What is your weather today? (IV) - Page 124

SaskScraper · #**2461** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

It's a cold one.

fascinating how St Patties day is celebrated across the country, In the West it helps mark Spring time & the beginnings of 'greening up' of the outdoors, but in eastern half of the country its full on Winter still..

MonctonRad · #**2462** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 3:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by SaskScraper

fascinating how St Patties day is celebrated across the country, In the West it helps mark Spring time & the beginnings of 'greening up' of the outdoors, but in eastern half of the country its full on Winter still..

Speaking of "full on winter still in the east".........

Environment Canada warning for Moncton:

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Warnings
10:30 AM ADT Saturday 14 March 2015
Blizzard warning in effect for:

Moncton and Southeast New Brunswick
Blizzard conditions with poor visibility in snow and blowing snow are expected or occurring.

An intensifying low pressure system passing just south of Nova Scotia will bring snow over the region tonight and on Sunday. Strengthening northeasterly winds gusting up to 80 km/h will result in blizzard like conditions on Sunday over the southern half of the province. Snow at times heavy will develop tonight and will continue until late in the day Sunday with total snowfalls of 20 to 30 centimeters by Sunday evening.

rrskylar · #**2463** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 3:08 PM**

Supposed to be +13 today and +16 tomorrow....yeah in Winnipeg in mid-March, 20 years ago I would have told you that was impossible, but then cam 2010 and 2012 where all the snow was gone mid-March both years. The weather she's a changin!

SignalHillHiker · #**2464** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 3:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by SaskScraper

fascinating how St Patties day is celebrated across the country, In the West it helps mark Spring time & the beginnings of 'greening up' of the outdoors, but in eastern half of the country its full on Winter still..

Yeah, and that's the norm - not just because of this cold snap. As Acajack noted a page or two ago, both French Canadians and Newfoundlanders (and, presumably Maritimers) have folk names for storms around St. Patrick's Day.

It's supposed to be the last one... but it's normal enough that people expect a big snowstorm here after March 17 every year. And then it warms up.

bkd · #**2465** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 4:20 PM**

+15 yesterday... +15 today. Go Global Warming!

Marty_Mcfly · #**2466** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 4:22 PM**

Yesterday's high of -11.7 degrees in St. John's was the coldest day in the month of March in 12 years. Slightly warmer today, but still a little brisk. Tomorrows temperatures are getting closer to normal, but of course that's probably only because a snowstorm is on its tail.

Is it June yet?

SignalHillHiker · #**2467** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 4:23 PM**

I think it was the coldest winter day, full stop, in many years as well.

Marty_Mcfly · #**2468** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I think it was the coldest winter day, full stop, in many years as well.

Winter day......that reminds me, isn't the first day of Spring right around the corner?

BradFromTO · #**2469** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 4:34 PM**

Bit of a break from the sun, currently cloudy/misty and 5. Forecast of 10. Monday we are supposed to get up to 12, and then between 3-6 for the rest of the week.

Chadillaccc · #**2470** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 5:43 PM**

Currently 11 at 11 pm. Heading up to 17 again today.

CanadianCentaur · #**2471** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 6:25 PM**

15 now as of 12 noon, exceeding today's forecasted high of 14!

The snowmelt mess over the last week hasn't been as bad as I expected, probably because this winter didn't see quite as much snow as the previous two winters. The January thaw also helped.

someone123 · #**2472** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 6:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Speaking of "full on winter still in the east".........

Environment Canada warning for Moncton:

It seems like the Maritimes have been really unlucky this year. The first half of winter was more or less normal but then the second half has been one of the worst in many decades.

It seems like the cold weather pattern shifted from Central Canada farther east, so Ontario and Quebec got the worst of it in February and now Newfoundland is getting it and Central Canada is above normal. But the Maritimes have been affected the whole time.

Meanwhile, in Western Canada, conditions are freakishly above normal.

Surrealplaces · #**2473** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 8:13 PM**

Another nice mild day. Edmonton and Winnipeg are also getting Calgary type weather today.

Surrealplaces · #**2474** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

Meanwhile, in Western Canada, conditions are freakishly above normal.

Higher than normal, but not necessarily freakish for Calgary. There have been warmer Months of March and February than this year, but they tend to be every 5 years or so.
March and February of 2009 for example was warmer than March and Feb of this year.

GernB · #**2475** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 8:17 PM**

+18, windy and blustery. +21 and sunny yesterday!

north 42 · #**2476** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by SaskScraper

fascinating how St Patties day is celebrated across the country, In the West it helps mark Spring time & the beginnings of 'greening up' of the outdoors, but in eastern half of the country its full on Winter still..

What? Based on one extremely above normal season? Regina's high for That date would be 0c Edmonton would be 2c, and calgary would be 4c. Not exactly grass greening weather, lol. BC is a totally different story. Meanwhile the east's highs for that date would be 6c for Windsor, 5c for Toronto. So really, the east is traditionally warmer than the west outside of BC. You have it backwards actually, lol.

Denscity · #**2477** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 9:02 PM**

Big cool down to +12 today. Cloudy and we had an overnight shower. Which is awesome cuz its been so dry and dusty here since January.

bkd · #**2478** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 9:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Another nice mild day. Edmonton and Winnipeg are also getting Calgary type weather today.

Been getting gorgeous weather in Edmonton for the past week and a half.

VivaPhysicality · #**2479** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 10:55 PM**

It was supposed to rain all day today.

Instead, it turned out to be +17 and partly sunny. I haven't seen a drop of rain. I'll take it!

csbvan · #**2480** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by VivaPhysicality

It was supposed to rain all day today.

Instead, it turned out to be +17 and partly sunny. I haven't seen a drop of rain. I'll take it!

The rain was VERY necessary, thankfully it all fell between 10pm last night and 8am this morning!