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An Arctic front is Scheduled to hit Edmonton on Tuesday, and Calgary on Wednesday, And Continuing south to Montana.
Our high temp for Wednesday is Minus 1 And the low Wednesday night is Minus 9
This really sucks when the weigh off is 3 weeks after the first killing frost. So much for the 250 lb weight gain I need on my outside plants.
The end to a wonderful, great season, (NOT)
So cover up with with your best down filled Quilts and get out the space heaters.
Eddy

9/3/2004 10:38:52 AM

Taber, Alberta

Geeez I hope they are wrong. It's still a few days away and the forecast will probably change 5-6 times (probably for the worse)but I'm already depressed. Thanks Eddy for the heads up.
Alan

9/3/2004 1:34:47 PM

Edmonton, Canada

Yikes. Like you say Eddy, just anouther bad stretch of weather in a horrible season.

9/3/2004 2:05:27 PM

Vancouver, White Rock, Canada

Western Canada? Hey, it's 22* and sunny here...

9/3/2004 6:02:36 PM

Lloydminster/AB

Yup. Just checked the weather network and it looks like its game over. On the bright side, it will give us some extra time to prepare our patches for next year, that is if the soil isn't froze solid a month early.

9/3/2004 7:31:04 PM

Whidbey Island

Hey fellas, get some plastic pipes and a lot of 4 or 6 mil plastic sheeting. With a bit care you can cover most of the vine, put a heater underneath and maybe, just maybe, you'll save enough of the plant for another few weeks.

9/3/2004 10:38:31 PM

Taber, Alberta

Ok, I've had all day to stew over this. My bet is that it won't hit that bad, if at all. The 5 day forecast is never terribly accurate, especially here in wacky Alberta.

9/3/2004 11:25:03 PM

Taber, Alberta

Ok, now that I've written my last post, watch out, I'll be the only one to get frost and probably a foot of snow next week. At least we'll get rid of the bugs on my windshield.

9/3/2004 11:26:28 PM

Lloydminster/AB

I had the plastic pipes and a tarp over my one remaining promising plant for the last 2 weeks. I had so much frost lately that the plant would not have survived without it. I am slowly going broke. Ha! Ha! They are already changing the forecast a little. I hope for the better. Don

9/4/2004 12:11:14 PM

Colorado Hail, CO. Elev. 5,900 FT

Now how the hell did Canada get our weather? LOL....

9/4/2004 12:16:08 PM

Taber, Alberta

Hey guys, the forecast has changed. It may not be great growing weather coming up, but at least it's not a hard frost.

9/5/2004 10:46:35 AM

New Brunswick

Yup, one of my kittens woke me up early this morning or it would have been game over for my two remaining pumpkin plants I fear. I got right out with the water hose and sprayed everything...including myself. I have to go out and cover everything tonight...something I neglected to do last night as I thought it was too warm..Hah...thats a laugh warm..yeah right...whats warm? certainly nothing we had much of this summer! Whats with this crazy weather anyhow?

9/5/2004 6:16:15 PM

Colo.Spgs.CO. Pikes Peak Chapter @ [email protected]

You guys in canada kept sending that cold stuff down here to colorado all summer, maybe next season (summer 2005) we can compromise and we can send some warm stuff up your way all season long....LOL.... and everyone will be :-)...James Kane

9/6/2004 3:37:37 AM

Edmonton, Canada

Sounds like a plan!!!

9/6/2004 10:49:18 AM