Wow. The entire country seems to be having a Rocky Mountain Spring. We’re used to quick, capricious changes in temperatures, sunny days in the 70’s swiftly dropping to the 40’s in a couple of hours when the wind whips over the Rockies and chases the sun beneath the clouds.
We’ve had a really capricious Spring this year, and it’s still with us. We’ll have several days of 70’s nearly 80, then the wind blows in the clouds with rain showers and drops the temps—-as well as dropping several inches of snow in the High Country. My friends who live up there most of the year are actually getting tired of snow! I never have heard them say that before. One of them said he was “skiied out.” Whoa.
Well, I might be too if I woke up every day in April and now May and found more snow. Well…….maybe not every day. Now, here in Fort Collins at 5000 ft altitude, we’re not getting snow (at least since mid-April). We get rain showers. Then the next day the sun comes out and the cycle goes again. Our beautiful flowering trees have bloomed despite the ups and downs. And all in all—it’s a gorgeous Spring. If a little chillier than usual.
However, we’re used to this capricious weather here in the Rockies. But I’ve noticed that our Springtime weather is continuing throughout the rest of the US. Our winds blow over our mountains, then go on to howl across the country, spawning tornadoes from the Midwest through the Southeast. Terrible devastation. Tornadoes were even reported in suburban Maryland and Virginia.
Now, there’s flooding in the East. The same light rains that we have, gather force after they leave us and become wicked storm fronts when they arrive Back East. This will be a Springtime to remember….or maybe to forget.
How about you? What kind of weather are you doing where you live?
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I think it was Friday night, here in St. Louis when the wind howled all night. I mean winds up to 55 MPH. We lost power for 5 or 6 hours and it may have been the longest stretch of heavy winds I’ve ever seen.
There were downed trees all over the city and a big chunk of my montrous old silver maple in my back yard is now waiting for me to return home from Boston to cut it up. I hate chain saws.
So, now I found out it’s Maggie’s fault.
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Ohhh, nooo! It’s those nasty Pacific fronts that blow in across the ocean. But they’re back yesterday and today—dropping rain here and snow in the High Country again.
by Maggie
on May 14th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
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I think it was Saturday Will. My DH was on call (locating underground utilities) this week and he was out from 3am Sunday through 1am Monday helping to replace power poles.
I was worried driving in Tuesday because we were suppose to have more storms but I got to work before the rain started coming down really hard. And by the time I left, it was fine. But crossing over the Mississippi, I’ve never seen such amazing lighting. Scary but beautiful.
Spring here is very wet and windy I’ve learned.
I think we are getting your storm here today. The good news, we planted our mini garden before we left for Vegas last month and everything is jumping up from the ground. And it was warm and light enough last night to take the dog for a walk.
by Lynn
on May 15th, 2008 at 7:28 am
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You’re right, Lynn. That’s the wonderful thing about those rain storms. We can let Mother Nature do the watering. Grass is growing and green, my shrubs are full of new leaves, the trees are out and filled with leaves, blowing in the wind, too. And all the spring flowers have been blooming for weeks. It’s gorgeous. But the chilly still alternates with the warm. That’s okay, I guess. Because “The Hot” is waiting down the line for everyone. And usually very little rain with that.
by Maggie
on May 15th, 2008 at 9:23 am
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It’s mid-May and here in Indiana it feels more like mid-November! Yesterday we had temps just above 50 degrees with a north wind that made it feel like 35. I’m betting that around May 30, the wind will swing around, the temps will hit 80, and we’ll go straight into summer. Boy, do I miss having weeks of windows being open, the scent of lilacs drifting into the house . . . Now it seems we go straight from heat to A/C.
What happened to spring?
Kate, grumbling
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Welcome to Rocky Mtn Spring, Kate! That sounds like what we’ve been having. Alternating with warmer weather in 600/70/s even high 70s, then the Chill Winds stat to blow again. And you’re right. It will stop suddenly, then we’ll all have Summer. And The Hot will be with us.
by Maggie
on May 15th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
