Well was talking to my friend the other day who is a highly educated scientist dealing with weather. I was asking him what he thought of all this ice melting in and around the north pole. He sent me a couple pictures of how things really are. Take a look at the pictures click to enlarge, then take a look at the dates below. Should get you to thinking. Oh, should say that white on the picture is ice and snow.
Well we have had a few cool days here in Port Loring, but don’t worry it won’t last. Warmer weather is on the way for the weekend and winds changing to the South, South West which by the way is what you want for some good fishing. Old saying is, that when the wind is from the West, fishing is at its best and that is so true. Can’t wait to get out there. Today though I did put a two stick fire on in the old wood furnace to take out the dampness in the basement and the house and have to say it sure felt good too. Seems as the years pass, I feel the cold more. Guess the old blood is thinning out a touch. Not much now mind ya, don’t want you to think I am getting too old. Again your only as old as you feel and I have to say these days I have been feeling pretty good.
Grass is sure growing though let me tell ya and it is a full time job getting it cut every week. I have around an acre and a half to cut. But I enjoy doing it and keeping things up around the house. Nothing better in my eyes than to get out in my gardens and do some hoeing or what ever. Makes my day with the smell of the fresh soil and sun just a shinning. What more can a feller or gal ask for?? Vegetable garden is doing really well so far, got tomato plants around three feet high, just need some sun to get them blossoms turning into tomatoes. I am confident though that we will have all we need. Long range looks good. Coffee time here, fresh perked Nabob Tradition is my favourite, have a cup or two every day. My lovely wife looks after that end of things. Look forward to it too. Should also say a cup or two is good for ya and helps keep Alzheimer’s away. In Closing I Would Like To Wish You Well.
Well cool morning here this morning. Down to around 54. Old bones feel it too, so started a two stick fire to take the chill out. Feels good too. Vegetable garden is doing great this year even with the above normal temperatures when I was planting. I like to ease my plants out into the garden so they get accustomed to the soil slowly. But this year it got hot and stayed hot for a couple weeks. One then has to just keep them watered and hilled up and problems are solved. Road work here in Port Loring is going to schedule and should have our new highway all paved by the end of August. Don’t really like all the construction, but one has to take a bit of not so good items to get to the good items. Will look nice when all said and done and a heck of a lot smoooooooother. Well you folks have a great day. Raining here this morning as well as the cooler temperatures. So think I will get my fishing gear all ready to go for the season. Season now is open for pike and pickerel but I like to wait till them pesky black flies take to leaving. Also Bass fishing will be opening the fourth Thursday of June, so lookin’ forward to that. Talk Soon
Severe thunderstorms possible this evening. Conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening over Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. In both areas advancing cold fronts are moving across the regions. It is possible that some of these storms may be severe with large hail and strong wind gusts as the main threats. This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements. If threatening weather approaches take immediate safety precautions.
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
10:06 AM EDT Thursday 27 May 2010
Severe thunderstorm watch for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa issued
..Potential for severe thunderstorms today..
This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with torrential downpours and damaging winds.
Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements. If threatening weather approaches take immediate safety precautions.
Thunderstorms currently developing ahead of a cold front may possibly become severe later this morning into this afternoon. Some of these storms may become severe with local rainfall amounts exceeding 50 millimetres or more in one hour. Wind gusts approaching 90 km/h are also possible with these storms. Hail of 1 to 2 centimetres in diameter is also a threat.
Hi folks below is a link to our second weather station done up by wunderground. good folks. The data you see comes directly from our home here in Port Loring. That is where the station is located. It covers an area of fifty miles in any direction. Click the link below.
Port Loring Weather Station Number 2
Hi folks, for years on the farm we worked with Mother Nature. I say worked with her, as there is just no other Way. She gives you clues and if your up on some of her ways, well your ahead of the game. So……………..for those that aren’t sure whether to cover your tomato plants at nights in case of frost, let me show you an easy way to find what the night time temperatures will be. First off you need to know what the Dew Point Temperatures, between Noon and One, Once you know that, you will know what the lowest it will be for the following night. Simple huh? Has worked for me for many years. Don’t be in to much of a rush in getting them seeds into the ground either. Better to wait till night time temperatures stay above fifty.
MAY 2010: temperature 13.5°C (1°C above avg.); precipitation 55mm (30mm below avg. east, 10mm above west); May 1-3: Showers, warm; May 4-12: Sunny, then showers; May 13-17: Sunny east, showers west; May 18-20: Sunny, hot; May 21-25: T-storms, then sunny, cool; May 26-31: Showers, turning warm.
JUNE 2010: temperature 16.5°C (1°C below avg.); precipitation 50mm (30mm below avg.); Jun 1-6: Showers, then sunny; Jun 7-13: Showers, then sunny, warm; Jun 14-17: Showers, warm; Jun 18-20: Sunny, cool; Jun 21-22: T-storms, hot; Jun 23-24: Sunny; Jun 25-30: A few t-storms.
Hmmmm…..Just when you thought it was gone for good, winter is making a comeback in Ontario.
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
3:39 PM EDT Friday 07 May 2010
Snowfall warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa issued
Very late season heavy snow overnight and Saturday.
An intensifying low pressure system tracking up from Illinois across Lake Huron into Eastern Ontario will bring a late season heavy snowfall to Northeastern Ontario.
Rain ahead of this system will move in this evening then change over to snow by morning as brisk northeasterly winds draw in cold Arctic air.
Latest indications suggest that 15 cm of snow will fall in a 6 to 12 hour period across North Bay and Sudbury and possibly as far north as Earlton by Saturday afternoon.
The snow will taper off to scattered wet flurries in the wake of the storm centre later on Saturday.
Motorists should be prepared for dangerous winter driving conditions from very low visibility in heavy snow and possible snow accumulation on the roads.
Darn and I just put my snowblower away, well…………I refuse to bring it back out, just going to have to melt on its own.
Lovers of snow, sleet and freezing temperatures, rejoice: according to Ontario’s best-known groundhog and his U.S. and Atlantic Canada counterparts, winter will stick around for six more weeks.
“My shadow I see beside me,” it was read. “Six more weeks of winter it will be!”
If no shadow was s seen, legend says, spring will come early.
Oh well what can you do. Can’t argue with Mother Nature. Guess I will go and bring in a bit more firewood.
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Today
A few flurries ending late this afternoon then cloudy with sunny periods. High -9C(15F).
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Tonight
Cloudy. Becoming cloudy periods this evening. Low -22C(-8F).
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Monday
Cloudy with sunny periods. A few flurries beginning in the morning and ending in the afternoon. Clearing later in the afternoon. High -10C(14F).
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Tuesday
Sunny. High -7C(19F).
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Wednesday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low -13C(8F). High -7C(19F).
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Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low -17C(1F). High -6C(21F).
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Friday
Sunny. Low -15C(5F). High -6C(21F).
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Saturday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low -15C(5F). High -7C(19F). Normals for the period low -18C(0F). High -6C(21F
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My weather station is currently having some problems uploading to our personal web site. In order to compensate for the problem all the data is taken directly from our home here in Port Loring and directed to Weather Underground. Just click on the Port Loring Link On the Left of the screen down near the bottom and you will be directed to our data. Until the problem if corrected this will be our official site for the weather here in Port Loring and a surrounding area of around fifty miles. All sensors still working. Or this link will take you there also. Just copy and paste.
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IONTARIO8
Ontario, Canada Weather
December 2009
28th-31st. Blustery and much colder weather sweeps in, with frequent snow showers and flurries as 2009 comes to a close.
January 2010
1st-3rd. Fair, cold. 4th-7th. Fair, then snow breaks out near the St. Lawrence River Valley. 8th-11th. Heavy snow Great Lakes. 12th-15th. Fair, cold all of Ontario. 16th-19th. Snow squalls Great Lakes. 20th-23rd. Snow, then turning fair and cold. 24th-27th. Heavy snow. 28th-31st. Clearing, cold.
February 2010
1st-3rd. Wet Great Lakes, then clearing, cold. 4th-7th. Periods of light snow. 8th-11th. Colder weather Great Lakes. 12th-15th. Snow, increasing in intensity to the east. 16th-19th. Mixed clouds and sun. 20th-23rd. More periods of snow; heaviest again over eastern section.
85 Days until Spring
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
11:33 AM EST Friday 25 December 2009
Freezing rain warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa continued
..Freezing rain spreading into these regions from the south..
This is a warning that an extended period of freezing rain is imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
The much-advertised Texas storm will bring a wintry mix of freezing rain along with some snow and rain to the warned areas. There is potential for an extended period of freezing rain especially for regions north of Lake Huron where 2 to 5 millimetres or more of ice may accumulate on untreated surfaces.
Travellers are advised to take extreme caution and allow for extra time to reach their destinations. Environment Canada will continue to monitor this developing situation closely. The freezing rain warning may be extended to other areas as needed later on.
The winter storm watch has ended for Northwestern Ontario as snowfall amounts are no longer expected to exceed the Environment Canada warinng criteria of 15 centimetres per 12 hours.
My winter forecast for Port Loring 2009-2010.
When all is said and done, we will have a fairly normal winter here in Port Loring. The biggest cold anomalies will be south of us. We will at the very least have some sunny days in January and February. Of the two months, February will be the snowier. Have a great winter.
..15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW EXPECTED BEGINNING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY..
Well first day of any snow to speak of this morning. Started to come down yesterday around two in the afternoon and pretty well kept it up till this morning. Today my weather station is calling for sunshine so we will see. Didn’t get to much snow, maybe a couple inches, but enough to let a feller or gal know of what lays ahead. Sure is pretty looking out though, with all our huge pines just drooping. I got to say the first snow fall has a way of doing something to a feller. If I didn’t have some things to do this morning I think I could just sit here and look out all day long. On another note. My lovely wife is cookin’ up some bacon and soon as it is finished on will go the farm fresh eggs cooked right in the bacon grease. Can’t be beat. One thing I love, is my eggs, bacon too, I know it isn’t the best one could eat, but two or three times a week is fine I have found, that is if one doesn’t over do it with other greasy things. The thing I am looking for though, is one of them old time toasters, where you put the toast in and flip the lid up and down manually. One lid on each side. If anyone has one of them that they don’t want any-more, just let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] Have a great day and remember. A day worth getting up too, is a day not to be taken for granted. (By Me)
Thinking back to when I had horses of my own it got me to thinking of what I did in preparing them for winter. When the cold winter weather hits, many horse owners right away bring out the horse blankets. Myself though, I have always figured that a horse’s normal winter coat is much more insulating than a blanket, and unless the horse has been clipped, is outside without a windbreak, or has been moved to a colder climate during the winter months, it will usually actually be warmer without a blanket.
One has to remember that the longer winter coat helps to trap the body heat against the skin. Also, tiny muscles in the skin raise the hairs, creating tiny air pockets which in turn heighten the insulating effect. So if you flatten their fluffed-up coat by adding layers of light blankets, or even one heavy one, you can actually make the horse colder. Something to think about. My Opinion Only
Well been a busy couple days here at our home. Firewood was delivered on Monday, so in other words you might say that my lovely wife and I have had our exercise equipment delivered right to our door. That is the nice thing about living in the country, living within our means and enjoying each day as it is brought before us and making it for all its worth, that we do. There isn’t one day that appears that my wife and I doesn’t take advantage of enjoying each moment. The firewood below is ten cords of split hardwood, total amount is 12 cords. I had around five cords in the shelter, so all total will be lots for heating the house next winter. Getting the wood this early assures of good dry wood for the next burning season. Our heat for this winter is looked after and sitting in the basement. No going out in the cold for this couple, that’s for sure. Never could understand why folks buy these outside furnaces, as in my mind who wants to get up in the middle of a snow storm at three AM in the morning and go out in that cold, just to put a log on the fire. Think about that for a minute. Ok………. that should tell you something shouldn’t it. Hmm…… oh well, takes all kinds and to each his or her own I suppose. Have a great day!!
