Signs of Spring | Boston.com's Big Picture | #strange weather #pretty pictures

[pokerfan]

Seemingly strange weather patterns continue to break high and low temperature records. The same patterns spawned an early tornado season in the midwestern United States and brought late season snowstorms to the west. Record snow falls and frigid temperatures characterized a particularly difficult winter across Europe with many deaths attributed to the conditions. Signs of Spring for the Northern Hemisphere (which began officially with the Vernal Equinox - March 20 - when the hours of day are approximately equal to the hours of night) like trees blossoming and flowers blooming, the shedding of winter coats and the desire of anyone -who has spent an all too long winter season indoors - to venture outside to soak up the sun. -- Paula Nelson (45 photos total)







http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ (45 photos total)

[Arugula Latte]

1. Meanwhile, in the Northwest, we're having the crappiest March ever.

We've had snow mixed with rain close to sea level -- several days in a row.

Enough!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. BEAUTIFUL pictures. prettier than I expected. Just made one my screen saver. Thanks

[Speck Tater]

3. Right! I woke up to 3 inches of snow on the ground. It NEVER snows here. Not even in winter.

So what's up with that? And no, I'm not a global warming denier. If anything, this snow is more evidence that the global climate has run off the rails, since more warming can, ironically, mean more snowfall.

Location: Eugene,OR. USA