Nice weather, isn't it?

[Persephone]

That is really irresponsible, I agree.

Still I have to say it surprises me that only 25 cm of snow can make your country turn upside down  We have that every now and then each winter in Prague and I am not talking about those meters of snow outside the cities and in the mountains - is it so unusual in Hungary? 

I am glad to hear you are ok :-) How does Jácint like snow?

[Lucy]

I think it's more about the wind that creates enormous obstacles from the snow. You know Hungary is mostly plain.

And yes, we are also not used to this amount of snow, because they say that there wasn't so many as far as they ever remember.

There were some funny events too: we saw a tractor yesterday, making the road free in front of us, then it came back again, with 6-7 children after it, on their sledges. They turned two times and also stopped to play in the snow.

Jácint? He loves the lot of light that comes from the white snow. Last time when we went to a sledge ride, he seemed to enjoy. Now we are going out again, because the sun is shining nicely, snowfall and wind stopped.

[Lucy]

[Persephone]

Wow. Well, I am glad you are ok. I see now, it's mostly a problem with the wind.

[Markus]

Hey folks,

pretty amazing how at the very instant of the equinox all the white, cold winter snow turned into -

well, into white, cold spring snow.

Cheers!

Markus

[Lucy]

Nicely said!

Our weather became very unfriendly in the latest two days. Cold, rainy, and since yesterday it's also very windy. Now the rain is turning into snow, and the mass media says again not to leave homes on the Northern parts. My mother-in-law lives in the Northernmost part, so she can't come to visit us right now, as she wanted.

[Markus]

That's nasty, but it's better that she stays at home than standing on the highway for a couple of days.

Actually, there is just one word needed to describe our current weather:

FIMBULVETR!

Cheers, anyway!

Markus

[The One]

It finally feels like spring. After a pair of days of snow, the sun is shining again and it's nice out.
FINALLY.

[Markus]

Lucky you, Jorge!

Over here, the weather is becoming more and more surreal: It's sunny but bitter-cold. We have serious frost and the icy Eastern wind is tough. However, when you're standing in a wind-calm place where the sun hits you, you can feel its warmth. Too bad that there are no leaves to suck in the sunlight to make sugar from it.

Cheers!

Markus

[Persephone]

Same here. It's -9°C outside 

[Lucy]

It's snowing again. A lot of snow! We won't go out until it starts to melt, or the tractor cleans the road again.

Goes to switch the bread baking machine on

[Markus]

So we really had a white Easter this year, folks.

As I woke up on Easter Sunday, there was snow falling outdoors, and it was still falling as I walked the cuddly predator around the gravel pits.

Even now there is still snow lying in many places. In this cold air it takes direct sunlight to melt the snow, so in any shady place it still stays white.

Cheers!

Markus

[Agnes]

it will be snowing tonight again..

[Persephone]

We do not have a snow forecast, at least according to yr.no but still the weather is annoying. Very Danish weather... in my opinion.  

It's interesting you know, because according to old sayings (and to what I remember), this kind of weather is not supposed to be unusual in my country. Even in the half of April there could be snow and frost. But in last years we got so much used to the fact that the winter goes away in half of March that now it is a shock for us

[Markus]

Indeed, Kris!

Our weathermen were telling us that so late a winter is unusual even for our old climate, before the global warming started to kick in. Paradoxically, the warming may be causing these late winters: By changing Arctic cold-air-flows it might bring late cold winters to our latitudes.

Whatever... today we had a sunny day with milder air. Still, everybody was wearing thick winter jackets, including me - but mine was open. But although spring is slowly sneaking in, deeper in the forest where I took Abby for one of our long walks, there was still quite a lot of snow lying.

Cheers!

Markus

[Persephone]

We got first sun in many days! I am so glad for that. But it's not to last long.

Yes, as far as I know, the global warming should cause the Gulf Stream to disappear. And that one is supposed to be the reason why here in Central Europe we have such a mild winters (and that in Norway up high still bloom cherry trees, England usually does not know lower degrees than 0°C, etc...) and so when this one disappears - we are to get rough winters.

[Markus]

Yeah, Kris,

that's the big "New Ice Age by Global Warming" scenario. The one that would take centuries or millennia in real life and that was speeded up to a few weeks by Roland Emmerich for "The Day After Tomorrow". But as I understood it, this here is a different effect. The gulf stream is still working well and it's just different winds that bring cold air to our latitudes.

Anyway, seems like we're slowly approaching some real spring.

Cheers!

Markus

[Persephone]

I wish we were but the forecast is "bad" for the whole April here It is supposed to get warmer but "grey weather". And honestly... I don't care if it's 10 or -20... I need sun. So the "warm but grey" does not suit me 

[Markus]

I understand, Kris! But remember: Every day there is sunshine only 3-4 km from you!

Keep your ears pricked and cheers!

Markus

[Lucy]

This is a great saying, I will spread it!