May 12
Gotta love May!
Friday afternoon we took a quick spin out to Caroline and Tay River to check out the snow before it disappeared, and there was still a foot of it out there after a warm sunny day. It’s all gone now and everything is going green. All that moisture has had little impact on the rivers involved so far. A few small spikes on the Little Red Deer and Medicine rivers, but most of the melt must have soaked in. Should be a good spring runoff this year, the mountain peaks that can be seen from here have more snow on them than I’ve seen all winter.
It was a nice and warm weekend here with a thick cover of little popcorn cumulus almost the entire time. Zero precip and still waiting patiently for the first shaker of the season. I didn’t get a chance to peruse the forecast models this eve, but I heard mention somewhere of 25C for the near future?
The yard has really come alive after that nice drink last week, the leaves are popping out everywhere, perennials are poking up in their beds, and I’m going to have to dig the mower out soon. Gleniffer Lake is almost free of ice, Sylvan Lake has started to break up but is still covered.
