The Marquis de Leech Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Notwithstanding that we're in the middle of a drought, it felt decidedly autumnal today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I'm over winter. It's freaking cold. I wore my puffy coat today. IT'S FREAKING APRIL. I'm done already. I want daffodils, cherry blossoms, etc. And I want them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I refuse to put my winter coat back on. It's been sunny the past week (mostly) and daffodils and squill are poking their heads up! Too soon for cherry blossoms, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamSongs Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Spring!I bought some baskets of hanging strawberries yesterday and should have some fresh strawberries in a couple of weeks. The plan is to get them in the ground for a second crop later in the summer. Also picked up some baskets for the back patiio with some beautiful trailing petunias and verbena.Spring is sprung! I'm back in shorts and winter is just a bad memory belonging to last week! That's one of the things I love about Augusta, GA. Its winter one day and then spring just blossoms overnight! The azaleas, wisteria and cherry blossoms have just exploded overnight~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I'm over winter. It's freaking cold. I wore my puffy coat today. IT'S FREAKING APRIL. I'm done already. I want daffodils, cherry blossoms, etc. And I want them now.Yep. So very tired of wearing winter clothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Winter is finally going! Here in North Dakota we've actually had a mild winter with periods of pretty nice weather throughout. The periods of nice weather have served to "tease" us with the promise of spring and made the winter seem even longer than usual (at least for me). I'm glad to say that April should be pretty nice although there will be the typical "April showers", of course. But that's a good thing in what is still a largely agricultural state. Although, in ND it is not all that uncommon to get a final blizzard/snowstorm in April or even May so I'm hoping we don't get that this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Will 2013 be a repeat of 1816's Year Without A Summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixshells Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Unlikely unless a similar event occurs.I just read a report saying that while temps are not that unusually cold, when it lingers into spring like that, the probablility of a hotter than average summer get high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady narcissa Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I'm over winter. It's freaking cold. I wore my puffy coat today. IT'S FREAKING APRIL. I'm done already. I want daffodils, cherry blossoms, etc. And I want them now.Spring will supposedly start blowing in for us after April 7th. Apparently some warm air is hanging out over Greenland blocking the usual paths of the winds which is why we are having colder than average temperatures right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Snowing again here. SNOWING. AGAIN. Sooo bored of this freezing fucking weather now. I mean sure, we occasionally had snow in April in the past, maybe once every 15 years or so. But at least back then the weather was properly changeable. Don't like it? Try next week! But last year all we got was RAAAAIIIINNNN and now apparently it's just COOOOLLLLDDDD. Who approved this eh? :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Will 2013 be a repeat of 1816's Year Without A Summer?Fortunately, there were no massive volcanic eruptions last year that would cause a repeat of that. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Winter is finally going! Here in North Dakota we've actually had a mild winter with periods of pretty nice weather throughout. The periods of nice weather have served to "tease" us with the promise of spring and made the winter seem even longer than usual (at least for me). I'm glad to say that April should be pretty nice although there will be the typical "April showers", of course. But that's a good thing in what is still a largely agricultural state.Although, in ND it is not all that uncommon to get a final blizzard/snowstorm in April or even May so I'm hoping we don't get that this year.I hope so too. The Red River valley has enough moisture in it already. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I hope so too. The Red River valley has enough moisture in it already. :/Is Winnepeg going to be alright? I would assume so with the diversion system but I guess I don't know for sure. Grand Forks, ND should be alright with their dike improvements after the flood of '97 unless something goes catastrophically wrong. Fargo, on the other hand, is pretty much 100% guaranteed to exceed flood stage. However, that's not necessarily much to be worried about in and of itself. The question is how much it will exceed flood stage?!Further west in Bismarck on the Missouri, where I am, won't have any flood problems this year :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyelesbarrow Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Yep. So very tired of wearing winter clothing.There's just so much production going out and getting in. I miss the days when I just throw on a shirt and slip my feet into my sneakers. And I am tired of seeing bare trees. :( I want green buds and leaves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Is Winnepeg going to be alright? I would assume so with the diversion system but I guess I don't know for sure. Grand Forks, ND should be alright with their dike improvements after the flood of '97 unless something goes catastrophically wrong. Fargo, on the other hand, is pretty much 100% guaranteed to exceed flood stage. However, that's not necessarily much to be worried about in and of itself. The question is how much it will exceed flood stage?!Further west in Bismarck on the Missouri, where I am, won't have any flood problems this year :)We're looking at moderate to major flooding outside the city. The floodway will move enough of the water from the south around the city, but there's a big snowpack west that, when it melts, will drain into the Assiniboine. The ground is still frozen hard and saturated, so the water will go overland somewhere. We'd have to have a massive amount of precipitation in the next month before worrying about Winnipeg - the provincial government's approach is to flood everywhere outside the city first.Talk this spring was that Fargo might build a floodway like ours, rather than dealing with the cleanup every year. Infinite props to Duff Roblin for insisting on digging the ditch, man, or we'd be in canoes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Well, it's good to hear that Winnipeg should be fine and I hope the flooding can be held to a minimum in surrounding areas as well.And, yes, you're right about talk of some sort of floodway, etc. for Fargo but, of course, with that comes the inevitable bickering about who's going to pay for it and where it's going to go. But, in any case, they've got to do something. Right now, they flood practically every year.ETA: To spell Winnipeg correctly. Sorry about that and thanks Mistress F Fragile Love! I've even been to Winnipeg a few times and know the origin of Winnie the Pooh (which was the theme in my daughter's bedroom when she was a baby) so I have absolutely no excuse for getting it wrong :dunce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Winnipeg.:)Think of Winnie the Pooh. The bear bought by a Canadian soldier from Manitoba and named for his home town, made company mascot and brought by the troops to London during WW I. The favourite of a certain young author-to-be, who named his teddy bear after seeing Winnie at the London zoo. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Last week I was idly considering changing the title of this thread to Winter is Gone!Talk about jinxing yourself. :P Winter storm Walda, I'd like to punch you in your fat, wet nose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveSummer Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I called myself QueenSnow. I have to change this. Immediately.I think my fingers freeze to the keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I have an appt to take the snow tires off my car tomorrow. Let's hope it's not premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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