Early Spring USA 2017: Early Cherry and Pear Blossoms, Daffodils, Oak and Willow Blooms, 80 degree temperatures North of Mason-Dixon Line in February, Storms, more

Spring in much of the Northern Hemisphere is here early.

After 15 years of super cold and increasingly cold weather, the last 2 years have been a blessing with this very warm air.

From Marchuary to Marpril.







USGS Phenology Maps show the arrival of Early spring by leaf cover over the US.

 Tulip Magnolia Tree in DC

 NYC Daffodils

 Ohio Willow Tree

Early Cherry and Pear Blossoms:

The Pears....

Early Pear Blossoms have been spotted as North as Cincinnati, and are in full swing in Cities such as Tulsa.  In Cincinnati, the Homeless as well as others eat the pears off of the trees.  Other cities are looking into growing those pears to feed the needy as well.

Pear Trees are a good thing when you have homeless displaced populations during spring feeding times.  Population Control Bee hating Arborists looking to keep around trees that fail to attract bees, while getting rid of those trees bees love- like pears are crying in cities such as Tulsa and Cincinnati about their "invasive species."

According to an Arborist at Tulsa's 121st Street Cornfield

 “It is an extremely invasive, dangerous tree,” Massey said. “It’s their defense mechanism to grow with more energy to grow taller, faster than anything around it and to choke out everything else. Then it flowers and seeds, and the problem continues to spread. That is the nature of this beast.”

Not only are the trees prolific, they are a danger that most people don’t recognize — until they learn how to spot the long, hard thorns.

“They aren’t thorns that are easy to see like on a rose bush,” Massey said as he peeled a leaf and some flowers off the branch of a tree along 121st Street. “You see just that small needle-like tip there?”

What looked like a shoot growing off a larger branch to produce some blooms and a leaf actually was a bark-covered thorn, about 2 inches long, with just the tip showing. The small “shoot” was not at all flexible. It was impossible to break by hand.

“They are extremely hard and grow 1 inch to 3 inches long,” Massey said. “They will easily puncture a child’s tennis shoe, your boot, even a tractor tire. It’s very dangerous to walk around in a patch of these trees like this.”

An Ohio State University Scientist who doesn't want Cincinnati Homeless to eat says..

“It’s really the result of unintended consequences,” said Joe Boggs with the Ohio State University Extensive Services.

Boggs says there’s no way to go back and fix the problem.

“They are everywhere and probably the first thing is stop contributing to the problem so stop buying and planting them,” Boggs said.

Besides taking over, there are other environmental concerns yet to be proven.

Scientists know bees are drawn to the trees but don’t know if it’s at the expense of other plants that may need them as well.

“There’s been some suggestion that the species is allelopathic, which means they produce chemicals in the soil that interferes with the ability of other plants to germinate. That’s all preliminary. We’re trying to find out more about that, so there’s a lot more to this story,” 

Cherry Trees....

Cherry Trees across the US have been blooming weeks earlier than normal.  In Washington D.C. the Cherry Blossom Festival might not have any blossoms this year at all.  By the time the Festival which starts on March 25 begins, the Blossoms will have gone into Berry Mode beginning to produce berries.









Lake Winnebago Ice Sheets:

Large Ice Mountains called Sheets or Shoves are forming on Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago.



Gardening:


Get that Soil ready.  Work compost into your soil, and be ready to plant your cold weather Crops (Lettuce, Kale, Spinach, Radishes, Beets) NOW if you live in say Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri,and Alabama, and about 2 weeks from Now in Kentucky, Virginia,  Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Southern portions of: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.

We still believe the temperatures will continue their current trend going from Normal, to way Above Normal.  This St. Louis March 2017 Weather Outlook Map, most likely will see colder weather than what is shown- Snow, 25 Degree High Temperatures/ 10F nighttime Temperatures, etc..  And Hotter weather= 80+ Degree one- 2 day Blowouts.


St. Louis will most likely see:

1. 2 full weeks= 14 days of 60-70 temperatures 10 days back to back in late March.
2. 7-10 Normal Days= 50/30-59/38 Degrees.
3. 1-2 80+ Degree Days
4. 5-10 Very Cold Days

SUN 2/26 Actual Temp 49° /20° Hist. Avg. 49°/30°	MON 2/27 Actual Temp 66° /34° Hist. Avg. 49°/30°	TUE 2/28 Actual Temp 73° /55° Hist. Avg. 50°/30°	YESTERDAY Actual Temp 70° /38° Hist. Avg. 50°/30°	TODAY 3/2 54° /27° Sunny to partly cloudy Hist. Avg. 50°/31°	FRI 3/3 48° /36° Sunshine and patchy clouds Hist. Avg. 51°/31°	SAT 3/4 64° /46° Sunny, pleasant and warmer Hist. Avg. 51°/31°
SUN 3/5 65° /53° Mostly cloudy and warm Hist. Avg. 52°/31°	MON 3/6 73° /56° Cloudy and warm with a shower Hist. Avg. 52°/32°	TUE 3/7 68° /38° A thunderstorm in spots Hist. Avg. 52°/32°	WED 3/8 62° /43° Mostly sunny and beautiful Hist. Avg. 53°/32°	THU 3/9 62° /45° Considerable cloudiness Hist. Avg. 53°/32°	FRI 3/10 63° /36° Cloudy Hist. Avg. 54°/33°	SAT 3/11 58° /42° Periods of clouds and sun Hist. Avg. 54°/33°
SUN 3/12 64° /36° A p.m. t-storm possible Hist. Avg. 54°/33°	MON 3/13 50° /33° Clouds break for sun; colder Hist. Avg. 55°/33°	TUE 3/14 57° /44° Overcast and warmer Hist. Avg. 55°/34°	WED 3/15 56° /38° Plenty of clouds Hist. Avg. 56°/34°	THU 3/16 47° /42° Mostly cloudy and colder Hist. Avg. 56°/34°	FRI 3/17 51° /38° Mostly sunny and colder Hist. Avg. 57°/34°	SAT 3/18 59° /43° Sun and some clouds Hist. Avg. 57°/35°
SUN 3/19 61° /46° Considerable cloudiness Hist. Avg. 58°/35°	MON 3/20 63° /47° Cloudy Hist. Avg. 58°/35°	TUE 3/21 65° /48° Mostly cloudy Hist. Avg. 58°/35°	WED 3/22 65° /40° A couple of afternoon showers Hist. Avg. 59°/36°	THU 3/23 64° /38° Mostly cloudy Hist. Avg. 59°/36°	FRI 3/24 53° /42° Turning cloudy; colder Hist. Avg. 60°/36°	SAT 3/25 64° /41° Warmer with partial sunshine Hist. Avg. 60°/36°
SUN 3/26 56° /37° Sunshine Hist. Avg. 60°/37°	MON 3/27 55° /39° Mostly sunny Hist. Avg. 61°/37°	TUE 3/28 59° /46° Sun and some clouds Hist. Avg. 61°/37°	WED 3/29 67° /38° Warmer with increasing clouds Hist. Avg. 62°/38°	THU 3/30 59° /40° Mostly cloudy and colder Hist. Avg. 62°/38°	FRI 3/31 62° /40° Sun and areas of low clouds Hist. Avg. 62°/38°	SAT 4/1 61° /45° Sunny

Either way, this year is not going to be normal.  We expect more of the same, extreme Temperatures all year towards the up trend.

Summer time will see 1990s like Heat Waves.  In fact, as we have said we think that last 15 year cold cycle is over



2017 ALLERGY SEASON:

Allergy Season has also started early.  So those with Allergies need to be on the guard right now, and into the season for prolonged Allergy problems.

You may want to look into this Probiotic cure for Allergies.

"Not all probiotics work for allergies. This one did," said Jennifer Dennis, a doctoral student in the UF food science and human nutrition department in UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and first author on the latest study.

Scientists already know that the probiotic combination of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, sold as Kyo-Dophilus in stores, helps maintain digestive health and parts of the immune system. "