I must say the photos don't look very vernal! Cherries and wisteria have been in full bloom for a week or ten days hereabouts. Last weekend I noticed that many of the grape vines were beginning to leaf out.
Off to Orenchi Ramen [Click] Saturday morning for lunch with Naomi.
I learned at the end of the day on Friday that Ice Out happened on the inner bay, where we sail!!! We don't recall that EVER happening so early in the year!!
I must have been thinking of her birthday...she should have been 59 tomorrow!...and my last messages with her that April. How had I forgotten that Judy died on Mother's Day? Wow. Can't stop thinking of her.
Power was out from about 430 to 6. Nothing to do with the weather, which is cool but fair. The UPS did its job and allowed me to shut down the computer in an orderly manner.
It was a mostly sunny but cooler afternoon as temperatures topped out in the upper 30s and lower 40s. We see clouds increase tomorrow but the day will remain dry. We continue to track the possibility for some snow Sunday night into Monday.
Skies will remain mostly clear tonight and a cold night is on the way as overnight lows drop back into the middle and upper teens. If you are heading to the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Holyoke tomorrow you will want to bundle up. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 30s. Sunshine in the morning will begin to fade behind increasing clouds in the afternoon.
We continue to watch for the potential for a coastal storm that could bring some snow to the region late Sunday night into Monday morning. The latest computer models have shifted this storm slightly to the west which means we could see a minor accumulation here in Western mass. Keep in mind that a shift in the track of this storm east or west will make a difference in the amount of snow that we see so we will still need to keep a close eye on this storm. As far as accumulations at this point we are thinking about a coating - 2" with the higher amounts in eastern Hampshire and Hampden counties.
Temperatures will slowly begin to warm up next week with highs approaching the middle 50s and near 60 by late next week.
Tonight: Mostly clear and cold. Lows: 14-18.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny early. Clouds increase in the afternoon. Highs: 34-38.
Tomorrow Night: Mostly cloudy with light snow moving in after midnight. Lows: 23-27.
Monday: Light snow ends in the morning. Some afternoon sun possible. Breezy. Highs: 38-42.
Forecast prepared by First Warning Meteorologist Don Maher
While Mum and I were chitchatting this afternoon, she had a Trump rally on in the background - not conducive to low blood pressure, that! But I almost had an aneurism when that (pardon my French) lousy rotten son of a bitch said "We're going to take our country back!"
He doesn't mean take our country back in the sense that Howard Dean meant it. He means turn the clock and progress back to a time when bigotry was the norm because people didn't know better. Only now they do know better, so he also wants them to become imbecilic amnesiacs. By all accounts, some of them are already pretty good at that!
When I was a kid, California was 70% "white;" I think the US as a whole is still close to that. Nowadays everybody in California is a minority, and it's better. AND WE'RE COMIN' TO GETCHA, HONKEY--YOU KNOW WE ARE!
I just now watched the three campaign ads Raul Grijalva cut for Bernie--very nice.
Nice drive up to the Bay Area except that the traffic was a bit heavy. The hillsides and pastures are a beautiful green, with the lushest spring grass we have seen in years. We went by a VERY big reservoir that is beginning to refill, and saw a large pond that had dried up entirely expanded to the largest size we have seen in a long time--I can remember it larger only once in my life, more than fifty years ago. There was a lone white pelican there--not sure if it was a late arrival or an early one, but must be on the way to the Prairie Provinces. Early, I suppose. The California poppies and lupine (both annual and perennial) as well as several other kinds of wildflowers are putting on a fine display--they had started a couple of weeks ago. We saw a lot of cattle in the pastures--many ranchers had to greatly reduce the sizes of their herds the past several years for lack of forage.
How could I forget the wild mustard? Spectacular in places.
Oh, and on our way out of town we could see the beginnings of construction on the south side of the [San Joaquin] river for the bridge that will carry the bullet train. They started construction of the bridge on the north side of the river, at a place which is almost invisible from the highways. I sure hope Fresno lands the heavy maintenance facility for the bullet train--we could sure use the work. Fresno is the only place to bid on it that can accommodate a full size test track. And our station will be smack downtown; they are rerouting utilities, tearing down buildings in the way, replacing an overpass that isn't high enough, building an underpass in one place and I know not what all. Part of the main freeway will have to be moved over, and freight tracks too, but the bullet train will be basically fit into an existing freeway/railway corridor. (The railway that carries AmTrak is in another, narrower corridor that goes through a lot of residential areas.)
We have plenty of power.
ReplyDeleteI must say the photos don't look very vernal! Cherries and wisteria have been in full bloom for a week or ten days hereabouts. Last weekend I noticed that many of the grape vines were beginning to leaf out.
Off to Orenchi Ramen [Click] Saturday morning for lunch with Naomi.
--Alan
Sounds beautiful, Alan!
DeleteI learned at the end of the day on Friday that Ice Out happened on the inner bay, where we sail!!! We don't recall that EVER happening so early in the year!!
Actually, the photos are from 2 yrs ago this week. I posted them because snow was predicted for today. But we didn't get it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Colorado just hit dumped on...8" or more.
Deletehit = got
Deletehttp://howardempowered.blogspot.com/2007/05/from-thankful.html
ReplyDelete♥ ♡ ♥
DeleteThank you, puddle.
I must have been thinking of her birthday...she should have been 59 tomorrow!...and my last messages with her that April. How had I forgotten that Judy died on Mother's Day? Wow. Can't stop thinking of her.
.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT
ReplyDeleteSUNDAY...
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.
Power was out from about 430 to 6. Nothing to do with the weather, which is cool but fair. The UPS did its job and allowed me to shut down the computer in an orderly manner.
ReplyDeleteIt was a mostly sunny but cooler afternoon as temperatures topped out in the upper 30s and lower 40s. We see clouds increase tomorrow but the day will remain dry. We continue to track the possibility for some snow Sunday night into Monday.
ReplyDeleteSkies will remain mostly clear tonight and a cold night is on the way as overnight lows drop back into the middle and upper teens. If you are heading to the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Holyoke tomorrow you will want to bundle up. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 30s. Sunshine in the morning will begin to fade behind increasing clouds in the afternoon.
We continue to watch for the potential for a coastal storm that could bring some snow to the region late Sunday night into Monday morning. The latest computer models have shifted this storm slightly to the west which means we could see a minor accumulation here in Western mass. Keep in mind that a shift in the track of this storm east or west will make a difference in the amount of snow that we see so we will still need to keep a close eye on this storm. As far as accumulations at this point we are thinking about a coating - 2" with the higher amounts in eastern Hampshire and Hampden counties.
Temperatures will slowly begin to warm up next week with highs approaching the middle 50s and near 60 by late next week.
Tonight: Mostly clear and cold. Lows: 14-18.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny early. Clouds increase in the afternoon. Highs: 34-38.
Tomorrow Night: Mostly cloudy with light snow moving in after midnight. Lows: 23-27.
Monday: Light snow ends in the morning. Some afternoon sun possible. Breezy. Highs: 38-42.
Forecast prepared by First Warning Meteorologist Don Maher
I'm ready for Spring!
DeleteWhile Mum and I were chitchatting this afternoon, she had a Trump rally on in the background - not conducive to low blood pressure, that! But I almost had an aneurism when that (pardon my French) lousy rotten son of a bitch said "We're going to take our country back!"
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't mean take our country back in the sense that Howard Dean meant it. He means turn the clock and progress back to a time when bigotry was the norm because people didn't know better. Only now they do know better, so he also wants them to become imbecilic amnesiacs. By all accounts, some of them are already pretty good at that!
DeleteYes, they are. *sigh*
DeleteHearing him used that phrase gave me quite a turn, I can tell you!
When I was a kid, California was 70% "white;" I think the US as a whole is still close to that. Nowadays everybody in California is a minority, and it's better. AND WE'RE COMIN' TO GETCHA, HONKEY--YOU KNOW WE ARE!
ReplyDeleteI just now watched the three campaign ads Raul Grijalva cut for Bernie--very nice.
Nice drive up to the Bay Area except that the traffic was a bit heavy. The hillsides and pastures are a beautiful green, with the lushest spring grass we have seen in years. We went by a VERY big reservoir that is beginning to refill, and saw a large pond that had dried up entirely expanded to the largest size we have seen in a long time--I can remember it larger only once in my life, more than fifty years ago. There was a lone white pelican there--not sure if it was a late arrival or an early one, but must be on the way to the Prairie Provinces. Early, I suppose. The California poppies and lupine (both annual and perennial) as well as several other kinds of wildflowers are putting on a fine display--they had started a couple of weeks ago. We saw a lot of cattle in the pastures--many ranchers had to greatly reduce the sizes of their herds the past several years for lack of forage.
--Alan
How could I forget the wild mustard? Spectacular in places.
DeleteOh, and on our way out of town we could see the beginnings of construction on the south side of the [San Joaquin] river for the bridge that will carry the bullet train. They started construction of the bridge on the north side of the river, at a place which is almost invisible from the highways. I sure hope Fresno lands the heavy maintenance facility for the bullet train--we could sure use the work. Fresno is the only place to bid on it that can accommodate a full size test track. And our station will be smack downtown; they are rerouting utilities, tearing down buildings in the way, replacing an overpass that isn't high enough, building an underpass in one place and I know not what all. Part of the main freeway will have to be moved over, and freight tracks too, but the bullet train will be basically fit into an existing freeway/railway corridor. (The railway that carries AmTrak is in another, narrower corridor that goes through a lot of residential areas.)
--Alan