Re: unseasonable cold front

Not every year, but our location is marked generally by a "war"  
between Canadian and Gulf air (most often in Spring and Fall).

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Pam Evans wrote:

> this is horrible, does this happen in the Midwest every year?
>
> On 4/6/07, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
>>
>> It has been below freezing every night here for the past 3 days and
>> forecast is for at least another 3 nights. Tonight it is supposed to
>> get to 18, setting a new record for the date. Unfortunately, the
>> previous warm weather fooled many plants into breaking dormancy. Many
>> woodies have new leaves that will probably be toast. I have a couple
>> of young shrubs planted last fall that may not be well enough
>> established to re-leaf. Depressing.
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>
>> On Apr 5, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
>>
>>> What is w/ this weather?   I've been wearing shorts every evening
>>> this week
>>> until tonight and now I look at the forecast and we are supposed to
>>> get rain
>>> and snow showers Saturday night??  In April?  Snow showers?  What  
>>> the
>>> heck?   I checked the weather for Claremore and it says it's 33
>>> degrees
>>> there now?  It's in the 50's here but fixin' to drop tonight.  I
>>> don't get
>>> this at all.  Thank goodness I hadn't put the heaters up yet or
>>> reversed the
>>> ceiling fans.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Pam Evans
>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
>>>
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