May 1
Weather - April 2007
April was… well, April. We had a couple of really warm spells but also some typical April weather with a little bit of snowfall. Otherwise it was the month when all the snow disappeared, I now have but a small pile in a shaded trench behind the house. It was also a month with big winds, luckily no damage to houses and people but the forest has taken a beating. I have quite a few wind felled pines just some 50-100 metres from the house. They have partly cut the forest there so there’s fewer trees to stand against the force of the wind and the few remaining trees are obviously having a hard time now.
Signs of spring:
- 1st of April: coltsfoot in full bloom
- 6th: hepatica in bloom
- 13th: my snow meter reached 0 cm
- 14th: butterflies
- 15th: leaf buds
- 16th: daphne in bloom
- 23rd: the first rainbow of the year
- 25th: alpine penny-cress in full bloom
- 26th: pied wag-tail, the big lakes (Dåasen & Loossjön) 100% free of ice
- 27th: the trees are starting to look green
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Temperature (High): 17°C
Temperature (Low): -2°C
Temperature (Average): 7°C
Temperature (High): 17°CTemperature (Low): -2°C
Temperature (Average): 7°C
Barometer (High): 1027 mbar
Barometer (Low): 985 mbar
Barometer (Avg): 1010 mbar
Total of sunny days: 5
Snow cover (High): 20 cm
Snow cover (Low): 0 cm
Snow cover (Avg): 6 cm
New snow: 0 cm
Days with snowfall: 3
Rain: 5 mm
Days with rain: 2
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Don’t care about the weather, but the crocus picture looks very nice! How about adding some contrast, though?
Another image with a wonderfully interesting perspective!
Thanks guys!
Rane - you’re right about the contrast, I’ve been trying to become more in-camera and less post-editing but some editing (like levels!) is obviously almost always needed and I forgot it here.