From Drifts to Daffodils! + 1st 50.F at my location.

Sprouting Daffodils February 16th

The title of the post is correct. We went from large snow Drift to sprouting Daffodils all in a one weeks time. Today's high was 50.F at my location, the first 50 degree reading of 2011, but exactly one week ago on February 9th the high was 6.F! It did not take long with highs in the 40s and 50s the past 4 days to quickly melt the snow on the south side of my house and allow for the southern foundation daffodils to begin sprouting, I'm not that all surprised in the fact that last year I reported some February 18th, nearly the same time frame, but I am surprised that they are sprouting when were still in mid February, only 1 week past a daytime high in the single digits!

Gardens covered in very deep Snow cover Feb 1st

The snow cover really has taken a significant hit the past week as high temperatures have soured above freezing everyday for the past 5 days, 2 of them were near, if now surpassing 50.F My snow depth was 21.0" before this warm air mass came and as of 3pm today it has dwindled to 13.0 so we've lost 8 inches so far, but I'm expecting significant drop from this number as lows tonight remain well above freezing, and highs sour to near record highs tomorrow.

Sunshine and significant snow melt Feb 16th

Here is two photos showing the difference of how much snow has been lost, before this air mass hit, it looked more like the one above, when temps as warm as they have been this much of a difference can be created!

I'm expecting near record highs possible tomorrow, so expect more pictures of the melting snow pack, and more then likely a warm temperature report. My forecast for tomorrow and the upcoming days will be released shortly.