themartianchick Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I spotted this on the front page of MSN this morning... http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17667125-temperature-suddenly-plunges-55-degrees-in-colorado-its-just-brutal?lite "Blizzard warnings were in effect Tuesday in Colorado, where the temperature plunged more than 50 degrees in less than 24 hours and the wind chill approached zero. Forecasters also expect hurricane-force blasts of frigid air in Utah and heavy snow in the Dakotas." Oh my goodness! Bundle up folks...Looks like a spring storm is bearing down on some parts of the US! Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Yes, do be careful out there! Tomorrow in NE Ohio it is going to be 80 degrees! Friday it is going to be 44 degrees. Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I was thinking of Mt Rider when I saw that temp difference. They had snow, some of it three foot drifts , tornados and dust storm kicking up in colorado today, and its moving east and northeast now , at a good clip. Ive enjoyed a brilliant sunny day yesterday, partly sunny today but also warmer at 56 or so..... Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hope Mt_Rider is OK. We went from 90 yesterday to 70 today. After the rain last night the humidity makes it feel cooler. Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I could tell there was "foul" weather around us...cloud cover was heavy, temperature high and you could cut the humidity with a knife. Even the paving stones in Abby's kennel were sweaty. Everybody's on "stand by" I think, not knowing what kind of weather is coming their ways. Quote Link to comment
rootdiggr Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 And here in SE VA, we had highs in the mid 80s. Last Thus we had sleet mixed with rain. For the 3rd year in a row, we are going from winter to summer with hardly a spring day in the middle. Sigh. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Colorado can't seem to stay outta the news lately. Yesterday was just plain weird. In our area, I'd call it Hit 'n Run Blizzards. DH and I traveled home late from the hospital (my dad) the night before. Drove over a huge ridge and blam. Snow very heavy like comet streaks in the headlights. Wet sticky stuff but not much accumulation. Tuesday was the day my dad got out of hospital ...successfully despite periodic whiteout. Most of our area had wind but not a lot of snow content. That's somewhat disappointing cuz we NEED the moisture. So dry. Other areas had more dramatic weather. We're fine. Below zero the last two nights tho -- in APRIL? Yeah, we'd been up in the 60's with sunny daytime. Yesterday we climbed up to 20 degrees briefly. Spent most of it between zero and 10 degrees. MtRider Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 It looks as though the crazy weather will skip us. We are just experiencing rain and gloom. Yesterday's temps were in the 50's. Right now, it is 47 degrees. So glad that you're safe Mt. Rider! Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Having a thunder storm with bucket loads of rain right now. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 We want rain, she wailed. MtRider Anything is better than wildfires!!!! Quote Link to comment
CrabGrassAcres Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 You and us both, Mt Rider! Severe drought here. We got a sprinkling from this weather system and a sprinkling from the previous one. Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I have a snow band overhead on radar but its not hitting the ground at my altitude just yet. Its been overhead a while. Predicted snow tonight of 1 inch of dangerous mix mostly in high country...... so why is radar saying its current snow and its not coming down when it looks so solid? Weird. Seems a good day for inside things..........like knitting dishcloths as I have found that todays scrubbie sponges are crud. Well I might manage to finish one by tonight sometime. LOL. I would say to folks to start or maintain seedlings inside for another week or two in some of our climes or longer, regarding CO weather....... rather than putting seedlings out right now or be sure of protecting them with covers or clotches or mulching with straw , news paper, etc if there is incoming nasty cold weather. Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Good advice, Arby! We had the buckets of rain for the past two days. Today... we have rain and more doom and gloom! The high temperature was around 35. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 We had some pretty severe thunderstorms roll through yesterday evening into last night. There wasn't a lot of wind so no real damage. The lightning was pretty fierce though. I really, really don't like lightning! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I have a snow band overhead on radar but its not hitting the ground at my altitude just yet. Its been overhead a while. Predicted snow tonight of 1 inch of dangerous mix mostly in high country...... so why is radar saying its current snow and its not coming down when it looks so solid? Weird. Seems a good day for inside things..........like knitting dishcloths as I have found that todays scrubbie sponges are crud. Well I might manage to finish one by tonight sometime. LOL. I would say to folks to start or maintain seedlings inside for another week or two in some of our climes or longer, regarding CO weather....... rather than putting seedlings out right now or be sure of protecting them with covers or clotches or mulching with straw , news paper, etc if there is incoming nasty cold weather. I also prefer to crochet my dish "rounds" ... they work just as good as a teflon sponge ... and don't hold all the gunk inside them. I just toss them into the wash with my towels and then in the dryer too. Good sanitation that way! I also am electing to wait to start gardening...weather had just been too unstable. Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Right now when our farmers should be planting their corn, its icky snow, icy pellets and sleet and black ice earlier this morning and it was in the 50's a few days ago. Watching all the wild weather in the southeast and upward to my area where we have more cold , well, that certainly delays gardening too. I am hoping nobody here was affected badly by the storms , their homes and vehicles, etc, structurally in the past couple days. Rambunctious weather for sure. Quote Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 ........... But other than THAT the weather has been "NORMAL AROUND HERE!" RIGHT like there is nothing about all the weather changes of late and there is nothing to do with ;global warming' and the shift in the jet stream or all the things we are putting into the air? That and the price of gas will come down and stay there! LOL Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Very dark clouds have come in since early morning. I guess rain is due ? I hate having to turn all my lights on just for enough light for it to feel like its past dawn..... oh well........... Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 See-saw, see-saw, see-saw...weather can't make up it's mind... Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 See-saw, see-saw, see-saw...weather can't make up it's mind... Yup, bouncing between Winter and Summer. What happened to Spring? Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 I finally got some lettuce and salad greens in the ground. I don't think that I'm going to have any peas this year. I am renovating my raised beds, so it will be a miracle if I ever get any in the ground. Odd weather... Quote Link to comment
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