What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[TownGuy]

Mild and overcast.

Took these on an old railway trestle bridge turned bike/walking path, a little west of Peterborough. It's actually part of the Trans-Canada trail.

[whatnext]

Car was showing 19 C driving around downtown Vancouver in the sun today. Shocking as the day started out miserable and wet.

[flar]

Back to double digit temps the past few days. The landscape has really changed since that Halloween cold spell

[flar]

From CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/03/weath...ate/index.html

[TownGuy]

Originally Posted by flar

Is this a Honeylocust? Also how about the 2nd tree? Pretty sure about the Shagbark and Sycamore.

[Metro-One]

Hot spot yesterday was North Cowichan at a lovely 18.9.

Many other south coast locations were between 16 and 18.5.

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

Our high yesterday was 14.2, our low 7.7 at 6 am. At 9 am we're sitting at 8.1 with a forecast high of 11 under a mix of sun and cloud.

20231105_072543 by AJ Forsythe, on Flickr


...a close up of the crane. I've no idea of why it's there.

20231105_072554 by AJ Forsythe, on Flickr

[MonctonRad]

+2C and mostly cloudy in Moncton at 9 AM, going up to +7C later this afternoon.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

We lost a tree one year too as a result of a viscious cat attack.

Our solution was to keep the door to the living room closed and ban cat access.

Not an option for us, as the living room does not close off from the rest of the house.

I may put up the bare tree to see what she does with it, but I think I already know the answer to that. Might just be a tree-less holiday season this year… we’ll have to see how it goes.

On the weather side of things: It’s been mild but somewhat damp these past couple of days in Halifax, after last week’s snow killed off most everything in the flowerbeds. Looks like a bit of a ‘blah’ week ahead. Ardee has been covering it well, so I don't really have anything to add.

[flar]

Originally Posted by TownGuy

Is this a Honeylocust? Also how about the 2nd tree? Pretty sure about the Shagbark and Sycamore.

#3 is a honey locust, the wild version of this tree is very spiky, some of the spikes are 4 or 5 inches long

#2 and #5 are both Sycamore, one is the scaly lower bark of a mature tree and one shows the smooth camouflage upper bark

#3 is a Shagbark Hickory, the dominant tree in this little Oak-Hickory forest

#5 is a Red Oak

[TownGuy]

Originally Posted by flar

#3 is a honey locust, the wild version of this tree is very spiky, some of the spikes are 4 or 5 inches long

#2 and #5 are both Sycamore, one is the scaly lower bark of a mature tree and one shows the smooth camouflage upper bark

#3 is a Shagbark Hickory, the dominant tree in this little Oak-Hickory forest

#5 is a Red Oak

I had read that about Honeylocust, which made me wonder. That's interesting about the Sycamore. Didn't know the bark took on that look as they get older.

Nice sunny day here today. There were some cloud spots but they burned off or something g.

[Nicko999]

9C and sunny yesterday.

7C last night so it remained relatively mild.

The warmspot was North Cowichan, BC at 18.9C.

Warmest low was Estevan Point, BC at 11.7C.

[LFC]

hit a high of 11c with mostly overcast skies.

Hiked to the top of Knox Mountain, just above downtown and overtop of Okanagan Lake. We watched this Mule deer buck court some does, very protective of his harem as he pushed other bucks away, being that it is the start of their rutting season you could tell he only had one thing on his mind....

[megadude]

Was talking to a neighbour down the street and he said his full tree is the same as the bare one next door. Well, based on the bark and leaves. Could be a separate but related species but he says every year it's the same thing. That one tree sheds its leaves way before his. I looked the leaves of both and they do indeed look the same.

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[urbandreamer]

Yesterday, I explored Sweaburg (had always wondered what it was like: nice residential-only village for management at Toyota Woodstock?) and Ingersoll - very hilly, depressing main street but still relatively affordable. Interesting narrow residential streets and I love the postwar strawberry homes off King Solomon St in the NE corner. It kind of reminded me of Timmins.

Anyway, muddy sideroads around Cassel on the way back to KW. Leaves almost gone. Earlier yesterday, got my winter tires on: $45 @ CT.

[flar]

Originally Posted by TownGuy

I had read that about Honeylocust, which made me wonder. That's interesting about the Sycamore. Didn't know the bark took on that look as they get older.

Nice sunny day here today. There were some cloud spots but they burned off or something g.

That brown scaly bark can grow halfway up the tree while the top branches are completely smooth and white. Sycamores rival tulip trees in size, they are one of the most impressive hardwoods for sure

Old growth sycamore near Wallaceburg, October 12, 2021

[Nicko999]

8C and mainly sunny. Decent enough day for November.

Low of 4C this morning.

The warmspot was White Rock, BC at 16.1C.

Warmest low was Estevan Point, BC at 10.8C.

[Metro-One]

Summer heat breakdown for Canada 2023.

CanadaHotDays by Ian, on Flickr

72 days above 30 in Ashcroft is pretty toasty.

[SignalHillHiker]

Freezing today. Not even 2C at my place. Breaking out the knee-length wool winter coat again.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by megadude

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Not sure why exactly, but, when I saw that pic before noticing who had posted it, I immediately thought "Southern Ontario". Maybe our older suburbs are more distinctive than I realized.