Hey all.
Wondering where all the snow is? Expecting a green Christmas? Yes, me too. The fact is, I can't remember it being this mild over every square inch of Newfoundland and Labrador for such a long time. Whilst it's normal for it to be this mild in the St. John's metro area right up through til New Year's Eve, for the rest of our beloved homeland, not so much so.
Today, for example, it's raining drizzling and fogging (just bear with my poor use of the Queen's native tongue) everywhere from Saglek (!) to Lab City to Port Aux Basques to (no surprise) St. John's. Normally, there'd be blankets of snow, sure beds up to 8 feet deep everywhere on the Labrador, and down the Northern Pen of Newfoundland all the way towards the Codroy Valley, and as far east as Gandah. But not this year. Raining in Lab City, the 16th of December. Really. Never expected this in my lifetime. Temps as high as 10ยบ ion Western closing in on the Christmas week. Not enough white-stuff to make a snowcone even in the hills. Honestly, bizarre,
Sure it's even been freezing (literally) in Florida.
So where is all the snow?
West of us, South of us and yes... even east of us:
Read here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10694873
Another 8" of snow forecast in ENGLAND.
My eldest son and I were planning on snowboarding and skidooing Christmas week. Doesn't look like that's going to happen unless we go to Canada, England or perhaps even the southern US.