Not particularly a fan of cooler water myself, but some of several dozen later afternoon surfers today didn’t bother with the caps on their wet suits, even with the intermittent rain. I guess when you’ve been in the water for a couple of hours waiting for a gentle 3-4 ft roll that doesn’t matter?
Whatever, between that and the pups frolicking on the sand can make for some great photo ops.
Whatever, between that and the pups frolicking on the sand can make for some great photo ops.
It's cold here too. It's the high humidity and above freezing type. Just pulls the heat right out of my exposed fingertips of the half-gloves. Was actually too cold to play guitar out in the detached garage last friday night; hands like icicles...
More winter fun!
My dog Willa found a dead rabbit in the morning! And I'll continue cutting firewood in the afternoon...
My dog Willa found a dead rabbit in the morning! And I'll continue cutting firewood in the afternoon...
Springtime!
This morning I hear a blacbird singing for the first time and seagulls have arrived. An brimstone butterly was flying around a melten spot!
I live on hillside at 100m elevation from sea. The Päijänne lake is at 76m and my hill Aittovuori reaches 195m. The lake view photo is from 180m in the neighbourhood.
My summer cabin is at lake Konnevesi where ice thickness has reached normal max 49cm. I'll visit there during the Easter holidays.
This morning I hear a blacbird singing for the first time and seagulls have arrived. An brimstone butterly was flying around a melten spot!
I live on hillside at 100m elevation from sea. The Päijänne lake is at 76m and my hill Aittovuori reaches 195m. The lake view photo is from 180m in the neighbourhood.
My summer cabin is at lake Konnevesi where ice thickness has reached normal max 49cm. I'll visit there during the Easter holidays.
Something's not right in the Matrix. It's April and it's 3º in Vancouver. I had to put pants on this morning. Can you imagine?
And it hasn‘t rained a drop here in north TX in several weeks. When we are supposed to be getting floods. Everybody else is getting our severe weather. Somebody’s computer is definitely off-line.
We had 80s all last week, which is 20+ degrees above normal and more typical of July. We've had a couple bouts of severe weather in the last couple weeks with tornadoes in the area.
36 hours after the temp was 80 degrees on Saturday, it snowed. Then it snowed pretty much all day on Monday. Now it's Wednesday and the temp is rising fast towards summertime levels, which according to the forecast will result in storms with the potential for severe storms.
Wildly fluctuating temps aren't unusual for April in these parts, but weekly tornadoes are. I read somewhere that the so-called "tornado alley" is shifting northeast due to climate change.
What frightens me is the prospect of more devastating storms than what we've seen in recent times. Imagine a tornado worse than the 2013 Moore, OK tornado. It might be a possibility.
36 hours after the temp was 80 degrees on Saturday, it snowed. Then it snowed pretty much all day on Monday. Now it's Wednesday and the temp is rising fast towards summertime levels, which according to the forecast will result in storms with the potential for severe storms.
Wildly fluctuating temps aren't unusual for April in these parts, but weekly tornadoes are. I read somewhere that the so-called "tornado alley" is shifting northeast due to climate change.
What frightens me is the prospect of more devastating storms than what we've seen in recent times. Imagine a tornado worse than the 2013 Moore, OK tornado. It might be a possibility.
The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado went within a mile of my house. To this day I am fascinated by tornadoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Oak_Lawn_tornado_outbreak
You could still see evidence of the tornado 20 years later along Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn if you knew where to look. I remember seeing the village of Hometown almost completely demolished. Many structures along Southwest Highway were damaged or completely demolished. I was 8 years old so it left an impression.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Oak_Lawn_tornado_outbreak
You could still see evidence of the tornado 20 years later along Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn if you knew where to look. I remember seeing the village of Hometown almost completely demolished. Many structures along Southwest Highway were damaged or completely demolished. I was 8 years old so it left an impression.
I don’t think they stole it. We just had ALL of it already. Kept coming down in buckets all winter when it normally doesn’t. The lakes were all dry as a bone last summer, which isn’t itself unusual. But they FILLED UP over the winter which was what’s unusual. Usually it waits till spring and we get it all at once. Now we can‘t buy rain again, and it’s spring.
My building contractor was looking forward to starting my new place last winter in the slow time but things didn’t work out that way. Couldn’t do a damn thing until just a few weeks ago. Now everyone is scrambling to get going before fuel prices rise again (or the normal rain delays start) and things get less profitable. Concrete goes in next week - they’re working on the forms now and supposedly running pipes over the weekend. As long as the ‘dry’ holds out.
Yeah, that tornado alley has moved out of our backyard and into the neighbors’.
Winter storm and snow here, due to a 'Colorado Low', after virtually all snow had gone after a protracted winter. This won't last, as it should all melt by Saturday.
It's funny how Canadians have weather systems with American names, and Americans have weather systems with Canadian names.
It's funny how Canadians have weather systems with American names, and Americans have weather systems with Canadian names.
It still hasn't quite decided to be Spring in the SF Bay area just yet... Having said that, we really needed all the rain we got.
The weather is getting warmer and looks like we'll get some rain next week. The WWF sexcam viewing was highlighted with happy ending a few minuts ago!
https://wwf.fi/luontolive/saaksi/
https://wwf.fi/luontolive/saaksi/
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