New York Renovator

I just got this in my email…. noooooo….

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

…HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY…

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA ON TUESDAY…AND THEN TO THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

315 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 …WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE MORNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS ON TREATED SURFACES. HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE SNOW CONTINUES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

My friend at Northview Diary is seeing robins, however. Over a hundred of them in one flock! I’ve never seen more than five or six together. Oh, it must have been a beautiful sight.

What a wacky winter we’d had this year. The temperatures ahave been bobbing up and down like a yo-yo. Juat the other day, temperatures were into the 40s, it rained, and all the snow melted. Today, the temperature dropped again, and a surprise winter storm hit again!

Predictions for areas north of me are 1 to 2 feet by tonight. Ouch.

We Upstaters are getting mighty tired of scraping the ice off our vehicles and paying our heating bills. we still have March, that wildcat of months where we usually suffer more temp swings and ice conditions. Right now, it’s risky even walking to your mailbox or to the car. The weekend rain has now frozen, and today’s snow has covered it. Walking on the ice with a layer of snow is not fun at all.

In other news, Johnny’s Seeds called me to tell me that the Adirondack Blue seed potatoes are all sold out, and they won’t have anything until next spring! I think everyone is eager for spring this year– a lot of the seed stores have their supplies dwindling. We are READY for green grass and sunshine again!

I’m adding a poll about the recent unusual weather we’ve had around here. Please try to take the time and vote, would you?

This “January Thaw” as I call it is unprecedented. It was near 70 degrees a weeks ago, and all our snow is gone. Our winter has hardly had a chance to begin, too!

I read a news story that says winters in the Northeast are 2.5 degrees warmer now than 40 years ago.

A study of weather station data from across the Northeast from 1965 through 2005 found December-March temperatures increased by 2.5 degrees. Snowfall totals dropped by an average of 8.8 inches across the region over the same period, and the number of days with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground decreased by nine days on average.

What do you think? In your own experience, are winters getting warmer? I tend to think not. I actually think winters– and all seasons– are becoming more extreme. We’ve had several winters of severe, below-zero weather and unusual days of extremely heavy snow and then the temperatures would pop back up again.

What strikes you, about this weather?

Plus, it is just me, or do all our snowstorms now appear sometime on Sunday or Sunday nights now? What is this?!