The Silver Screen Oasis

It's been a chilly spring here in northeast Ohio, too. Supposed to warm up in a few days. The trees are blooming, though and look so beautiful.

Sandy K

I keep putting my new annual plants outside during the day and bringing them in at night. We have had 50's and even some 60 degree days, but then at night it's been going down to 36 to 40 which is way too cold. One night a couple weeks ago it was 56 at night and I couldn't sleep it felkt so hot, but now i wish it were like that every night so I could keep the blasted plants outside or plant them in the ground.

RedRiver wrote:It's been the coldest spring I can remember in Kentucky. Granted, I lived in Chicago for a long time. That doesn't count! I hope Donald Meek is not affected by the flooding in the midwest. "Kansas City, Kansas, brother!"

Since Kansas City Ks & Kansas City MO are separated by the Kaw River, where it then flows into the Missouri River, Donald might need his waders later this spring.

Tropical Cyclone 3-day outlook for The Coral Sea

IDQ10810
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Brisbane

Tropical Cyclone 3-day outlook for The Coral Sea
Issued at 2:49pm EST on Monday the 29th of April 2013 and valid until end of
Thursday

Existing Cyclones in the Eastern Region:
Nil.

Potential Cyclones:
At 10am AEST Monday, a deepening tropical low was situated approximately 930
kilometres east-northeast of Cairns and 1,090 kilometres east of Lockhart River
and moving slowly in a west-southwest direction. The tropical low is expected to
continue to deepen while developing more of a westwards track as it approaches
the far northeast Queensland coast during Tuesday and Wednesday.

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Eastern Region on:
Tuesday: High
Wednesday:High

Oh golly, Fossy, take care of yourself! Is your home right out there at the edge of the water? Does it make a difference whether you are on the water or further inland? I see that Cairns is pretty exposed there on the shore. I barely even know what a tropical cyclone is or what kind of preparations one should make for it.

JackFavell wrote:Oh golly, Fossy, take care of yourself! Is your home right out there at the edge of the water? Does it make a difference whether you are on the water or further inland? I see that Cairns is pretty exposed there on the shore. I barely even know what a tropical cyclone is or what kind of preparations one should make for it.

It is expected that the tropical low will become a category 1 cyclone by 4:00pm today (Tues). Although the satellite picture shows it heading for Cairns, the forecast is that it will veer north, away from Cairns. We will probably get heavy rain from it. I do not live on the coast, perhaps 3km inland and about 12 km south of the CBD.

Keep us informed if you can! I will be thinking of you, Fossy, and hoping the storm veers away so you miss any damage or power outages.

That's goes double for me Fossy ...

Me too.

Tropical cyclone Zane has intensified to category 2, and is expected to intensify further to category 3 in the next couple of hours. The cyclone has stopped traveling southward and has now turned west. It is expected to veer north, and weaken to category 2 before landfall at 4:00am tomorrow (Thursday). Cairns will not even notice it.

Whew! Thank goodness. I'm glad you are missing the brunt of it, Fossy! Keep us informed as to how you are doing.

The cyclone has now fizzled out and will cross the coast as a tropical low. Wind speed has dropped to 85 kph. It is well north of Cairns and is expected to cross the coast this afternoon (Thursday).

Thanks for the update, Fossy. I hope the rest of this cyclone season turns into a gentle rain where needed. Take care.

I'm a native New Yorker..born and raised. But I saw Chicago yesterday and given a little tour by ChiO...

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These pix don't do it justice. It is a beautiful city.

Tell us all about the guided tour! What did you see?

I have fond memories of the magic shop in the Sherman House, and of the Museum of Science and Industry, which was our class trip every year, because we always chose to go there. Which will tell you how old I was when I was last in Chicago....