The Skiathos Bulletin Board

Elle · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject:

How beautiful.... and how QUIET it looks! I would love to spend a winter on Skiathos - one of these years, we will and sooner than later...

That looks like Monica-the-dog's caique, all by it's lonesome in the distance...

Where we live in northern California is the same latitude as Skiathos. We are in the midst of a near drought here, the driest season in years and years, almost one for the history books. Incredibly COLD but very dry for months, with little or no rain in the forecast. We started out with a fairly decent and damp autumn but that was it.
Is Skiathos experiencing a DRY winter, moreso than usual? I know (I think???) our weather patterns are probably dependent upon entirely different currents... a musician, you know, not a scientist... Very Happy

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Ian · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:03 am Post subject:

Its an El Nino year and thats probably affecting you in California.

Merlin has said that the weather in Skiathos is different this winter and that it is very dry. But the weather is very strange over here in UK too. Its like early spring (In the south) with early summer shrubs and trees here coming into blossom.
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simonbell · Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 78 Location: London, U.K.

Actually it's been pretty cold in the South of England. I'm in West London right now & it's -4 degrees. With the clear blue skies in the picture it's easy to assume it's warm - I'm guessing it's not.

Merlin · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:42 am Post subject:

Sure the weather was cold and he locals put on there coats

Sitting in the winter sun if you closed your eyes you just may be able to convince yourself that it was early May/
The main topic of concerned was with water reserves and nature waking up to early……..

Where did winter go ?
Tourists already Confused

Foxy · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

"Nature waking up too early"

We were discussing that last night. It's been really mild here lately & the blackbirds are chasing each other, daffodils are out & a load of ducks have just flown over.

Having said that, yesterday was thick fog & the cars were covered in ice.

adrianxw · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:20 am Post subject:

Weather here has been really weird. Last year broke many records, and this year has started out in the same direction.

2006 Records.

July - warmest on record
August - wettest on record
September - warmest on record
October - warmest on record
November - warmest on record
December - warmest on record

Warmest autumn season on record, warmest year on record. That after one of the hardest winter seasons for 50 years!

2007 Records

January - warmest on record and wettest on record and first time since records began that those two records have been broken in the same month in the same year.

Nice pictures by the way.
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Merlin · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:00 am Post subject:

It’s so hard to comprehend that I was strolling around the harbour this time last week, Sad

Foxy · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

phillippos · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Reading

hi Merlin Nice photo 's! still rather be in the Cold Skiathos than the cold uk one
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suejet · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

Snap!

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