this sign just may stay up for a while.
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‘one day it was so cold, i almost got married.’
-shelley winters, american actress
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image credit: pinterest
Jan5
it is this cold today.
Category Archives: weather
Oct2
let it rain.
at the moment of kickoff
at my grandson’s game
the skies opened up
serving up a main course
of biting sideways rain
with a side dish of high-winded temperature drop
no lighting or thunder
so the game went on
having just taken the umbrella out of my car
at least there was a rain jacket still on the seat
yet quickly apparent that it wasn’t built
for sudden deluge-level weather
nor were the fans’ soon to be inside-out umbrellas
but they kept on playing and playing
while they didn’t win
they stayed in the game
as did the families/fans
showing a lot of heart
when we got to the car
as we made our way out
and onto the road home
the weather left
just as quickly as it had arrived
not one more drop of rain fell
not a wisp of wind was blown
not a chill in the air to be found
as we dripped and dropped in the car
laughing about the crazy storm
so looking forward to hot showers, warm food, and cozy, dry pajamas
our just desserts
after a game
well-played by all.
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‘the best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.’
-henry wadsworth longfellow
Jun25
heat wave.
not my bear, not my state, not my deck
but i get it
everyone needs relief from the heat
such extreme weather
just a quick over the shoulder glance
and then –
relief
you find it where you can
careful not to bother anyone else in the process.
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‘if you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?’
-steven wright
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image credit: nature is amazing
Mar16
fever.
coats ‘n kids go separate ways
as they hope for spring
on these sunny days.
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“it’s spring fever. that is what the name of it is. and when you’ve got it,
you want -oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want,
but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
-mark twain
Jan16
cold.
Nov21
temperature.
the temperature has dropped quite a bit and i am ready.
bring it.
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“it doesn’t matter what temperature the room is, it’s always room temperature.”
-steven wright
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image credit: google images
Apr23
rainy night.
“it was a rainy night. it was the myth of a rainy night.”
― j
― j
oh, how i love rainy nights.
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The University of Michigan Bentley Library
a rainy night on campus. 1909
Photo credit: Daines & Nickels (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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Mar1
undecided.
march arrives and mother nature sits undecided
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“the seasons change their manner,
as the year had found some months asleep and leapt them over.”
-william shakespeare
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ann arbor, mi, usa – march 2023 – mlive photo credit
Feb23
thunder ice.
*the thunder ice cometh.
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“thou art all ice. thy kindness freezes.”
-william shakespeare
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*Yes, Thunder Ice is a real thing.
Thundersnow is so last year.
This week in the U.S. there have been a few reports of “thunder ice” or “thunder-freezing rain.” It’s basically a thunderstorm during freezing rain or sleet.
“It’s not something we see very often, but it does happen from time to time and that’s what we experienced across the country,” said Chris Bowman, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “It’s fairly unusual,” he said. “You get pretty heavy rainfall rates and obviously with temperatures below freezing it happens.”
How does all of this happen? Convection — upward motion of air — helps produce thunderstorms. But it’s fairly rare to have convection within a winter storm. Thunder and lightning are much more common in warm-season thunderstorms. When there’s strong enough convection, along with plenty of moisture available, a winter storm can produce thundersnow. And when there’s a layer of warm air above a colder surface layer, freezing rain and sleet falls while the thunder is booming – thunder ice.
Dec7
hail, yes.
my sweet cherry blossom spring doormat
has met the sour almost winter hail.
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“he ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.”
turkish proverb
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