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Post by Ariete on May 12, 2020 11:09:25 GMT -5
It is Ariete who annoys me.
Well, sister, we are in the same boat. I'm annoyed as fuck by this polar arctic shit weather.
Ariete is a piece of shit, so I get you.
No, I'm awesome, and you know it.
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Post by Doña Jimena on May 12, 2020 11:12:55 GMT -5
A couple of cm isn't a big deal. It's just solid water. And if anything, a blanket of snow insulates and protects the plants from cold nighttime temperatures. And agriculture is only 4% of the Latvian GDP, so boo hoo.
Yep I was actually gonna say, snow is actually better for plants than a hard freeze with bare ground. Helps keep the roots from freezing. Snow provides good soil moisture as well. There is no frost for snow to have that positive effect. In fact, it has the opposite effect - the snow on ground allows the air to cool down even more. Low last night was 4C in snowless Riga and -1C in snowy Daugavpils. |
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Post by aabc123 on May 12, 2020 11:31:58 GMT -5
This is not awesome, this is a disaster. Very bad for agriculture and economy. Horrible. Latest ever snowfall recorded in Daugavpils and Bauska in Latvia. Poor eastern Latvia which is already the poorest region of the country has been under snow this morning: Awesome from a weather enthusiast perspective, because of how rare it is. I know late freezes and snow are bad for agriculture. Fortunately, I here didn't get any snow that had accumulated on the ground. At night, some sleet precipitation was recorded at my nearest station. The latest such picture as there in Poland was here 10/05/99. But the weather is undoubtedly on the s..t side. |
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Post by rozenn on May 12, 2020 11:32:14 GMT -5
Gotta love the drama.
Most useless weather ever today: cloudy, breezy and cool. No rain, little sun in the afternoon and not warm enough to lounge outside without putting on a sweater or even a coat. FML
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Post by alex992 on May 12, 2020 11:40:43 GMT -5
Yep I was actually gonna say, snow is actually better for plants than a hard freeze with bare ground. Helps keep the roots from freezing. Snow provides good soil moisture as well. There is no frost for snow to have that positive effect. In fact, it has the opposite effect - the snow on ground allows the air to cool down even more. Low last night was 4C in snowless Riga and -1C in snowy Daugavpils. -1 C would be frost temps, wouldn't it? Either way 4 C and -1 C sounds like it could just be the difference between a coastal UHI location and an inland, rural location. That happens here in winter sometimes where we don't drop below 3-4 C during a cold snap, but somewhere just a 30 minute drive away inland and rural will drop to -1 or -2 C. Probably not enough snow fell to be a good insulator, however it's better than a hard -3 or -4 C freeze with bare ground. |
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Post by Doña Jimena on May 12, 2020 12:10:47 GMT -5
Fortunately, I here didn't get any snow that had accumulated on the ground. At night, some sleet precipitation was recorded at my nearest station. The latest such picture as there in Poland was here 10/05/99. But the weather is undoubtedly on the s..t side. It was similar in 2017 here - the latest ever recorded snow in Riga on 10 May 2017. |
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Post by Ariete on May 12, 2020 14:05:00 GMT -5
There is no frost for snow to have that positive effect. In fact, it has the opposite effect - the snow on ground allows the air to cool down even more. Low last night was 4C in snowless Riga and -1C in snowy Daugavpils.
Of course there is no positive effect. But it's ridiculous to say that it's catastrophic, except mentally. Half of the country is in self-isolation and/or furloughed, and thinking that the poor farmers will be devastated is hyperbolic.
Or maybe the weather listened to that Tine song: för när du kommer og du vinker på mig, ja ja ja alt förnuft försvinner, og jag faller för dig? 
Anyway, as I said, I'm as pissed off as you are.
It was similar in 2017 here - the latest ever recorded snow in Riga on 10 May 2017.
We missed the May 2017 snowplotion, but had around ~1 cm on the 1st. Nevertheless, it was one of the most miserable Mays in the 2000s, surpassed only by May 2015.
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Post by Steelernation on May 12, 2020 15:11:29 GMT -5
Dropped to 30 (-1 c) this morning, which ties the daily record and is the 4th freeze this month.
May 3rd-11th was the coldest on record and as a whole the month has a -9.5 f anomaly so far.
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Post by srfoskey on May 12, 2020 17:22:32 GMT -5
High of only 53F/11.5C today, which would be a record low max if it doesn't warm up any. I don't know if it will or not, as it's not really supposed to cool off at all overnight.
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Post by nei on May 12, 2020 20:37:49 GMT -5
High of only 53F/11.5C today, which would be a record low max if it doesn't warm up any. I don't know if it will or not, as it's not really supposed to cool off at all overnight. high of 53°F here too much further north than you. Windy today, not as much as the cold Saturday. Clear skies in the evening, deep that should let a fast evening drop in temperatures. With it already chilly in the day, expecting a freeze & coldest temperature of the month. The weekend cold snap was too cloudy. NWS has two 29°F nights forecast  wunderground just 33°F, wonder who'll be right? Guessing it'll vary a lot by exact location. Rather sharp rise in temperatures coming up as a warm airmass moves in; last of the cold, onto late spring. almost early summer  |
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Post by nei on May 12, 2020 20:38:31 GMT -5
looks like warm seas extend to rather from the coast in south Florida, right now. Dunno what it was a few weeks when your beaches went above 85°F AJ1013 |
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Post by Giorbanguly on May 12, 2020 21:39:29 GMT -5
^ Awesome! Was about to ask if it snowed anywhere in Europe yesterday/today with that big temperature drop. This is not awesome, this is a disaster. Very bad for agriculture and economy. Horrible. Latest ever snowfall recorded in Daugavpils and Bauska in Latvia. Poor eastern Latvia which is already the poorest region of the country has been under snow this morning:  Your eastern neighbors sympathize with your people. Only thing that snow is good for is for stopping German tanks |
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Post by Babu on May 13, 2020 2:14:23 GMT -5
Snow can never freeze anything, so it wouldn't be able to cause cellular luqids to freeze causing frost damage. And most plants can handle a minor frost anyway
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Post by alex992 on May 13, 2020 9:46:37 GMT -5
Rather warm overnight low last night at 76 F (24.4 C), 82 F (27.8 C) as of 9 am, headed up to 85 F (29.4 C) and mostly sunny skies today.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 9:55:00 GMT -5
It snowed yesterday and the day before here in Bergen! Currently partly cloudy and a cold 6c.
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Post by Doña Jimena on May 13, 2020 9:57:39 GMT -5
Snow can never freeze anything, so it wouldn't be able to cause cellular luqids to freeze causing frost damage. That's the only effect of snow on plants you can imagine? www.la.lv/jekabpili-septinus-centimetrus-bieza-sniega-segaYour eastern neighbors sympathize with your people. Only thing that snow is good for is for stopping German tanks You say funny things, but in Latvia people think more about Russian tanks.  |
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Post by Steelernation on May 13, 2020 13:29:47 GMT -5
It dropped to 27 (-3 c) this morning, which sets the 4th daily record low this month. The low was also only 1 f off the all time May record low and is the coldest temp ever after May 7th! As has been the theme with the past 1.5 months, next weeks temps have been downgraded to high 50s and low 60s. Next Wednesday, which TWC had said 75 f for just two days ago is now down to 64 f and the 70s keep getting pushed back  |
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Post by nei on May 13, 2020 14:13:45 GMT -5
uh-oh downgrade coming
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Post by ral31 on May 13, 2020 18:19:02 GMT -5
Summer-like convective t-storms across the area today coming up from the south, though heat not yet at summer levels. Got up to 81F before storms hit. 0.72" of rain at the airport but I got just 0.27". Next few days will probably be similar to today.
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Post by nei on May 13, 2020 21:43:20 GMT -5
cause of the downgrade subtropical storm moving up the coast and getting locked by the ridge that was supposed to give us almost summer-like weather; 76°F on Wednesday now 62°F
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