Sentences with phrase «last snow melted»

After winter's last snow melted in our town near the Alps, my father - in - law would start his own annual rite of spring: collecting the best dandelion leaves in the garden for lunchtime salads.

It prefers, it seems, led by its solons and others, to remain in the dark: «as long as we keep our eyes closed, we won't know when the last snow melts and who gives a damn, anyway?»

Not exact matches

At last, the snow is melting.

Miraculously this week, our last bits of snow have melted, and it was warm enough for our first real spring beach visit.

The key to having the snow last inside without melting into a puddle of water in 5 minutes is to pack lots of snow on the baking sheet.

While the odds of flooding are lower than last week, when heavy rain fell and snow melted in 60 degree temperatures, the potential for ice jam flooding remains elevated.

This powerful pellet ice melt is made from 94 % pure calcium chloride that lasts up to 24 hours to melt ice and snow and keep it at bay.

«We still don't know exactly where the meltwater came from, but given that the average temperature at the nearest weather station has risen by about 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over the last 50 years, it makes sense that snow and ice are melting and the resulting water is seeping down beneath the glacier,» Thompson said.

A key step forward came last year when scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, using remote sensing equipment, found that snow and glacier melt is extremely important to the Indus and Brahmaputra basins, but less critical to others.

The results showed no significant change in the quantity of black carbon deposited for the past 60 years or the quantity and mineralogical makeup of dust compared to the last 12,000 years, meaning that deposition of these light absorbing impurities is not a primary cause of reflectivity reduction or surface melting in the dry snow zone.

That thinner layer of snow will be less likely to last into the late spring and early summer, when melting rates are highest.

Melt has already picked back up since the last summer snow earlier this month, Box said.

I hear the East Coast got a huge snowstorm last week, so this is perfect soup to warm your soul while you wait for the snows to melt.

We did get another huge snowfall this past weekend, despite my wishes to the contrary in my last post, but yesterday it was such a warm day, that the snow is melting fast.

Most of the snow melted yesterday, thank goodness, and that's GOT to be the last of it!

At last, the hills of brown snow are starting to melt.

We had a lot of our snow melt over the last few days.

After the biggest downpour of snow on Friday night I think ours is at last melting!

* Dear readers, * Although still cold, all snow in Vienna has melted and the temperatures have been above zero the last few days.

We have been blessed with above freezing temps for the last few days which has melted most of the snow.

We've been snowed in the last few days, but I'm hoping most of the snow will melt away, so we can finally get out of the house.

Protect yourself and others on your own property by removing snow and ice, and applying a safe ice melting product to melt that last, most dangerous slippery layer.

The ice bar and guest rooms are decorated with hand - carved ice sculptures and packed snow art crafted by local artists; though the hotel and its art might melt in the spring, the memory of your trip will be one that lasts for a lifetime.

If significant area becomes an ablation zone, then once the previous winters snow has melted, the surface is composed of old ice, which every year becomes older than the last.

«The snow has been melting because of the mild weather and last week we had several days of rain,» Nuuk Tourism manager Flemming Nicolaisen said.)

Between the spring of 2004 (above) and last spring (below), an expanding region of melting snow and ice in Greenland has unburied a research camp.

The Independent story headline is a small gamble, there can be massive cloud coverage (occurring as I write) continuing from the usual great snow and ice Arctic summer melt, but I am quite sure the ice extent may be equal or less than last year come September 20.

By midday, all the snow that had fallen in the last 24 hours had melted and the fields were rapidly turning to mud.

Consider the possibility that not just millions, but billions face disastrous consequences from the likes of (including but not limited to): Sandy (and other hybrid and out - of - season storms enhanced by the earth's circulatory eccentricities and warmer oceans); the drought in progress; wildfires; floods (just last week, Argentina had 16 inches of rain in 2 hours *); derechos; increased cold and snow in the north as the Arctic melts and cracks up, breaking up the Arctic circulation and sending cold out of what was previously largely a contained system, and losing its own consistent cold, seriously interfering with the Jet Stream, pollution of multiple kinds such as in China, the increase of algae and the like in our oceans as they heat, and food and water shortages.

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

Last year we would have had a snow day already, this year it's only snowed twice and it melts by the next day.

But the normal condition of Kansas in last billion years, is it much warmer than it is currently - hardly surprisingly than snow melts in Kansas.

As the last of the winter's snow melted, it revealed our inviting back patio, where the sage and oregano was just beginning to poke through in the herb garden on the perimeter, bird feeders begging to be refilled so that the birds could flock in

Long before the last of the snow has melted in many parts of the country, diehard gardeners — and many new homeowners — are eager to get their hoes into the ground to prepare for a spring and summer bounty.

As homeowners and gardeners wait for the snow to melt, they're looking for ideas to help revive yards, trees, shrubs and plants that took a beating in last year's drought, said garden expert Melinda Myers.

I was just in Seattle last week... thinking of primroses and tulips and now am back to Chicago, where happily, the snow is almost melted.

Perhaps it will inspire the sun to shine and melt all the snow we got last night!

The last few days it has snowed and all melted within an hour.

We have managed to receive some snow a couple of times in the last 9 years that I have lived here, but it is rare and usually happens one morning and then melts by the afternoon.

I am watching the last of the snow melt away.

Last week's snow quickly melted... And while no doubt Mother Nature has more winter weather in store, our 60 degree temperatures this week have me dreaming of flowers.

I can think of a zillion ways I'll be able to put these little vases to work, but for now they're just the perfect way to add a touch of Spring to our home with some pretty flowers while we wait for the last of the snow to melt!