Snowing in Toronto.

Mommy, i want to go home!!!!!!!!

ok, to keep warm think: MARIA SHARAPOVAHhhhhhhhh
:)

-14 this morning on the way to +2 in the sunshine. :)

Mostly sunny and +1. A mild day here in Canada's "far east".

Currently -1 and sunny, on our way to a balmy +4. I'll be inside workin all day, though. At least I can appreciate the sun through my window.

From Environment Canada -- :(

Heavy rainfall warning for
St John's

Total rainfall amounts of 40 to 80 millimetres are expected today and Wednesday with locally higher amounts of up to 100 mm possible.


Heavy snowfall warning for
St John's

Total snowfall amounts of 30 to 60 centimetres are expected today and Wednesday.

It's beautiful and sunny here in Toronto, with the temperature going up to 15 degrees! The sky is blue and the snow is almost gone.

Dr. G and everyone out east, I'm going to try to send some of this your way ASAP. Looks like you're in for a nasty couple of days. :(

+5 in the sunshine. Very nice day with that clear blue Alberta sky. :)

Mrs.F., thanks for the kind thought. Environment Canada has started an Emergency Services Alert for St.John's starting tonight. All 4-wheel drive vehicles have to be registered if needed for an emergency, all small boats registered and at the ready in case of severe flooding, and all search and rescue crews and dogs on the ready for any signs of urban disasters. The Doxie Emergency Rescue Crew is on the ready. I have been supplied with a small Canadian Coast Guard craft to be able to move them into a danger zone to search for missing persons. Small scent-hound dogs, like doxies, are great to go into tight spaces where larger rescue dogs cannot go. The Labrador Retrievers are the dogs sent in to danger zones where there are problems with water, and doxies where there is wreckage on dry land.

Hopefully, some of the rain and some of the snow will fall off in the Atlantic, but by 6PM we shall know if we are in a situation of Yellow Alert, with a potential Red Alert by midnight. Two feet of snow and 5 inches of rain will bring down the roof of even the strongest of homes.

+10 out and beautifully sunny. Working out on my deck today. It's actually a little chilly for working out here without a coat, but I'm determined to do so anyway....

Maybe a sweater, though.

It hit +13 in the sun today. Beeeeooootiful

Three weeks ago we were basking in 19+ temps with bright clear sunny skies. :D

But now we are suffering with mid teens and intermittent rains. More of the same predicted until well into this weekend. :(

At least all of the trees out here are either in full bloom or full leaf. The flowers have been up for weeks.

Downside is....my lawn needs mowing. Again.

That will be three times since early february. You guys who reside in the almost perpetually frozen parts of this country have NO idea how lucky you really are.

Espoecially if you have several acres of lawn. :eek:

Nice to hear that Bolor is getting in on some of our mild weather. +2 here this morning and forecast to be going to 7 in the sun. It has a chance of making double digit figures here today. :)

March 30 - sunny but cool. It was still pleasant to go down down to the beach for brunch - blue water and a bit of surf as the tide went out. Lots of trees leafing now. The first batch of flowering fruit trees is finished blossoming, but there are a couple more to come. A few sluggish insects coming out of hibernation and bumbling around. Lots of birds doing their mating thing.

+2 on the way to 9 in the sunshine. YES! :D

Last few days have been gorgeous. +10 to +14. Today we have rain and +4. That should take the snow down. I can see the picnic table in the back yard now. :)

=2 on the way to +11 or even higher. Ya gotta love it! :)

Cool but very sunny here in St.John's all day.

Wet and stormy and cold out here. Not very typical for a west coast spring at all. :(

Sunny and somewhat mild here in St. John's. Not very typical for a east coast spring at all.

Heavy overcast this morning; temperature around 5C. Heavy rainfall warning issued. Oh yay.

Sunny today and +8, then 12 tomorrow and 14 Monday. :D

One word:
Thundersnow!

:)

AND IT'S STICKING!!!!!

WTF???

:eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :confused:

Sunny and +7C here in St.John's. Finally, a real touch of spring.

-3 on the way to +11. Very nice spring like day. :)

The heavy rainfall predicted for yesterday didn't materialise, at least not in our area. Still, it was a rotten, very windy and rainy day.

This morning it's still quite windy. We'll see +9 by this afternoon, and maybe some scattered showers now & then.

I'm not sure the weather could possibly suck any more than it does right now. Extreme winds with heavy snow which is sticking to windows and doors, then seeping slowly into the house. I've never actually seen that one before.

Still sunny and +9C here in St.John's. Most atypical for us in early April.

A warm sunny afternoon here although the breeze is a mite chilly. :)

The sun has just set here in St. John's and it is still +4C with no breeze. Very strange weather.

+3 and going up to 11 again today. Just plain nice. :)

About the same here, Sinc. Currently it is +9C here in St.John's. Hopefully, we have seen the end of any reading of -C for this season. We shall see.

Seems like the weather is the same across the country. It's like we are living in Luxembourg or something. +4 going to +11 today. Crystal clear.

There is a big storm a brewin' off the west coast though. Winds upwards of 100 kmh for the northern shores and north parts of the island. Sounds like a spring day in NL!

Yes, Carex, our crocus are up in the sunny parts of the garden. So, spring is soon fully upon us here in St.John's.

+3 under overcast skies. Going up to 10 but with the forecast of showers and or flurries. Showers would be fine as we need rain to wash away all that winter crud on streets and lawns. :)

After that last blast of Old Man Winter, weare finally showing signs of Spring.

Last night we went for a walk with our son in his new red wagon he got for Christmas. This morning I noticed some of the bulbs starting to push their way up through the soil (I have no idea what they are, since I just moved in).

The smell of BBQ is in the air.

Spring is here. (I hope).

Just at the tail end of a storm that hit up north. Breezy and overcast.

MaxPower, you speak of things that used to be common to me but are now alien. Things are in full bloom here (I was trying to take pictures of a flower spike of Tall Oregon Grape yesterday). Many of the deciduous trees are putting on leaves. Pollen everywhere. Interesting how such a large country can demonstrate such a varied climate.

Last Thursday and Friday were absolutely beautiful days. Warm, Sunny. it was too good to be true. i was waiting for that one last storm that we usually have. I woke up on Saturday to a blizzard. I couldn't see past our back yard. This continued all weekend.

Yesterday the warmer temperatures hit melting most of the snow, although there is still a blanket of snow on top of the Niagara Escarpment (I live just below it).

I believe the worst is over.

Forecast for Thursday is 20. I can hardly wait! :D

+1 and on the way to 16 today! :)

Storm is over, a nasty one. Looks like they are opening the local ski hill for 3 days. A kind of middle finger to mother nature as it were. I'll have to take my daughter up for one last outing on Sunday. 5 years old and loves to ski. She'll be better than me in no time!!

It's been pretty wet and crappy out here for a week or so. My neighbor just got back from a business trip to Toronto (where he recently emigrated from). He told me that, except for the very last day, the weather in TO was actually nicer than it was out here in la la land! On that last day in Big Stinky, tho, it snowed. A bunch. :eek:

He said he "couldn't wait to get back home to the coast". Rain and all. ;)

It's been pretty wet and crappy out here for a week or so. My neighbor just got back from a business trip to Toronto (where he recently emigrated from). He told me that, except for the very last day, the weather in TO was actually nicer than it was out here in la la land! On that last day in Big Stinky, tho, it snowed. A bunch. :eek:

He said he "couldn't wait to get back home to the coast". Rain and all. ;)
MacNutt,

A bunch is an understatement. A whole ****load is more like it.

So I heard. :eek:

And Alex couldn't wait to get the heck outa that place. Despite the fact that he'd lived there for the first thirty odd years of his life. (gee...youda thought he'd have been used to the weather patterns in southern ontario by now.)

We had about ten days of snow this winter out here. Which is about 9.5 days more than we usually get. I can't imagine having to deal with that stuff for months on end. Yuckola.

I'll take rain any day. No shoveling.

6 this morning under scattered cloud and on the way to 19 in the sunshine. YES!

:D

We're supposed to hit +28 today (according to CTV; Environment Canada says 25). We'll see I guess. As I write this (8 am) it's warming up nicely. Yesterday's high was +16.7 C.

gg, what might this early warm weather do for the soil moisture for the farmers this summer? A sunny 8C here in St. John's, with no thought of drought this summer.

It's a little early to tell, Doc. We had great February weather, a nice slow melt, and that's got to help. Then a whack of fresh snow last month which was hanging around (some still around) till this week.

Normally a quick thaw and seasonally high daytime temps isn't so good (evaporation helps some farmer somewhere else, not here) but it seems a lot of that recent snow was melting from the bottom where it does get into the soil itself; ground temps are above freezing and have been for a while.

Might be an OK year, but right now there is about 4~8 weeks before they will need to be able to seed (4 weeks is crazy early, but some farmers are crazy. Standard Canadian grain crops are typically 105 to 120 day varieties, so mid-May or later is still OK). There's plenty of time for things to settle out yet, one way or the other.

For their sake, I hope for a good growing season and a bumper crop.

We just hit the big +10C here in St.John's. This is a blessing this early in April.

So I heard. :eek:

And Alex couldn't wait to get the heck outa that place. Despite the fact that he'd lived there for the first thirty odd years of his life. (gee...youda thought he'd have been used to the weather patterns in southern ontario by now.)

We had about ten days of snow this winter out here. Which is about 9.5 days more than we usually get. I can't imagine having to deal with that stuff for months on end. Yuckola.

I'll take rain any day. No shoveling.
Call me crazy MacNutt, but I'll take blizzard conditions over the cold, damp, rainy weather.

For some reason that weather chills me to the bone. As for shoveling? No worries. I have a 29" cut, 10.5 HP dual stage snowblower :D

Damp and rainy yes, cold no. Highs of 13 today in under the clouds, occasional rain and chance of Hail.

keep that young body in shape max, use a shovel!!

Maxpower...

When the rain stops, you no longer have to deal with it. And everything is usually lovely and green.

When the snow stops, you have to shovel it. It is a constant struggle to get around. Everything is either frozen solid or covered with a thick layer of snow. Often added to the thick layer that fell a few days previous.

Rain, on the other hand, does not accumulate in layers several feet deep. At least not around here. And rain requires no special equipment to deal with. No snowblowers, no shovels, no tire chains, no sno-melt chemicals. Nada.

So it's actually easier on the budget too. ;) :D

This appeals to my Scottish side. :D

I agree with Macnutt on this point. We have had an odd winter here in St.John's, with only 13 feet of snow, but over a foot of rain. Only three major storms, of 62cm, 55cm and 50cm. Most of it is gone, except for the places where it was piled in mounds 5-15 feet high. I find snow shovelling is good exercise, if done correctly in a back-friendly manner. I hate the sound of snow blowers, just as I hate electric/gas lawn mowers. My push lawn mower shall soon be "whirring" in a gentle pace once again.

There's no question in my mind that shoveling is great exercise. The only reason I use my blower is because I already owned one from my previous house. It was a necessity to have one there. You see, my driveway could hold 4 cars wide by about 5 deep. Not a small driveway by any means. It would be too much for even the most in shape person.

Even with the snow blower it would take me 30 - 45 minutes to blow out the driveway, depending on how much snow we had.

Now with my two car driveway I'm done in 4 - 5 passes. 5 minutes max. I can then use my time for my priority in life. My family.

MP, we have a seven car driveway (small cars, no SUVs), so I try to do as much as I can. I push it against the house for wind and cold protection. However, when we get drifts of over 2 meters during the big storms, the trick is to even find your car in your own driveway. Thus, plastic shovels are the best.

Dr. G,

I'm really just trying to justify keeping the blower (I'm a sucker for power equipment - loud, obnoxious, I love it). However it is hard to justify when you keep being so logical. Stop it!

MP, it is also good emotional therapy as well. I tend to curse (under my breath) with each shovel full of snow I throw. I also recall past memories of summertime experiences (nothing big, just small memories I thought I had forgotten from 30+ years ago). I am told that this is healthy for the emotional and cognitive "self". Is this too logical? Also, I am ablt to do this by moonlight or at noon, whenever the mood hits.

Stop it!!!!

You're making me feel guilty for using my blower.


La la la. I can't hear you.

If you can't hear me it is because of hearing damage you have sustained by using a snow blower. I also sing "slave songs" from the ante-bellum period in the US. Thus, I gain a connection to the freedom of thought.

11.2C here in the shade!!!!!!!!!

If you can't hear me it is because of hearing damage you have sustained by using a snow blower.
No. That was from going to one too many KISS Concerts in the past. :eek:

True Story.

I hate it when you make sense.

MP, the truth hurts................but the truth shall set you free. Come on over to the bright side and give peace a chance.

Perhaps next year. It's probably too late to do anything about it now any way.

If it's any consolation, I did sell my riding lawnmower before I moved. That, I couldn't keep even if I wanted to. So this summer you'll see me pushing. Of course I'll be done in two minutes.

But I'll get my exercise from bike riding with our little man.

MP, yes, bike riding is a great exercise to condition the heart, lungs and leg muscles for shoveling snow. Of course, I must admit that in the winter of 2000, when we had 21 feet of snow, I did have a thought or two of getting a snow blower. Luckily, those thoughts passed quickly.

we also go for evening walks in the summer as well. We've already started now that the nicer weather is here.

I used to carry my son around in a Snuglie. Now, he is taller than I am.

That's what we did all last summer - carry our son in a Snuggli. Now her prefers the wagon.

We had an Old English Sheepdog that carried my son around in a big Tonka wagon. She had a harness and he was small and light. They both seemed to enjoy the experience.

My boy got a little upset the other night when we took him for a short walk in his wagon. He wanted to continue, but he didn't understand that it was getting dark and colder. Therefore time to go in.

Wagons & Children = FUN.

A snowblower AND a rider mower. Dude, you're using up my carbon too!!

Dr. G, I love my whirrly push mower. it's tough on 1/3 of an acre with a moderate slope; really gets the sweat pouring (and me cursing sometimes).

Carex, still, it is a nice feeling to get the job done without any pollution of the environment. I use the clipping as mulch or compost, so everything is in harmony.

MP, I hear what you are saying. Still, enjoy these times, because now my son does not even want to be seen in public with me.

Yes, the grass stays on teh lawn. As do the leaves in the fall. That's what would happen in a forest after all.

A snowblower AND a rider mower. Dude, you're using up my carbon too!!

Dr. G, I love my whirrly push mower. it's tough on 1/3 of an acre with a moderate slope; really gets the sweat pouring (and me cursing sometimes).
It's only a snowblower now.

I'm still in mourning over the ridin lawnmower. I refused to push a mower over 3/4 of an acre. No way.

MP, think of it as time well spent.

5 this morning and going to 10 with showers. We can sure use the rain. Everything is covered in dust and the rain will wash away most of it, Yesterday we got to 21. Very nice day. :)

A clear & sunny +2 right now, should reach about 8 this afternoon. We should see temperatures of 8 to 11 through next Tuesday, with clear skies all the way.

A month ago, we had 2 to 3 feet of snow in the yard, with 5-foot snowbanks left by snowplows out at the street. It's all GONE now - what a quick & steady thaw this has been. All that's left is a dirty little patch of snow in the middle of the front yard, about 2-foot square. It will probably disappear today.

:)

Doug, about the same situation here in St.John's. To this winter's snow I say "bon voyage".

+1 and headed for 10 in the sunshine. Nice. :)

another beautiful day in the t-dot. heading to 16 and sunny. this is my favourite time of year! just wish the grass was green and the trees had leaves. soon enough... :)

Aboslutley gorgus as Tigger would have it

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hauled the hammock out....MacDoc back office is official open for 2005 :clap:

wonderfully sunshiney and clear here in cowtown. 7° already at 10am - on the way up to 12. I love days like this - just warm, not too hot, not cold.

Well, I haven't reported in for a while because the weather has been too good to believe and I have been spending more time outside. most of the snow is gone and we have been experiencing pretty good weather. Sunny and warm. Yesterday we got to +17 but looking at +9 for the next few days. Still sunny though ...:)

Hi there Bolor. 4 here this morning and headed for 15 in the sun! :)

Clear a bit of cloud - not quite so warm. Still the hammock looks inviting and I'm hard pressed to keep motivated to work .....spring fever n all.

It's this time of year I used to love as a kid - getting out the boots and mucking through the fields following streams.
While there are lots of bird calls etc it's certainly not as vibrant in Southern Ontario. I was actually pleased to hear the birds and see the insects at the Masters. It was gorgeous in HD. I miss the moths at the lights ;(

Rain and then sun. Rain and then sun. Pretty typical for April around here.

But february was quite a bit warmer. It's only in the low to mid teens these days. we were hitting 19+ two months ago. Sunnier and dryer back then as well.

4 and going to 11 under broken cloud today. :)

A mild fog and drizzle here in St.John's today. Luckily, last night's heavy rainfall came overnight and was done by dawn. Hopefully, with less snow than usual this winter (only 13 feet), the rain we get now will see us through the summer dry month of July. We shall see.

Cool and very wet. With a few sunny breaks. Not very nice at all. :(

Same here on the east coast. :(

We had some nice rain showers overnight and everything smells so fresh and clean this morning with the temp at +5 on the way to 14 today with scattered cloud. :)

Beautiful sunset here tonight on the 'Left coast' Pink and grey tinged clouds against a light blue sky.

A beautiful sunrise about an hour ago here in Canada's "far east". Even the doxies took notice. Sadly, the old rhyme of "red sky in the morning, doxies take warning" holds true here in St.John's. Rain is on the way.

A cool one, +3 and only getting to +5 in the rain and wind. :)

Sinc, sounds like us here in St.John's. Brothers in Arms............and rotten weather.

Much better today. +3 and headed for 11 in the sunshine. :)

yucky, rain and wind

Woke up to an inch of snow!!!!!! This afternoon's sunshine has caused it all to melt away..............may it be the last snow of the winter...........which I doubt.

yucky, rain and wind

Same thing in Victoria today. Too soon in the year to go topless. Take the hardtop off the car!;-)

Oh yes, +3 and on the way to 20 today! :D

Just had one week off... rained every bloody day!
Supposed to be sunny on Monday, when I return to work!
ARGH!!!!

A very sunny and windy +7C here in St.John's. These are the days when doxies become airborne if they run fast enough with the wind at their backs. Hang gliding doxies???????

Dumb weatherman. 20 my butt. With the cold wind it feels like 5 but it's really only 10. :(

Sinc, we must have gotten some of your warmth, because it was predicted to be -1C and cloudy, but we have +7C and full sun.

It seems like the whole of the country is basking in bright sunshine right now...except out here in the far west. Cool and rainy out here. Has been for weeks.:(

But, strangely, bottled water sales right now are way above what they were last august during the hottest part of the summer. :confused:

Wonder what's gonna happen when the summer heat wave finally hits?? YIKES!

A sunny 11C here in St.John's. I just came in from raking leaves which I neglected last fall.

It's a fine, sunny Spring morning here. Right now the temperature is about 9C and it should top out at 19 this afternoon. :)

3 under partial cloud and going to 12 today. :)

Sinc, we are already at 12C. I guess we are "in sync" once again (pardon the pun).

1 degree and on the way to 11 today. Kind of like St. John's minus the snow flurries. :)

Another nice day shaping up today - it should hit 17 this afternoon.

Yesterday's forecast high of 19 was surpassed; it ended up going to 23. Just gorgeous - and it was so nice to have all the windows in the house open. :D

We have had more than a week of sunny 10 to 15 degree weather. Today to top out at 20 then some rain tonight. We are at the point now where we need a good soaking. Getting a jump on cleaning up the yard. It's usually May before we van do that here. :) :)

Nice to see you folks "up north" getting some fine weather, Bolor! :)

Thanks, Sinc. Our winter wasn't as bad as usual and we had a lot less snow than normal. All-in-all, not a bad place to be this year.

Thanks, Sinc. Our winter wasn't as bad as usual and we had a lot less snow than normal. All-in-all, not a bad place to be this year.

Aw, come on Bolor, you know it's not a bad place to be any year or you wouldn't be there! :D

:D
I guess you're right

17C yesterday and 16C today. True gardening weather.

Sinc, I saw your twin in Canadian Tire this morning. I was getting a new pair of work gloves, and he was picking up some lime. I actually called out "Sinc?" just in case it was you.......................alas, it was not. But it was amazing how much he looked like the picture of you with your cowboy hat.

17C yesterday and 16C today. True gardening weather.

Sinc, I saw your twin in Canadian Tire this morning. I was getting a new pair of work gloves, and he was picking up some lime. I actually called out "Sinc?" just in case it was you.......................alas, it was not. But it was amazing how much he looked like the picture of you with your cowboy hat.

Wow, he must have been one handsome dude Dr. G., to be mistaken for me and all! :D

3 this morning and going to 16. Better than that in the days ahead.

:)

We are getting a stretch of the good stuff. Clear and sunny, highs between 17 and 21 for the forseeable future. Good times.

As soon as we hit 21, the temps plummeted. -2 tonight and a high of 5 tomorrow with wet flurries :(

Unfortunately, it's just too darned hot for me to contribute to this thread! We reached a scorching 28C today - but it looks like we will pay come the weekend . . . highs of around 10C, zero overnight and lots of rain next week. Nice while it lasts!

28 C, that's pretty good for april!!!

Got to 18 today. Nice. 21 tomorrow, nicer.

Warmer for the two days after that.

Nicerest?

:D

Sunny but only 7C. The wind is off of the Atlantic and you can smell the ocean air and even taste the salt upon your lips. Still, this means the icebergs are on their way. I am told that there are over 2500 enroute past St.John's.

7 this morning and going up to 21 in the sunshine! :)

Sounds familiar Sinc. Are you sure that isn't my forecast??

It will be beautifuller than yesterday.

It will be beautifuller than yesterday.
My bet is Dr. G. will cringe when he reads THAT line! :D

"It will be beautifuller than yesterday." Cringe!!! Rather, it shall be more beautiful today than it was yesterday, but not as beautiful as it shall be tomorrow.

"It will be beautifuller than yesterday." Cringe!!! Rather, it shall be more beautiful today than it was yesterday, but not as beautiful as it shall be tomorrow.
Indeed Dr. G., indeed. :)

Now now language police, I was merely playing off of Sinc's reference to "nicerest" which I interpreted as a new word something along the lines of "nicer-est".

Similar to my daughter's (5) language experiments. Yesterday she referred to something that happened "oftenly".

Just pushing the limits boys, just pushing the limits.

Carex, you have five daughters???? Wow. Good for you. When you wrote, "Similar to my daughters (5) language experiments.", I first read it as "Similar to my daughter's (age 5) language experiments." However, since there was no possessive apostrophe, I had to read it as the fact that you had five daughters. Kudos to you. :) Free coffee for you at the Cafe Chez Marc until they all reach the age of majority.

Currently 7 at ten to five this morning and going up to 17 today. We'll take it.

:)

Sinc, we want it. A chilly day today..............icebergs are on their way.

That is it. No more contractions or possessiveness for me. One daughter, age 5.

It will be beautiful here today with a predicted high of 23. I refuse to compare it to yesterday, relatively speaking.

Carex, what did you do to the other four daughters? :)

Science experiments, a la the Catholics in Monty Python. Tearjerking but worth the investment both for the bank account and the future of mankind.

Carex, animal researchers have offered us $2500 for the Fearsome Foursome. However, their "no questions asked" policy prevented us from going from raising doxies to having goldfish.

A beautiful clear morning under bright blue sky and 7 degrees already. High for today is 24. Yesterday Grande Prairie, Alberta was the Canadian hot spot. Perhaps that honour will fall again to Alberta today? :)

Grande Prairie eh? How odd. Well good for them. Let's try and spread the love though Sinc. How about New Brunswick, or Quebec??

Shaping up to be another clear, warm (not hot) day here. My favorite temperature ranges are happening right now (18-24). Anything hotter than that and I don't like it very much at all.

Currently at 13. Looks like snow for tomorrow. :(

After several weeks of cool wet weather, we are finally into a glorious spring! :D

Bright sunshine and low twenties...and everything is totally green because of all the recent rainfall. Gonna be a heckuva summer for bottled water I bet. :D

Yes the warm weather is upon us. Only drawback is that a large number of chubby, hairy, pasty white bureaucrats and scientists chose to stroll around in shorts today!! Ahhhhhh.

Yes the warm weather is upon us. Only drawback is that a large number of chubby, hairy, pasty white bureaucrats and scientists chose to stroll around in short today!! Ahhhhhh.
So, let me get this straight.

You would have preferred to have them stroll around in long?

:D

Yes I suppose that would have been preferable.... SMART ASS!!

After a sunny day, it is now clear with a near full moon overhead. This mean another two days until Passover.

We are sitting in our motor home watching "Ladder 49" with all the windows and vents open at 22 degrees. Very nice for April. :)

A fine sunny morning here in St.John's. Just got back with the doxies from a walk around Churchill Park. There is a wind off of the ocean and we can almost smell the icebergs coming this way. It is a spectacle that never ceases to amaze me even after 28 years here in NL.

While it is a wee bit early (4:55 a.m.) to see the sun yet, we are enjoying a very still morning with the Robins singing and the temperature at 8.

High for today is 22 in the sunshine, and I for one will enjoy every moment of it. :)

I almost died this morning when Abby made a dash for a robin. I have never seen her chase a bird. She is not fast enough to actually catch a bird, but she startled it and it flew off in a panic.

A game of bird / dog tag is fine as long as the bird sails away. Now cats are quite another menace and I shudder when I see them near a Robin, my favourite bird. :)

Sinc, on days when a storm is near, there are dozens of sea gulls in Churchill Park. Max and Rootie take off after them, even though they are just sitting in the grass. It is an amazing site to see nearly a hundred gulls suddenly take flight and circle up ahead.

Sinc, since you are up, why not join me in a cup of fresh tea or coffee at the Cafe Chez Marc and we may chat and watch the sun rise?

Dr. G., that reminds me of the National Geographic special I once watched on Flamingos.

When they took to the air, the sky changed from blue to pink in an instant. :)

I was going to put out 50 plastic pink flamingos for my wife's 50th birthday. Sadly, she was born in early March and there was too much snow on the front lawn to make it worth my while to undertake this task. Now, a real flamingo would have been a great idea..........................especially if we were in Florida.

...the sky changed from blue to pink in an instant. :)

I know a couple of people who can turn the air back to blue pretty quickly. ;)

We're getting our April Showers this weekend - it's supposed to rain right through until this Tuesday. But that's okay as it'll wash things down, and give the lawn & gardens the good soaking they need right now. Today's temperature will reach 6 or 7, but it should be into the mid-teens tomorrow and Monday.

Doug, sorry to hear about the rain, in that Montreal is two days ahead of us weather-wise. So, we shall get sunny blue skies for this weekend, and rain to start the week. C'est la vie.

Thanks a lot, Doug!!!! Sunny and 10C today, but drizzle and fog on Monday.

Hey keep that nice weather going out there in B.C. On Tuesday the big bird in the sky will be dropping me off at the airport in Victoria and then on to SSI for a quick visit.

Can't wait to leave this cool, wet weather behind. They are predicting snow for southern Ontario this week-end. What's up with that?

Ah, the return of the fair lotus.

Welcome back! :)

Yes, she is the fairest flower that blooms in the fertile valley of the Blue Moon.

A lovely end to a lovely day. One should be thankful for days like this one.

Better yet, there is more of the same tomorrow. :)

Rained the whole day, finally stopped. Right at midnight. Go figure.

Beautiful out here right now Lotus! Mid twenties in sparkling sunshine today! Not a cloud in the sky. And lots more to come, according to the weather geeks. :D

Summer is upon us. Enjoy!

Sunny and 8C here in St.John's. A fine day to go whale and iceberg watching.

More rain today, with an expected afternoon high of around 17, but it shouldn't be nearly as heavy as yesterday - hopefully it will be less windy too. Quite blustery & unpleasant it was yesterday, and umbrellas offered little protection with the wind driving the rain horizontally most of the time.

8 on the way to 20 under clear blue skies. Beautiful morning. :)

9:00 and snow. I don't care to talk anymore about the weather right now. :(

Poor Cameo. It is sunny and 12C here in St.John's, but your snow means it is coming our way in a day or so. We shall see.

more rain today. argh! good day to clean, although it does not help the mood... :mad:

been hanging around zero for the last few days. Snow flurries mixed with rain and going to be like that for a few more days. At least we are not getting as much as they are in the Windsor/London area.

Bolor, we could still make emergency deliveries of your hot chocolate via Doxie Express.

mmmm...hot chocolate....are the doxie's passin through kitchener? Maybe a slight detour? mmmmm..sounds wonderful.

Cameo, since Peter, my long lost brother, lives in Kitchener, they always stop in to see him. So, yes, they could drop off some Hot C. to you as well.

OOH! You are wonderful!

Don't thank me. Thank the doxies. They deliver only to people they like and I am sure that they shall like your class and style.

I still say you're wonderful.

Merci. Wait until you see Abby. Talk about cute!!!!

Pouring rain downtown this morning, and it should rain on and off for most of the week.

Although heavy rain (as we had this past Friday and Saturday) isn't predicted, today's forecast of showers isn't exactly a welcome one as I spent most of the day yesterday bailing water out of the basement. The sump pump (which I intended to replace last Summer, but didn't) must have died sometime late Saturday evening, the sump pit filled, and overflowed into the basement.

Luckily I noticed the water influx just after it began. I started bailing immediately and also opened the emergency drain in the floor, but water began coming in through the pit so fast that I could barely keep up for a while. After a couple of hours it slowed & stabilized a bit so I high-tailed it to Canadian Tire to get a new sump pump, and I also picked up a portable submersible pump. Both worked like a charm, and all is well now. It is most gratifying to see the new sump pump completely drain the sump pit in seconds. Most gratifying.

I can't escape this feeling though, that I barely averted a disaster. Nothing was damaged but if I hadn't taken the action I did, at the exact time I did, the flood would have spread across half the basement and lots of boxes and assorted basement stuff would have ended up standing in three inches of water. :eek:

Glad to hear you caught it in time Doug. 5 here this morning in bright sunshine and headed for 22. :)

That was close Doug. Good for you. Warmed a bit and the snow is all gone now. Rain and warmer for the next few days. The bush around here needs the rain as it was pretty dry.

Beauty day again today. Hot as summer, and lots of sunshine. 26C in the shade at my place in the early afternoon. :D

6 this morning under cloud with a forecast high of 11 with showers. Supposed to be -7 by Thursday evening. Hope it does not kill off all the flowers and leaves that have sprung up to date.

Grey, cloudy, drizzly day here. Hovering around zero this morning. Supposed to get to 9 in the rain. A good day to get caught up on some work.

-1 and only 5 today with a chance of flurries. Has spring sprung? :)

Rain, rain and more rain. 0 this morning going to 9. Another indoor day

Sinc-like weather here as well. Bug Humbar.

Our stretch of juicy weather goodness continues. I won't bore you with the details.

i was so cold this morning waiting for the bus. my konfabulator weather widget tells me it's 8 degrees out, but with that wind it feels like zero to me... :mad:

-4 and going up to +3 in the sunshine this morning. Chance of flurries in the afternoon. :)

Unbelieveably hot and sunny here. Mid twenties in brilliant sunshine. You really can't tell our current weather from the sort that we normally get in July. And it's been like this for a couple of weeks now. :D

LOVIN IT!! :D :D

You have to have some sort of radiation distortion field around Salt Spring Island. The airport in Sidney is only reporting 16 degrees at the moment.

19 goin on 22. Sunny skies and just enough of a breeze to take the edge off.

I'd bet that MacNutt lives on a south facing slope.

mmmaaaann.... +19 here in Vancouver, -3 °C in Calgary!!! HOW do you expect me to go back to that!?!?!?!

Car?

My folks had -10 in Flin Flon this morning. Apparently 10-20 cm of snow around Churchill...

Yeesh.

I long for the hot summers, odd thundershower and sundown occurring close to midnight that you'd get there, but the weather they've had recently, with undoubtedly bugs beyond belief come June?

Forget it. I'll gladly do without.

High of 26C according to the tell tale on my thermometer. That was in the shade.

And, BTW, my place faces north by northwest. I have a large mountain just behind the house (literally) that blocks any sort of southern exposure.

If this isn't full-tilt summer weather, then I don't know what is. :D

-4 and not much to look forward to today with a high of -2 and 2 cm of snow. :)

sunny today and a high of12

The bad news is that it is still snowing. The good news is that most of it is melting as it falls. Still it does look odd with all the green leaves and Lilac buds out there. :)

Sunny, but a chilly +5C...............which means the icebergs are coming, the icebergs are coming. This means fresh water for us all...........water fresher than Macnutt can bottle............100,000 year old water................water which brings good health and good luck.

Unsettled spring weather is now upon us. Highs of 19, with scattered clouds, a chance of showers (but no rain). A little bit of everything to keep everyone or no one happy.

Hot and sunny here today. With just a few high clouds later in the afternoon. Not a sign of rain at all. :D

This could easily be midsummer, if the calendar didn't say spring. :D

-3 with a high of 4. A dusting of snow on the ground this morning and more in the forecast for today. :)

A partly sunny +5C morning here in St.John's. Nothing to write home about as they say here in NL.

Lite rain, overcast

I hope the weather is good Sunday, we're having a street wide garage sale!

Cloudy and a bit cooler today. First bad day we've had in about two weeks or so.

Tomorrow is supposed to revert to the hot summery weather again. Good thing too...it's our first drag race of the season! :D

(wish me luck, I am the video cameraman at the end of the track. Right in the line of fire when these nitro monsters come hurtling by at warp speed, half out of control, about three feet away. I am also known as "moving target" to the rest of the race crew.) ;) :D

Partly sunny and +10 here in St.John's. Getting ready to take the doxies for a long runs out in the woods. Badgers beware!!!

-4 and we will take away that - sign for a +4 today. Overcast and still quite cool.

happy may, everyone :)

i think it's supposed ot be +10 today. finally got some sun! toronto has been pretty depressing for the last week or so...

Partly sunny and 14C. Now that it is May we are able to stop posting temps with a -C.

The good news is we're still having weather. The bad news is it's not so great. We are not getting anywhere near the predicted highs but we are getting the predicted rain. Not going to be nice for a while yet either.

Bolor, does this mean that your emergency deliveries of hot chocolate may cease now that it is May 1st?

It was 17C here in St.John's atop of the North Side Hills and the doxies were pooped after our walk.

The fruit trees are pretty well finished blossoming (a few stragglers) and now it's the turn of the Rhododendrons and Azaleas. Just starting to bloom. Sunny with a few clouds and 21ºC. Everything's nice and green.

A cool -4 this morning but going up to 10 in the sunshine. A great day for a bike ride later this afternoon. :)

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man... you know the rest.

Warm though.

Partly sunny and 15C here in St.John's. The garden is coming to life with all sorts of flowers ready to bring form some springtime colors.

3 on the way to 14 under threat of scattered showers, but it sure beats last week. :)

Cold this morning. Ice on the water puddles. High 7 and partly sunny. warmer tomorrow ... up to 12

An uneventful 9C going up to 14C. Good day for the garden, however.

Yesterday we had hail, rain, sleet, snow and some more hail. Lots of fun.

Cold this morning, snowed for a bit this afternoon, Where art thou flower of spring? :confused:

2 this morning in the sunshine and on the way to 20 today. YES!

:D

Sinc-like weather here in St.John's as well. Sunny and going up to 16C. This means the icebergs are not near the coastline just yet.

Going to 13 today and sunny. High of 17 tomorrow ... yippee

Bolor, it is 17C here in St.John's right now, so you are in for a treat. Enjoy the new blend of ice-chocolate I am sending out to you via Doxie Express. It is better than a beer on a hot day.

It is better than a beer on a hot day.
Sorry, but NOTHING is better than a beer on a hot day!

:D

Sinc, have one cold Doxie Delight and you shall say "Beer? What's beer?" Trust me on this one.

Sorry, but NOTHING is better than a beer on a hot day!

:D

Beer and boobies are better than beer on it's own. Hot day or not.

Trust me on this. :D

7 in the sun this morning with a clear sky and headed north to 23 today. Another large polar route jet overhead has left the most beautiful contrail for about 20 minutes now, so winds aloft must be calm. :)

Thanks for the ice chocolate. It was good. I have to agree with Sinc and Macnutt that beer on a hot day "is a good thing". But the chocolate drink arrived in the morning, so that too "is a good thing" :)
Sunny and 17 today. A good day to do some chores outside

It was about 80 degrees farenheit around here today. In brilliant sunshine. :D

Summer is upon us. In a big way! ;) :D

Rain, glorious rain, and boy do we need it. We are at 11 degrees this morning and headed up to 17. I can't wait to see everything jump start to green in the next few days!

Highs of 21 today. Blue sky with the odd cloud right now. Gonna be a scorcher. I guess I have no excuse but to cut my grass again.

The weather is pretty good. High of 19. A bit windy, but pleasant. Sun and cloud and a high UV rating. Hoe about that?

Bolor, you folks deserve some warm springtime weather. Luckily, there shall be no more snow or -35C weather for you for the next 9 months. Trust me on this.

Pretty good day here Vangroovy Island. Better get out and spread some compost now that I've had some pleasure before work.

Sadly our rain only lasted a half hour or so. We need much more. Maybe tomorrow?

7 on the way to 12 with light rain, sadly ending this afternoon. Looks like my drive to Calgary later today will be a dry one. :)

The sun is hot, but the air temp is only 13C.............which means just one thing -- the icebergs are coming, the icebergs are coming. Spent three hours outside in the garden with the doxies running about. Being an organic gardener, there is no worry of poisoning one of the "Fearsome Foursome".

The last couple of weeks of April brought us constant, sometimes heavy rain. The ground is still saturated and my new sump pump still kicks in from time to time - what an experience that was. Local creeks and rivers are still very high, and standing water can be found in many ditches and low-lying areas.

However we have had good weather since the beginning of May - temperatures have been a mixed bag but there's been plenty of sun and little or no rain. Today looks like it will be a fine one indeed, with an high of 18 and not a cloud in the sky. Should hit 20 tomorrow, 21 on Tuesday. Chance of showers on Wednesday...

Doug, we had the wettest (snow + rain) winter in the recorded history of weather in St.John's. Actually, with only 13 feet of snow this year, we had a huge amount of rain from Dec.1 - April 1.

Glad to hear that your home situation is dry.

The weather is in one word, "Perfect".
Given the winter, and the spring so far, we have earned every moment.

iP, this is what I have tried to convince my wife of re the weather. Any sunny day in St.John's is a blessing and needs to be taken in to its fullest. She is from Calgary and sunshine is not a rare thing there.

I just got back from Cuba. The weather was above 30 everyday. When we left last Saturday it was raining an 12. I heard the week was cold we left in the GTA. It's nice here now :) Going to be nice all week for the cottage. :) I am glad to be back though. The weather is a little too hot for me. A week was more then enough. I just hope we have a good summer this year. The winter was miserable this year.

"The winter was miserable this year." Amen, CW, amen.

Well by simply checking my Dashboard weather widgets I see that it is 11 C outside my door and cloudy going to a high of 22 (guess its going to clear off), and that it is currently mostly sunny in Edmonton going to a high of 27!!! with a chance of lightning. Don't know if these are accurate and from today but that's what it is telling me.

That is actually quite different than the Environment Canada predictions but we shall see.

Carex, check which Edmonton you have in your widget. Mine says currently 7 and going to 18 with showers and by looking out my window, that is right.

I suspect you have Edmonton, Kentucky, not Alberta chosen on your widget. (Easily done as I did it first too).

:)

Well apparently I did. Didn't give me the choice the first time around, just went right to the 'Marican city. Struck me a bit odd that is had actually gone up to 19 already there this morning.

Good thing I didn't choose Edmonton, South Africa!! That may have predicted a plague of locusts or something.

Only 1 this morning with a high of 8, but the sunshine is very nice. A cold arctic front of high pressure is responsible, but it will drift eastward and the balance of the week will see us in the 20s.

:)

Fog, fog and more fog is the weather yesterday, today and tomorrow. This is what they call "caplin weather", as the caplin come in onshore to spawn. The humpback whales are thus nearby, since they feed on the caplins. And, hopefully, the icebergs shall be behind the whales. It is an amazing cycle which happens every year about this time.