BS: Winter is here

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Dec 16 - 05:02 PM

....die, moths, die....whatever eats you has flown away south already....

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Dec 16 - 01:40 PM

In the northeastern US, the weather is about to turn, as Tattie Bogle would say, "baltic." A frigid wind is moving cold air and snow this way. At least it will put paid to the little moths, which are STILL stuck to the glass panes on the apartment building door this morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Senoufou
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 03:43 AM

I'm revising my dream of wintering in Australia if we win the Lottery! I think I might prefer southern Spain, with all the other old wrinkly ex-pat Brits, playing Bingo and eating fish and chips.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: JennieG
Date: 05 Dec 16 - 05:47 PM

Not quite, Eliza......rain helps with fires, certainly, but many are started by lightning. Yesterday's storm was apparently responsible for a few; a comment on a local facebook page was about a fire starting by a lightning strike on the side of the road as the writer was driving by. If we could just have the rain without the storms it would be much better!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Senoufou
Date: 05 Dec 16 - 04:01 PM

Gosh, those storms sound terrifying Jennie. But at least the rain prevents any forest fires starting.
I remember being in Ontario in 1967 during the summer, and the electrical storms were ferocious, unlike anything I'd experienced in UK. Ghana too - when the humidity reaches a certain level the skies open and the place goes dark as night. Then the thunder crashes. Rain in W Africa is like a vertical water cannon!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: JennieG
Date: 05 Dec 16 - 07:09 AM

Today reached 40 deg and we just didn't go outside. Supposedly tomorrow will be the last day of this heatwave, it has been quite nasty.

This evening also brought violent storms to our town with trees down, blackouts, damage to buildings - one commercial building in the centre of town had its roof blown off. Summer thunderstorms can be quite vicious in Australia, storm season starts in October and runs through to April......but we did get some badly needed rain out of this one.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Senoufou
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 03:37 PM

I'm sorry Jennie if the heat bothers you. I do realise not everyone likes being hot, especially at night.I suppose I'm quite lucky as I come into my own when in Africa, for example. It must be awful if you can't get proper sleep and feel tired.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: JennieG
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 03:15 PM

No, Eliza......28 degrees at night is not "sheer bliss". It is quite unpleasant, much too hot for beneficial sleep so we wake up feeling as tired as if we hadn't gone to bed at all. Doctors have issued warnings about the dangers of hot weather, because heat kills more people than cold.

We still have to survive today (forecast 39 deg) and tomorrow (forecast 36 deg) and it should be cooler after that. It will have been a very long draining five days when the heatwave ends.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Senoufou
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 09:31 AM

Oh Jennie, 28 degrees at night! Oh sheer bliss! I can take even 40 degrees and high humidity, but the cold just finishes me off, especially with a sharp wind.

I think what I hate most about winter is the lack of daylight. I dislike drawing the curtains at 4pm, I feel as if I'm in an underground tunnel.

We often say that if we won the Lottery (not easy,as we don't even do it!) we'd spend the winter months in Australia and stay in UK for the summer. Africa is a bit too dodgy healthwise (malaria etc)

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 09:12 AM

at one place in Iceland at 4 :30 there was 16+ in December and 8+ around the country , and our Glaciers are melding fast ...

this is so wrong , here should be winter with snow and frost .

now we have like springtime ...

who is playing with the weather system´s ...urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: JennieG
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 05:52 AM

Yes, Eliza......in Tamworth, which is in north-western New South Wales. Temperature right now as we speak, 9.30 P.M. Sunday night, is 28 deg C, the "feels like" is 25 deg C.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Senoufou
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 04:00 AM

Are you in Australia Jennie? And what temperature is it at the moment? (I'm just looking up flights and getting my suitcase packed! :) )

I absolutely hate the winter, and I hate it more as the years go by. I'm definitely a hot weather kind of person.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: JennieG
Date: 04 Dec 16 - 12:19 AM

Meanwhile, we are on Day Three of a five day heatwave.

Dunno about moths, but last night we were overrun by little black bugs......

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Dec 16 - 06:55 PM

That wind is back. grrrrrrrrrr.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Raggytash
Date: 03 Dec 16 - 01:44 PM

When we arrived in our spot on the Connemara, County Galway on the 16th November there was snow on the tops of the Twelve Bens mountain range. Stunningly beautiful viewed from a warm car in the glens!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 Dec 16 - 03:35 PM

Be careful for what you wish, Ebbie....

Here in southeastern New England, it is
The Last Hurrah Of Those Pesky Little Moths.

You know the moths I mean...it hasn't been cold enough to, erm, dissuade them. So the moths are clustered around the doors to my apartment building. They are up against the glass panes, morning and night, and fluttering about in the parking lot. It's their last hurrah, or their last gasp, or something.

ChantyLass is right, the warmth so late in the year is unusual, and it has kept the moths going....but not for long.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Senoufou
Date: 02 Dec 16 - 07:11 AM

My husband is dancing for joy because he heard they're giving short odds on us having a White Christmas. I've just beaten him over the head with a stout cudgel.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Dec 16 - 02:30 AM

Here in Juneau, Alaska, we had a bit of snow mid-October and even less in November. The temperatures have ranged from low 30s to mid40s.

And now we finally have a warning that late this week we're getting really cold weather, forecasting 7 F for a high and zeroF for lows. It will allegedly hit us this Sunday. I'm flying out of here on Monday just in time to beat the cold weather to my destination. Might have lots of snow by the time I return.

I hope so. A really snowy winter would be nice- hasn't happened in a number of years. The last one I remember vividly was 2006.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Dec 16 - 04:17 PM

"Meteorological winter," for some reason, that's what the network broadcasts say on the first of December. If it doesn't feel like winter today, then it will do soon enough.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 12 Mar 16 - 09:34 PM

The people who plow the condo lot removed the stakes they had set out for the winter. I hope they know what they're doing!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Mar 16 - 01:09 PM

I'm wondering how long I should wait before getting the lawn mower out and ready to go.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Mar 16 - 12:02 PM

Well, it's 72F here at the moment (0703) and the sky is clear. A bit of wind, but not too much. There is a high surf alert, so I won't be taking my longboard out.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Charmion
Date: 11 Mar 16 - 05:07 PM

High of 7 Celsius today in Ottawa, and I'm putting the mukluks away. Not the light-weight Italian sort-of-fashionable boots, though; I've seen snow on the apple blossom more than once in this town.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Mar 16 - 02:50 PM

Miraculously, no flooding here, in spite of the general melting. The marshlands and backwaters no longer have ice over them, which took forever to thaw. And that species of frog that starts peeping in the "mud season" is out in the open air, peeping at the top of its little lungs.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: ragdall
Date: 05 Mar 16 - 07:31 AM

Over here on the left side of Canada it was +12 C today.   Crocus are blooming. Tulips are up but no flower buds in sight yet. Bluebirds have been arriving from the south. Wet snow is predicted for Wednesday, though.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 04 Mar 16 - 10:55 PM

We had snow flurries today but not enough to interfere with plans.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Mar 16 - 02:58 PM

Now the forecasts are talking of early May temperatures next week, and it is only early March.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Charmion
Date: 03 Mar 16 - 07:54 AM

Minus 29 Celsius right now in Ottawa, with a forecast high of minus 9, but the crystal-gazers at Environment Canada are backing an early thaw -- they say this might be the last of the cold weather for this winter. It snowed all day yesterday. I'm not putting the mukluks away quite yet.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: olddude
Date: 02 Mar 16 - 11:57 AM

Spring sprung and fall fell, winter is here and it's colder than

Usual

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: gnu
Date: 02 Mar 16 - 10:17 AM

Going up to 9C with rain and moderate wind today. 200km north of me it's 25-35cm of snow. Thank goodness it's stayed cold enough for the World Pond Hockey Championship in Plaster Rock, NB.ca

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/world-pond-hockey-championships-attracts-the-great-and-small/

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Mar 16 - 01:07 PM

It's only the first of March. Winter isn't over yet. Probably packing another sucker punch even as we speak. I just got my car inspected during the oil change, to make sure that at least the car wouldn't surprise me.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Feb 16 - 12:24 PM

Rumncoke,

Pull the soil off of the base of the tree - even though it is in a pot, it may be too deep. Clear the soil away until you can see the root flare - or the trunk flare - that part is supposed to be exposed, but lots of nurseries add extra dirt to pots before they sell plants. You'll be surprised how much that one move can make a tree happier.

We have a chance of showers for a few days (it hasn't rained much this month) and supposedly winter temperatures will return next week, but the forecast doesn't show any nights at or below freezing and highs in the 60s aren't typical February temperatures.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 20 Feb 16 - 11:35 AM

The weather in Missouri is absolutely lovely, but I wish it weren't. It's not supposed to be 70 in February.

bubblyrat, you have my sympathy because of the flooding. Let's hope it doesn't happen again. Devon sounds delightful.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Rumncoke
Date: 18 Feb 16 - 11:49 AM

It is not raining today - for a change.

The Christmas tree (picea glauca conica) is looking very sad. I'm not sure if it had drowned with all the rain or starved to death as the rain washed all the nutrients from the soil in its pot. I brought it inside the conservatory for its own protection and it is still clinging to life by the twig tips.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Feb 16 - 12:41 PM

The rhodie at my door will be blooming soon- the buds are swollen.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Ed T
Date: 17 Feb 16 - 12:39 PM

My lawn is clear of snow, and "greening up". I see some crocus shoots edging up. The last two days were unseasonably warm.

Maybe the groundpig was right, predicting an early spring. But, more winter surprises coulx evolve over the next couple of weeks?

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 17 Feb 16 - 12:33 PM

Watch out for that false sense of security, here....above freezing temps, clear skies, calm breezes, and much of the snow and ice melted. Winter isn't over yet, just giving us a chance to breathe before we get snowed on again.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: michaelr
Date: 16 Feb 16 - 03:25 PM

Summer is here. Shit, it was 88 yesterday. Unheard of for NorCal in February.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: gnu
Date: 16 Feb 16 - 02:45 PM

Oops... Maritime Canada. And, *my* thermo meter shows 13C. We must be gonna get smacked like last year. NO snow on the ground on 01.28. A whole winter of snow within 6 weeks of that. At least two storms per week of a foot or more.

With the rain tonight adding to the snowmelt, keberoxu is right... there will be flooding. I am on high(er) ground but I have relatives and friends who may have a rough time tonight.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: gnu
Date: 16 Feb 16 - 02:32 PM

Yup. -32C wind chill yesterday and 10C right now. Got all my windows open. Gotta love The Merrytimes.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Feb 16 - 12:49 PM

Gnu called it. Rapid warming and strong southerly winds. Now comes an April thaw in mid February. Flooding could make some roads impassable.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Ebbie
Date: 16 Feb 16 - 02:06 AM

Here in southeastern Alaska - roughly level with Scotland (latitude 58) - our temperatures have been in the mid40sF for weeks, dipping at night into the upper 30s. Sweater/sweatshirt weather. Tonight is forecast to be colder; we could get a frost tonight. Usually at this time of the year our ground is rock hard- it hasn't frozen this winter.

'Tis passing weird.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 15 Feb 16 - 08:38 PM

We got more snow this afternoon continuing into this evening. It's supposed to switch to rain tonight. When I parked my car, I forgot to raise the windshield wipers into the snow salute. If we don't have rain by bedtime, I'll go out and raise them.

Subject: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Feb 16 - 02:34 PM

And now comes winter storm Olympia...

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: bubblyrat
Date: 15 Feb 16 - 06:05 AM

Here in England, on Dartmoor National Park, the weather has been ATROCIOUS ! We moved into our new (but old !) house on September 30th, and since then it has rained EVERY DAY up until today , which is frosty and SUNNY ! However, last Saturday we were flooded out by a torrent of muddy water , and had to rely on neighbours who came round with mops,buckets,old newspapers,pumps , teenaged children,etc.etc. to bail us out.Luckily ,there is a good community spirit here in Devonshire,where the only sound is often the clippety-clop of horses' hooves ; no "bikers", no aircraft overhead,very few cars, no motorways nearby, just peace and quiet and smoke curling lazily from the chimneys of every house, all of which have names and not numbers .Magic !!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 16 - 04:19 PM

Did I say messy? This just in...

4:06 PM AST Sunday 14 February 2016
Special weather statement in effect for:

Moncton and Southeast New Brunswick
A low pressure system will develop over the southern United States and reach New England Tuesday. This system will likely affect the Maritimes on Tuesday and Wednesday with a good possibility of some snow at first and then significant amounts of rain. Freezing rain is also quite possible especially over northern New Brunswick. These bursts of precipitation will be accompanied by rapid warming associated with a warm front driven by strong southerly winds.

Old Man Winter must have that there Old Timer's eh?

I don't mind it but the people that depend on part of their living making Maple Slurpup must be shaking in their mukluks!

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 16 - 04:06 PM

BTW, I heard Blue Jays today singing that spring song. I suppose it's one way to generate some heat in this cold weather. >;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 16 - 04:04 PM

Maine (Linn) is at -11F. I (NB.ca) am at -18C but the windchill is nasty. -32WC. I had to go out to get a turnip for a stew. Proper planning prevents piss poor performance but I didn't think of that yesterday. Come Tuesday... 10C and rain. I'll take rain, even if it will make a slippery mess, over snow.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Feb 16 - 03:27 PM

It's a roller-coaster. Sub-freezing for the next 24 hours. Then a new weather system cranks in and we get a sudden thaw, and a rainstorm. Temperatures increase to well above freezing. Gotta be ready for anything hereabouts.

Subject: RE: BS: Winter is here
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Feb 16 - 11:15 PM

It was in the 70s here in North Texas today. I fear another odd year if we don't have some winter this year. It's hard on the vegetable garden, for various reasons.