Winter Weather 2016

[Yann]

Gonna see that David 

[Robert]

it's a crazy winter Robert. Here it's now calm, my ears and nerves has returned to normal state

Yann,

How is your garden, greenhouse, and other plants? 

We rarely get such wind!

From your comments it appears that there has been very little cold weather this winter. This seems very unusual - much like what we experienced last year here in California.

Robert,

Yr tells you will get colder weather and some rain in a week's time!

http://www.yr.no/sted/USA/California/Placerville/langtidsvarsel.html


We will get some sun but colder weather the next few days. The sun is welcome but not (hard) frost.

Trond,

I hope that this weather forecast "pans-out". Our local California (Sacramento) weather service still has it dry through Wednesday of next week, with a hint that something might change after that.

Today, 9 February it was 78 F (25.5 C) another record high temperature for this date. Today's high broke the old record by 5 degrees F. Tomorrows record high temperature is also 78 F (set in 1985). Most likely this record will not be broken. It does appear that the weather will cool a little, but not much.

I am sure that I will have to turn on the irrigation before the next rain. Not much fun, as I will have to drain all the water lines again. 

I bet that the sun is welcome and perhaps the longer sunlight hours too. Hopefully your garden is fairing well.

Very good news - I have two interviews with potential care-givers this coming week. I hope to be back out in the field soon.    Warm weather or not the native plants are in action and I am very anxious to get out. I have also started a research project on the flora of the Lyon's Creek Drainage. A very, very exciting project for me, and hopefully I am the prefect person to do it. My first outing there was in 1960, I was 5 years old. Needless to say this is a great boost for me. 

[François Lambert]

back from work, it's worst than this afternoon.
The cedar of the greenhouse fold under gust force, i didn't stay longer under glasses.
The forecast announced new gust wind for this night, i've enough of this weather.

How is it at my Flemish neighbours, same as here?

All in all not much damage from the wind here, just a few tiles blown from the roof of the house, I hope to repair that this week-end.  But the diluvial rains on Monday made us worry.  The compacted soil of the farmland nearby could no longer absorb the huge quantities of rain, so that in the end part of the water runs off to the street and then enters the coutryard here ... We have been lucky, should the water level have raised  one centimeter higher and so reached the top of that the black circular object on the second pic then the muddy water would have flowed into the rainwater tank making it look like coffee with milk for a month.  As you can imagine, this has already happened a few times in previous years, but only when there was a heavy downpoor in summer and (second condition) when there was a potato field at the other side of the road.  The extremely heavy harvesting machines however compact the soil so that it's water absorbtion capacities are reduced.  Anyway ... planning to fix that this summer.

[ichristie]

Hello Baltic temperatures today with bright sunshine ski areas all very busy I post some pictures taken today about 0ne mile from here, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Maggi Young]

Wintry weather, Ian - but just  super photos of beautiful Angus!

[ArnoldT]

Here's whats in store for us tonight, St. Valentine's eve..


Could be why there are more babies born in November!

[Maggi Young]

The Bulb Despot is a November baby!  November 13th !! 

[johnw]

Much the same here, 20F presently dropping to 13F overnight.  A low off the coast seems to be blocking the intense inland cold a bit. Went to 12F last night and will hold steady overnight. Tomorrow night they say down to 5F.  Just hope they're right and not lower.  Good snow cover and thankfully no frost in the ground.  All but the Hamamelis quite dormant here, pray this cold blast doesn't slide over the top to Europe where things are so very advanced.

Some astounding low temperatures in Toronto last night.

johnw - very light snow and grey.

[ichristie]

Another drive around today the scenery was spectacular roads a bit tricky in some places we went to Balintore near Lintrathen and back to Kirrie magic.

[ichristie]

Hello the road we took goes near Ascreavie gardens so visited the house where the original Garden gate is this shows Rhodo sherriffe. Lilium sherriffe and Primula sherriffe a real special part of history I tried to buy this gate some time ago but no chance,  cheers Ian the Christie kind

[johnstephen29]

In complete contrast to Ian's wintery scene here's the view from my back garden, it's almost Spring like.

[Hoy]

Beautiful cold winter weather at our cabin! -22C last night and -10 when we were out skiing.

View from our cabin - not a cloud!




The ski track in the foreground. They use tracking machines everywhere

[ichristie]

Hello thank you all for your local views very interesting cheers Ian the Christie kind

[ArnoldT]

This was this morning as I watched the Gunners snatch a late win.

[Cfred72]

The snow looks back at the end of night, winter is not over. It is often said here: "February is the shortest month, but also the hardest ..."