Weather and Gardening Discussion

[trtcttc]

ECC is back at it with a 13 degree forecast next Wednesday. Not sure if it's calibration issues but 7 degrees right now? I'm not near the airport but that seems incredibly warm. I'm seeing and measuring 2 degrees where I'm at near the inner city, which should be warmer due to heat island effects.

 

[Urban Outdoorsman]

Yeah I don't what the deal is but my weather forecasts have been pretty consistently off the last few weeks, and by a lot more than the usual.

 

[Mountain Man]

I find TWN to be fairly accurate most of the time. Unless I look at their snow report for the ski hills, then they're out to lunch lol.

 

[Mountain Man]

That 13 doesn't seem to have been accurate haha!

 

[trtcttc]

That 13 doesn't seem to have been accurate haha!

They are now forecasting 10 and 8 for Monday and Tuesday...whereas every other service is in the low single digits (2-5). While it's not a big deal for most people, it's pretty embarrassing for a National Weather Service to be so off and it's models are probably relied on for industrial and other uses?

 

[Roaring Flames]

From what I've been told, the Weather Network and others get their weather data from ECCC and work from there. So I'm not entirely sure what's wrong with the forecasting on the government site. Might just be a very bad interpretation of the data.

 

[Mountain Man]

It's the government, they live is a rosy dream world, not the real world lol.

 

[boreal96]

Is it me or December and November were dreadful in terms of sunshine?

 

[Mountain Man]

Definitely cloudy, apart from the cold snaps, feels like a BC winter so far.

 

[Mountain Man]

Is it summer yet?

 

[CBBarnett]

Gardening question - for our climate when is the best time for hedge pruning? Everything is obviously still dormant - is now / spring a good time? Or is it better to wait until fall after leaves drop?

 

[Urban Outdoorsman]

Doesn't really matter, they'll get the most growth in spring and them slow by mid summer, so it depends what you're going for.

 

[CBBarnett]

Doesn't really matter, they'll get the most growth in spring and them slow by mid summer, so it depends what you're going for.

Hedge is young - only 3 year old cotoneaster, haven't really pruned much at all yet. I want the hedges to get thicker and taller over time.

 

[Urban Outdoorsman]

Hedge is young - only 3 year old cotoneaster, haven't really pruned much at all yet. I want the hedges to get thicker and taller over time.

In that case I'd just give it a light shaping once in the early spring and once in the late summer.

 

[Alex_YYC]