It’s amazing what a couple warm days will do to 14 inches of snow on the ground. My driveway is totally free of ice. The mailman can now reach my mailbox, and I don’t have to wade through snowdrifts to get at my garbage cans. The weatherman is calling for 60 degrees tomorrow, but I’m not falling for it one bit. Oh sure, I’ll enjoy this glitch while it’s here, but I know winter will come back in all it’s white fury!
I can remember 18-21 inch snowfalls well into March, and one year we got dumped on in April. Mother Nature has always been fickle when it comes to predictability. Even the weatherman has been known to be totally humiliated by his million dollar equipment. You can be setting up the kids inflatable pool the first of April, or shoveling a wet heavy snowfall. There is no way of really knowing how long,or short, winter is going to be. So for the time being I’m going to bask in this aberration, and keep my winter parka hung by the back door.
Mike
Mike… tomorrow will be 60. Spring is finally here! I think you should set up the inflatable pool tomorrow. Get ahead of things. Plant some flowers. Get out the lawn chairs. Grill some burgers (don’t forget to put on sunscreen!). Trust me – we’ve seen our last snowflake of the year.
I know what you mean. I’m going to enjoy the weather, but I know that mother nature will come back in all her winter glory soon.
I’ve had days in the beginning of April when we were steelhead fishing and it was 70 degrees, and I’ve had days where we were fishing in the same week, and still had a foot of snow on the ground.
This is Michigan after all – you just never know.
and we had snow flurries all day today? Wonder what spring has against us. high of 33.