KamuSnow Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 After checking the signs of spring thread from a year ago for comparison's sake, it looks as though some things are actually running later than a year ago, and that's saying something. Spring peepers, heard the first ones last night - a year ago heard them about a week earlier. I think they only need one warm day to perk up this time of year though. Have some daffodils popping up here on south facing banks. Forsythia - not yet - last year they started blooming here April 10th. I would be surprised if it took that long again this year. Snow piles - last year all gone on March 30th. This year may make it to April 1st?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Found some crocus poking up yesterday in the yard, that's about the only sign of spring so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 There is not one sign of spring up here yet. Everything looks like January without snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Got lots of mud! Still some snow piles a couple fee high and remnant glacier in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourton Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Two geese that have been in the backyard for the last couple of years are back doing their pre-egg laying routine. Have a large predator fox this year - caught a few birds near my feeder. The game is afoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Reilly Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Crocous in full bloom here on my front lawn keep in mind the house here faces south-southeast....2 years ago my crocouses bloomed in Mid January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nothing, except patches of greener grass starting to show up. It's about the most dead looking I've seen it given April's only a few days away. Still no crocus which is incredible. Usually it's around mid March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemwinder Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Amphibians were peeping for the first time yesterday. Way behind their usual time. Tonight they are silent again. C'mon Spring! Ed: Sorry Kamu - you already said the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 thursday then today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmorninglight Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Maple trees in bloom. Hop horn tree catkins in bloom. Peepers wood frogs and chorus frogs calling. Turkeys strutting their stuff. Opossum dug a nice home under my crawl space. Grr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nothing, except patches of greener grass starting to show up. It's about the most dead looking I've seen it given April's only a few days away. Still no crocus which is incredible. Usually it's around mid March. Even up here, by now at least the grass is usually starting to turn green. This year there is not even a HINT of green in the grass anywhere. Not even the wild onion, which is usually the first to pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 My crocuses have been struggling to come up (and kept getting snowed on each time they tried, so they are afraid ). At least my sister's snowdrops were freed from the glaciers and have been making an appearance this past week. Blueberry and lilac buds are starting to swell. If we can get past mid-April without a late freeze, the mid-late spring blooming shrubs should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Amphibians were peeping for the first time yesterday. Way behind their usual time. Tonight they are silent again. C'mon Spring! Ed: Sorry Kamu - you already said the same thing. Not a problem - good to compare notes for different locales. If I say otherwise I amphibian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 My crocuses have been struggling to come up (and kept getting snowed on each time they tried, so they are afraid ). At least my sister's snowdrops were freed from the glaciers and have been making an appearance this past week. Blueberry and lilac buds are starting to swell. If we can get past mid-April without a late freeze, the mid-late spring blooming shrubs should be good to go. I'd like to avoid the mid-April freeze as well. Last year a white Magnolia here was a day away from full bloom when that happened, 2 days later they were all brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Even up here, by now at least the grass is usually starting to turn green. This year there is not even a HINT of green in the grass anywhere. Not even the wild onion, which is usually the first to pop up. Yeah it's amazing. Well, it "only" took until almost April 1st, but I finally see crocus bulbs poking through the ground. Very impressive how late it is this year, probably about as late as we can get it. Normally they're coming up in mid March. First grass cut may not be until after the 15th this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I typically see my crocus an inch out of the ground around february 25th, years like 2011 2012 a good 10 days earlier. This year will be the first Easter crocus. Going to be an interesting colorful merger of early and mid spring blooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkd Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 No bulbs up yet and I really miss the peepers. Definitely a late spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treckasec Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The trees here are totally bare. In 2012, trees probably were already about done blooming with that torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Got my lawn tractor serviced today. Does that count as a sign of spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 No bulbs up yet and I really miss the peepers. Definitely a late spring. Don't know about over your way, but here the peepers have been chirping the last 2 nights, after a few days hiatus from the first "sighting" last Thursday. Tuesday evening it was raining and 38F, and they were out, then again last night, and this morning I actually heard them around 5:30 am, even though the temp. was 31F. Today will be a spring fever alert kind of day, so I imagine they'll be out in force tonight. I think like many of us they are chomping at the bit for some spring weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Got my lawn tractor serviced today. Does that count as a sign of spring? Absolutely! Same as 3 bags of mulch does. This doubles as a snow pile report, the pic is from yesterday morning, pleased to report that the classic snow pile (the one with the squirrel on it) is still there as of April 1st, compared with it's March 30th demise last year. It will probably be gone by Friday night. The pile in the back is the "new this year" shaded snow pile, as one might expect still doing pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmorninglight Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Almost done splitting and stacking wood. Close to 4 cord ready for whatever next winter brings. Loads of Ospreys have been returning. Must have hitched a ride on that big south wind on Tuesday. Saw an eagle chasing an osprey and trying to steal its fish. Headed to outer banks Monday for some surfing and fishing. Plus just some r and r. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantHiatus Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Have some decent budding going on. Tulips have progressed quite a bit. Big transition to warm season south of Central Jerz tommorow and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 front yard today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Peepers going for first time here in NW Chesco. Snow piles down to a foot high with rough sledding ahead with rain and 60's. Crocuses blooming, daffodils and tulips up a couple inches. No sign of tree growth yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 No sign of tree growth yet. No sign of anything here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treckasec Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Chance of severe storms tonight, low cape high shear event. I'm ready. Most of our area in a marginal risk with a slight risk for the SNJ people in the forum, along with two small patches of slight risk around NJ? .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY/...ACTIVE TONIGHT IN OUR AREA WITH POTENTIAL FOR SVR STORMS AS AQUICKLY STRENGTHENING LLJ DURING THE EVENING IN ASSN WITH RAPIDLYINTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE CREATES STRONG MOISTURE FLUXES AND ABAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED TSTMS. STRONG SHEAR WITH 60 KTOF WIND AT 850 MB AND CERTAINLY ELEVATED INSTABILITY ALOFT: SWI -1KI 34 AND TT 51 AND SBLI NEAR 0C WITH ML CAPE AROUND 200J AND0-6KM BULK SHEAR 45 KT OR GREATER AND EVEN 0-3KM KM SHEAR GREATERTHAN 40 KT COULD/SHOULD ALLOW FOR A BOWING LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERSAND ISOLATED EMBEDDED SVR TSTMS IN E PA/NJ IN THE 04Z-08Z TIMEFRAME. FOR NOW HAVE GRIDDED GUSTY WINDS AND INCORPORATED SPC D1INTO THE FCST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 The white Magnolia is starting to flower - actually started Sunday afternoon. Grass is stating to green up - estimating about 2 weeks from now for the first cut. The sunny snow pile finished melting on Friday, the shaded one last night. Good run for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Last snow piles disappeared yesterday in NW Chesco - one day later than last year. Here in AC, NJ sea breeze has finally calmed down with some light rain. It's been pretty chilly since we got here Sunday. While Philly basked in mid 70's yesterday, it was 20 degrees cooler here with a rather biting wind. 57 this morning is the warmest its been yet since Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 The white Magnolia is starting to flower - actually started Sunday afternoon. Grass is stating to green up - estimating about 2 weeks from now for the first cut. The sunny snow pile finished melting on Friday, the shaded one last night. Good run for them! Same here. Grass finally starting to green up, magnolias on the verge of blooming, perennials broke ground several days ago, and the maples have red buds. Forsythia buds and Bradford pear buds also beginning to have that pre-bloom look. Trees and vegetation overall are probably at least 1 week behind schedule, if not more. This will probably be the latest first cut in memory, unless we have an 80 degree day in the next week, which doesn't look likely. Probably looking at the 3rd week of April as well here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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