A SNOW-LESS Winter in Bahstin...

In the latest forecasts I'm hearing something different. There's a lot of uncertainty about this storm and how much snow it'll bring to the cities of Boston, Providence and along the coast. The converging weather patterns plus the split in the Jet Stream's steering influences make for the difficulty. I still wouldn't want to be living in north and west of Boston or out around and beyond the Rt 495 belt.

Seems Boston city might get 8 inches but could turn over to slush in the late afternoon. no telling what that means at night. The higher elevations (1000 ft) may get all snow.

oh my

That's what I'm seeing. We are allegedly in the 3-6" band but who knows.

60 degrees yesterday in VA. Snow forecast for tonight and tomorrow. The daffodils are confused.

I think of them as daffy down dillies, a name from my childhood, not from my experience with plant material studies. Makes sense the weather would make them daffy.

9 PM, snowing hard and sticking.
Between sudden temp changes and 16000 UVA students returning from hither and yon after spring break (and bringing flu-like symptoms with them), it seems everyone in town is in danger of catching colds. It happens every year.

Ick. Stay healthy, John!

there was at least 6" on the front walk this morning.
according to Bahstin.cahm, we are in the 8-10" boundary.
what a mess -- slush puddles at every corner...

I will always remember this as the winter of weird snow. Earlier this morning, a snow was coming down in little balls, like hail, but it was snow. Very strange.

So far, Worcester, MA is the nation's snowiest city.
http://www.boston.com/2013/03/20/worcester-nation-snowiest-city-this-year/T7NqcNuQNvnaIJGYsKR2AM/story.html

In NW New Mexico, I'm seeing goatheads sprouting. I used to expect them around the end of May.

Is that anything like fiddlehead ferns?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlehead_fern

No similarity whatsoever, except that they do present a small, low lying fern like appearance.

However, if you think they are edible or otherwise useful, I will stroll through their territory when they mature, pluck a few pounds of seed from the soles of my shoes and send them along. They should do well with your alligators, pythons, and who knows what.

I had to look up goatheads out of curiosity:

"Some body builders use goatheads as post cycle therapy or "PCT". After they have completed an anabolic-steroid cycle, they use it under the assumption that it will restore the body's natural testosterone levels.

The extract is claimed to increase the body's natural testosterone levels and thereby improve male sexual performance and help build muscle."

The effect on male hormones has proven has been disproven in clinical studies.

I don't know where you looked, but they are probably clueless on other subjects, as well. They are plants, not the part of a goat that has horns, though they look somewhat similar.

Thought you said goatherds.

This so sux so bad that it is actually snowing here again...What are we one, two days from Spring? Awful...it really is...It does not really bother me, but I just hate being cold, and like to go outside...

I friggen can't wait for Spring then summer, and I am probably gonna think about decking anyone who has the gull to actually bitch about the heat when Summer comes...because it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much friggen better than this alternative now that it seems that global warming has given this area nothing but what seems like winter and summer now....

Spring arrived at 7 a.m. yesterday!

and then it snowed some more

bahhhhhhhhhh yuck

the dogs like it

I think I'm over it for the year

It was explained to me once, years ago, that the four seasons in Canada are Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.