Vernal Equinox Today - aka 1st Day of Spring

[Johnsfolly]

I got skunked on a pike trip in NJ on the 7th due to very snow melt and flooded waters. I have already missed two spawning runs for Silvery minnows and yellow perch. So it must be spring😉. 

It is starting to feel like spring here in MD. Just in case they move up the rivers early this year, I will have to try for shad pretty soon. @BilletHead and @Mrs. BilletHead will likely be finding morels pretty soon once they get off the river catching whites.

The vernal equinox reminds me when my wife and daughter visited the chamber tomb in Newgrange just south of Dublin. They do an equinox simulation to show how the light would enter the tomb on this day. That was pretty cool. Has anyone ever tried to stand eggs on end during the equinox? We set up probably half a dozen one year back in Columbia. After reading this article maybe one can't do that anymore.

Earth’s rotation is changing at a speed not seen in 3.6 million years

I hope that all you OAF guys and girls have a great day regardless. Go catch some fish! (post photos if you do😉)

[BilletHead]

27 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

I got skunked on a pike trip in NJ on the 7th due to very snow melt and flooded waters. I have already missed two spawning runs for Silvery minnows and yellow perch. So it must be spring😉. 

It is starting to feel like spring here in MD. Just in case they move up the rivers early this year, I will have to try for shad pretty soon. @BilletHead and @Mrs. BilletHead will likely be finding morels pretty soon once they get off the river catching whites.

The vernal equinox reminds me when my wife and daughter visited the chamber tomb in Newgrange just south of Dublin. They do an equinox simulation to show how the light would enter the tomb on this day. That was pretty cool. Has anyone ever tried to stand eggs on end during the equinox? We set up probably half a dozen one year back in Columbia. After reading this article maybe one can't do that anymore.

Earth’s rotation is changing at a speed not seen in 3.6 million years

I hope that all you OAF guys and girls have a great day regardless. Go catch some fish! (post photos if you do😉)

       Life is beginning to get really good. So will the ticks, mosquitoes and chiggers. 

[Quillback]

It will be the first day of summer here, with a forecast of 90 for a high tomorrow.  

[Terrierman]

3 hours ago, Quillback said:

It will be the first day of summer here, with a forecast of 90 for a high tomorrow.  

Tell that to the pin oaks, shingle oaks and a few others still hanging on to the last of their leaves.  They learned long ago to wait until it's time.  And by their reckoning, there's still weather to come.

[BilletHead]

34 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

Tell that to the pin oaks, shingle oaks and a few others still hanging on to the last of their leaves.  They learned long ago to wait until it's time.  And by their reckoning, there's still weather to come.

 Whenever the new growth appears those leaves will be purged no matter when. I wondered myself about what you said. Look it up. I remember as you probably do to a hard freeze in May. All trees were leaving out. 

[ness]

Interesting tidbit from the Johnson County, KS Extension Service

Last frost probability:
50% 4/15
40% 4/18
30% 4/21
20% 4/25
10% 4/30
5% 5/4
1% 5/13

And, from my own garden notes:

4/30/2011, 31 degrees
4/22/2013, freeze
5/2/2013, 1 inch snow
5/18/2014, record lows of 34 and 35 this week
5/9/2020, 34 degrees and frost
4/19-4/21/2022, low 26 degrees on 4/22
4/26/2022, 31 degrees
4/23/2023, 28 degrees

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, ness said:

Interesting tidbit from the Johnson County, KS Extension Service

Last frost probability:
50% 4/15
40% 4/18
30% 4/21
20% 4/25
10% 4/30
5% 5/4
1% 5/13

And, from my own garden notes:

4/30/2011, 31 degrees
4/22/2013, freeze
5/2/2013, 1 inch snow
5/18/2014, record lows of 34 and 35 this week
5/9/2020, 34 degrees and frost
4/19-4/21/2022, low 26 degrees on 4/22
4/26/2022, 31 degrees
4/23/2023, 28 degrees

I remember that 5/2/13 deal, it snowed a bit here.

[Quillback]

3 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Tell that to the pin oaks, shingle oaks and a few others still hanging on to the last of their leaves.  They learned long ago to wait until it's time.  And by their reckoning, there's still weather to come.

No doubt, would not be surprised to see a frost. On the other hand 90 is 90. which is downright freaky for March.

[jdmidwest]

88 here this afternoon.  No morels

[ness]

We hit 90+ yesterday. It was gonna be too hot in the house to sleep well so turned on the AC. 50 this morning