Dateline: A farm in West Virginia
After a cold and snowy January, the Appalachian region can expect temperatures above normal for February. Precipitation will be at or below normal, with snowfall completely disappearing. The coolest period will be during the first week of February, with mild temperatures in the mid-60s. Sunny, then warmer days will progress through the month, with daytime temps settling out at an average 75 degrees by the third week. The possibility of frost after February 3rd is zero percent, moving up the growing season for gardeners. Climatologists and meterologists point to magnetic storms and unusual patterns in sunspots to explain the dramatic change.
“We’ve never seen anything like it,” Brutus Crowell, scientist for United Climate Laboratories, stated during a press conference on Friday. “Weather and climate are driven by imbalances that we don’t always understand.”
In other news, the economy made a complete recovery yesterday evening around 11 PM.
SuzieQ says:
I’m as unbalanced as the weather…some days loving the gloomy cold and others longing for the sunny warmth…maybe I should just have another cookie!! :woof:
On January 31, 2009 at 1:14 am
Rooth says:
Nutmeg? Clooooover? Naughty Goatssss Get OFF Suzannne’s computer Bad Goats! (Grin!)
On January 31, 2009 at 4:06 am
Kathryn says:
I’d do a happy dance for your dream forecast, but I’d break a hip on the stinking ice!
On January 31, 2009 at 5:03 am
Sue says:
LOL! You had me going for a minute!
If by some miracle this forecast does indeed materialise, I hope it blows over the sea to England too, we need a nice sunny spring here! :snuggle:
On January 31, 2009 at 5:15 am
the domestic fringe says:
I like your way of wishful thinking! Congrats on the bloggy awards. I saw you there and voted. You deserve to win! :purpleflower:
-FringeGirl
On January 31, 2009 at 5:42 am
Jane @ Kidzarama says:
You’re more than welcome to some of the heat we’re having here, downunder.
There’s plenty to share!
On January 31, 2009 at 6:16 am
wkf says:
I think they call that Global Warming. :snoopy:
On January 31, 2009 at 6:17 am
CindyP says:
ROFLMA! 😆 I forgot the title of the post there for a minute, was really getting into the scientific drama that all of a sudden was showing on my screen!! Until the economy part, you had me going!! JK! If you’re gonna dream, dream big!
On January 31, 2009 at 6:36 am
Vera says:
“Dream on Alice” LOL :sun:
On January 31, 2009 at 7:11 am
Robin G. says:
Ah, if only. It’s going to be 36 degrees here today and I’m going to wear shorts. You have to get your successes in where you can.
On January 31, 2009 at 7:22 am
Diane says:
If only. Love the dream. We are frozen here also and I am more than ready for nice warm weather. Its going to be in the 40’s tomarrow. A heat wave :snoopy: Then its going to get cold again. :pirate: bummer.
On January 31, 2009 at 7:50 am
Kris7 says:
Thanks for inviting us along on your daydream. I think I’ll plant some of those candy bar seeds I saw in the gardening catalog. They grow in any weather and harvest time is upon a whim. Of course, they have no calories!
Back to reality. Blech.
Kris7
Working hard at http://www.sccworlds.com
On January 31, 2009 at 8:01 am
Claudia W. says:
Please…Suzanne…we will exchange some of our warmth and dry conditions for your snow! We need some of that moisture that the snow provides.
If only we could ship some of yours here, and some of ours there, then we’d all be more balanced.
On January 31, 2009 at 8:08 am
Jenny says:
Can you send that to the weather man so he can work on canceling the storm they are calling for Monday? So sick of the snow and cold! Hope you got some aluminum foil because I think we will all be tucking in again if the weather comes that they are calling for!
~Jenny~
On January 31, 2009 at 8:19 am
heidiannie says:
You do write fiction very well! LOL Daydreams and whimsical wishes are really good right before you get out of bed and have to face the reality of the snowstorm outside the window!
Love the picture of jewel weed!
On January 31, 2009 at 8:23 am
Gayle says:
If only it were true! :sun:
On January 31, 2009 at 8:24 am
Becky says:
Liar! I was getting ready to move!
On January 31, 2009 at 8:25 am
mmHoney says:
DREAM ON ALICE `~~~~~~ THAT EXPRESSION HAS BEEN AROUND OUR FAMILY FOR YEARS. DON’T KNOW ALICE. I HOPE SHE LOVES ALL OF THE ATTENTION.
On January 31, 2009 at 8:25 am
kacey says:
Don’t we wish! I’m SO over the weather. Well, and for that matter, the economy’s nose dive…
On January 31, 2009 at 8:43 am
Abiga/karen says:
I wish, I wish, :snoopy: I wish……… it were true here right now, wow, we are all sick of ol’ man winter. You said it well! Blessings.
On January 31, 2009 at 9:28 am
Kay says:
Warmer weather would be nice. Even just for a little bit. It would be nice to open up the house and air it out a bit. I hate closing my windows and feeling all stuffy and stuff. 😥
On January 31, 2009 at 9:57 am
Nancy in Atlanta says:
Ah, you romantic writer, you! :purpleflower:
On January 31, 2009 at 10:24 am
Fran says:
Hope that forecast extends to NE Tennessee! It’s a gorgeous day here today, but cold as all get out. So glad we don’t have one of your cherished outhouses!
ps – you need to start writing humorous romance books!
On January 31, 2009 at 10:59 am
tillie says:
you just described february in texas…
On January 31, 2009 at 11:00 am
catslady says:
You got me until I read about the economay roflmao. Your weather forcast is more believable hahaha I also should have read the title of your blog.
On January 31, 2009 at 11:28 am
jean says:
And here I thought you only wrote about farm life. Who knew you were a weather reporter and financial guru?
On January 31, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Estella says:
Don’t we wish!
On January 31, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Amber says:
:sun: <HE IS FINALLY SHOWING HIS FACE HERE, I ACTUALLY MADE IT OVER THE HILLS AND THRU THE ICE TO THE GROCERY STORE, AND MAYBE DREAMS DO COMEE TRUE? LOL :snuggle: LOVE THE WEBSITE.
On January 31, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Susan says:
You are probably enjoying that your fiction writing fooled many of us! :happyflower:
On January 31, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Sheila says:
I often look out my Ohio kitchen window at the garden and try to remember what it feels like to walk out there in t-shirt and shorts, feeling the warm/hot breeze. At the moment it’s covered in 6 inches of snow and ice.
On January 31, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Linda says:
And that same magnetic storm used all that melting snow to send “drenching” rains to west Texas so that the multiple grass fires were put out instantly. I just love fiction.
On January 31, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Brandy says:
Ah, perchance to dream…..*G*
On January 31, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Deanne Stump says:
Just Gave you my vote. Good Luck!
Deanne
On January 31, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Jodie says:
:woof: I’m all for the economic recovery. Spring would be nice too. Sincerely, a reader laid off from a big bad fortune 500 corp.
On February 2, 2009 at 10:50 pm