2025 Weather Thread

[Stoneman89]

Pretty consistent, and with plenty of moisture and more to come. Nothing really extreme either way, like in Manitoba with a searing heat wave now. Me Likey.

 

[Drivesaitl]

AS a gardener I'm increasingly frustrated that weather "forecasts" can't describe even what weather will be one day.

So Yesterday planting tomatoes and its supposed to be relatively calm day. small chance of rain and wind 5-10kmh. No mention of gusts at all. Also low was to be 9 (not 3C). Then forecast changed and wind gusts later in day to 20-40. Then later prevailing wind occurring of 50kmh. lol. Poor tomatoes. Had to stake them up with cages and everything I could.

Last couple May long weekends have been pretty cool weather. With risks of near freezing overnight lows its been hard to plant.

I didn't think I'd need anchors to plant the tomatoes.

 

[Stoneman89]

AS a gardener I'm increasingly frustrated that weather "forecasts" can't describe even what weather will be one day.

So Yesterday planting tomatoes and its supposed to be relatively calm day. small chance of rain and wind 5-10kmh. No mention of gusts at all. Also low was to be 9 (not 3C). Then forecast changed and wind gusts later in day to 20-40. Then later prevailing wind occurring of 50kmh. lol. Poor tomatoes. Had to stake them up with cages and everything I could.

Last couple May long weekends have been pretty cool weather. With risks of near freezing overnight lows its been hard to plant.

I didn't think I'd need anchors to plant the tomatoes.

You should know better after living here for so many years, lol. A "calm" day in our city/province is 25-30 km blustery breezes. As for the weather department, they have difficulty predicting nightfall some weeks.

 

[Drivesaitl]

You should know better after living here for so many years, lol. A "calm" day in our city/province is 25-30 km blustery breezes. As for the weather department, they have difficulty predicting nightfall some weeks.

Oh I do. But this spring its been near constant set of less than ideal conditions. Strong wind lots of days, low temps

Got all seed crop in on May 1. We've gone as early as April 20th. I don't waste growing season, I usually plant seedlings earlier too. Just hasn't been the weather window. Yesterday was supposed to be that and I checked every forecast that day, just to see what the day would bring.

Its my eternal fault to think weather forecasting is even a thing. Usually I do visual too. At 1pm things were looking fine. By 4 with all the tomatoes in it was a windstorm. Tomato seedlings are such dramatic things. Felt like I was performing intensive care as they just want to wither in the wind and keel over. Haha today they're all standing thanks to my efforts. On their own they'd be laying on the ground dead already.

 

[Stoneman89]

Oh I do. But this spring its been near constant set of less than ideal conditions. Strong wind lots of days, low temps

Got all seed crop in on May 1. We've gone as early as April 20th. I don't waste growing season, I usually plant seedlings earlier too. Just hasn't been the weather window. Yesterday was supposed to be that and I checked every forecast that day, just to see what the day would bring.

Its my eternal fault to think weather forecasting is even a thing. Usually I do visual too. At 1pm things were looking fine. By 4 with all the tomatoes in it was a windstorm. Tomato seedlings are such dramatic things. Felt like I was performing intensive care as they just want to wither in the wind and keel over. Haha today they're all standing thanks to my efforts. On their own they'd be laying on the ground dead already.

You are a wonderful parent. As for the weather department, there are 2 sites I usually use. Environment Canada and The Weather Station. I have seen temp predictions as far apart as 10-12 degrees between the two of them, and this only from a couple days out. Unbelievable that there can be such variance. I usually go with a split between them.

 

[timekeep]

AS a gardener I'm increasingly frustrated that weather "forecasts" can't describe even what weather will be one day.

So Yesterday planting tomatoes and its supposed to be relatively calm day. small chance of rain and wind 5-10kmh. No mention of gusts at all. Also low was to be 9 (not 3C). Then forecast changed and wind gusts later in day to 20-40. Then later prevailing wind occurring of 50kmh. lol. Poor tomatoes. Had to stake them up with cages and everything I could.

Last couple May long weekends have been pretty cool weather. With risks of near freezing overnight lows its been hard to plant.

I didn't think I'd need anchors to plant the tomatoes.

The easiest job out there is an Albertan weatherperson, zero accountability. If I was this bad at my job, I wouldn't have a set of golf clubs, a house, truck, a TV.

 

[Stoneman89]

8 above out there right now, with a stiff breeze (of course). I suspect there will be (has been) a lot of people cutting their long weekend short at the campsites or lake lots and headed home early. Going to put on our nice electric fireplace on and watch some more episodes of Mayor of Kingstown.

 

[Drivesaitl]

The easiest job out there is an Albertan weatherperson, zero accountability. If I was this bad at my job, I wouldn't have a set of golf clubs, a house, truck, a TV.

One would think the immediate access to information everywhere would make Weather reporting better.

 

[Drivesaitl]

You are a wonderful parent. As for the weather department, there are 2 sites I usually use. Environment Canada and The Weather Station. I have seen temp predictions as far apart as 10-12 degrees between the two of them, and this only from a couple days out. Unbelievable that there can be such variance. I usually go with a split between them.

My Pepper plants sitting happily in the warmish greenhouse instead of outside would agree.

Yeah I look at several forecasts as well. If I even recognized one being more reliable than any other I'd detect a pattern. They all may as well be describing weather somewhere else.