ThePhotoGuy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Done with this cold & wind. Saw enough snow today that I am ready for spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 3 weeks.. and wxmeddler ! Yes, I am already making future appointments after the trip with my chiropractor. No Weatherwarrior this year? I believe his reason was that he is busy selling the house and moving to Florida. I put my name forth and was selected from a cream of the crop field of applicants through a through a heavily vetted admissions process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Actually sounds like a lot of fun, if I wouldn't end up divorced and if you guys could stand me for 3 weeks I would come. Alas none of that is possible so I will live through your posts. You act like divorce is a negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 You act like divorce is a negative. It is when you have 5 kids you love very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Coldest IMBY in a month. 27.6 for the low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Yes, I am already making future appointments after the trip with my chiropractor. I believe his reason was that he is busy selling the house and moving to Florida. I put my name forth and was selected from a cream of the crop field of applicants through a through a heavily vetted admissions process. Thats awesome! Enjoy yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 4.6" to go for a 20" .....strange winter Need About 12" to get to 20 " ..... another "normal" winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Uh oh, GFS looks to be going towards the NAM run. I knew it, early on you could see we would get screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Yay Spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 28 at DCA. Last time in the 20s was on 2/21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Feels like it's gonna be a big weed year in the yard....especially dandelions...lots of stuff popping up....need some more snow to cover it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Feels like it's gonna be a big weed year in the yard....especially dandelions...lots of stuff popping up....need some more snow to cover it up No drought for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Feels like it's gonna be a big weed year in the yard....especially dandelions...lots of stuff popping up....need some more snow to cover it up Interesting post. I was just thinking about that this morning on the drive in to work. We have nothing here. No green anywhere, no daffodils, no dandelions, almost no wild onions. A quick glance at the landscape and you'd swear it was the middle of January. Last year I mowed about 3 times in March. This year, I'll be surprised if we mow before the middle of April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Feels like it's gonna be a big weed year in the yard....especially dandelions...lots of stuff popping up....need some more snow to cover it up I would be careful posting things like this on the internet unless you live in CO or WA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Interesting post. I was just thinking about that this morning on the drive in to work. We have nothing here. No green anywhere, no daffodils, no dandelions, almost no wild onions. A quick glance at the landscape and you'd swear it was the middle of January. Last year I mowed about 3 times in March. This year, I'll be surprised if we mow before the middle of April. we have some early cherry trees in full bloom here for the last week or so. not many. lots of other littler trees are on the verge of popping. in about 2 weeks it'll look like spring i think.. even if it's cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 we have some early cherry trees in full bloom here for the last week or so. not many. lots of other littler trees are on the verge of popping. in about 2 weeks it'll look like spring i think.. even if it's cold. Some maples are getting that barely "fuzzy" look up my way and some other trees (Bradford Pears and the like) are getting some buds, but for lots of trees (oaks, hickorys, etc...) it looks like January still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Some maples are getting that barely "fuzzy" look up my way and some other trees (Bradford Pears and the like) are getting some buds, but for lots of trees (oaks, hickorys, etc...) it looks like January still. I've noticed over the years that its much harder to "fool" the real hardwoods. Sure, you can get them to come on out a little early, but they are pretty good at holding those buds in check and not letting them open. I did see some sugar maples here with their red/maroon bud swelled up the other day. Last year at this time the Bradford Pears had already started dropping their white flowers and were well on their way toward full leaf out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 we have some early cherry trees in full bloom here for the last week or so. not many. lots of other littler trees are on the verge of popping. in about 2 weeks it'll look like spring i think.. even if it's cold. Yeah, if you get a 5 day or so stretch of real warmth this late, spring can explode in a hurry wrt flowers, flowering trees, and grasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 I've noticed over the years that its much harder to "fool" the real hardwoods. Sure, you can get them to come on out a little early, but they are pretty good at holding those buds in check and not letting them open. I did see some sugar maples here with their red/maroon bud swelled up the other day. Last year at this time the Bradford Pears had already started dropping their white flowers and were well on their way toward full leaf out. It's amazing how variable maples can be. One red maple on my street is probably only a week or 10 days away from flowering...and the same tree shows fall color before any other. The red maple in my front yard (not even 100 yards away and on the same side of the street) is barely showing anything. Sugar maples aren't doing anything yet. Last year my next door neighbor's red maple got all excited by the early warmth in February and started to flower and then they all dropped after a cold snap and started over again in March. But we're easily ~2-3 weeks behind last year in term's of leaf-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 There are a lot of maples showing red buds at this point in my area, but not much has truly popped. My peach tree has had pink buds for a couple weeks now, but they haven't swelled up much recently and luckily it hasn't blossomed at all yet. We do have some daffodils and crocus, and I've seen the random hyacinth starting to shoot and show their first "juvenile" flower bunches. What I can confirm is that my allergies have started. I'm not allergic to much (food, medicine, etc.), but I get it pretty good in the spring. It's not too bad yet, but I'll probably be freebasing Claritin once the maples really start blowing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 28 at DCA. Last time in the 20s was on 2/21. wasnt great cooling conditions given the air mass...we have had some more impressive mins this late in the last 15-20 years or so, some under inferior air masses 4/10/97 - 28 (record min) 4/8/07 - 29 (ties record min) 3/27/01 - 25 3/22/02 - 25 3/19/93 - 19 and a handful of other 27-29 readings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 wasnt great cooling conditions given the air mass...we have had some more impressive mins this late in the last 15-20 years or so, some under inferior air masses 4/10/97 - 28 (record min) 4/8/07 - 29 (ties record min) 3/27/01 - 25 3/22/02 - 25 3/19/93 - 19 and a handful of other 27-29 readings I thought I might have to go back further, but even '09 had a 28 on the 24th. Edit - Even IAD with the shorter climo record was 13 degrees off of a record min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 It took March 5/6 for me to finally write off the NAM completely. I didn't heed zwyts' advise til that bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 It took March 5/6 for me to finally write off the NAM completely. I didn't heed zwyts' advise til that bust. I have hated it since its inception...Now I may not know how to use it..If I don't I haven't figured it out yet..I don't know...If others get value from it for winter storms, then that is fine..I know even from its "range" i have seen it bust and bust badly over and over and over and over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Average high temperatures are getting to the point where a -10 day is still plenty mild for trees and flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACFD FIREMAN Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I have hated it since its inception...Now I may not know how to use it..If I don't I haven't figured it out yet..I don't know...If others get value from it for winter storms, then that is fine..I know even from its "range" i have seen it bust and bust badly over and over and over and over Unfortunately it did pretty good w/ 2/10. That may have given it some weenie credence. It is a wretched model and I don't use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hey if anyone has a link to a correct model, let me know. That'd be invaluable in my profession. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hey if anyone has a link to a correct model, let me know. That'd be invaluable in my profession. Thanks. http://ecmwf.int/ nice straw man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Unfortunately it did pretty good w/ 2/10. That may have given it some weenie credence. It is a wretched model and I don't use it. Yeah, I thought I remember it doing well then, IIRC. After that, my weenie brain regarded it as a great model, til it busted on a lot of events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 http://ecmwf.int/ nice straw man Sorry, I've looked at that one countless times. nice diversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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