 
Glad all you folks SW of me are safe.

I got to see this on 4:00 PM news yesterday http://www.theweatherspace.com/2013/04/11/video-noxubee-county-mississippi-tornado-on-april-11-2013/

I'm pretty fearless but I'm not sure I could've stood on my porch long enough to capture all that:( <----THAT is the type of weather I want to be in my closet, watching it from the Smartphone I don't have because Verizon wants me to wait until September or pay full price :stupid:

We didn't get anything until 4:30 PM and it was "only" rain pouring by the buckets and one big strike of lightening that was close enough to make the horses head for the barn. It wasn't close enough to hear the sizzle but it was close enough the lightening and thunder were together and shook the house windows.

We went from 86 degrees on Wednesday to a high of low 60's today. I'll take the low 60s, it's a lot more pleasant to work outside:D
 
Hope all is still well by you TWHRider! That thunder and lightning can be unsettling (and dangerous) to people and pets for sure! :eek: Been pretty warm here, upper 40s, but windy, just a few small patches of snow left on the ground.

Super windy though, the Magpies are building their huge nests in our backyard trees (as usual), and the wind's been blowin' large sticks on my lawn. :rolleyes: Not much of a lawn left, but constantly clearing those sticks to walk and eventually to mow. Will plant some drought-resistant native grass seeds this year, in hopes of filling in all the bald spots that get so muddy with rain/snow. With twice a week and limited hours water restrictions (and increasing rates), I'm hoping it will survive.

White vinyl kitchen floor is forever needing mopping, with 8 furkid paw prints bringing in the outdoors. :love_heart: I should have stuck with my old 80s brown colored linoleum. :banghead: :D
 
Well, the storm seems to be over for now.. We had about 30 cms of the white stuff.. it is very mild at -2c which makes the snow rather heavy and sticky..

I say over for now as on Monday - Tuesday they are calling for another snow storm but this time only 20 cms of snow..................

Oh well, this is the life living up north of the Great Lakes...
Just wait till Spring really comes and those pesty black flies come out....
 
Awoke to beautiful birdsong outside my window at dawn, stumbled downstairs to brew a cup while gazing out a quail enjoying a breakfast of seeds I'd spread out for them, stepped onto the deck and listened to more birds greeting the day. While admiring the wisps of fog blanketing the redwoods across the way, two mallard ducks streaked low across the field in perfect formation. Wonderful beginning to a glorious day along the central coast.

I know some of you are experiencing the continued ravages of winter but have faith that mama nature will turn her smile upon you very soon . . .
 
I think Spring is here. The goldfinches are very busy at the sunflower feeder, and singing their Spring songs. We have the first hummingbird feeder out, tho no one has visited just yet....any day now, I'm sure. Trees and shrubs are leafing out, and it smells like rain and new life out there.

Oh, and we're supposed to get snow next week. :eek: :D

That guy, it sounds like you must live in a little paradise there......:)
 
Anne said:
That guy, it sounds like you must live in a little paradise there......:)
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It is paradise, Anne, and I'm proud to be a 5th generation descendent of California pioneers. Glad to hear you are enjoying the finches. There's so much joy in just watching birds going about . . . well, being birds. I started out trying to identify them but the little buggers won't sit still long enough for me to determine if it's a single-striped goofball or the common doodle dooper . . .

Actually, years ago, I decided to learn more about all the sea birds I spend my time with out and about in the waves. Wanted to start with the gulls and contacted a really nice woman who owned a store called appropriately, "The Birdfeeder". I mentioned I was interested in learning about sea birds and the first thing she said was, "Well, don't start with the gulls. They change a lot and are confusing." HA!
 
Taking a break from relocating 50 (count 'em, 50!) stepping stones I had stored alongside the shed when I moved here from the vineyard back in November. Want to get a nice path going down from the back porch to the shed and clear the area for some sunflowers. Man, them suckers are HEAVY. I know they make much lighter replica stones but, I stubbornly like the real thing. Same with planting pots. I much prefer the more expensive and fragile terra cotta. Aesthetics aside, the popular plastic planters are unhealthy for plants as the don't breathe and hold too much moisture . . . (as the kids say . . . just sayin'...)
 
OK.. It is now Tuesday early morning and that storm they predicted with 20cms of snow is now upon us EXCEPT, it is +5c and it is raining instead of snow......
They weren't wrong about the precipitation but I an rather relieved it is rain instead of more of that white stuff..

On Sunday, I saw my first robin of the year..
The temperature is on the + side all day and night..
It is raining instead of snowing..
My driveway is now down to gravel instead of snow..
The snow banks are starting to melt..
And finally, ------ They are predicting sunny and temps in the +10c range for the rest of the week....

DOES THAT MEAN SPRING HAS FINALLY SPRUNG ????????
 
Good for you Steve..sounds like you'll soon be planting that garden.

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Strangely cold air last night and this morning. But, the sun is warm and I believe the weather folks are predicting nicer temps on into the weekend.
 
Ozarkgal said:
Looks like we're going to have some warm weather. 80-81, for the next two days then head back into severe thunderstorms on Thursday. Of course, I have to go to town on Thursday.
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How did you get out from under today's severe storm warning? We're supposed to be under the gun for hail, high winds, yadda yadda, later this afternoon. I thought everything touches you first ---- this is not fair --- I like sharing:sunshine::rain::winter1::cheers:
 
TWHRider said:
How did you get out from under today's severe storm warning? We're supposed to be under the gun for hail, high winds, yadda yadda, later this afternoon. I thought everything touches you first ---- this is not fair --- I like sharing:sunshine::rain::winter1::cheers:
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Don't worry, it's a comin'....tomorrow night on into Thursday..severe thunderstorms.
 
Ozarkgirl........... and everyone....
No... We don't put anything in the garden till the first week-end in June because of the frost.. We will for sure get a bit more snow as well as heavy frost and temperatures way below the freezing mark.......

Yes we have a short growing season and that is why we can plant only certain veggies..
The garden MUST be emptied by Labour Day as there again frost will for sure be there.. I have seen frost the last week-end in August..........
 
The weather here is fairly inclement along the east coast of England which isn't unusual for April at least it's not cold so we may potter around the garden this weekend.
 
It's been nice the past few days.The weather guessers are forecasting storms Wednesday night and Thursday.Then cold, near freezing, Friday and Saturday mornings.
I'm hoping to get the rest of the garden planted after this cold spell.
 
That Guy said:
. There's so much joy in just watching birds going about . . . well, being birds. I started out trying to identify them but the little buggers won't sit still long enough for me to determine if it's a single-striped goofball or the common doodle dooper . . .
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Since moving here hubby has gotten into watching the birds. There is quite an array of different birds and sounds. I love the redbirds. They come in droves in the winter for the seed, then they leave and the hummingbirds come in droves for the feeders. We have Great Blue Herrons that fish our creek regularly. They are fascinating to watch,they have such patience in fishing. I was sitting on the porch the other morning enjoying my coffee and one landed in the creek in front of me. He saw me and Squiggy, who aspires to be a schnauzer bird dog. The Herron stood there in the creek for 10-15 minutes and never moved so much as a feather. I tried to outwait him to see how long he would stand frozen there. Nature calling finally won out and I had to leave him.

Today, is very cloudy with some storms predicted for later tonight into tomorrow.
 
Ozarkgal said:
Don't worry, it's a comin'....tomorrow night on into Thursday..severe thunderstorms.
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Everything but the humidity went around us. The temps were still 61 at 10:00 PM last night; the dew point was 66 - lol lol

Thennnn after all this, the nice weather people say one day next week the low will be 38:indecisiveness:

Longer days or not, my horses don't know what to do with all that winter hair:torn::torn:


I clipped everyone's legs, literally shaved their fetlocks down to a crew cut and clipped their jowels pretty short because, with all this humidity, that hair gets mildewed when they dunk for a drink of water. I have seen Duke dunk clear up to his eyeballs - lol lol He's done that with me riding him when we've been out several hours - I don't know how the water doesn't go up his nose but I have seen him dunk for a good 20 seconds, that's a lot of time when you're a horse - lol.

The rest of the world deals with Scratches whenever there's a lot of rain and mud, I deal with it as soon as the humidity goes up (that's why I keep the fetlocks shaved so close in the warm months) - thrush too because the hooves hold all that moist heat in:chargrined:


I had to Tuxedo clip my 25 yo with metabolic issues last Spring; this year he looks like he's shedding out a lot better since I got his hind gut ulcers under control, BUT if this weather doesn't make a decision pretty quick, I will have to clip him anyway because he's always had a hot thermostat and I don't want him over-heating because that thick fur doesn't match the temperatures.
 

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