After the incredibly soggy spring, I have my doubts this will hold.
If it does, people will be in full, “It’s too hot!” mode by Day 4.
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After the incredibly soggy spring, I have my doubts this will hold.
If it does, people will be in full, “It’s too hot!” mode by Day 4.
And so it begins. As I type this on Sunday morning, the heavy rain…
…has begun.
I may go out and take photos later, because that would be a silly thing to do.
In the meantime, I had a bunch of dreams last night and remember bits from at least four of them:
From Environment Canada:
A year ago, I was noting the FIRE DANGER signs had just gone up. That won’t be happening for a while this time around1My totally scientific prediction is by the end of June, if the weather trends dry after the current soaking. The 10-day forecast does show sunny and warm temperatures returning on June 5, though, which means some will be complaining that it’s too hot by June 8.
But hey, no forest fires. Just the possibility of flash floods, which is totally something you expect with summer 19 days away. Weather2Probably climate change, actually, amirite?
I know, complaining about the weather (over which I have no control, at least to my knowledge) is dumb and pointless, but when I looked at the 10-day forecast this morning and saw eight days of everything from “light rain showers” to “heavy rain”, with a mere two days of “mostly sunny” in the middle (which will probably change to “light rain” in the next day or so), I felt I had to…post this.
On the plus side, this will prevent local forest fires, which we don’t really get, because the lower mainland (Metro Vancouver to outsiders) is not exactly covered in forest to begin with. It also means fewer incidents of skin cancer, since no one is going to be working on a tan, except possibly those two “mostly sunny” days (which are a lie, anyway).
On the other plus side (I’m trying to stay positive here), maybe instead of a scorching dry hot summer, it will merely be pleasant and mild and people will wake up every morning and feel refreshed and filled with joy, and return to a nice cool bedroom in the evening feeling the same.
Or you know, we could get maybe another sunny day sometime so I remember what they feel like. I’m just saying. (It’s raining steadily as I type this.)
Obligatory GIF:
UPDATE, May 12, 2024:
The actual predicted high today is...22°C. I was right. I win! I don't win anything in particular, but I win!
The weather app as of the actual date, May 12th shows this:
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Original post below:
From the Windows weather app:
The average high on May 12 is 19°C, so this would be a full ten degrees higher–and set a new record. I am predicting the actual temperature on this day to be:
22°C
We’ll find out in nine days!
(I am undecided on whether I’d actually want it to be 29°C. That is pretty dang hot for May, but if it’s not too humid, it really wouldn’t be that bad. Also, not like I have a weather machine to control this stuff, so I’m mainly trying to rationalize something out of my control here.)
A list:
This is from the 10-day weather forecast. As I post this, it is March 9, 2024.
The normal high on these days, the last of which is the final day of Winter 2023/24, is 11C. As you can see, they are predicting a high up to 20C, which is almost double that and is legitimate t-shirt weather.
Even better: Only the first two days would establish new records, as we hit 20C on March 18 five years ago, in 2019.
Anyway, it will make for nice running weather if it happens. Unnerving, weird and unsettling, but nice.
I can think of one:
NO!
We got snow last night, and it had the temerity to start sticking. There’s still some left this morning. Who decided it would be funny to flip January and March around? Why is Mother Nature being such a jerk?
The 10-day forecast claims that it will be 14C on March 13th. WE’LL SEE.
In the meantime, I’ll be here, huddled next to the heater.
March is a fun month, but also weird and sometimes horrible. Behold my list (with semi-random bold highlights):
Here’s the historic average for rainfall. It’s for New Westminster, but I checked, and it’s accurate for the whole Lower Mainland1Or Metro Vancouver, if you prefer to be all official about it.
And with all that said, here is my haiku for March.
Haiku for March Warmer and brighter But still the rain won't let up Take what you can get
From today’s weather forecast:
I mean, a good jigsaw puzzle is relaxing, so I’m totally okay with that.
Here is an AI-generated cat working on a jigsaw puzzle for your viewing pleasure.
Although I had EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN IT, it has snowed again. It is still snowing as I type this. It’s been snowing for at least 11 hours or so.
There is a lot of snow.
I did not go out running today, as I am neither a Yeti nor a hill giant.
It is pretty, at least until it changes to rain and turns into a slushpocalypse.
But no more after this, thanks!
Compare to January 11th (six days ago, slightly different perspective):
The Windows weather app this morning:
It’s three hours later as I type this, and it’s warmed up to -12C and feels like -13C. But at least the sun is out!