Will the Arctic Cold Front Cause Severe Weather and Damage to Crops?

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The discussion centers around varying winter weather experiences across different regions. An Arctic cold front is expected to bring severe conditions, including strong winds and potential blizzard-like conditions, leading to dangerously low wind chills in some areas. Participants share personal weather updates, with some experiencing significant snowfall while others report mild conditions. Notably, areas in the Midwest and parts of the UK are facing heavy snow, while regions like Western Washington and parts of Florida are seeing typical winter temperatures without snow. Concerns about the impact of cold weather on crops, infrastructure challenges in handling snow, and personal anecdotes about coping with the cold are prevalent. The conversation also touches on the contrasting experiences of those in warmer climates, highlighting the diverse impacts of winter weather across the globe.
  • #951
dlgoff said:
Everything will be killed here including the pollinators. :cry:
My fear, too, dlg. Things are changing too fast, and nature can't keep up, I'm afraid.
 
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  • #952
Damn! It's still a bit cool in the house, but 82 F in the shade outside. I fear for early-blooming crops because there is still plenty of "winter" ahead.
 
  • #953
AlephZero said:
The UK seems to be living up to an old weather proverb: if the ice is thick enough for a duck to walk on before Christmas, it won't be thick enough for a goose to walk on all year.

Walk?! :bugeye:
Here, Canada geese and Canuck ducks are hatched knowing how to skate. It's very handy for the unfortunate ones who miss their flights for migration.
 
  • #954
Pine pollen season started here a few days ago, about two or three weeks early. My wife's car is now light green instead of white. :-p
 
  • #955
I fear for this year's fruit crops. We will eventually get back into a "Baby it's cold outside" trend, I think, but again today, we are in the mid-80s in the shade and the fruit trees are sporting fattening buds. Bad news for the commercial apple/pear orchards here, I fear. Combined with a warm winter that allowed many insect pests to over-winter, they will be fighting for their financial survival. Crops will likely be small, and insecticide costs may be very high. Not good.
 
  • #956
Still high in mid 50's here.
 
  • #957
This is ridiculous! 86 in the shade here, and it's only the second day of spring! I really want to get the "Baby it's cold outside" conditions to put some my fruit trees back into dormancy, if that's even possible at this point.
 
  • #958
We ended up with about 7" of snow over the last couple of days. Some of it melted and then it dropped below freezing again and more came down. This is one of the heaviest snowfalls that we've seen in years.

Today it will be in near 40F but is supposed to drop into the low 20s again tonight. That means lots of black ice from the snow melt.
 
  • #959
Baby it's warm out. But I am glad to hear my apple trees buzzing with Honey Bees. The most bees I've seen for at least 5 years. They're making a come-back here, IMO.
 
  • #960
dlgoff said:
Baby it's warm out. But I am glad to hear my apple trees buzzing with Honey Bees. The most bees I've seen for at least 5 years. They're making a come-back here, IMO.
It was in the 80s last week. Now its 30 F outside and expected in the 20s tonight. This year's apple crop is iffy.

The leaves on my blueberries have opened already. That's not supposed to happen for several weeks. Last year - some of the new growth died during a late freeze.
 
  • #961
Astronuc said:
It was in the 80s last week. Now its 30 F outside and expected in the 20s tonight. This year's apple crop is iffy.

The leaves on my blueberries have opened already. That's not supposed to happen for several weeks. Last year - some of the new growth died during a late freeze.
I would really like to get some blueberries going here. Years ago I couldn't get them to survive the hot summers. But I want to try again.

Speaking of "not supposed to happen". Yesterday I opened the door on my outside electrical box to plug into and was attacked by wasps. Hello. It's only March not July.
 
  • #962
I was supposed to visit my barber and get a haircut today, but temperatures had plummeted from 80s (last week) to just about freezing today. Since she has to cut my hair outdoor, we had to cancel and hope to reschedule when we get a bit of a warm-up, so she doesn't freeze her skinny fingers.

I don't know what's going to happen with my fruit trees or my wife's flowering perennials. Our plants got a jump-start and I fear they will suffer damage from this switch to below-seasonable temperatures.
 
  • #963
Temps currently in the low 20s, and windy with gusts to 30-40 mph. I just got back inside from walking Duke, and I'm frozen.
 
  • #965
Ok - it's back to cold. We have a freeze warning.
 
  • #966
Astronuc said:
Ok - it's back to cold. We have a freeze warning.
It's crazy here too. Saturday we had a frost that hurt some of my garden then today 95. WT*
 
  • #967
It's about -1c here right now, I have to pull my motorbikes out of storage today, it's going to be a cold day of riding.

Edit: It sounds like I wouldn't pull them out if I didn't have to, but even if I didn't have to, I still would. :biggrin:
 
  • #968
Does 72°F at noon count as being cold? After the 100°F to 110°F days we've had, it's feeling a little cold out there.
 
  • #969
  • #970
dlgoff said:
Does 72°F at noon count as being cold? After the 100°F to 110°F days we've had, it's feeling a little cold out there.

I know what you mean. It's raining here and 69°F. I love it!
 
  • #971
dlgoff said:
Does 72°F at noon count as being cold? After the 100°F to 110°F days we've had, it's feeling a little cold out there.

Jimmy said:
I know what you mean. It's raining here and 69°F. I love it!
I had to wear a sweater last night and I was still cold. I can take this!
 
  • #972
It was 53.7°F at 7:00 AM here in the U.P. of Michigan, some of the trees are starting to change color already...
 
  • #973
62F at 12 noon, we had rain and hail earlier. Only 65F right now.
 
  • #974
Evo said:
62F at 12 noon, we had rain and hail earlier. Only 65F right now.
Color me jealous. I have so much yard-work to do, but with highs in the high 80s and dew points in the 70s, I can't stand being outside for long, much less doing anything that requires physical exertion.
 
  • #975
Currently, 17 C = 63 F;

today's predicted high, 19 C = 66 F;

tonight's predicted low, 6 C = 43 F.
 
  • #976
Evo said:
62F at 12 noon, we had rain and hail earlier. Only 65F right now.

Similarly here. After getting back from Croatia (with temps in 90s every day) it feels like December.
 
  • #977
66.4 F = 19 C

will be -40 soon
 
  • #978
Current temperature is 2 C = 35.6 F.
 
  • #979
George Jones said:
Current temperature is 2 C = 35.6 F.
I hope someone gives you the third degree.
 
  • #980
Temperatures will be dropping all day, into the 60's. According to the weather map, it looks like the damaging hail, winds and chance of tornadoes will be to the east of dl and I. Sure looking forward to more rain and fall temperatures.
 
  • #981
We had snow last night. It got washed away in heavy rains this morning. Currently, it is quite damp and cold outside. I don't if we will see 45 deg F today.
 
  • #982
It is snowing right now.

Pretty early. There is a saying here that Saint Martin comes on a white horse - that is, first snow comes on November 11th. For obvious reasons I do watch what happens on 11.11 - and I think in the last 50 years it happened just once, first snow was always coming later.

But it is still slightly above freezing, +1 deg C.
 
  • #983
-40 is coming soon
 
  • #984
Right now, it's -18C (-0.4F), and we have had 25 cm (10 inches) of snow in the last few days. In October! It's going to be a wintery Halloween for my six-year-old daughter.

I'm leaving for a 55 minute walk (20 minutes to Tim Hortons, then 35 minutes to work).
 
  • #985
It's warming up rapidly, with torrential rains and T-storms. Not such a bad aftermath to a hurricane.
 
  • #986
turbo said:
It's warming up rapidly, with torrential rains and T-storms. Not such a bad aftermath to a hurricane.
The bold text reflects the reason for my desire to have hurricanes in Kansas. Well this result of one i.e.
 
  • #987
We woke up to heavy wet snow this morning. Thankfully, the frosts and winds stripped most of the leaves off the trees, so the snow didn't snap the trees and take out our power.
 
  • #988
Lately here in Vegas it's still been hot/shorts weather even into November. It's irritating.

But today we have tons of wind, ominous looking clouds and much cooler temperatures. More like fall should be!
 
  • #989
We had about 2 inches of snow and no wind. There's a downed tree that damaged one of the shingles on my garage. The tree is very close to the garage and leaning against it so it still looks like it's standing. It may have fallen during Sandy but I didn't notice it until today. My insurance has a $1000 deductible so this won't be covered.
 
  • #990
Just walked back from tea at Tim Hortons. Temperature is -20C (-4F).
 
  • #991
Still some snow on the ground in sheltered places... I guess winter is here.
 
  • #992
High in the mid 70's again today. I had to run the air conditioner yesterday. Supposed to start cooling off again tomorrow after a storm tonight.
 
  • #993
George Jones said:
Just walked back from tea at Tim Hortons. Temperature is -20C (-4F).

Wow, where are you? Resolute Bay, Thule?.
 
  • #994
Rain rain rain rain rain, our creek is a river. A moderate flow is normally about 30 cubic feet per second. This morning it was probably pushing 200 cfs. And it was roaring! Gets a little worrisome because I have foot bridge that badly needs replacing and new anchors set. If we lose the DTV signal, the first thing I'll do is look to see if the bridge is still there.
 
  • #995
Ivan Seeking said:
Rain rain rain rain rain, our creek is a river. A moderate flow is normally about 30 cubic feet per second. This morning it was probably pushing 200 cfs. And it was roaring! Gets a little worrisome because I have foot bridge that badly needs replacing and new anchors set. If we lose the DTV signal, the first thing I'll do is look to see if the bridge is still there.
Yikes! And we need rain so bad.
 
  • #996
Evo said:
Yikes! And we need rain so bad.

We started late but then the rain came on with a vengence. in fact this is the first time in over 20 years that we've seen the creek come back from just one rain storm. Usually it takes several. Sometimes it's back by mid september but this year it was late October I think... Trying to remember, I think about three weeks ago.

We had flooding in our area last night.
 
  • #997
Ivan Seeking said:
We started late but then the rain came on with a vengence. in fact this is the first time in over 20 years that we've seen the creek come back from just one rain storm. Usually it takes several. Sometimes it's back by mid september but this year it was late October I think... Trying to remember, I think about three weeks ago.

We had flooding in our area last night.
I hope it stops. Or do they predict heavy snow this winter?

We get several years of flooding, then several years of drought. Last night on the news I looked up to see "16-20" of snow forecasted. Then before I fell over, the guy said "before the end of the year". Still, that's a lot of snow for us, maybe he meant end of winter, it came across as end of the year in the text.
 
  • #998
Ivan Seeking said:
If we lose the DTV signal, the first thing I'll do is look to see if the bridge is still there.

Your DTV signal is brought to you by land? We use wireless.
 
  • #999
Borek said:
Your DTV signal is brought to you by land? We use wireless.

In Oregon, the DTV signal is still carried by men on fast horses.

The antenna is out in the pasture on the other side of the creek.
 
  • #1,000
Ivan Seeking said:
In Oregon, the DTV signal is still carried by men on fast horses.

The antenna is out in the pasture on the other side of the creek.
I can remember when my father would send me out with a bucket to fetch DTV signals.
 

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