Winter Weather

[Roma]

First real frost of the season last night

[Maggi Young]

I know that some in Scotland are  already getting fed up with the rain and dark days - there are large areas of flooding  across some counties - but , as the saying goes, there is always someone worse off than you - there has been a massive snowfall  in Eastern USA - this news photo from Buffalo New York -

and another Associated Press photo from New York State


BBC news says : At least five people have died in New York after a huge storm dumped large amounts of snow on the US north-east.
Buffalo bore the brunt with 5ft (1.5m) of snow, but temperatures across all 50 US states plummeted to freezing.
Forecasters predict an additional 2ft could fall on the region as residents struggle to dig out.
One New York man was found dead in his car buried in a snowdrift, while at least three others died from heart attacks while shovelling snow.

Residents were reported trapped in their homes and cars, and strong winds and icy roads caused motorway accidents and forced school closures in parts of the US. "


Horrible weather to have to cope with....

[TC]

As I write this, the rain has started again.  So far, we have had no frosts.  A quick look round the garden has revealed some muscari in flower, along with harebells, nasturtiums,osteospermums,chrysanthemums and I have just noticed a fuschia (Mrs Popple) has appeared, in flower in the middle of a Japanese Maple which is shedding it's leaves.  The outside pot plant geraniums are in flower as are dianthus in a large bowl.   These are B&Q's finest bought last year for a marked down 50p a tray.  They survived the winter unscathed and into their second flowering of the year.  My worry just now are the Rhods. which are producing big fat buds ready to flower in a few weeks if the mild weather continues.  What we need is a drop at night to just above freezing to slow things down.
Now the rain has stopped and it's bright sunshine with a temp. of +11°C.
No doubt, as soon as I venture out, the rain will start again !

[mark smyth]

a winters worth of snow fell in three days in USA according to SKY news today

-7 predicted for next week in northern parts of UK

[Robert]

BBC news says : At least five people have died in New York after a huge storm dumped large amounts of snow on the US north-east.
Buffalo bore the brunt with 5ft (1.5m) of snow, but temperatures across all 50 US states plummeted to freezing.

We are truly in trouble when freezing temperatures plummeted to freezing in Hawaii! At least at the beach. I'll bring my jacket rather than my bathing suit. 

[johnw]

a winters worth of snow fell in three days in USA according to SKY news today

A bit of hyperbole on their part, the fact is that only the southend of greater Buffalo (a very sizeable area though) got that snow.  The snow was very localised, Buffalo airport apparently got only half an inch.     

Unfortunately south Buffalo's horrors are not past as the temps are rising and rain is on the way, with the added weight rooves are already collapsing.

I am very surprised that St. John's, Newfoundland was not a big story back around 2000 when they had 7m (21+ft) on the ground one winter.   In March I went there on business on my way to Scotland when there was still half that amount on the ground, it was truly surreal to drive through a sizeable city with few houses or stores visible from the car and bulldozers high above one atop snowpiles; no street lights or signs were visible.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

We are truly in trouble when freezing temperatures plummeted to freezing in Hawaii! At least at the beach. I'll bring my jacket rather than my bathing suit. 

Yeah, you can't believe  everything you read - "even" (!!) from the BBC !

[johnw]

With ALL the snow in Canada even the pandas are having a hard time of it.



johnw

[Maggi Young]

A bit of hyperbole on their part, the fact is that only the southend of greater Buffalo got that snow.  The snow was very localised, Buffalo airport apparently got only half an inch.     

Unfortunately south Buffalo's horrors are not past as the temps are rising and rain is on the way, with the added weight rooves are already collapsing.

I am very surprised that St. John's, Newfoundland was not a big story back around 2000 when they had 7m (21+ft) on the ground one winter.   In March I went there on business on my way to Scotland when there was still half that amount on the ground, it was truly surreal to drive through a sizeable city with few houses or stores visible from the car and bulldozers high above one atop snowpiles; no street lights or signs were visible.

johnw

There will be more problems with the amount of water generated by the thaw, too. Not a pleasant prospect.



I think the reason there was not more of a news frenzy about the 21ft of snow in St. John's  is that there were no- Newfies able to dig out to file the report, John!!   

[johnw]

Good point Maggi but it didn't stop them from walking down the middle of the streets to the local pubs!  Perhaps that's a more reasonable explanation.....

[David Nicholson]

15C for a spell this afternoon here but soil far too wet to do anything meaningful.

[David Nicholson]

Good point Maggi but it didn't stop them from walking down the middle of the streets to the local pubs!  Perhaps that's a more reasonable explanation.....

Got their priorities right then?

[ashley]

With ALL the snow in Canada even the pandas are having a hard time of it.

johnw

That's a great sequence John.  I hadn't realised pandas could be so giddy

[Robert]

Yeah, you can't believe  everything you read - "even" (!!) from the BBC !

Or maybe the BBC should not believe everything coming from a U.S. wire service! 

This reminds me of the story about Aunt Martha's holiday turkey. It tastes sooo good that everyone in the family follows the recipe exactly. Nobody bothers to ask why she cut it into 4 pieces and crammed it into a small roasting pan. It was the Great Depression and it was the only pan available. It tasted good because it was fresh from the backyard!

Off to the Farmers' Market. The last one of the season for us. Time for that vacation. We will skip the jacket on a Hawaiian beach. Some snow in the California Sierra would be good.

I nice rainy day today - some snow in the Sierra - kind of high for this time of year - 2,000 meters or so.

[penstemon]

I think we still win the awful weather award here in Denver. On the 10th of November, it was about +17C, and two days later it was -23C. (It looks even worse in Fahrenheit.)Calgary was warmer. It was warmer everywhere that I looked, except for the South Pole.
Now it's about +15C again.