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Post by birder on Jan 18, 2010 17:34:27 GMT
It's amazing how quickly the weather can change here in Britain.We were in the grip of winter until the weekend and now the first butterflies have been seen including a Brimstone in Hampshire on the 17th Jan.
Here in the midlands today it's sunny, 9 C, (48 F), birds are singing and Skylarks are calling and heading north.
A pity it's forecast to go cold again soon.
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Post by boxman on Jan 18, 2010 18:50:53 GMT
It's amazing how quickly the weather can change here in Britain.We were in the grip of winter until the weekend and now the first butterflies have been seen including a Brimstone in Hampshire on the 17th Jan. Here in the midlands today it's sunny, 9 C, (48 F), birds are singing and Skylarks are calling and heading north. A pity it's forecast to go cold again soon. And in a week the arctic attack will start again.. Doubt that will be good for those butterflies  But anyways.. I recall 1998 here in trondheim, norway.. We had spring flowers popping up already in feb after a mild spell. Doubt that will happen this year.. The spring in general was much ahead of normal and trees were mostly green already in april, while normal is mid may or beginning of june. The summer itself turned out to be horrible and rainy with temps never reaching above 25c even on the hottest days. |
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Post by hairball on Jan 18, 2010 18:55:02 GMT
I'd trust the birds and butterflies more than the weather forecasts to be honest. They've evolved through just about every permutation of climate that can happen. Sure enough the Climate Prediction Center has done an about-face and is now calling a positive AO for the end of the month.
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Post by stranger on Jan 18, 2010 20:19:01 GMT
Trust the cycle of seasons more than the calendar or the wildlife. I do not remember about Eire but here the January "false spring" has just started, about a week early.
Historically, that means we will have another bout of hard freezes after the false spring is over. The last two times this pattern occurred we had snow on April 1, all the way to the Gulf.
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Post by gfw on Jan 18, 2010 20:58:24 GMT
Here in Seattle I can't believe how warm it's been. 55 Fahrenheit right now.
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Post by scpg02 on Jan 19, 2010 0:21:47 GMT
Here in Sacramento, during the height of GW, we would get a couple of weeks of 70F weather. All the trees would bloom out. Last two years we have not had that. Year before that we didn't get a warm spell until Feb.
FWIW, I always know when spring is here. My legs hurt when the seasons change. Not very scientific but pretty darn accurate.
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 19, 2010 0:23:01 GMT
Here in Sacramento, during the height of GW, we would get a couple of weeks of 70F weather. All the trees would bloom out. Last two years we have not had that. Year before that we didn't get a warm spell until Feb. FWIW, I always know when spring is here. My legs hurt when the seasons change. Not very scientific but pretty darn accurate. Well prepare for wet and very windy now for the next couple of weeks  |
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Post by scpg02 on Jan 19, 2010 0:32:02 GMT
Well prepare for wet and very windy now for the next couple of weeks Got that right. Glad I'm not going over the hill this week. Sticking very close to home.  |
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Post by byz on Jan 22, 2010 16:54:26 GMT
Now Now that's naughty nicking my threads  (I've been doing watch threads for 2 years now) Anyway winter is on the way back, so anything that pops up apart from snow drops will get very cold  |
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Post by jimcripwell on Jan 22, 2010 17:02:39 GMT
Here in North America, on February 2nd, we have "groundhog day". When the groundhog comes out of it's burrow on that date, and it sees it's shadow, then it forecasts that spring will be late. If it does not see it's shadow, spring will be early.
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Post by bxs on Jan 22, 2010 18:19:16 GMT
cant really go by butterflys, they'll just freeze, and thaw back out when its warm again
NY has been flip flopping, but they are expecting canadian cold air to start moving down again within a week.
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Post by birder on Jan 24, 2010 20:21:32 GMT
Here in the English west midlands we look out for the first flowering Coltsfoot plants as a sign of spring. I noticed yesterday, they are just starting to pop up out of the ground but I think it will need a few warm sunny days to bring them into flower.
It looks as though they could be early this year.
(Sorry Byz for hijacking your threads.)
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Post by scpg02 on Jan 24, 2010 21:26:47 GMT
cant really go by butterflys, they'll just freeze, and thaw back out when its warm again NY has been flip flopping, but they are expecting canadian cold air to start moving down again within a week. Noticed geese heading north the other day. |
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Post by glc on Jan 25, 2010 1:05:36 GMT
Here in the English west midlands .....
Where? Coventry, Solihull... surely not Brum or Wolverhampton.
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Post by birder on Jan 25, 2010 18:40:56 GMT
Why not Brum? Coltsfoot will grow anywhere.
My father in law,he would have been in his 90's now, used to send the kids out in early spring in Tipton to look for the first Coltsfoot. Maybe something to do with planting up his allotment?
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