Virginia has often been 20 F above normal for three weeks now and it has some effect.. It is so much warmer than natural or average the plants, flowering trees, dafodils, jonquils, etc...

Lance Pearson Loc: Viriginia

It is so much warmer than natural or average the plants, flowering trees, dafodils, jonquils, etc are starting much earlier and today with my little Canon Eos M3 I shot just one, a yellow guy calling spring in under a lovely flowering tree.

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PattyBWest Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Same thing happening in Jacksonville. My amaryllis bulbs are in full bloom today and should not be until the end of March or early April. The Birds of Paradise never stopped blooming since last summer. Of course having just a cool winter was nice, but it definitely has its effects on nature. Yes, the little yellow flower does look lonely underneath the flowering trees.

Billynikon Loc: Atlanta

Atlanta has the dogwoods blooming and the dogwood festival is in April and usually they worry they won't bloom.

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

Michigan has(had) the same issue. In previous years it caused cherry trees to blossom, then they got hit by hard frosts, resulting in severe crop losses.

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

It is the seasonal variance’s that make the usual often spectacular. Last winter we had few frosts so plants were up and about early. This year has been bitterly cold and the daffodils and crocus have formed flowers but resist opening them as yet. There are a few in really sheltered spots though.
We are forecast 'weather from the Caribbean' pushing temps up to 15C (as if we believe them) Haven't followed the Jet Stream variances so no idea how that and the El Nino status is affecting us.
Nice to hear that Spring is on its way though.
Have fun

IBM

Lance Pearson wrote:

It is so much warmer than natural or average the plants, flowering trees, dafodils, jonquils, etc are starting much earlier and today with my little Canon Eos M3 I shot just one, a yellow guy calling spring in under a lovely flowering tree.

What is the Fahrenheit thermometer good for , does anyone know the story behind that , why did some one choose the number 32 as the freezing point , as far as I can see the cellseise which has freezing at the number 0 for the freezing point makes more sense than
32 , to my way of thinking it would be less confusing, saying it's 32 below zero out today , in stead of saying it's 32 below 32 , any number
Other than 0 for freezing is just as crazy as having king Henry 12 inch long feet called a foot , the standard should be 10 inches markers on a ruler, not twelve

Lance Pearson Loc: Viriginia

My understanding of why the USA, Liberia and Burma are the only three countries in the world which use the Imperial system of measurements instead of the "Metric" system. most explanations essentially say it evolved when Americans used everyday things they had to measure such as tea and table spoons since all homes had them and never got originally into the Metric system which evolved and originated in scientific circles and labs. Now, whatever system you are used to seems to be the one you like. We tried converting in 1975 and 1988 by law and some things are metric now. Generally, those things which are sold across international boundaries. Many machines, including cars, are now almost exclusively metric nuts, bolts, etc. but the legal laws done by the Congress to switch to match international business norms were always voluntary and people resisted so we are still largely an Imperial system in daily life...buying groceries by the pound instead of the kilo...etc. Once learned, the metric system is simpler....imagine teaching granny how to measure in grams...

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

This grand dad doesn't....supposed to but doesn't.

Metric is tenths, Imperial is based upon 16. After the Romans left (Dark Ages) learning came from the Arabs.
16 was an Egyptian concept that allows both a half to be a constant whole number and any multiple of 16 to be a whole number. a day has 24 segments based upon 16 hours daylight to work and 8 hours dark to sleep. Each hour therefore is accounted in halves or quarters and paid accordingly.

have fun

IBM

Lance Pearson wrote:

My understanding of why the USA, Liberia and Burma... (show quote)

That's all nice and we'll but I'm not talking meters, it's a simple number 32 , 10 12 0, we had them for ages , then along comes some ,
One thinks of mercury and a hollow glass tube , and adjust, it so 32 is freezing on the glass ,he could have put 10 at that point , just by observing in a lab and put a mark where the water froze, it almost looks like he invented the tube and put the numbers on first , then did the test , then Said just as I thought water freezes at 32 , it could have any number , why 1 or 9 , or 10 , 0 , they change a lot of things
I'm wondering why they keep 32 as the freezing point for water , they don't have to switch to meterc, if they did it 20 or thirty ago and tried to go back to 32 as freezing , they would have a lot of resistance, today

Billynikon Loc: Atlanta

Whatever, in Atlanta this week we set two records, yesterday was 78F, today it is only 67. But it looks like mid April with all the trees blooming and the leaves coming out. I am even seeing buds on some of my roses.

IBM

Billynikon wrote:

Whatever, in Atlanta this week we set two records, yesterday was 78F, today it is only 67. But it looks like mid April with all the trees blooming and the leaves coming out. I am even seeing buds on some of my roses.

That's to hot for me we are in a hot spell of 35 degree now I can hardly Waite tell winter

Lance Pearson Loc: Viriginia

In fact, temperture and other measures here are part of what is called the Imperial system which is temps, distances, volumes. All part of the same thing. Centigrade is part of what is referred to as the Metric system of weights and measures instead of Imperial. We did it one way, the world another. Too much built in habit to change was apparently the reason and the laws changing to metric w and m were voluntary so people did not change. Could they? Only if mandated at this point and no one is doing that. Oddly enough, our currency is in a base ten decimal system. Go figure. The Brits had to change some years ago and got away from pence, farthings, etc. When you drive in England on the motorway the speed limits are not in Kilometers per hour but miles per hour. Go figure. The world is not always fully logical.

cdayton

Don't know how a pretty flowering tree morphed into a unit-of-measurement discussion, but we have here in Southern Arizona the only (I believe) US interstate with official distances marked in kilometers. US I19 runs from Tucson to Nogales and is an interstate located entirely in the state of Arizona (and a tiny bit of Mexico). By the way, speed limits are in MPH so we don't all drive 120.

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Lance Pearson wrote:

It is so much warmer than natural or average the plants, flowering trees, dafodils, jonquils, etc are starting much earlier and today with my little Canon Eos M3 I shot just one, a yellow guy calling spring in under a lovely flowering tree.

Beautiful download but very concerning conditions, Lance!

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Beautiful, Lance! Love the lonely daffodil underneath.