Will We Have a Winter this Year??, page 1


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Topic started on 8-1-2012 @ 10:29 AM by DontTreadOnMe
The weather has been odd to say the least this winter.
Above average temperatures....below average to non-existent snow.
Plays havoc with fragile economies as snow contractors, retailers of snow removal stuff and winter sports suffer.
Isn't good for the earth as we need the cold to kill off bugs, weeds and disease and a blanket of snow is a good protector.

Here in SE MIchigan, we've not needed to use a shovel once...I saw a flying insect [like a big mosquito] last week and this morning I saw a dandelion in bloom.

NOAA
claims Winter is returning, and even perhaps wintry precipitation

And the 15-day forecast does seem to show a downward trend to more seasonal weather.

What is your winter experience, weather-wise?
Is this a midwest US phenomena?
And weather gurus has a reason for this in plain English

I can remember up and down extremes....longish periods of little to snow snow...but this year seems more...unusual...
edit on Sun Jan 8 2012 by DontTreadOnMe because: clarity




UPDATE
Europe and US Be Aware - Winter Is Returning...
edit on Mon Jan 9 2012 by DontTreadOnMe because: (no reason given)



reply posted on 8-1-2012 @ 10:38 AM by TortoiseKweek
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Same here in Toronto. I have family here and was hoping for them to see the usual winter - cold and snow, cause we don't get that in South Africa. I had to drive up to Barrie and Orillia yesterday for them to see snow on the ground. All I can do now is show them photos of previous years. What a let down.

You are so right in saying the companies who survive on this are suffering. The ski slope guys can make all the damn snow they want but when it hits 7 Deg Celsius here.... they're losing the battle. At least if it was cold the man made snow would stay. Old Man Winter must still be on vacation!


reply posted on 8-1-2012 @ 10:50 AM by Alexander the Great
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It's wild. Yesterday was almost 60 degrees (I'm in central Jersey).
You see people in T-shirts and shorts jogging, riding bikes and kids playing.
Then the very next day it's 20 degrees outside, no body in sight.
The night before the 60 degree weather, it snowed.
Oh and I look at my phone, it is almost 60 again...
The weather is acting strange...But I'm not worried, I think it's just a warm winter...can't complain right?


reply posted on 8-1-2012 @ 10:58 AM by britelite1971
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I have to agree with you. I'm in Indiana and it is unseasonably nice right now. I can't say I'm not loving it, but it is strange! We have had 3 snows this year and none of them have lasted for very long. It is really odd! Perhaps the Grinch became confused in his old age and instead of stealing Christmas he stole winter?


reply posted on 8-1-2012 @ 10:59 AM by this_is_who_we_are
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I live in SE Michigan as well. All I have to say is: "Where's my snowstorm!?" It's January and yesterday it was 52 degrees. What the deuce?


reply posted on 8-1-2012 @ 11:00 AM by superman2012
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Saskatchewan, Canada here. One big dump (6 inches) of snow in one day last week, then it melted away. Above seasonal weather, I have not seen a winter like this in my 32 years.
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