March Local weather, In like a Lion....II

13° now with what they call "inneffective sun" (It won't warm us up!) 3-4 inches of snow on the ground, windy and brrrrr! We had thunder and lightning last night for the first time this year...

LOL, we don't have squirrels where I live, but I'm sure there's some critter out there just waiting and hoping I'll grow something edible LOL My strawberries always seem to disappear or be half eaten.....don't think it's the butterflies or the stray cats doing that LOL

-Julie

This message was edited Mar 9, 2005 1:21 PM

It's gray and cold. yuck

DOUBLE YUCK here! 57 and drizzlin awhile, then raining awhile. They sure did get a bad storm through the Outer Banks yesterday. My cousin lives at Nags Head and they got one blast at 110 MPH!
Pati

It sounds like Florida has what we have had for the last week. We are windy but sunny today. 64 out. very nice.

Do any of you use Weather Underground? A lot of it is free, but for $5.00 a year you have access to an amazing amount of information (and no pop-ups)
Pati

http://www.wunderground.com/

I'll check that out, Pati! Well it's very cold and sunny with lots of wind. Can't tell how much snow-at least 8 inches-but the drifts will confuse one. I shoveled the walk at 7AM and it was covered by 10AM. But the sun is strong enought for the roofs to drip. It's lovely from INSIDE. Big difference between western and eastern Mass, eh Oceangirl??

Here's a hunkered down white throated sparrow during the snow storm yestiddy.

Twelve more days of winter! (One bird said to the other).

I am convinced winter is over for here. I have planted thousands of seeds the last few days. A few things are up. NO MORE WINTER!

I would have thought you were a Farmers Almanac man, but you did climb towers.
I use just the free Weatherunderground, with pop-ups. Didn't know it could be that cheap and know that's where I pick up tracking curses.

I use the free version of Weather Bug. They have a selection of wx stations closer to my house than the bigger cities. They have neat weather related maps of interest to gardeners, too.

http://www.weatherbug.com/

John

I use my bedroom window and the outside thermometer ;-)

-Juie

Not official enough!

Well, the weatherman may be official, but he's not very accurate most of the time LOL. The window and thermometer are always accurate for whatever moment I'm making use of them. :-)

I use Weather.com and my inside/outside thermometer. Mostly I look for rings around the moon, but I haven't seen it for a while. I figure if it's not raining and the Sky is blue, it's going to rain. Otherwise it's already raining. The weather forcasters could improve their averages using my method.

Very scientific, trois! LOL- you are probably right more than the weather people are!

Boojum, yes, there is a big difference between Western and Eastern Mass. And we're such a small state! You are zone 5a and I'm 7a. (We are supposed to have mild winters here! I haven't seen one in years-LOL) When I went to bed last night it was raining, and I woke up to all this snow! The roads are the worst when there is a solid sheet of ice under the snow.

Yes this is a good time to stay in.

Yep, couldn't agree more that today was a day to stay indoors!

We ended up going food shopping, visiting a relative in Port Orange, and didn't get back till 7 pm.....

Couldn't believe it rained the entire time we were on the road......some areas were heavier than others, but still that wet stuff kept a'comin.

Now, it's 41o, but tomorrow promises to be a sunshiny day with temps in the 70s......we shall see!

Well, I got brave and decided the alfalfa/manure tea was RIPE, and threw a tea party for 4 crepe myrtles, 3 "ify" Hawaiian snowbushes, 4 hydrangias, 17 roses, 15 brug cuttings, both daturas, all my old coleus roots, a few gardenias and any thing else that didn't move.
Dogs for 3 blocks raised holy cane. Wondered what died.
Was an excellent day for it.
Not a job for weak stomachs.
Sidney

Stinky Sidney!

Uh ha,;>)

ROTFL Sidney! I applied fish emulsion to all my succulents 2 weeks ago and all the stray cats have been attacking my plants every night. I feel like putting on warm gear and laying in wait for them when they show up sometime in the night. Grrrrrr DH also said the garden STINKS! LOL! Luckily the stink is gone now, but the cats keep coming back. I think I'll limit my fish emulsion from now on to hanging baskets the cats can't get to! What a nightmare repotting several plants every single morning. Luckily succulents tend to be pretty tough little guys.

Today is grey, raining, windy and 14C (57.2F). On a sunny day that would be a refreshing temp....with the grey skies, rain and wind....it's disgusting!

-Julie

Does anyone use the pecan trees to predict the end of winter?????

14° and sunny here this morning. At this rate I won't go back to work until May!

I figure that winter has been over for 3 weeks when the first Pecan leaves appear. Very cautious trees.

In the San Joaquin Valley, we watch the fig trees. Also very cautious trees. 55° right now and 77° forcast for today again, same as yesterday. Planted 29 tomatoes yesterday and it was almost too hot for it. I'm sure we'll have more cool days, but it was time to get those babies in. Put a floating cover over them, as it can still drop below 40 a night or two and they don't like that w/o some cover.

pcnfe, welcome to DG and our weather chat thread. Now tell us about how this pecan-prediction works please.
It's 46* and sunny. Many seeds to plant today.
None of the plants went roots up last night. I guess they did like the "Tea".
Sidney

Yes! Welcome to DG, pcnfe!!

John

Pcnfe, can you let us know when the Bluebonnets are going strong in your area? We usually drive up that way every spring.

Thanks, trois

Strange, strange day. . .just overcast, misty, humid and can't quite put my finger on it. . .reminds me of weather surrounding past earthquakes. . .maybe Mt. St. Helens is affecting alot here on the west coast. It was looking so weird that I thought she had erupted and thrown ash down this way.

Typical "earthquake weather" sounds like. Warm too?

It was 77°, but felt much warmer w/the humidity. It's 65° now, with 60° dp.

Thats quite humid Janet, for California.

Humidity. I've heard of that. Not a problem as long as you are in the shade an completely motionless, with some breeze. Not like the North Texas type with high temp and humidity. Wichita Falls is likely the most oppressive in Texas, tied with Altus and Lawton Oklahoma. I don't go to my High School reunion in Oklahoma in July because I am unable to stand the heat.

Hi 75, lo 37, dp 34.

Hi 74, lo 45, Neighbor called exterminator to remove "unfound" dead critter('s). ROTFLMAO.

the nose knows

Hi 33, lo 28. Snow-an inch expected today, 1-3 inches tonite, 1 inch on Saturday. I usually get a bit more in the hills here.

Humidity! Ha. 72%. And that's normal.

Temp. 27 degrees, 1-1/2 inch of new snow, still snowing, blowing. More scheduled for tonight and tomorrow morning. Ground is still frozen. Looks like a good day to sit and watch the plants grow. If I had some paint, I would paint something and watch it dry. Sighhh.