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Post by sigurdur on Mar 11, 2012 13:50:03 GMT
Good Morning. A most pleasant week ahead for the Upper Great Plains of the USA. Our normal highs are in the mid 30's, and the forcast is for 50's with a potential 60. The long term forcast is for above precip and above temps. We shall see about the precip part. www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/fxus06.html |
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 11, 2012 14:12:10 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 11, 2012 14:26:27 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 11, 2012 14:29:17 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 11, 2012 14:31:01 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on Mar 11, 2012 15:15:55 GMT
sigurdur, to answer your ?. No I doubt it has ever been 95 F in Greenland, certainly not in March. Unless that record dates back to when it was still part of Pangea.
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 15, 2012 2:53:56 GMT
The frost is leaving the top foot in the Upper Great plains area. Highs in the mid 60's the rest of the week up here.
My dad informed me last night that in 37 he was in the field seeding barley on the 17th of March. Well, that won't happen this year.
Also, 1957 he was seeding in later March. That was a winter similiar to the one we are in now.
All in all, things are looking good on the Northern Plains in comparrison to the past 10 years. Almost makes one look forward to what we used to call a "normal" spring.
I know I will be setting my early spuds in milk cartons next week. And planting our longer growing season veggies. Come late April/early May, can always throw a tarp or two over the garden at night. I have this terrible hankering for fresh veggies.
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 15, 2012 2:55:46 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 15, 2012 13:30:51 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on Mar 15, 2012 14:42:10 GMT
I just left Canada after a month and even with the 2 1/2 ft they got in early March it was all just about gone when I left. On my trip from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta to Calgary I saw flocks and flocks of geese flying north. Struck me as early but probably pretty close to normal.
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Post by trbixler on Mar 17, 2012 16:36:23 GMT
Not so much in Alaska. Of course AGW is mentioned but were was AGW 60 years ago. "Alaska's largest city eyes snow record"  "ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A near-record snowfall this winter has buried Anchorage neighborhoods, turning streets into snow-walled canyons and even collapsing some roofs. But some residents are hoping for more, at least another 3.3 inches. Then they could say they made it through the winter when the nearly 60-year record of 132.6 inches was broken. "I want it destroyed," resident Melissa Blair said. "I want to see another foot and knock that record out of the park." Even by Alaska standards, this winter is unusual for the hardy residents of the state's largest city. But extreme weather isn't just affecting Alaska, it has also hit the Lower 48." hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ANCHORAGE_SNOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-03-17-05-18-38 |
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Post by magellan on Mar 17, 2012 18:16:57 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 18, 2012 3:29:13 GMT
Forcast for the 70's tomorrow. And then rain on Monday.....a farmers dream for a change.
How about your neck of the woods?
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Post by trbixler on Mar 18, 2012 3:37:57 GMT
47 degrees and a bit of rain here now. 57/47 tomorrow with a chance of showers.
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Post by glennkoks on Mar 18, 2012 13:52:37 GMT
78 for Houston today. Many areas nearby have already received more rain to date than they did all last year. Everything looks green and healthy.
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