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Paul T

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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #450 on: April 20, 2009, 09:04:56 AM »
Mark,

You are SO spoilt when it comes to rain.  ;D ;D ;) ;)

You would HATE living here. :o
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #451 on: April 20, 2009, 07:03:36 PM »
Still virtually no rain here but the trickle of melt water has given life to the mountains and there are bursts of yellow and green everywhere :)
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #452 on: April 21, 2009, 05:53:47 AM »
Wow, what a view!
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #453 on: April 21, 2009, 04:32:57 PM »
The gorge view was taken from the edge of the mountain road - it's incredibly deep and the bridge I am leaning over is the highest in Europe!  ;D
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #454 on: April 21, 2009, 04:48:09 PM »
Quote from: Ragged Robin on April 21, 2009, 04:32:57 PM
The gorge view was taken from the edge of the mountain road - it's incredibly deep and the bridge I am leaning over is the highest in Europe!  ;D

 EEEEEK!  :o Rather you than me, Robin!


April showers today here in Aberdeen.... which wouldn't be SO bad, except the re is a very blustery wind and  some of the heavy showers have hailstones ...... poor flowers! :'(
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #455 on: April 21, 2009, 07:04:16 PM »
great views, robin!
maggi--hailstones! yuck! we are prone to those too, though we havent reached that weather yet...
we've had a few days in high teens-20C, though still at or below 0C at night; tomorrow high of 5 with snow, and thurs high of 2 with overnight low -10....
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #456 on: April 23, 2009, 05:33:57 AM »
We had hail here on Tuesday. Fortunately the particles were about 5 mm in size, so they didn't damage any plants. I've never seen so much, though. It was like a downpour of little glass beads, and the racket was tremendous.
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #457 on: April 24, 2009, 05:14:12 AM »
Quote from: Paul T on April 20, 2009, 09:04:56 AM
Mark,
You are SO spoilt when it comes to rain.  ;D ;D ;) ;)
You would HATE living here. :o

Paul,
waddya mean? We've had a whole 8.4 mm of rain today! Woo Hoo! ;D
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #458 on: April 24, 2009, 05:19:59 AM »
We had snow starting yesterday morning and continuing through the night - about 10cm and a low of -10C.   It got to 20 C the day before.

And people actually say they like the climate here...  Words fail me.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2009, 05:52:45 AM by Lori Skulski »
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #459 on: April 24, 2009, 06:18:44 AM »
Fermi,

We've had a bit of drizzle here this afternoon, but most (as usual) looks like it will go through south of us and then off to NZ.  I wish you'd all (Lesley included) stop stealing what little rain comes this way.  ;D ;)
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #460 on: April 27, 2009, 02:32:47 AM »
And again...
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #461 on: April 27, 2009, 09:02:53 AM »
Totally in the clouds here today and the first 'real' rain since the snow...the garden and mountainside is welcoming the shower and the birds are very busy pulling up worms.  More forecast all week and then we hope for sun and everything will really start growing.  I hope the weather improves for you Lori - is the amount of snow you are experiencing abnormal for you in Calgary at this time of year ? ::)
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #462 on: April 29, 2009, 08:15:30 AM »
In the clouds still, but not on cloud 9, wet and miserable except for the plants who love April showers/mist/torrents - maybe I should have been born a plant  ???
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #463 on: April 30, 2009, 12:31:53 AM »
We've had the coldest morning for this time of year since the 1950's apparently!
The weather station at Redesdale shows we went down to -0.1oC with an apparent temperature of -3.6oC!
Winter has arrived!
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #464 on: April 30, 2009, 03:20:49 AM »
It was chilly here too this morning but it is now a sunny glad to be alive day seeing we had 65mls over the weekend. The only other 'rain' for this year was 3mls in early March. Now it is plant, weed, plant while there is warmth still in the soil.
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