Psalm 148:8 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Just back from sister's picking blueberries! Wow! we picked 3 small tubs full.....pouring sweat....and there were clouds out! still many, many more to be picked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Just back from sister's picking blueberries! Wow! we picked 3 small tubs full.....pouring sweat....and there were clouds out! still many, many more to be picked... I've got to get some blueberry vines or something. as much as I love homemade blueberry cobbler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 I've got to get some blueberry vines or something. as much as I love homemade blueberry cobbler. She has about 7 bushes.....they are about 6 feet tall each.....there are soooo many berries that are still not ready to be picked....I estimate we only picked about 20% of the ones that were ready tonite....hubby loves homemade blueberry muffins....sister was sharing with some of her folks at work too....nice to get something free that they are charging 2.50 a pint at the groc store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx4life Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Just back from sister's picking blueberries! Wow! we picked 3 small tubs full.....pouring sweat....and there were clouds out! still many, many more to be picked... Mmmmmm....I love blueberries! I have thought about getting some bushes but didn't know how difficult they were to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Mmmmmm....I love blueberries! I have thought about getting some bushes but didn't know how difficult they were to keep. Once established, probably very easy....Hers are planted in full sun....she has lived there 3 years almost....the folks that lived there before her planted them.....She's never done anything except go out and pick em each summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXinCanton Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Still in Canton I assume? I'm moving over 700 miles north to State College, PA for school this fall. Now that will be a bit of a change! yeah, Canton mailing address. Closer to Holly springs though. Good luck in school, you studying to be a met? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Once established, probably very easy....Hers are planted in full sun....she has lived there 3 years almost....the folks that lived there before her planted them.....She's never done anything except go out and pick em each summer. Me and the wife hiked Pine Mountain last week to pick some wild blueberries. They are small but delicious in pancakes. Apparently nobody knows about them because I pretty much have the whole lot to myself every summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Here's a look at just one of my blueberry stands -- this one about 10 feet tall. They were planted 80 years ago and are well-established. Zero maintenance, even in drought. I get gallons of berries every year, enough to can up dozens of jars of preserves, which make handy, inexpensive, much-appreciated Christmas gifts. The berries are just starting to come in now. Time to get busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Found a nice place to cool off last week if anyone needs suggestions.......(Lake Tahoe....simply awesome!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Found a nice place to cool off last week if anyone needs suggestions.......(Lake Tahoe....simply awesome!) I have been there several times and absolutely it. Glad you had a great time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Found a nice place to cool off last week if anyone needs suggestions.......(Lake Tahoe....simply awesome!) VERY NICE!!!! I am going to cool off next week myself. Headed up to upstate NY on Oneida Lake near Syracuse. Looking forward to highs in the low 70's and low 80's with lows of upper 40's to upper 50's with low DP's!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennedy Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Found a nice place to cool off last week if anyone needs suggestions.......(Lake Tahoe....simply awesome!) Great pics, looks like you had a good time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Found a nice place to cool off last week if anyone needs suggestions.......(Lake Tahoe....simply awesome!) That water looks beautiful!!! and the snow on the mountain tops....be still my heart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 It's Chick-Fil-A Cow Appreciation Day! Dress up like a cow and get a free meal. You don't have to do anything too spectacular either. http://www.cowappreciationday.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Have fun in Upstate, hawksfan! We did have a great time. It was also our 20th Anniversary so she DESERVED the trip...LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Have fun in Upstate, hawksfan! We did have a great time. It was also our 20th Anniversary so she DESERVED the trip...LOL! Beautiful pics and congratulations on you 20th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx4life Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I'm making a peach cobbler tonight and I am soooo excited!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 I'm heading down to Panama City on Thursday and won't be returning until late Monday night. There will be exciting weather while I'm gone... Bank on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I'm heading down to Panama City on Thursday and won't be returning until late Monday night. There will be exciting weather while I'm gone... Bank on it. Grats! Well there will be no observations from Cobb County on the board that time frame then. I'm also out to upstate NY on Wednesday. You are correct, interesting weather will most definitely happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I'm heading down to Panama City on Thursday and won't be returning until late Monday night. There will be exciting weather while I'm gone... Bank on it. Nice, another beach. How did you like Hilton Head and was that your first time there? I should have told you to eat at the HH Diner if you like diners. Did you by any chance? Also, there's a great prime rib rotisserie rest. just off of the island near Bluffton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Nice, another beach. How did you like Hilton Head and was that your first time there? I should have told you to eat at the HH Diner if you like diners. Did you by any chance? Also, there's a great prime rib rotisserie rest. just off of the island near Bluffton. Oh I loved Hilton Head as I always have, even if it was only for 3 days. That was our 4th or 5th time down there, and no, I didn't eat at the Hilton Head Diner although we passed it multiple times. One restaurant I highly recommend is Stacks Pancake House. Great service and even better food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I'm heading down to Panama City on Thursday and won't be returning until late Monday night. There will be exciting weather while I'm gone... Bank on it. Dude....a frownie face??? And you are going to PC??? what's up with that? Maybe you can scare us up a tropical system while you're down there. Flap a wave by the window when you pass LaGrange. We did our Destin trip in early June...sure wish I had another trip in before I go back to work. Grats! Well there will be no observations from Cobb County on the board that time frame then. I'm also out to upstate NY on Wednesday. You are correct, interesting weather will most definitely happen. Have fun in the upsate...heard its beautiful country up there...and most definitely cooler and less humid. Oh wonderful!! both you guys gone....wonder what will happen in your little neck of the woods..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Dude....a frownie face??? And you are going to PC??? what's up with that? Maybe you can scare us up a tropical system while you're down there. Flap a wave by the window when you pass LaGrange. We did our Destin trip in early June...sure wish I had another trip in before I go back to work. Have fun in the upsate...heard its beautiful country up there...and most definitely cooler and less humid. Oh wonderful!! both you guys gone....wonder what will happen in your little neck of the woods..... LOL idk what was wrong with me. But I'm pumped!!! Oh ya and I'm sure we'll miss some spectacular weather... Oh well... Beach here i come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 LOL idk what was wrong with me. But I'm pumped!!! Oh ya and I'm sure we'll miss some spectacular weather... Oh well... Beach here i come! If you get a chance to go to PCB for spring break in high school...do it! Just sayin' But have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Have fun in the upsate...heard its beautiful country up there...and most definitely cooler and less humid. Oh wonderful!! both you guys gone....wonder what will happen in your little neck of the woods..... Thank you! I call it gods country up there in upstate NY. It's going to absolutely beautiful the first two days in particular. I have been up there when we have had lows in the upper 40's and also some years it's been miserably hot with mid to upper 90's. We have no A/C at the cabin because Oneida Lake does not really get very hot and when it does it's in and out type of deal. So I'm very glad it's going to be cool and not sweltering. This year I lucked out as a cold front is pushing through tomorrow ushering in some very low DP's. It's likely to slowly warm up through the week but I'm going to bask in the glorious temps for the first few days! Thanks for the PM Weatherkid I appreciated it and thank you all who have wished me a good trip up there. South Bay, NY - Oneida Lake http://forecast.weat...n&FcstType=text Wednesday High : 77 Low : 54 Thursday High : 78 Low : 55 I'm also going to take my fiance to Niagara Falls one day while we are up there. The cottage I'll be staying in is about 2.5 hours from Buffalo so we can make a day trip out of it.. Barring any extremely exciting weather I'll probably be missing on this board till Monday night or Tuesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNET Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Have fun in Upstate, hawksfan! We did have a great time. It was also our 20th Anniversary so she DESERVED the trip...LOL! Very nice..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNET Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Thank you! I call it gods country up there in upstate NY. It's going to absolutely beautiful the first two days in particular. I have been up there when we have had lows in the upper 40's and also some years it's been miserably hot with mid to upper 90's. We have no A/C at the cabin because Oneida Lake does not really get very hot and when it does it's in and out type of deal. So I'm very glad it's going to be cool and not sweltering. This year I lucked out as a cold front is pushing through tomorrow ushering in some very low DP's. It's likely to slowly warm up through the week but I'm going to bask in the glorious temps for the first few days! Thanks for the PM Weatherkid I appreciated it and thank you all who have wished me a good trip up there. I'm also going to take my fiance to Niagara Falls one day while we are up there. The cottage I'll be staying in is about 2.5 hours from Buffalo so we can make a day trip out of it.. Barring any extremely exciting weather I'll probably be missing on this board till Monday night or Tuesday! Have fun.......if you have passports go to the Canadian side of the falls.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Have fun.......if you have passports go to the Canadian side of the falls.... I've got a passport but hers is expired. So I think we have to stay on this side. She brought it anyways but I doubt they will allow entry to her. It was an amazing afternoon, stiff breeze and temps in ght eupper 60's to 70ish. Dropping down to near 50 tonight!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 From CoCoRaHS Virgina’s Climate By Bruce P. Hayden and Patrick J. Michaels, Univ. of Virginia Climate Office Few states have a more diverse climate than that of Virginia. The state has five different climate regions: the Tidewater, Piedmont, Northern Virginia, Western Mountain, and Southwestern Mountain regions. Some localities--Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Warrenton, for example--have climate amenities such as long growing seasons and infrequent subzero temperature minimums, while winters on the northern Blue Ridge frequently produce bitterly cold temperatures like those of Chicago. Similarly, annual rainfall totals can vary from a sparse 33 inches typical of the Shenandoah Valley to more than 60 inches in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Virginia's climate results from global-scale weather patterns that are modified by the diverse landscape of the Commonwealth. While detailed discussion of the global-scale contribution is beyond the scope of this newsletter, the state's landscape provides local controls primarily in three ways. First, the Atlantic Ocean and its river of warm water, commonly called the Gulf Stream, play a dominant role in differentiating Virginia's precipitation climate. Winter storms generally move or track from west to east and, in the vicinity of the east coast, move northeastward paralleling the coast and the Gulf Stream. This shift to a northeast track results in part from the tendency of the storm to follow the boundary between the cold land and the warm Gulf Stream waters. These storms grow rapidly as they cross the coast; and as they move northeastward, moisture-laden air from the storm crosses Virginia from the east and northeast. The eastern slopes and foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains are the prime recipients of this moisture. The great coastal storms of 1962, which are remembered primarily because of the high surf and storm surges along Virginia's coast, also produced record snowfalls along the northern section of the Blue Ridge mountains. The high relief of the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountain systems also helps to control Virginia's climate. The influence here originates with the well-developed rainfall pattern that is evident along the great mountains of the western margin of North America. Great quantities of rain fall on these western slopes as moist air from the Pacific Ocean flows eastward, rises, condenses, and precipitates. As the air flows down over the eastern slopes, however, little rain falls, and a rain- shadow pattern results. Along the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia, this airflow is sometimes from the west and sometimes from the east. When the flow is from the west, the New River and Shenandoah River valleys are in the rain shadow of the Appalachian Mountains; when the airflow is from the east, they are in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a result, both the New River and the Shenandoah River valleys are the driest portions of the state. Regions of equally low rainfall are rare in the eastern United States (although common along the eastern margins of the great plains of the central United States). The third important local control on climate is the state's complex pattern of rivers and streams, which drain the precipitation that falls and modify the pattern of moist airflow from which the precipitation falls. These river systems drain the Commonwealth's terrain in all four geographical directions. In far southwestern Virginia, the Clinch and Holston rivers drain south into North Carolina and Tennessee. The New River drains westward into the Ohio River, while the Shenandoah River drains northward into the Potomac. Finally, the Roanoke, James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers drain eastward through the Piedmont and into the Tidewater area. The air that flows across Virginia flows either up these river valleys or over the crests of the mountains and down into the valleys. With a southerly flow of air, for example, moist air would move up the Holston River drainage, and rainfall would increase up-valley up the valley? with increasing elevation. However, this same southerly airflow would be downhill into the New River drainage, and on toward the Ohio River basin. This downward flow of air is not conducive to rainfall. Virginia's wide variety of agricultural products marks the economic benefits of its climate diversity. The close quarters of dissimilar climatic zones also has its costs, however, because the boundaries between zones are not fixed and the year-to-year constancy of conditions is rare. A climate condition typical of one region might in a given year extend outward into another area. As an example, low rainfall levels typical of the Shenandoah Valley's 33 inches per year may extend eastward across the Blue Ridge, out across the Piedmont, and into the Tidewater region. In such a case, drought, crop failure, and economic losses like those of the past summer (2010) may be extensive. Weather Systems Much of Virginia's rainfall results from storms associated with warm and cold fronts. As already noted, these storms generally move from west to east and, in the vicinity of the east coast, move northeastward. While a very large number of specific storm histories and storm tracks can occur and a great diversity of precipitation patterns can result, not all are equally common. Storms are most frequently observed to move parallel to the Appalachian or the Blue Ridge Mountains, the coastal zone, and the Gulf Stream, all of which have a northeast trend, or to move parallel to the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley. When storms cross the east coast well to the south of Virginia and move offshore, the heaviest rain usually falls in southeastern Virginia. When these storms become very intense or when they closely skirt the coastline, the strong up-slope winds result in heavy rainfalls on the Blue Ridge. Frequently, frontal storms tracking along the Ohio Valley move across southern Pennsylvania and off the New Jersey coast; as such storms approach the coast, great quantities of moist airflow inland and then southward into Virginia. When sufficient cold air invades Virginia from the west and northwest, frontal storms may cause heavy snowfalls. Two of the state's most dramatic frontal snowstorms of recent years occurred during the Christmas holidays of 1966 and 1969. In both cases, the storm tracked along the Gulf and the east coast and crossed over Tidewater Virginia; a strong east and northeast flow brought moist air across the state, overriding cold air from the west. While heavy snows are common in the Piedmont region, the average winter does not have a major coastal snowstorm, and heavy winter snows usually are confined to the mountainous areas of the state. As remarkable as it may seem, some of the heaviest snowfalls in the eastern United States occur in the Appalachians of West Virginia, just a few miles west of Highland County, Virginia. More than 2,500 millimeters (100 inches) fall annually in this area; but Virginia, being in West Virginia's snow shadow, receives only a fraction of this amount. While heavy snowfalls usually result from frontal storms, hurricanes are created by a different weather pattern. Hurricanes and tropical storms are intense cyclones formed within the deep, moist layers of air over warm, tropical waters. Unlike frontal storms, which derive much of their energy from the great temperature contrasts on either side of fronts, hurricanes and tropical storms derive most of their energy from the warm ocean surface. Tropical storms over the low-latitude oceans generally move from east to west. As they move westward, they are displaced farther and farther to the north. Eventually, they enter the westerly airstreams of the mid-latitudes, and then recurve north and eastward. In the vicinity of Virginia, these tropical storms move in a general northeasterly track, like frontal storms: and as they move along this route, they intensify. Those storms that reach an intensity indicated by sustained winds of at least 72 miles an hour are classified as hurricanes. Hurricanes and tropical storms that cross Virginia, including those immediately offshore, occur most frequently in early August and September and rarely appear before June or after November. During the month of September, anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of Virginia's rainfall comes from hurricanes and tropical storms. When Hurricane Camille, Virginia's most notable hurricane of recent times, passed through the state in 1969, upwards of 840 millimeters (33 inches) of rain fell on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge in Nelson County and caused record floods along the James River. Before the turn of the century, hurricane and tropical-storm passages across Virginia were relatively common, averaging one per year. From 1905 to 1920, however, a hurricane struck, on the average, only one year in every five. The frequency then increased to about three hurricanes in a five-year period before decreasing again in the 1960s and 1970s. The reasons for these variations are as yet unknown. Thunderstorms, which occur in all months of the year, are most common in the deep, moist, warm air of tropical origin that is typical of summer. In Virginia, days with thunderstorms are recorded at commercial and military airports. Over the last two decades the state has averaged one thunderstorm day a decade in January, compared with nine thunderstorm days a month in July. Thunderstorm days are most frequent in southern Virginia, particularly in the far southwestern section, while northern Virginia experiences the least number of such storms. Thunderstorms are also most likely to occur during the warmest part of the day, with 4:00 p.m. the most probable time of occurrence. In Roanoke, for example, thunderstorms occur ten times more frequently at 4:00 p.m. than at 10:00 a.m., and five times more frequently at 4:30 p.m. than at 7:00 p.m. At Norfolk, thunderstorms are also most frequent at 4:00 p.m., remaining common there until about midnight. Thunderstorms produce complex patterns of rainfall, such that areas of heavy rain may be next to areas with little or no rain. For more information on Virginia's Climate, visit the University of Virginia's Climate Office Web page at: http://climate.virginia. To learn more about the "Climates of our Fifty States" and view past state climate messages, visit our 50 States Climate Page. We will resume our state climate's series later this summer with the states of the Northeastern Regional Climate Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Off to Panama City this morning! Everyone enjoy the rest of their week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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