Winter is not going quickly or quietly. Even though, as a meteorologist, I know better,
I swear I should have NEVER said a word about a Noreaster in my previous post.
Here's the latest from the National Weather Service...yes, that says
WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE. Uuuugggghhhh.
000
WWUS41 KOKX 302023
WSWOKX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
423 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011
CTZ005-006-NJZ002-004-103-105-107-NYZ067>070-310430-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WS.A.0006.110401T0400Z-110401T1600Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
423 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHWEST
CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL ISSUES FOR THE FRIDAY
MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE SLIPPERY AND
VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE WET AND
HEAVY...PRESENTING PROBLEMS FOR TREE BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES...AS WELL AS FOR SNOW REMOVAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
30 March 2011
I Tempted Fate...And Lost
20 March 2011
Happy Spring!
It's the first day of astronomical spring today (not to be confused with meteorological spring, which comes later), and I could totally do a dance. However, being a meteorologist, I know that we aren't out of the woods yet in terms of cold weather and the possibility of...gasp!...a winter storm. After all, the Superstorm was 12-13 March 1993!
I will, in the meantime, concentrate on the wee little sprouts that are promising spring, come hell or a Noreaster.
This is a peony that was in my great-grandfather's garden when he came to this country. They were in my grandfather's garden after that, and we moved them to my dad's garden when Gramps died. I received this priceless piece of my family's heritage two autumns ago.
Last year's berries on the northern bayberry are still hanging on.
One small flower pokes its head out on the forsythia.
The phlox is waking up in small, green whorls of baby leaves.
Of course, the quintessential harbinger of spring is flowering...the crocus.
I will, in the meantime, concentrate on the wee little sprouts that are promising spring, come hell or a Noreaster.
This is a peony that was in my great-grandfather's garden when he came to this country. They were in my grandfather's garden after that, and we moved them to my dad's garden when Gramps died. I received this priceless piece of my family's heritage two autumns ago.
Last year's berries on the northern bayberry are still hanging on.
One small flower pokes its head out on the forsythia.
The phlox is waking up in small, green whorls of baby leaves.
Of course, the quintessential harbinger of spring is flowering...the crocus.
06 March 2011
It's Alive!
It was in the low 60s yesterday, so I wandered outside to see what was up in the garden. Yes, I know that it's only early March, and I also know that another large snowfall is not out of the question for this month. Hope, however, springs eternal for those of us who crave the smell of soil and the sight of baby green things poking their heads up out of the ground. So, it was a big score to see...
...daffodils beneath the still-dormant hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens, the NJ native, of course!).
...a not-totally-crushed mount of coral bells, which was so recently under many feet of snow; unfortunately, the lamb's ear behind it didn't fare so well.
...tons and tons of swelling buds on the forsythia. It's almost time to cut a branch off, bring it inside, and watch it bloom.
If this wasn't enough of garden goodness for one day, the Cooper's hawk flew low overhead on its way to go bother a flock of starlings in a tree. Insert contented sigh here.
...daffodils beneath the still-dormant hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens, the NJ native, of course!).
...a not-totally-crushed mount of coral bells, which was so recently under many feet of snow; unfortunately, the lamb's ear behind it didn't fare so well.
...tons and tons of swelling buds on the forsythia. It's almost time to cut a branch off, bring it inside, and watch it bloom.If this wasn't enough of garden goodness for one day, the Cooper's hawk flew low overhead on its way to go bother a flock of starlings in a tree. Insert contented sigh here.
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