Are caplin the same as capelin?

Carex, yes capelin is the correct spelling of the word. However, today is Tuesday, May the 10th, which is the day of protest against the silent "e" spelling in certain words. People all over the world shall tak a moment and giv a clenched fist thrust heavenward to protest the lack of respect for the silent "e" in English.

I too will rais"e" a clenched fist in protest for the silent "e". That would be my left fist as I need to drink my coffee with the right hand.
On the weather front, we hav"e" had decent temperatures and a good dump of rain over-night. Tomorrow, on the other hand, we are going up to 4 and a low of -6. Aaargh ... and the leav"e"s are starting to bud on the trees.

Gorgeous day in MTL today - clear and sunny, nice and warm with an afternoon high that's supposed to be about 26 degrees... by the way it feels outside right now, I'm sure we'll surpass that mark by a degree or two. :)

Sun is very good, but it is only 3. The north wind is freezing today. (No silent "e"s)

:)

I lov checking the weather on Tiger now. Just a click of F12 and I'm off to the races with our weather, Edmonton weather, wif's homtown and sister's plac. I do click into Environment Canada occasionally to enur it is accurat.

Silent e's removd respectfully.

"Power to the People". Right on, brothers Carex, Bolor and Sinc. Still foggy here in St.John's.

4 in bright sunshine and headed for 21. Nice day indeed! :)

I'd bet $5 that my dad will be golfing today with that weather Sinc.

We are at 9 and going to 18. Perfect, just perfect.

Still foggy here in St.John's. My wife has said that if her Friday morning flight to Calgary is cancelled due to the fog, she shall sacrifice a doxie to the weather gods. Let us all pray.

9 this morning and going to 21. Thin high cloud with a 30% chance of showers. :)

It's sure a lot colder here today! It was almost a mittens morning. It's only going up to 11 today...but I must say it's still a beautiful day!

Brrrrr ... -10 this morning and going all the way up to +7. Oh well, at least the sun is shinning and the winds are light.

The fog has lifted a bit here in St.John's. It got so close to the ground that it was hard to see the doxies out in Churchill Park...............and doxies are only 20cm off the ground.

13 this morning and headed up to 26 with thunderstorms possible later in the day.

:)

We are actually getting a bit of sunshine, but with our luck, it shall not last very long. :(

Raining here on Vancouver Island. It's rare for us to have a thunder storm and It's one of the things I miss. Used to love watching a rip-snorting storm roll in across the Prairies. Nature is so powerful.

FINALLY, some real blue skies and sunshine here in St.John's. People are out in the streets taking it ALL in, knowing it might not last long. I have my iBook out on our back deck (using the wonders of wi-fi) for the first time this year.

13 this morning with light rain forecast and a high of 20. We really need the moisture and it is welcome. :)

Sinc, you can have some of our rain, drizzle and fog, which we seem to get daily. Still, no drought is forcast for this summer due to our wet spring.

Things are looking clear for now. Typical unsettled spring weather with sun, clouds, partial cloudiness, partial sunniness, some showers etc. etc. A little cool too with highs of 14 .

Carex, my wife is in Victoria, BC, visiting her sister. She reports that it is summer there now.....................of course, summer in St.John's is like spring in Victoria, I assume.

The definition of 'summer' is relative and regional. If by summer she means it is green here; well it is always green. We are definitely in the midst of our long spring with the leaves long since out on the deciduous trees and the wildflowers slowly going through their shows. In summer, it will be warmer and drier and things will begin to turn brown where she is now.

Carex, St.John's, being Canada's foggiest city, means things never get brown. My wife was amazed at how green things remained even in July and August. "Calgary was not like this!!" was what she says every summer.

7 this morning in the sunshine and headed for 18 today. :)

No way to beat around the bush here. Pissin' down rain.

Sunny and 9C here in St.John's. At last, some sun!!!!!!!

11 on the way to 19 today with a 30% risk of showers. Yesterday's rain has greened up the lawn and it now is looking much more like spring. :)

Sinc, our first dandilions are coming up in the front and back garden. As an organic gardener, all I do it pluck them up by hand. They are actually early this year, because of all the rain we have been getting.

You want dandelions, come on over. I've been waging war now for about 2 months. Picking is my method of choice too, much to the amusement of my chemical using neighbors.

As for weather, 3 guesses, rhymes with pain/brain/drain/insane.

Carex, my wife is in Victoria, BC, "kvelling" about the grand weather. I shall put some "doxie dust" on the dandilions and watch the doxies dig them up naturally.

Yep, lots of the yellow beasts here too. Pick 'em one at a time seems to be the norm in ehMacland, non?

:)

I think she may be pulling your leg just a tad Dr. It hasn't been that great compared to a few weeks ago. The unsettled cooler weather started about last Friday. Course I am 1.5 h up the highway so you never know. Maybe time to call her bluff??

Carex, she is there and I am here until after Victoria Day. So, there is no way I am able to call her bluff.

Well perhaps as a transplanted Calgarian/St. John'sian(??) she thinks the weather is good.

On a side note, I am really missing my F12 Dashboard key at work (Windows only). I didn't think I would use it as much as I do but apparently I like to see the up to date weather stats frequently. I have all the family members bookmarked so I haven't been surprised when they call up and tell me they are experiencing thundershowers or sun or rain.

Carex, I have way of getting the up-to-date exact weather conditions whenever I want it -- I go outside. Granted, I am able to work at home, and I have five dogs that always want to go outside. So, I take a cup of hot coffee out on my back deck, and sit ourside for a bit. If I come in and my hair is all out of place, it is windy. If the doxies come in wet, it is raining. If I see my shadow, it is sunny. If I call out "Who wants supper?" and no doxies come running, we have just has a tornado roar by and suck up the doxies.

An interesting way of forecasting Dr. G.

I use a rock tied to a tree on a piece of string. If it is moving it is windy, wet it is raining dry it is not and if it is white, it is snowing.

9 this morning and we will double that later in the day. A great day to take off camping eh.

Nice walk this morning. Still and a lovely sunrise with clear blue skies.
:)

It's bloody well raining, it's been raining for days, and it will bloody well rain right through the long weekend. There! That's my bloody weather update!

But the reservoirs are full, so perhaps, just perhaps, it's all bloody well worth it.

Hmph!

Pictures at 11.

:(

Rain here in St.John's as well. 25mm predicted by tomorrow. Sunshine on tap for Sunday and Monday. We shall see.

Ahh, North Van, the rain capital of the world it seems. I used to live there up Lynn Canyon road. If it was raining elsewhere, once you crossed the Second Narrows bridge into North Van, the size of the rain drops would double. Or you could leave your house with the umbrella in full use, but by the time you got off the bus in Vancouver, people would look at you like you were weird for taking it with you that day. Sometimes those big ugly clouds peak over the north shore mountains just to be spiteful and rain on you when others are dry.

That is why I moved to the rainshadow (but its all relative, it's still the rain forest). We are getting rain on and off today but the weekend just looks partly cloudy which is fine.

Carex, I would think that St.John's gets more rain (certainly more total precipitation) than anything on the BC coast. Of course, I could be wrong. I fear that I don't have the infalibility possessed by Macnutt when it comes to matters pertaining to BC.....or politics.....or economics.......or Life. C'est la vie.

Don't forget we are in the temperate rainforest (emphasis on rain). We, like you get our weather straight off of an ocean, but you have a cool current to contend with, and we get warm, Hawaiain trended weather.

Average rainfall for North Vancouver is 1771 mm/year. For St. John's it is 1191 mm.

You definitely get more snow.

Carex, there was an international conference on the study of fog, and a UBC researcher said that due to the fog and drizzle, which is not counted as precipitation in mm, St.John's was the wettest spot in the country, with the arctic region the driest. Maybe he was wrong, because I don't think we are over 1771mm. Average snow fall is 13 feet, so that we get more of than anything else.

The numbers presented above are just for rain. The city of North Vancouver gets relatively little snow (there is snow on the north shore mountains, but little sticks around for more than a week) and there is fog but likely nothing like what you folks get. Both spots would be difficult for cactus.

Carex, still, you get the warmth. So, you win. Cold rain and fog is not the nicest thing to wake up to on a spring morning. C'est la vie.

Especially if it freezes to your Mackinaw, your wellingtons and your sou'wester!! I actually have an authentic oilcloth sou'wester from Newfoundland that gets good wear in the winter.

Carex, yes, clothes MUST be able to take the damp and the cold here in NL.

Don't get me wrong, I love the North Shore, wouldn't want to live very many other places in Canada. But man o' man is it wet.

Despite my dramatic use of the word "bloody" in my previous post, I actually have learned to accept the moisture without much whining. Having spent the first 30 years of my life in Regina, I feel fortunate. Regina is a good place with good folks, but after having shoveled a ton of snow, and having been bitten by a million mosquitoes, I like North Van just fine. :)

I long to visit the Maritimes. I always remember my elder sister telling me that, if she had her way, she would retire in Halifax. Her description of the east coast, and it's people, has me interested in vacationing there.

9 this morning under cloud and a high of 19 with scattered cloud. I think we will take the motor home out for a couple of days, just to sit around and read.

Couple more years, I too will see Atlantic Canada, which is one reason we bought the motor home. :)

The forcast was supposed to be a nice weekend, but according to my weather widget it will be a high of 22 and showers for the entire weekend.

It's starting off just like last summer :(

Sinc, glad to hear that you said "Atlantic Canada", which includes NL, rather than just the Maritimes, which excludes us. The first drink is on me when you come to St.John's.

Sinc, glad to hear that you said "Atlantic Canada", which includes NL, rather than just the Maritimes, which excludes us. The first drink is on me when you come to St.John's.

Really eh? I didn't know that, I too was referring Atlantic Canada. I just assumed the Maritimes was though whole show.

Another dumb Westerner learns something. :o

gw, the Maritime provinces are the three provinces that were in Confederation before 1949, which was when NL joined Canadian Confederation as our 10th province. Before that, NL was a colony of England, a free country under dominion status, an economic protectorate and then a Canadian province.

Thanks Dr. G., I think I still have a brain cell with that info imprinted, but it's misfiring like crazy. Actually, I'm embarrassed about how much Canadian history I don't know.

gw, I amaze my wife (who was born in Canada and enjoys history) how much Canadian history I know from just living here these past 28 years. I still need to go to PEI to have said I have been to all of the 10 Candian provinces.

One of the trips I plan to take with my family when our son is older, is to travel to Atlantic Canada. I visites Nova Scotia when I was 18 and I fell in love with it. I couldn't beleive how friendly the people were and if you love seafood, this is the place for you.

My Dad plans to buy a motor home some day and we may take a trip out there someday. If we get as far as St. John's I'll look you up Dr. G.

I couldn't beleive how friendly the people were and if you love seafood, this is the place for you.

I thought I'd been eating lobster all along, until I had an Atlantic lobster. Now THAT'S lobster!

MP, each year, a convoy of RVs rolls off the ferry in Argentia and heads for the Pippy Park camp grounds here in St.John's. I live within walking distance of this park, so these people come to Churchill Square to shop, or are on their way downtown through Churchill Park. I am always impressed with how friendly they are after driving this big vehicle.

gw, I am not a fan of lobsters (I don't mind the taste, but don't want to eat something that I have to disect with hammers and claw crackers), but from what people tell me, lobsters from NL are fantastic. It has something to do with the cold water.

Dr. G., what we get out west is actually crayfish I believe, and usually much smaller. It's tasty to be sure, but just doesn't compare to the feast of an Atlantic lobster.
I know what you mean about the work and mess involved in getting the meat out of an Atlantic lobster. It sort of becomes a medieval feast where a bib is recommended.

8 and only going to 13 in the rain and wind. Not a very pleasant day for the 50,000 who will be seated in Commonwealth Stadium today to see the Queen's arrival for Alberta's centennial.

I won't be one of them. :)

Sinc, you should come here when all of the Centennial celebrations are over. The Queen shall drop by for a look at the doxies, who, due to their hardening off by the St.John's weather (this is the weather thread after all), and their bloodline, are candidates for the Queen's attempts at breeding "dorgies", a doxie/corgi cross. It was the Queen's father, King George VI, who started the Corgi trend, by introducing the first of the breed to the Royal household in 1933.

The Corgi is now a Royal icon, as recognizable, and perhaps as admired, as some of the Royal Family!

The Queen has kept up the Corgi tradition by owning three to four at any one time, but has also introduced the 'Dorgi' to the family which is a cross between a Corgi and a Dachshund. The Queen's corgis are almost all direct descendants from Susan, a female given to her on her 18th birthday.

Didn't the Queen have a Corgi, (or a staffer) put down because the dog bit one of them? I remember reading the highly reputable ( ;) ) International Express that there was also a staffer that was fired for getting the dogs drunk all the time.

Oh, before my post gets dropped out of the thread... 10 degrees at 4:30AM and pouring. now a partly cloudy 13... Merry Victoria Day.

I think that it was one of the dogs (not a corgi) owned by her daughter that bit a one of her corgies. Since she could not reprimand her daughter, I think that her daughter's dog was put down, and a staffer was hung as a warning to all commoners not to mess with her corgies.

Since this is the weather thread, the weather is cool and cloudy here in St.John's at 2:03PM.

Very lovely here today. A bit cool, but sunshine is the order of the morning at least. We sent most of the rain to Alberta in time for the Queen.

Carex, I would not be worried about the weather or the Queen if I was you. Still, my wife left Victoria yesterday and is in Calgary today. So, this sort of weather shall prepare her for her return to St.John's on Tuesday night.

Temps ranging from 15 to 24 here. not too bad.

Well, it is peeing down as I sit here in the motor home watching the ceremonies from Commonwealth Stadium.

I was curious to see just how many people would turn out to see HRM in very inclement weather. Looks to me like it is about a quarter full which would make it around 15,000 brave souls.

I was going to write my column this afternoon, but writer's block is alive and well today after a weekend of camping. Oh well, deadline is not until Wednesday afternoon and as usual it will happen.

Meantime, where did I put that cold six pack left over from the weekend?

:D

Bolor, after the winter you had, you are entitled to this sort of nice weather. No more hot chocolate for you until December.

Sinc, write about how royal visits come and go, but memories experienced during Canada's first springtime/summertime holiday remain for a lifetime. You could write about the weather, but that is somewhat trite.

Whoops, revise that crowd estimate. Another camera angle has me now thinking closer to 40,000, all of them very wet.

:)

Sinc, it amazed me how many people come out to see the Queen whenever she visits the US. I have to admit that even though I am an anti-monarchist, and would like to see all ties severed between HRH and Canada, I did come out to see her motorcade pass on by my house when she came to visit in 1977. I have a great picture of her seemingly waving right at me.

While I too think it is time to rid ourselves of the monarchy and the disfunctional family it has turned into, I still have to admire the Queen.

She has stood for much good and continues to amaze me with her physical stamina, great condition for age 79 and her graciousness, in spite of the antics of her offspring.

While I believe we should sever our ties, we should do so graciously, like she herself certainly would.

:)

Sinc, I say we should "cut the monarchical apronstring" when she dies or abdicates. Then, there shall be a transition period, since Charles will have enough on his plate than to be concerned with Canada. We shall see.

6 in the sunshine and going up to 13, then warmer for the rest of the week.

:)

Sinc, I say we should "cut the monarchical apronstring" when she dies or abdicates. Then, there shall be a transition period, since Charles will have enough on his plate than to be concerned with Canada. We shall see.

there's a good chance she'll outlive charles, if she's anything like her mother. i think the throne may go directly to william.

edit: oh, and it's cool and threatening to rain here.

7, heading for 18, with stretch of good weather in the forecast for this week. Time to break out the sunscreen for good.

Finally, a morning of sunshine that is seemingly lasting for more than a few minutes. We shall see.

7 this morning on the way to 17. High scattered cloud and the first day without rain forecast since the Queen arrived for her visit. Methinks she imported the foul stuff from the homeland.

:D

Another sunny day here in St.John's, with tomorrow forecasted even nicer. After 13 days of rain, drizzle and fog, we deserve a bit of a break, weather wise.

Yesterday, we got to 24 in the sun. Today, a record 29 in the sun and calling for 27 tomorrow and more sun. Whew! I don't know if I can take all this good weather :D
Things will go down hill after that, but I'll force myself to enjoy all this while we can :)
I guess I'll have to turn on the air conditioner ;)

Bolor, you folks go from one extreme to the next up there eh? It's either -40 or +30. Maybe the heat will zap the bugs early??

Glorious day here as well. Only 18 under sunny skies yesterday; heading to 24 today.

Only 4 this morning but headed up to 19 today, then 20 tomorrow and 24 on the weekend.

Perfect for our stay at the Pocohantas Lodge with friends in Jasper on Friday and Saturday, I'd say.

10:30am Montreal - 12 degrees - cold

A beautiful sunny 18C here in St.John's.

Clear and going to an unseasonably high high. Twenty-eight degrees in May??? Too hot for me already. Can't wait for August.

You're right Carex ... one extreme to the next. We have learned to enjoy the nice days when we do get them, which is occasionally. We may have been the hot spot in Ontario yesterday ... not sure though :confused:
Just took this in the front yard ... just to show we don't have winter all year ;)

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Bolor, a fine street scene. No children around, however.

Another fine day here 26 with a slight breeze. The plants are very happy, especially since it's supposed to rain on the weekend. ;)

Dr. G., all the kids on my street were in school when I took the picture. It gets pretty noisy around 3:30 when they come home. Our street is a regular skate-board park. When they get tired of that, they play basketball.

Thanks for the info, Bolor.

34 degrees in my enclosed back garden.
Note to self: Drink more water.

Supposed to be 27 in Jasper tomorrow. Best I take the sun block.

:D

Ena, this is middle of the summer weather, not may weather. I thought I had escaped the +30's when I came to the island with those cool ocean breezes.

Oh well, you can't do much about the weather.

It is indeed mid-summer temps here Carex!
Elderly woman collapsed near my house I suspect due to the heat. All kinds of people were at her side in no time as was an ambulance. Good to see people willing to help those in need.
I still can't get over how few places have air-conditioning out here.
As my old grannie would say, stop your whinging.

Generally there is not much need for air conditioning in houses here. Apartment buildings may be another matter as they can get hot. But without bugs, the doors and windows can be wide open with lots of flow through. Wonderful natural breezes.

6 this morning and a high of 20 for Edmonton. Jasper, where we are headed is going to 27 today and tomorrow. Can't wait.

:)

13 already, heading for 29 later today. Thank goodness I have an air conditioned office!!

+6 at 7:47 AM Pacific time, will get HOT once the sun clears the mountains - gets nice & cool at night, & glacier-fed lake will be too cold to swim in for weeks yet …

Sadly, we went from sunny blue skies to overcast and rain in a matter of a few hours. :(

It's a perfect day here in Toronto. Sunny, a few clouds, breezy and about 23 degrees. Nice.

Mrs.F., that is perfect doixe weather. I am sending the "Fearsome Foursome" over to you to enjoy the sunshine and warmth. Fear not, for they love that sort of weather. So long as you don't keep badgers in your home or backyard, you shall have great companions for as long as the fine weather lasts.

Still raining here.

Rain, rain, and more rain - no sun in the forcast until Tuesday - according to the Weather Widget :(

Halifax, NS

Katie, hang in there. I can only imagine what the flooding situation is like south of all of you in Halifax. I spent a few weeks in Port Jolie and a bit of time in Bridgeport, and I only hope that the rains stop NOW. Paix.

Smokin' hot here. High of 32. No clouds over the mtns (still see snow) suppose to be great this weekend, I guess I'll pick up more beer :D

Katie, welcome to ehMac. Our hearts go out to you people in NS. especially those flooded out. I wish we could send some of our sunshine.

We have more sunshine today with a projected high of 18. We could us some of that rain they have forecasted for the last few days. Forest fires are starting to get worrisome.

9:30 am and we are at 22 already. Heading close to 30 again today. Great day for the annual Garden Party hosted by friends of ours. Everyone shows up in whites and frilly dresses and drinks Sangria and plays garden games like croquet and badminton. All as part of fundraising efforts for the Relay for Life in support of Cancer.

12 this morning and on the way to double that at 24 in the sunshine.

:)

Bright blue skies, light breeze, 13 and today we will double that to 26. Nice. Just plain nice. :)

Kinda moist. Spring showers today.

A sunny 23 today and going to 26 tomorrow. Da da da da da, I'm lovin' it

Rained all day at work and at quitting time the sun came out. Perfect! Even better, one less chore tonight, no watering of the garden needed.

14 in the sun and going up to 23 today. Nice yet again. :)

Sinc, the next few days shall be the same here as well. Brothers in arms and in weather. The Can. Antique Roadshow is here today, and there are mobs of people in the area.

High 27 today and right through to Sunday. :) :)

Dr. G., since it is a nice day you might want to consider taking a walk through the Antiques Roadshow. Having done so myself a few weeks back, I highly recommend it.

:)

Sinc, you would not believe the line to get to the tent and the first cut. They even did initial evaluations over the radio. Amazing.

Yes I would Dr. G., the line here was very long too.

12 and going to 23 today with possibility of showers. I hope so, because we really need some rain, and soon. :)

I think it may hit 30 today. We had our furnace cleaned yesterday and now it doesn't work. No air conditioning and mamma is mad as hell. The circuit board got fried and a new one may not come in until Monday :(

It hit 27C here in St.John's today, with sunny skies.

Only 17 here in Victoria with 60% humidity. Front lawn is already brown in patches:(

19C here in St.John's and it's only 750AM. Going up to 28C, or so we are told.

13 here this morning under cloudy skies. High is only 18 so here is hoping we get some very much needed moisture. We got less precipitation in May than any other May for 80 years. That does not bode well for avoiding yet another year of drought. :)

Sinc, we had one of our wettest months of May since the 1950's. Hopefully, this shall keep us out of a drought situation this summer. We shall see.

WEather is fair to middlin' as they say. Partly cloudy/partly sunny. Highs of 20 expected. We'll take it!!

Same here, Carex. Canada is joined coast to coast. Sadly, one of my online students teachers in the NWT, and he said that it was 3-4C there this afternoon. So, there goes Canada's third coast. Still, nothing can beat Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada's west coast paradise. Sadly, people here in Paradise, NL, a rapidly expanding community just outside of St.John's, has the name but not the weather to obtain official bragging rights. I try to tell people that Paradise, NL, is near Heart's Content and Heart's Delight, NL, and they are both near Dildo, NL. No one believes me until they look on a real map of NL and realize that I am telling the truth.

What city or town in NWT? My sister is a teacher in Yellowknife. Perhaps I should convince her to take your course. She is being encourage to get her education masters by the superintendent of the school there.

My mistake. I just read his posting of introduction and it stated that "My name is Steven ********. I am a grade 8 teacher in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. I have
been teaching in Cape Dorset for the past five years." Thus, he is in Nunavut and not the NWT.

So close and yet, so far...

How true, Carex. How very true.

21C at 9AM here in St.John's. Amazing!!!!!

15 is not only our current temperature, but also our high. C'mon rain! :)

You folks are scheduled for rain Sinc, but to actually beg for it sounds a bit odd to me. Perhaps you need to continue your therapy? If you ever want rain, just move the "house on wheels" the west coast some January.

We are at 14 and going to 18 with mix sun and cloud. Very fine weather IMHO.

I think we are in for a fairly coolish partly cloudy day again today. Highs of 18. It is sunny right now but that can change.

In other news, my Rouyn-Noranda weather widget is raining on my Partly Cloudy Yellowknife widget. I wonder if they can feel that?

Our air conditioner is still out of order. We have had 30 degree weather for the last three days and the house reflects that. i sure hope it gets fixed tomorrow. Cloudy day today at 23 and high humidity. Another uncomfortable night :(

Got a bit of rain last night and supposed to get more today. I surely do hope so as the bush here is really dry to the point of hazardous. They haven't stopped bush travel yet but they have stopped any king of burning ... even camp fires

7 and going to 18 in the sun. Darn, but we need rain.

Sunny, with brilliant blue sky and 13C. We might be getting some of Sinc's rain tomorrow. I shall try to send this needed moisture west. Paix.

It has clouded over and gotten noticeably cooler. Could it be some rain? Finger (and toes) crossed.

:)

Quack...

One of my geologist buddies who is working in the Alberta oilpatch called me today from just outside Carstairs. He said it was raining streetcars out there, and that the local landscape was way too green for words.The farmer's field that they are drilling in looks like one of the great lakes right now. But a lot less pollouted. ;)

My particular portion of the BC west coast is rather sunny right now. And pretty warm too. And absoloutely overrun with refugees from the lesser parts of this great land. We see them arriving here and then disembarking from their expensive SUV's and walking around in total wonder....while saying things like "NO mosquitos! NO blackflies! It's warm but NOT humid!! And the air smells GREAT!!"

Right about then, they head for the nearest Real Estate office. And buy something. At whatever ridiculously inflated price is asked.

Then they set up a household, and order in some nice bottled spring water.

Might explain why I'm so busy right now. ;) :D

9 this morning under cloud and a high of 16. Rain is forecast and I hope they are right as we are dry as a bone in the north half of the province.

Nice to see you back Gerry. You had me concerned there for a while.

:)

Apple switched to Intel and Mr. MacNutt returns to the scene. We thought maybe you had called 'er quits.

Clear and sunny here so far. Not looking like its going to be very warm though. 8C right now and going to 19C.

Partly sunny and 17C here in St.John's. The smell is that of fresh ocean air, which I love. Being born and raised in New York City, ocean air was always an exotic smell for me when I went to Coney Island in Brooklyn.

Doesn't Coney Island smell like hot dogs and popcorn?

Carex, there is no finer smell in the world than the smell of the Nathen's Franks stand. Trust me on this.

Coney Island is a long stretch of beach, and there have been over 1,000,000+ New Yorkers there on various July 4th holidays.

And yes, one is still able to smell the ocean even there. Still, the air is free of smog here in St.John's, and I am only about a 30 minute walk from the Atlantic from my home.

tap dancing and singing... finally summer is here!

Ok, it's too hot to train dogs now, but am and evening aren't too hot.

Too hot for wolves to chase down the lambs.

It's all good! Oh, my coloured Pencils tend to be a bit mushy in this weather.. so I can't work. hrmmm... is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Cheers
Bo

Welcome back Bo, long time no hear from. :)

8 on a beautiful sunny morn and headed to 23. Still not a drop of rain. :)

We got yer rain here. Looks like we will be getting rained on tomorrow night for the first time ever during the 12 Hour Relay for Life. Just try and dampen our spririts, I dare ya!!

Wirly, twirly we have a tornado warning issued for this area and a high of 29--wee!

Up here we just finished seeing some nasty weather--tornadoish to be close. Hail about 2 inches in diameter, rain to turn most streets into rivers (and my school soccer field into a lake), and wind that's cause mayhem with trees down all over.
What does the Mac have to do with it? My wonderful PowerBook was fully charged! Yay!
Power just came back on after a 3 hour or so outage. Temperature still around 20.

I'm also sitting in Barrie wondering where the Innisfil funnel cloud's going to touch down! I like how the local news tells you to take "immediate precautions". Oh yeah, like what? Apparently tomorrow's going to be around 39 with the humidex. Aaaaagh...!

I haven't heard the news in a couple hours, tho a couple friends of mine told me there was a tornado warning. I don't think anything will happen tonight, if my knowledge of tornadoes is correct....

I'm gonna die tomorrow if its going to be around 39! I'm outside all day for a carnival :-O

Cloudy and showers lately. Mid teens yesterday, and barely into the high teens today. We had better weather in feb around here. Pretty crappy weather.

But at least we aren't cursed with mosquitos or blackflies. Or polloution alerts. Or opressive humidity. Or the highest environemental lead levels in north america. Or massive traffic jams.

On second thought...it's not so bad out here right now. ;) :D

8 this morning on the way to 19 under cloud. Rain is finally in the forecast for tomorrow and Sunday. Fingers firmly crossed. :)

Sinc, 15C and sunny here, with some rain tonight. I wish this rain upon all of you in central and northern Alberta, but not the southern part of your province. Bon chance, mon frere.

We've had temperatures well above average for a couple of weeks - it's been downright hot at times. Today we'll see a high of 31 C, tomorrow 32, similar on Sunday. Risk of thunderstorms today through tomorrow. Environment Canada has issued a high heat & humidity warning for MTL & environs this morning. There have also been smog warnings due to smoke reaching us from the many forest fires that were started by lightning in northeastern Quebec.

Methinks our annual Earwig Festival might get off to an early start this year. :mad:

Has ANYONE seen any thunderstorms in the GTA yet? They've been predicting them all week, and are predicting them all through the weekend. The only rain I saw was about 5 minutes' worth around 10am yesterday in Richmond Hill. And it felt HOTTER afterwards rather than cooling things off.

Grrr... I like thunder and lighting. But not getting struck by it...

I love a good thunderstorm once in a while - with all his hot & humid weather we're having, they keep forecasting them, but we haven't had one yet. A few drops of rain yesterday morning but that's it. Today's going to be another stinker; I hope we'll see a good t-storm roll through this afternoon or evening...

Bring on the wind and rain!!! I need to cool off!

Autopilot, 11C and cloudy here in St.John's. Trade you.

12C; there is a sun on my widget, but there is not a trace of sun to be seen outside my window. There is no rain now; we had enough at 4:00 am this morning (being that we were outside in it or seeking shelter in tents, that is enough for today).

11C and sunny, with an ocean breeze. Cancel the trade, Autopilot. I am a lover of ocean breezes.

The bad news: My weekend camping trip was cut short by an emergency.

The good news: It is raining (finally) as I type this in the back yard in the motor home.

Sorry to hear of the emergency, glad to hear about the rain.

8 and only going to 13 today. But it is forecast to rain. We got a few nice showers yesterday, but the streets at 6:00 a.m. were again dry. Hopefully we will get more rain today. I love to sit in the motor home and write while the rain is pounding on the roof. It reminds me of the fifties when every rainstorm was heard right through the roof of most homes of that era.

Sinc, I love the sound of rain when I have to write something that is creative.

14C and the sun is trying to break through the clouds here in St.John's.

Half cloudy and a bit sunny today. Tiny sprinkle of rain at noon. Everything is a green as a rain forest jungle around here these days. It's been signifigantly cloudier and wetter around here than in past years.

Apparently, neighboring Alberta is similarly wet and green and coolish. Which is unusual for this time of year.

On Salt Spring Island, our biggest lake is now at it's highest recorded level since more than sixteen years ago. It's within a few centimeters of it's highest ever recorded level. Most of the other lakes are spilling over their banks right now, as well.

And all of the people around here who've been crying death and destruction and global warming during the past two long hot summer droughts are now strangely silent on the subject.

When I ask them about this current wet and cool summer period...and what it means to "global warming"...they just throw up their hands and walk away from the question without saying a thing!

Odd about that, eh? ;) :D

Macnutt, tell that to the people in central Canada going through their temperature inversion "smog alerts". The frequency of these events each year cannot be merely coincidental.

We are cooler than normal here in St.John's, and wetter, which hopefully shall avert any forced water restrictions. I am all for conservation of water, and let nature have its way with my garden. I use rain water for watering my plants and try to grow clover rather than grass to withstand the non-watering over July and August.

Not all of Alberta is green. We in the north are in dire need of moisture and we are getting some the past two days. Only light showers though, nothing like the deluge down south.

Sinc, I recall being in Calgary over one July, August and Sept. (in different years) and was amazed at how brown everything was there at this time of year. Here's bringing you some rain, mon frere.

When I ask them about this current wet and cool summer period...and what it means to "global warming"...they just throw up their hands and walk away from the question without saying a thing!
Perhaps they are tired of sounding like broken records? ;)

As you well know Mr. MacNutt, global warming does not mean the desertification of all things. It means whacky weather patterns and unusual events.

Southeastern BC, covered in cloud, varies between spitting/sunny breaks/downpours for the second week in a row - we are not inundated, & because of the scant snowpack the creeks are nowhere near overflowing their banks. Everybody here knows that global warming means cold wet weather for us!

I shouldn't complain - overall, the weather has been pretty good. I just want to see some sunshine …

A very nice sunny day at 19 degrees with evening showers forecast. That will freshen everything up and water my tomatoes and cukes to boot! :)

I'm sitting here looking out my window at the blue sky, yet it is pouring down rain. I wish this weather would make up its mind.

Glad I'm not in southern Ontario right now! Check out the weather warning thread.

Windy day again on the tip of Vancouver Island. 17 km/hr. Have had strong winds for days.
Not everyone can say that they live near Mile Zero ;-)
Hope everyone in GTA etc. come out the storm unscathed.

A cloudy morn at 9 and only going up to 16. While we appreciate the showers yesterday, a real rainfall would be nice. :)

Ena, I am able to say that I live near Mile Zero. I am about a 10 minute walk from this point here in St.John's where the TransCanada starts its route westward, and where Terry Fox chose to start his run.

Our long hot dry spell has finally come to an end with some much needed rain and temperature high of 14 today. We had 30 + degrees for a few days. Fortunately, the smog and high humidity didn't reach us as it did to our neighbours to the south.

Ena, I am able to say that I live near Mile Zero. I am about a 10 minute walk from this point here in St.John's where the TransCanada starts its route westward, and where Terry Fox chose to start his run.

I'm probably a 20-30 minute walk from Mile Zero. (5 minutes to MUN)

ncoffey, I teach at MUN and it takes me about 10-15 minutes to walk to my office in the Faculty of Education.

Ena, I am able to say that I live near Mile Zero. I am about a 10 minute walk from this point here in St.John's where the TransCanada starts its route westward, and where Terry Fox chose to start his run.

Does that make us the 'bookends' of ehMac? ;)
17 C here and a 15 km/h SE wind.

Ena, not sure if we are the "bookends" of ehMacLand, because I don't really know where the others from St.John's live. We could be the F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald of ehMacLand. I don't think that is taken. Still, maybe we should stick with our Rich and Ilsa and Victor triangle to stay on the safe side.

The Shang has no "ends", book or otherwise. The Shang is an entity unto itself, unencumbered by physics of any kind. The Shang is . . .

The weather on the other hand is . . .

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The Shang has no "ends", book or otherwise. The Shang is an entity unto itself, unencumbered by physics of any kind. The Shang is . . .
:)

Metaphysics post. Ouch! My head hurts now :D

Still warm enough tonight to wear shorts.

For those of you in the GTA that are looking for rain, just drive 50 minutes up the 400 and you'll find loads. Wind? Two funnel cloud sightings last night (Elmvale and Bracebridge apparently).

Overcast already. Looks like we are going to get rained on (again). Highs of only 18. As MacNutt mentioned ealier we've wasted all of our good weather on February.

Expected 15 to 60 mm of rain in Calgary area starting this evening. High River is living up to it's name as this town just south of CGY is bracing for another deluge. As if the past two high water incidents weren't enough. Sure is green though and the mosquitos haven't shown up in numbers yet, but were waiting. . .

Darn, we are having a reunion of Ex-Edmonton Examiner employees at Aspen Beach provincial Park on Gull Lake tomorrow through Sunday.

Methinks I best bring my umbrella. Couple of tarps won't hurt either.

Sunny and 21 today though. :)

It's cooled down finally, kinda gloomy today, at least I can stay at home and not have to leave because of the heat.

Heavy mizzle today and high of 15. Nice for the weekend though ... sunny and 23 Sat and 28 Sun. Whohoo

Another heavy rainfall warning in effect for Calgary this wet wet morning.

I don't care! I'm driving back to BC and my car handles just lovely in the rain. And it looks hella sexy with the rain beading up on it!

SE BC pissing down rain! My roses are soaked, I miss having morning coffee on the patio – got the heat on in the house to take off the chill - farmer's markets taking a beating – oh well, the weather comes & the weather goes …

Not pissing on the coast. Overcast and mizzle-y (see bolor for definition). Temps in the mid to high teens. As we approach the vernal equinox we are locked into perpetual fall weather.

It's even wet BETWEEN the raindrops by now !! ~ however, my hair is very curly, so I shouldn't complain.

well, it's the weekend in T.O., so let the rain begin...

7 under cloud and showers on the way to 22. River levels are rising fast from the downpour over the weekend and flood warnings have been issued. It is either too dry or too wt, no happy medium. :)

Beautiful sunny blue skies and 17C. Sadly, we have just been forewarned that some of the TO smog may be headed out way. If the winds stay calm then what we shall see in the clear skies of St.John's is a bit of what you are experiencing in TO and the GTA. :( Strangely enough, we are being told by Environment Canada that our morning and evening fog may help to dissipate the smog so that it is not that harmful. We shall see.

Just about perfect here in White Rock. 20º and slight cloud. Just had brunch down at the beach - not too crowded, low tide. There was a pretty orange male tanager at out bird feeder just now, and two kinds of hummingbird previously. All in all, it's the kind of day people live here for.

Gerbil, same kind of weather here in St.John's, sunny, blue skies and 20C. With an ocean breeze to keep the air smelling clean.

A very lovely day indeed. 23 and clear skies. Rain predicted for Friday?!?!

Hot And Sunny -

Toronto!

Cloud gone, 20 and sunny. Very nice here too. :)

15 in bright sunshine and bound for 28 today. Very nice! :)

Sunny, windy and 18C right now, going up to 21+C, which is fine for St.John's.

Another beautiful sunny day in Timmins. Winds strong enough to keep the bugs away :)

Bolor, sunny blue skies, 21C and lots of wind here in St.John's. We don't have too many bugs here in the city, but it shall hopefully keep the TO smog from us. We have been warned by Environment Canada that Atlantic Canada may be the unwanting "recipient" of this pollution. We shall see.

Our temps dropping quickly. Be nice and cool for sleeping.
If I thought it would do any good, Dr. G. I would huff and I would puff and blow all the smog further south. Maybe I can will it away ;)

Bolor, it might not get this far east. I recall when TO went through a really tough spell a few years ago and we got some of this smog a few days later. I don't think I could survive in TO..............and I was born and raised in New York City.

A wet and windy 15 C this evening in Victoria. Need a cocoa instead of something cool like last night.

We were rocked by some thunder earlier this evening. It's just windy and rainy now.

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Tad damp out west????

It is already 15C here in St.John's, going up to 28C. Luckily, there is still a bit of wind from the south west which should keep the TO smog from coming our way. So, warm ocean breezes are the order of the day.

It's a gorgeous sunny morning here, with a nice fresh breeze blowing through. Today's high should reach about 22. Maybe 24 tomorrow, and partly cloudy. They're predicting 31 for Friday, and 27 to 29 on Saturday/Sunday...

17 here this morning and very muggy with scattered showers. We had a great thunder and lightening storm around 4:00 a.m. that put on quite a show as I sat and watched out the living room window. The paper delivery guy was duckin' pretty good!

:)

Currently 13, going to 25 with sun and low humidity. Another great day :)

Rain this morning but supposedly clearing this afternoon. High 25

10 on the way to 16 under cloud, with high wind and rain showers. :)

4 and headed for 17 in the sun today. :)

8 on the way to 18 with showers. But we still need moisture so we can live with this. :)

Our humidity has gone. Yesterday the humidex was listed as 47 but all is good today. Sunny and 27

Wet.

I <3 the rain.

Hot. 34. Feels like 44 with the humidity.

It hit a hot 25C here in St.John's with a bit of breeze and no humidity. Blue sky and sunshine was the order of the day. Any warmer and it would have been difficult to work out in the garden all day. The garden is finally starting to look like its old self once again.

Hot, Hot, Hot!!! 31 here in northern GTA but only 31% humidity. So, it feels like 31.
Wow, what a relief!

Cool at 13 under cloudy skies. :)

A beautiful sunrise here in St.John's. Hopefully, it shall travel westward all the way to Salt Spring Island.

Hazy, hot & humid since last week. Saturday was a scorcher at 32 degrees but fortunately it was fairly windy all day and the moving air made the heat liveable (kind of). It was about 30 degrees yesterday and not nearly as sticky as it was on Saturday.

Today it's supposed to hit 32 again, and tomorrow 33... for the rest of the week they're predicting a cool & crisp 27 to 29.

We on the other hand, are at 12 this morning and going up to 18 under cloud with scattered showers. :)

Going to 32 today and sticky. Already 27 and a humidex of 34. It'll rain tonight.

Overcast, cool, rain at times. High of 15. Bolor, you can have your 32 degree weather, but I wish we could break out of the dreary clouds here. A stretch of 22-25 degree weather here would hit the spot.

This hot sticky stuff is tough on the dogs.
Ran dogs at a trial this weekend where there was no shade. Tough on everyone.. Dogs, sheep, and people.

Cheers
Bo

Carex, this is the sort of weather we are getting here in St.John's today -- 20C, with a brilliant sun and some ocean breezes. Bo, I know what you mean about a dog suffering in the heat. I had an Old English Sheepdog that we had to sheer down in the summer because she suffered so much in the heat.

8:35 a.m., and it's already 25 degrees with a Humidex of 32. We're well on our way to today's high of 33; the Humidex later today will probably be close to 40.

Only 11 this morning with a bit of sun. going to 18 with scattered showers. :)

We are already at 17C, going up to 26C, but with no humidity, and a nice ocean breeze.

8 in the sun this morning and headed for 22 today. Just right if you ask me! :)

This is going to be a hot day here in St. John's. It is already 23C and it's only 10:30AM. For us, this is hot...........and it is still going up. Luckily, there is a nice warm breeze to keep things moving along nicely.

We too started at 8 this morning and going to 22 with a mixture of sun and cloud. A nice break from the heat :)

Not even a puff of breeze this morning at 10 degrees. It will be 22 in the sunshine today, perfect for a Canada Day BBQ. Enjoy your day! :)

10AM here in St. John's and a sunny 15C already. Going up to the low/mid 20's, which is warm enough since there is only a slight ocean breeze.

no sunshine for us, but grey skies and a good chance of rain. We'll top off at 22 or so, but looks like fireworks are out of the question.

Rainy day and temps dropping to 9 by evening. Getting better tomorrow though

tedj, 22C here in St. John's and plenty of sunshine. Sadly, for the next day or so, we shall be getting your rain.

No sun for us today. Not yet anyway. Oh, I spoke to soon, as I type it has broken through the clouds for the first time today. Widget is only giving us a chance at 20.

21C here in St.John's at nearly 4PM. A grand Canada Day for one and all here on the east coast of North America.

Today was an absolute scorcher. All of a sudden the temperature dropped and it is actually chilly here. The wind has picked up and is getting really windy.

Sounds like tornado weather to me.