April 23, 2007
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UNISYS water vapor satellite of the north and west hemisphere.
Not carved in stone, as the sun moves up the face of Earth to it's highest latitude there is going to be other manifestations in weather because of 'heat' build up under the CO2.
We are moving through tornado season and that will be followed by a hurricane season that might very well be as calm as last year. The reason being is the available humidity of the troposphere is moving up in elevation and not necessarily available for vortex formation over hotter oceans. With that upward movement of humidity (water vapor) the hurricanes that will result will be from the vortices themselves and not accumulated 'heat' on the ground. The heat on the very surface of Earth will result in that higher evaporation and drought.
But, for now the 'weather system' pattern is fairly obvious and we are looking at a repeat of last week only at a little higher latitude because of the progressing solar radiation.
By LINDA A. JOHNSONAssociated Press
TRENTON, N.J. - April showers aren't necessarily bringing flowers.
Instead, garden centers, nursery growers and landscapers across the country say heavy rains, unseasonably cold weather and snowstorms this month have been killing business, with the cold and mud preventing consumers from buying flowers, shrubs and vegetable seedlings.
East Coast garden center owners are using adjectives from "miserable" to "horrific" to describe the situation, and are hoping a warm, sunny weekend in many areas will help turn things around.
Spring planting has been delayed a couple of weeks for farmers who can't get equipment in soggy fields, and winter crops such as asparagus that should be getting harvested have not been.
"Right now, everybody's just waiting till it dries out," said Ben Casella of the New Jersey Farm Bureau.
Garden centers and wholesale nurseries from southern New England to South Carolina and through the Midwest say business is off - 50 percent at some locations. Meanwhile, fuel costs for heating greenhouses are up dramatically.
"This week, we have done about 10 percent of the business we should do," said George Lucas, owner of flower wholesaler Lucas Greenhouses in Monroeville, N.J.
TRENTON, N.J. - April showers aren't necessarily bringing flowers.
Instead, garden centers, nursery growers and landscapers across the country say heavy rains, unseasonably cold weather and snowstorms this month have been killing business, with the cold and mud preventing consumers from buying flowers, shrubs and vegetable seedlings.
East Coast garden center owners are using adjectives from "miserable" to "horrific" to describe the situation, and are hoping a warm, sunny weekend in many areas will help turn things around.
Spring planting has been delayed a couple of weeks for farmers who can't get equipment in soggy fields, and winter crops such as asparagus that should be getting harvested have not been.
"Right now, everybody's just waiting till it dries out," said Ben Casella of the New Jersey Farm Bureau.
Garden centers and wholesale nurseries from southern New England to South Carolina and through the Midwest say business is off - 50 percent at some locations. Meanwhile, fuel costs for heating greenhouses are up dramatically.
"This week, we have done about 10 percent of the business we should do," said George Lucas, owner of flower wholesaler Lucas Greenhouses in Monroeville, N.J.
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