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Variations Month

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Happy March! It’s definitely the month for weather variability if not unpredictability. Cold wind one minute, warm sun the next. Depending on where you live, there might even be snow, sun, sleet, and thunderstorms all during the same day! It can at times be absolutely *spinny.

Although our weather has been somewhat unpredictable over the last couple of months – something that seems to be true in many locations – I hope it begins to settle into a nice slow spring.

Slow would be very, very good as we can probably then avoid a similar forest fire season as last year’s, something that is desperately needed given that much of the province is still classified as suffering from severe drought.

Happy weekend.

* spinny – Canadian word meaning foolish, silly or unreasonable

40 thoughts on “Variations Month”

  3. Listening to the news last night, there seems to be some thought that spring could be just as chaotic as El Niño winter switches to La Niña summer. Hope they are wrong and that we get some nice spring rains. Happy Saturday Lynette. Allan

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    1. Thank you, Allan.
      I’ve read about this also. The La Niña may start as early as May and bring a lot of rain with it, although I’ve also read that these conditions might not start until September. The information on it is a bit conflicting, but in case, some nice spring rains are definitely needed in northern BC and Alberta!

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          2. It can get dry here especially in summer and autumn because we’re in an intervale (valley between two mountain ranges) but we’ve gotten lots of rain over the last three months and are now only “dry” instead of at level 1 drought. Rain is the usual weather for this area in winter, though. Apparently the water table still needs to rise because we didn’t get a good snowpack in the mountains this winter, so more rain it is!

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    1. Thanks, Tricia.
      Isn’t that a descriptive word? I always think of spinning, sinking tires, the driver oblivious to the fact that the vehicle requires help. Yes; ours has definitely been spinny too.

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  7. Any day that doesn’t have snow is a bonus right now. We’re getting more snow today than we’ve had in quite a while. My mother used to tell me, when I was really little, that this was Frau Holle up in the sky, shaking her feather beds to freshen them up, and some of the feathers were escaping.

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    1. Oh yes! I remember hearing a similar story; I haven’t thought of that in many years. Feather beds were getting a good shaking. No snow here but lots of rain, mist, low cloud and fog. We unfortunately still need it apparently as while we no longer have drought conditions we are officially still “dry” and of course, not much of a winter snow pack in the mountains.

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    1. Thank you, Belinda. 😊
      Maybe it’s a word that’s used more in the west, but I find it to be such a good descriptor for some situations. I always picture spinning vehicle tires with a completely oblivious driver behind the wheel. 😉

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    1. It’s a word I like a lot because it can be so exactly right to describe certain situations. Are you in the west? It’s a word l’ve heard more often on the prairies and in BC. Cheers.

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        1. Yes, I am from a bilingual family. I like Québec a lot and was posted to Saint-Jean when I was in the military. The last 20 years I’ve spent in the western end of the country: Alberta, NWT and BC. Cheers.

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  11. Here’s hoping the wildfires aren’t as bad this year! We’ve had a lot of variability in the weather and temperatures here in southern Ontario too. And we’ve had some unusual weather, including thunderstorms last week. Today it’s supposed to reach a high of +18C! As much as I’m enjoying the warmer weather, it just feels very strange.

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    1. 18! Wowza! My son who lives in London says that it’s 19 today but supposed to go quite a lot lower by the end of the week. This winter has been unusual in so many places. Vancouver Island had a lot of heavy snow over the last couple of days. March is certainly unpredictable but this is nuts!
      The valley here is officially no longer on drought status but we are still classified as “dry” so the rain we’re getting is still needed. Apex, the nearby ski resort, apparently had enough snow but they would have liked more, and I understand from other sources that the mountain snowpack wasn’t great this year. Fingers crossed that we get a cooler, wetter spring to keep those fires down. I agree; it certainly feels strange.

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