[UrbanWarrior]

If today made it to 10, we’ll have had 37 days above 10 degrees already this year. Wowzers.

 

[MichaelS]

I keep delaying putting on my summer tires, thinking this weekend, this weekend..... as I look out at the snow falling as I type this, maybe this weekend... will get delayed again. I think thi sis one of the latest dates in a while that I can think of. I usually have the winters off and summers on in the first week of April.

 

[Mountain Man]

Some years I wait until after may long to switch my tires. I'd say wait until May at the very least.

 

[MichaelS]

Yeah, with lows overnight still below zero, that is probably the most practical thing to do.

 

[Mountain Man]

It's that and the possibility of a big spring snowfall. That heavy wet snow is 10x easier to drive in with winter tires. At least.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Nothing like a completely unscheduled blizzard to get the blood pumping. Thank god the temperature has been hovering around 0 all day and a lot of it is melting on contact despite massive accumulations on pathways. The means this is going to reeeally soak the ground across nearly all of Alberta south of Morinville basically.

The forecast called for snow, but most models were putting the centre of precipitation between Red Deer and Edmonton… and then this happened… a friggin snowicane directly over the city

 

[JonnyCanuck]

NW Calgary got the worst as it usually does. The accumulations vary all over the city.

The good thing is most of Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan got some heavy wet snow. Add this to the big dump in Manitoba last week and soil and growing conditions in the Prairies have improved greatly. After last year's heat and drought conditions, this was badly needed. As long as we have the usual rain in June followed by warmer, sunnier conditions, the crops should be pretty good this year. The world surely depends on this.

 

[Mountain Man]

About 5cm in Parkdale area, about the same downtown. A colleague in Evanston measured 45cm in his yard this morning!

 

[Surrealplaces]

About 5cm in Parkdale area, about the same downtown. A colleague in Evanston measured 45cm in his yard this morning!

Yeah, we had a ton load of snow up at my place..at least a good 20-25cm. I was downtown this morning, and there was hardly any snow at all.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

At my shop just east of downtown I measured 10 cm accumulated by 4:30 pm yesterday. Didn’t take a measurement this morning.

Regardless, this stuff is defffinitely melting right into the ground. Makes me so happy to see. It’s not even above 0 yet, and so much is melting.

 

[Cowtown]

I had about 5 or 10cm and it's long gone now. A little extra moisture for the ground!

 

[UrbanWarrior]

April Blizzards bring May… Lizards?

 

[UrbanWarrior]

After yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s heat, I expect we’ll see the first leaves out by Wednesday. There’s already quite a bit of green popping out on some species downtown

 

[Mountain Man]

Downtown is usually about 2 weeks ahead of the rest of the city. There are some buds starting to form on trees in my area, but I don't usually see any actual green until May. Lots of grass turning green, and some perennials starting to pop up though, definitely finally spring!

 

[Surrealplaces]

I've got leaves (small leaves) already out on one of the trees in my backyard. will only be a few days before they are a good size and three is noticeably green.