Weather February 2010

[cohan]

Yes, the coldest winter for at least 31 years. The contrast with just two winters ago is enormous. In that winter we didn't have any frost in the ground until the first week in February... -23C again this morning, but the forecast is for 10 degrees warmer for the rest of the week, but no end in sight for this very special North Atlantic blocking situation, the long-term forecast being for at least another 3 weeks (the mild Atlantic air normally brought to us by low pressure systems "blocked" by this very stable high pressure). On the positive side, if this continues to summer we'll be having a heat wave...

just what you need--any plants that didn't freeze can fry
congrats on the record low--must be nice to know you are colder than alberta in february --well, parts of alberta at least, prob up north they have been below -20, i haven't seen any thorough tv weather since the olympics came along to mess up tv scheduling, hopefully it will be over soon (olympics

[Richard Green]

Central Scotland (Stirlingshire, Perthshire and towards Aberdeen) has had the worst snow for years over the last day or two - we currently have 34cm deep on everything.  It is very sticky snow meaning that branches are snapping off shrubs and trees, and I had to go round knocking snow off where possible.  My bamboos usually 3 metres tall are now flattened to 1m.  More snow is forecast tonight....

[Maggi Young]

Oh dear, Richard, you are having a tougher time than  we are....our weekend snow is melting fast in the face of the pouring rain we have had all day... and it looks like continuing all through the night again, too.
The ground is getting very waterlogged though and everything is so messy looking.  Yuck!
Hard to imagine that Spring can be too far away when I see the photos of Spring gardens from down in England.... but it seems a long way off right this minute in Aberdeen. 

[Anthony Darby]

Had to shake my eucalyptus tree free of snow as the top was touching our patio table this morning. I still made it into school, by train, but nothing was getting north out of Dunblane, either by road or rail!

[angie]

All our snow is gone now in Aberdeen, but replaced with flooding. Dropped our friends of at there house tonight and there whole road is completely flooded in front of there house, hope there garden is ok. The cottage at the corner of there road is flooded. My house is up a steep hill which when we have snow and ice the road becomes a problem but at least we have no chance of flooding. Will I ever get out in my garden .
Angie

[Roma]

I've still got snow at Kintore, Angie.  Two days of sleet and rain has melted some snow but there is still a lot lying.  My coldframe is flooded again today - fourth time this winter.  The first time was 2nd of November, then January 16th.  About two weeks ago there was a small flood but today it is almost to the top of the breezeblock.  Last two big floods went down quickly but it looks like this one is not going down yet.  My bulb pots are under water and even saxifragas further along are completely submerged.  The ground is still frozen after the frosts we had at the beginning of the week so there is nowhere for the water to go. (-6 Saturday morning, -9 Sunday and Monday and -7 tuesday).  The sunshine during the day did not melt the snow much.  We then had more snow on Wednesday which is melting now.
Gloomy day yesterday
Flooded frame today

[mark smyth]

Roma do you lift your plants out of there?

We have had the first rain in weeks

[angie]

Roma your poor bulbs  they must be hardy like us   
Angie