[Magdalen] Crazy weather!

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/13/2015 9:04:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:

Even up  here in the North country there's no snow on the ground and temps 
have  been reliably above freezing every day - even at night. It's been in 
the  50's the last few days. We've only had dustings of snow so far - 
nothing  
to stay around for more than a day. Went hiking on Friday out back without  
a 
jacket, even. White Christmases are almost a sure thing here, but things  
will need to change for that to  happen.>>>>>>
 
 
65 F today, a record for most sites in NE Pennsylvania USA.
 
I'm worried about the thousands of daffodils planted in my garden  area.
They're starting to push up.  OTOH, the ground is not frozen, of  course,
and some late season planting has been easy.  Everyone is wandering 
about in a state of shock.
 
We usually do NOT have snow for Christmas, and it will have to change
a lot for that to happen this year.  Most of the winter precipitation  is
rain, and there is lots of it.  On the occasion of colder air in place  and
one of these wet winter lows, we get buried.  For example, I've  never
experienced 36" of snow in, say, February or March in the Upper  Midwest
of MN and WI, but I have here in PA.
 
 
David Strang.