Cold Weekend for Okanagan

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:19 am

Get out the woolies...
A cold weekend...hard to take after 24 C a few days ago.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/index. ... eyewx14day

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:58 pm

"The Low" just rolled in.
There used to be mountains over there...now covered in a blizzard.
Global warming, my a**

Barb

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:52 pm

Sucks, doesn't it.

Looks like Edmonton will miss the snow but it is supposed to get down to -10*C tonight. The cover is back on the Palm shelter and I turned the heat back on.

I hope that those 3 nice days were not all the summer we are going to get.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:57 pm

-10? Ouch. Thank goodness you hadn't taken the palm shelter apart yet, Allen.

If during summer you hear me complaining about 34C, hit me with a stick please

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:41 pm

Same pic, a day later:

I'm speechless!

Barb

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:18 pm

Good News.

You won't have to water the yard for a few days.

I was wrong about Edmonton missing the snow, and they were wrong about -10*C. It took until 3 PM for the temperature to get that high in our neck of the city. We missed the record low by 2*.

We haven't got as much snow as you, but there were 3 fender benders in the 24 block drive home from the hockey game. I still don't know how we improved from the worst drivers in Canada to the second worst drivers.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:10 pm

Lots of accidents on the roads here.
Would've been worse if it had been a weekday.

An old-timer here said he's never seen this happen in 50 years.

Here's to not seeing it again.
Barb

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:40 pm

Barb..nice shots...yikes...Talk about turning over on a dime...I do hope the worst is over for you folks...

PalmettomanZ6-Ajax, On

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:37 pm

The last time that it was this bad was in 1929. We are forecast to break a record on Friday when the low gets to -14*C. We are also forecast to get 80 cm of snow by Friday before the temps get back to 0.

I generally take forecasts with a grain of salt. Not after today. -10*C and winds gusting to 75 km made it ridiculously cold.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:37 am

Me too, Palmetto, thanks.

Allen, 80 CM ????

I hope they're dead wrong!

The local radio station yesterday reported this is a 100 year record for temps and snow.

Peach, apricot, some pear and apple varieties will be severely damaged = low crops.
My 30 year old Star Magnolia was in full bloom; could be a gonner.

Barb

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:40 am

Barb et al! You guys make sure NOT to send that weather this way! The Magnolias are reaching peak here in Toronto, I'd hate to see the flowers get frosted...
Hopefully your magnolia is okay. It would be a shame to lose it to a freak late cold snap/storm... Let us know how your plants fared...

Allen... I don't know what to say...

It reached 26 on Firday, 25 on Saturday and 28 yesterday in Sydenham (according to my digital thermometer in the shade...) Amazing temps for this time of year! I planted a large bamboo (P. aureosulcata), a bunch of cacti, and a few Yuccas.

I'll post an updated dead plant list in a moment... I have a LOT of new additions... I didn't have a chance to get any pictures though...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:09 pm

Paul,
DEAD PLANT LIST? Because of the heat?
Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:33 pm

Paul, here's the Magnolia today.

Wish I had taken a photo of it on Friday.
The flowers were breathtaking!

Barb

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:43 am

I don't know if it is good news, but the snow is supposed to stop today with just over a foot of snow. Places north and east of us got the worst of it. The Lloydminster area got more snow in the last 3 days than it did during the winter.

The wind is supposed to back off as well. I am tired of shoveling one day and not being able to see where I shoveled the next day.

Now it is going to get sunny and cold. The forecast calls for lows of up to -18*C over the next 3 days and highs of almost 0*C. We have been setting all time low temperature records most days and that won't change before Friday.

There is over 2' of snow in the desert and the soil should be close to freezing. The ground should saturate when it thaws and I am afraid that I will have a dead list like Paul's.

I just have to hang in and hope for the best.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:38 am

Allen, be grateful for that nice enclosure you built.
It's certainly worked for you this year.

Barb

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:51 am

Environment Canada is forecasting a steady improvement over the remainder of the week. Thursday is the only fly in the ointment with 40% showers forecast. Temps in the upper teens (celcius) mid to upper 60's fahrenheit for Saturday

. Now if I could only have a guarantee. There should be an similar pattern that will extend eastward into the interior of BC too.

Cheers, Barrie.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:21 am

Attaboy, Barrie.
Needed to hear that.
Barb

yuccaman · Post by **yuccaman** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:21 pm

30 to 50+ cm that the west got made me think back in March 2008 when we had close to 100 cm of snow in 2 days during a MASSIVE blizzard!!!

The snow is history now since 6 days of 20 to 27C weather that got a hold of it. We had our problems because of flooding and using sandbags to
stop it coming to the houses. I feel bad about you all in the west with close to -20C weather with record snow. Our latest snow was early May.

We could see some severe thunderstorms for Saturday that will make flooding worse. Things had been bad here too.

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:34 pm

Forecasts look like that cold air mass will be heading eastward trimming the mild temps there. Here, I never recorded a below freezing temp during the Yukon express and daytime temps where below normal, mostly in the 7c to 13c range.
Alberta and Sasketchwan was and continues to be, another story. Must be where the -20c temps where recorded.

Cheers, Barrie.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:47 pm

Local paper today.
Nice to see a positive spin

Barb

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:12 pm

Now those are Canadians! Willing to improvise for the sake of a better today. Hey and no coolers needed

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Cheers, Barrie.

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