Delayed spring here in Finland

Mikko · May 14, 2017

We here in Northern Finland have really cold Mother's day. It is still snowing. I hope you out there have better weather for motorcycling!
http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/

Miko

splatt · May 16, 2017

Not really, summers been and gone in New Zealand and it hardly stopped raining, winters coming and its still raining

ashman · May 16, 2017

Only 15 days for our winter to hit us here in Brisbane Australia and still hitting 26c in the day and our night temp 14c, such nice days and I am heading up to Agnes Waters /1770 for a week house sitting, life is great in the sun shine state, we have very mild winters here and great riding weather.

Ashley

robs ss · May 16, 2017

Ash
I'm in Boyne Island and will be visiting my brother in Agnes soon (100km drive south-ish)
What's your mobile - may be able to catch up?
Cheers
Rob

ashman · May 16, 2017

robs ss said:
Ash
I'm in Boyne Island and will be visiting my brother in Agnes soon (100km drive south-ish)
What's your mobile - may be able to catch up?
Cheers
Rob

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acotrel · May 26, 2017

We are having the coolest weather in North-east Victoria that I have experienced during the previous 15 years. It makes the climate change denialists happy. Many people don't know that melting ice takes heat from it's surroundings. It is a latent heat effect. However there is only a finite amount of ice at the poles of our planet. What happens when the ice caps disappear ? Will we all be living in the tropics ?

Mikko · May 27, 2017

Here in Finland they say "do not speak climate warming it is climate change", maybe it is so - do not know. Any way no leaves in the trees yet here in north Finland. Maybe two weeks delay compared to normal. Just few rides so far.

acotrel · May 27, 2017

I think I read somewhere that the north pole has been ice-free for the last few summers. - Not a good sign ?

nickguzzi · May 28, 2017

There was a photo in the papers here last week of never before seen ground on Antarctica, already greened over - buy your plot now!

frankdamp · May 28, 2017

We're having the best Memorial Day weekend for the last 21 years here in Washington State . Three clear, blue-sky days with temps around 80F and humidity around 20% and it shouldn't revert to "normal" (cloudy and 65) before Wednesday.

Our neighborhood is close to Burroughs Bay, to the south, which is about 450' deep a couple of miles off shore. Since it's primarily snow-melt runoff from the Cascades, the water stays cold all the time. By the time you're knee deep, you can't feel your feet any more. With the prevailing breezes from the south, we usually stay 3 or 4 degrees less than further inland.

Wouldn't move from here unless I'm wearing a wooden overcoat.

acotrel · May 28, 2017

Haven't you got the Gulf Stream warming you in Washington State ?

nickguzzi · May 29, 2017

No, the Gulf stream comes across the from the Caribbean, and stops the bits of northern Europe facing the Atlantic from being Arctic Tundra.
The Washington State seaboard is on the Pacific.

acotrel · May 30, 2017

I was under the impression that there is a warm ocean current which runs up the west coast of America during winter and keeps places such as Vancouver more temperate.

Bernhard · May 31, 2017

Perhaps this explains where the Gulf streams goes, but it is not all plain sailing it can get diverted further south during the winter months in the northern Europe and then either an artic freeze will come down from the north pole or the cold winds from Siberia might freeze G.B. ;

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frankdamp · May 31, 2017

The forecasters weren't quite right. The warm, sunny weather was replaced by the grey clag and rain on Tuesday! It's about the same today, but not quite as wet. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, though. Our winters are very mild - we haven't had more than a couple of hours with snow on the ground for 5 or 6 years now.

acotrel · May 31, 2017

Have you noticed that scientists' weather forecasting is generally more reliable than economists' predictions about the economy ?

nickguzzi · May 31, 2017

Certainly more likely to prove true than any politicians election promises. IME

In your region, things may turn out differently.

Bernhard · Jun 2, 2017

Here in the UK we are having an early general election called for by Theresa May –it’s a pity that there are not many Monster Raving Loony Party candidates in the forthcoming election :!: :shock:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/7-mons ... ty-5644717

acotrel · Jun 2, 2017

I'm pretty much against Hayek's neoliberal globalism which was adopted by Thatcher and Reagan as the basis of their politics. The deregulation has caused Australia to lose it's manufacturing - and we now have some very bad social problems. However I think that the globalist theory has some merit and we should be careful to not throw the baby out with the bathwater. People such as Trump won't improve anything. Perhaps if the British thought of more ways their association with the common market could be improved, there might be more sense in the proceedings ? I believe Theresa May is simply opportunistic - the Tories are very adaptable.

Delayed spring here in Finland

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