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9 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said:

Tropical bed all planted. Soil temp 71.1F. Ready for summer.


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Im currently waiting on my Musa Basjoo. Hopefully able to pick it up in a week or two and get them growing. I bought 3 gal ones. Kind of upset not able to get them until late May/Early June but considering it snowed last week here wasnt going to be able to do much with them anyways. 

How big do you think the 3 gallon ones will grow from June 15th to October? One is being planted in the ground and the other in a pot. 

5 hours ago, Kitchener poster said:

I’m going to switch my vacation days. Tuesday was supposed to be great. No way in heck I’m going to take Tuesday off from work now. Went from 71 degrees to 51 degrees. I’ll take off that following Monday instead. 

The plus side is that the averages are sky rocketing right now so even below normal is now 50s/60s. In a few weeks a cold day will be upper 60s/lower 70s. 

I keep seeing hints that the summer is going to be above normal but every time a warm up comes close it falls apart. 

32 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Lots of juicers in Cali and Florida though. Hard to compare.

The border is remaining closed until minimum late June now though it also separates two different reopening plans. Ontario just announced were about 90% open now. All construction, storefront retail, marinas, golf, tennis, indoor/outdoor sport facilities in general (no gyms) Libraries can reopen to pick up/drop off, on and on. Lol even maid service is back for those who can afford it. 

 Essentially just malls, restaurants, gyms and movie theatres remain fully closed. 

On 5/13/2020 at 6:41 PM, Kitchener poster said:

I’ll take it another step. This is complete BS how long I’ve waited for a 70 degree day. I think it will end up being around 220 straight days below 70. 

Haha at this point its pretty laughable. I also see a lot on wx twitter trying to stay the course with a very hot summer. Not saying it wont happen but its kind of funny when the hype train was forecasting mid-upper 20s next week and heat indexs into the 30s. Now its average with rain. 

At this point I wont even say were out of the woods for a rare late May/June frost. 

1 hour ago, Snowstorms said:

I've experienced real humidity when I went to Thailand and dry desert heat when I went to Vegas and Palm Springs, CA. I prefer dry heat, it’s much more tolerable. 

We average 16 days a year at or above 30C. 32C + is not as common either. The lake keeps us cool through-out the summer which is why sometimes you might see clouds sitting overtop the city on those hot summer days as opposed to the countryside. 

Let's look back at a few years to see how many 30C days YYZ recorded.

2019: 13 (1/13 above 32C)

2018: 30 (11/30 above 32C)

2017: 13 (4/13 above 32C)

2016: 38 (18/38 above 32C) <<< about as hot as it gets

2015: 14 (5/14 above 32C)

2014: 7 (1/7 above 32C) << cold summer

2013: 15 (7/15 above 32C)  

Just to give you a perspective of our climate. The summers are not as hot as you think. Most days are 30-32C which isn't even 90F. 

I loved the humidity when I was in Thailand haha. I was in Phoenix last summer and didnt really enjoy the heat much. But I also love that feeling of the tropics. Off topic but I was able to sneak in a quick Asia trip in January before covid. Landed in Bangkok January 5th and hung around Thailand for a few weeks before going to Dubai and finally Paris/London. Looking back on 2020 in a few decades it will be weird to say the wife and I did a world tour right when the world pandemic was beginning. 

Back to Toronto and heat, I guess its because of how hot Southern Ontario is compared to almost every other city in Canada. Working in Timmins in mid August and waking up to Temperatures around 0C. Calgary seeing frost and occasional snowstorms in May and September. St.Johns NL barely has a legit summer. Halifax has an okay summer but the average high in July is 23C or 74F. So Toronto seems balmy compared to most of this country. 

3 hours ago, Snowstorms said:

You're in the wrong city, matter of fact, wrong country if you're seeking "90-100F+ blowtorches". 

100F rarely happens in Toronto. The last time was in 2011 and before that was back in 2001, I believe. 

haha I know. Though every summer Toronto generally strings together a few days in the row of 32-34C and humidex values around 40C and above with lows around 23C 

Our criteria for hot here when hearing the weather reports and newscasts is 30C. The 30 year average for 30C or above in Toronto and most of southern Ontario is around 20-24 days a summer which is pretty respectable. Especially within Canada. Only the interior of BC averages more. 

Its all relative and depends what you like. I love those big humid heatwaves where its 25C when you walk out the door at 7am and your drenched in sweat haha. 

32 minutes ago, nwohweather said:

Lol Charleston & Columbia are about the same size metro area wise as El Paso. Our cities here are very small, not even a million people.

Also Charleston is a very wealthy area so many are working from home. To give people perspective the city has similar home values to Rochester Hills, MI and the suburbs are on price with Clarendon Hills outside of Chicago. Honestly coming from Toledo I have never seen an entire city like this. There are rough spots in North Charleston but even that is being gentrified quick.

Thanks for clarifying. Here in Ontario and I would imagine most states there is a disconnect between smaller cities and rural vs bigger cities. The low population of South Carolina might explain some characteristics as Northern Ontario cities are also asking for Ontario to reopen and I imagine they're calling us in the Southern part sissies. Its all relative though because I travel all over Ontario for work and sometimes the Northern Ontario clients come down to Toronto and sweat buckets and talk about how nerve whacking the 18 lane wide 401 is by the airport. They also ask how does anyone get used to driving like that haha. For me thats where I can call them sissies haha  

10 hours ago, nwohweather said:

Yeah no one followed it lol. Seriously traffic is been pretty heavy for awhile, boat launches have almost no parking spots, parks full, and golf courses requiring tee times as late as 5 PM on weekdays. 

Again though it is an entirely different culture here. Believe me when I say it is obvious why these people seceded from the Union first in the Civil War. Politically this state makes Donald Trump look like a liberal lol

Ive been looking at traffic jams in North America since mid march and I havent seen a change in South Carolinas cities? Though to be fair, I never really looked at Charleston or Columbias traffic before, but at 8:30am today there is zero traffic and it shows all green on the interstates? Is there normally traffic jams in those cities? Atlanta, Houston, Dallas all show relatively easy commutes still even though they are open. 

The reason im interested is I live in Hamilton and commute to Toronto now that my job is back (4 weeks deemed non-essential construction) and my commute should take 65-90 minutes because its bumper to bumper but right now im doing it in 40 minutes at 7:30am with it feeling like a sunday evening drive. 

6 hours ago, wisconsinwx said:

Yeah, hopefully I speak for a lot of us that this blowtorch would not be desirable; I'd settle for consistent average to a bit above average temps this time of year.  A lot of 70s.

haha sadly I enjoy extreme events. A few weeks in the 70s after this cold spell, but then I want 90-100F+  blowtorches 

35 minutes ago, NTXYankee said:

Hopefully a massive blowtorch.

I believe that happened in 2018 in the eastern great lakes. We had a very late season ice/winter storm in mid April, chilly beginning of May and by Mid May had highs around 80-86F. It was weird to be working outside baking in the sun while thinking only a few weeks ago I was freezing and walking thru snow. 

4 minutes ago, Stebo said:

No please god no.

I think were going to see a May snow thread lol. Some of me wants something historic only because if its going to be so cold lets see a 1-3" widespread snow with it where its something talked about for years. 

I dont know, since its may this massive cold spell doesn't seem as frightening. Average high is already going to be around 65F so even taking 10-15F off looking at days in the low 50F. Im not terribly upset by sunny cool days. In the GTA we still dont really plant gardens for another 2-3 weeks, especially if your north of the city. The May long weekend is our unofficial kick off to summer where its expected to have no more frost/freeze. 

After a 9 day battle with Corona (test results took days to get back) my grandmother passed away this morning in her long term care home with no one able to visit her in her last days. I know we can debate whether lockdowns are worth it or and whether the elderly would have died in a few years or months regardless of the virus, but at the end of the day shes not here anymore because of this virus. 

1 hour ago, weatherbo said:

April doesn't exist anymore, it's March 53rd.

27F tonight with light snow here just south of Toronto. Tomorrow is an impressive 34F with wet snow mixed with freezing drizzle 

Average high should be 56F 

15 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Never going to happen. If this last past June 1st we will see so many protests. No one will listen to stay at home orders in July/August in WNY. We get 3 months of summer here.

Ontario is about to lay out its reopening plan. Some rumors have it beginning as early as this weekend or early next week. 

9 hours ago, nwohweather said:

Oof this thread took off but honestly I’m glad. It shows the dire straits we are in with a shut down economy.

One thing I’d like to say is with the safety net argument, there really is none for an economy completely shutting down for two months due to a pandemic. I do understand the clamor for a system to Canada as we have excessive poverty and inequality in this country, but personally I doubt any of us have a true problem with that.

The majority of us have an insane amount of wealth compared to the average Canadian or Brit, absolutely insane. This economy and its rules are far from perfect but it’s the reason we can have 2000 sq ft homes, boats, golf courses everywhere, cottages in Northern MI.  I mean there is no way around it, as Americans like the fact many of us can afford quite a bit of "stuff". 

I often am in the Toronto area for work and when I’d drive over before moving to SC it would just shock me the lack of commercial development compared to what we see in America.

Lol, what? 

Sorry I cant let this go haha 

The average price of a detached home sold in Toronto last month was $1.04 million, versus $617,658 for condominiums. The average price of a home in Toronto and its suburbs rose 7.1 per cent from a year earlier to $843,637 in November

https://business.financialpost.com/real-estate/toronto-housing-prices-extend-gains-amid-tightening-supply

Our Cottage Country 

In Muskoka, we are seeing people in their 50s and 60s cashing out with significant amounts of money, as well as those who are coming into money and want to get out of the rat race,” said Bob Clarke, sales representative, Royal LePage Lakes of Muskoka, in the release.

“A 300-foot lot on southern Lake Joe once would be about $1.6 million. Now, if I found one west-facing it would likely be $3.0 million. That puts pressure on 100- and 200-foot lots.”

https://www.mymuskokanow.com/90449/cottage-prices-on-the-rise-in-2019-despite-flooding/

I normally wouldnt do this but when I travel the US (especially southern, but also Buffalo) I get asked if Canada is similar to the Soviet Union. I wish I was kidding but your analysis paints a bleak depressing white apartments, limited economic activity and food banks when that isnt true.

Also, I must say im jealous that you get to live in South Carolina. Vacationed in Hilton Head a few years ago and enjoyed every minute of it, I hope you have a good weekend and enjoy the nice weather while were getting a late season wet snow.  

10 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

If you like some country better than here why not move?  Everyone is constantly telling people to move north if they want more snow.  Same thing here.  If you want a completely different government move.  There is no sense staying in a miserable place when there is somewhere else that offers something far superior to what you have now.

Yikes, not trying to get very political here but how come immigration is such a hot issue down there but whenever someone praises Canada they get told to move here? How easy do you guys think it is to move here? Sorry, just as a Canadian its tiring to hear people say "Just move to Canada if you like it so much" 

43 minutes ago, Torchageddon said:

The threat of damaging winds for Mon across nearly all of southern ON started to be communicated as early as Thursday afternoon. Most substainal weather here so far this year probably. 

Regarding the severe threat in the south for Sunday, I'll believe a major tornado outbreak when we see one. IMO the last single day was April 28 2014.

Large geographic area of high potential is a big indicator for how likely we'll see one for the books and Sun has that. Even with my default non-scientific feeling always leaning on bust due to persistence, I think 1 or 2 strong tornadoes will occur. I wouldn't want to be down there in Dixie at a time like this, for multiple reasons but if so I'd be looking at my tornado plan and making sure I have a safe spot ready. Dixie is trending more as the main region for tornado alley.

The in-laws live in Port Maitland in Haldimand County and today I told them they should start preparing a plan. They live about 20 feet away from the lake and have a 10 foot breakwall protecting their backyard. They saw substantial damage with the fall storm. Ill be down there on Monday to record what happens during the height of the storm. 

3 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said:

It will be a very significant seiche with moderate to severe flooding if todays 12GFS verified. 

1. The lake is definitively higher now than it was in the fall. 
2. The lack of significant ice all winter allowed the shores to get battered more than normal so dunes and breakwalls may be in very poor shape right now.  In the fall, things tend to be as beefed up and as good of shape as any time as Summer has much lighter winds and conducive weather for repair.  
3. This storm is also long duration which spells bad news for many in vulnerable locations.  I would be taking action now if I had a place with any sort of risk.

Thanks, appreciate the response. Im going to try to get videos this time around as the fall storm peaked after dark. 

5 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said:

This storm has the ear marks of a real doozy.  Things working in its favor include a real nice pocket of isallobaric pressure rises sliding through WNY and the fact that its still deepening significantly as it passes by to our NW. 

Things working against it would be timing of the frontal passage, it currently looks to occur a tad too late to fully utilize diurnal mixing when the steepest lapse rates begin to move through; this only needs to change by a few hours to make a big difference though.  High wind events in late Spring have the ability to really tap the high sun angle and create very deep mixing bringing down the strongest winds.   

The Niagara frontier is incredibly battle hardened over the past 5 years with over a dozen events with winds above 60mph, several above 70mph, and one above 80mph, so that works in our favor of clearing out the weak and damaged trees and limbs, thus limiting damage.  On the other hand, a lot of trees have budded out significantly and that adds weight and resistance, plus anything over 70mph starts to take down even the strongest trees. Antecedent conditions also aren't overly wet, but we might get a good soaking in the warm sector which will certain soften things up.  

A very fun and exciting storm to be tracking after winter sputtered away to nothing....

Whats your thoughts on Lake Erie waves and seiche. The inlaws live in the port maitland area of Lake Erie in Haldimand County and got slammed by the fall storm. Think the waves and seiche will be similar? 3 weeks ago I bought a Kestrel weather meter so im excited to try it out in a storm and not just in my suburban backyard haha. 

7 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said:

I know there's this corona thing going on but for just a brief moment let's see if we can focus on next Monday's wind potential. If realized thus could be a pretty damaging scenario unfolding for the more densely populated parts of the Niag Frontier Late Monday morn through way Monday night. The NWS has stated winds may be SUSTAINED at 50mph for some time that afternoon with gusts to 70mph, which I would think hit 80 in spots of Niagara and Orleans cos. What we certainly do not need now are widespread power outages for days due to an event like this. 

Im following this closely. The long duration could bring substantial flooding to the shorelines and waves could be massive. The fall storm comes to mind and that one devastated the shorelines and caused millions of damage on the Canadian side alone. 

Im going to wait another 24 hours before I sound the alarm for my inlaws who live only 20 feet from the shore. The breakwall held up okay in the Fall storm but suffered some damage which has yet to be fixed. Ill be heading down on monday regardless to check this out. 

25 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Think I will turn this into a general storm thread to include the rain/wind aspects.

System looks to deepen pretty rapidly as currently progged, although it is already fairly deep when it's rolling out of the Plains.

The winds for Lake Erie look particularly interesting.  

4 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Opps was posting in wrong thread. Figures the cold shows up in April.

Normally I want spring weather but with not much happening outside right now, I want to see some historic mid april cold and snow/ice 

On 4/5/2020 at 5:27 PM, Hoosier said:

Having an April 14 snowstorm in consecutive years in the sub would be pretty crazy.

There was a historic ice storm in Southern Ontario and WNY in mid April 2018 as well. 

5 hours ago, snowstormcanuck said:

Yeah, I've heard the same thing about the testing.  Interesting in the news conference, Dr. Donnelly stated the projections were based only on confirmed cases.  We know that the actual cases are probably at least 5-10x the reported ones, but he seemed to reject that that has any bearing on the accuracy of the projections.  They're the experts, so I guess I'll defer to them.

Yeah, I heard about that in Brampton.  The $100,000 fine is the maximum prescribed by the statute.  It'll be in the hands of a judge to actually impose that sentence; likely it will much less.  That being said, some of these idiots removing barricades to access the park parking lots should get that fine, and maybe a couple of wacks by the cop's batons.  Complete idiots.

I was supposed to go back to work on Monday.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say I'm going to be getting an email shortly saying that's not the case.  lol.

That update today ended my construction work. Have to say im relieved as watching those numbers rise and no change to the list was a bit scary. Currently were planning for a 2 week shutdown but expecting it to last all of April.