eeeeeyep. my bum was defrosting for two hours.
This photo of the Sandias is typical of our skies for the last few weeks. It is beautiful, but the drought is getting very serious---fire danger and strong winds to stir it up.
At this point, we would love some rain or snow.
There is a foot of stupid meteorology laying all over my driveway in eastern Cconnecticut and we were lucky. Both Hartford and Providence have two feet of it.
today is sunny and the snow is still beautiful, sparkling white.
nice try, diane, but i love the seasons. winter may be long and sometimes we curse our existence, but THEN! the Spring! there is just no other long-term euphoria that would come close. it's worth it.
Acq - I heard New Haven (maybe) got 30 inches.
Diane, we've been hearing about your drought, even out here.
Littlek, yes, the drought is terribly serious here. A couple of night ago, there was a large fire in the bosque near the Isleta Pueblo. With high winds today, the danger becomes even more serious.
Amigo, I wasn't trying to make you jealous (although be on the look out, I'm capable of anything!). This part of the country is hurting from so little rain for a few years now. There is a hugh pinon pine die-out in the mountians. Pinons are a major food for many Indians and they are used extensively in everyday cooking here in New Mexico. Many ranchers have lost their property because of low water levels.
The sight of golf course in the Southwest digusts me. I know they are a huge income producer, but the waste of water is obscene. Why can't a new game of golf be invented that plays on sand and rough terrain? Hm, maybe a few rattle snakes, scorpions and gila monsters. Yeah, that's the ticket!
I was glad to be leaving S Fe as the big golf course was being installed N of town. That road it's on was the road to my first caynon adventure spot when I moved there. It leads to a little dry canyon wash which runs to the rio grand in wetter weather than I ever saw while there. The people I knew knew that canyon as a diablo canyon. I cried the first time I wandered into it. It was a few days after I'd arrived in town and I felt like I'd gone home.
To see pristine beauty tainted by money is one of the most difficult experiences for any nature lover. The same thing is happening in Arizona, where I grew up.
Luckily, Dys knows lots of hidden places that are still undiscovered. If they disappear, it will be time to give up the ghost.
Diane, We've been told to expect bad brush fires this summer. And we just had one that had us breathing smoke and ash for two days.(This is response the drought we are sharing)
amigo : we have just been advised that we can expect a 'flash freeze' overnight .
had freezing rain overnight, rain this morning, now the sun is shining and the temperatur is falling - expect minus 15 C overnight along eastern lake ontario with colder temperatures away from the lake . hbg
Say, I just reread the title of the thread. Now, why isn't meteorology a study of meteors?
meteorology
good question , roger ! don't know either , but at least i found a neat website
...METEOROLOGY A TO Z...
hbg
Now, if interstellar boulders were flying outta the sky, well, I'd prolly be too intimidated to call it stupid.
-14C
feels like -25C
it's finally winter
can't say as I mind
other than the fact that my car needs a new battery
SOON
eastern lake ontario :
same here - except for the battery, i hope - it's been through six canadian winters, time to get a new one for next winter. hbg
Cold!!! with a good stiff wind behind it
Here is a good site on droughts, including a clip and a photo of Lake Mead with a "bathtub ring."
Weather--Drought
http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/ARTICLES/drought.asp
"Once you get into a dry pattern and you start to dry the ground out, that reduction in soil moisture can help to intensify and perpetuate the drought." Normally, the evaporation of soil moisture consumes much of the energy contained in the summer sunshine; without this moisture, that energy heats the ground instead and raises temperatures even further. Warmer temperatures create a high pressure system which, in turn, blocks storms from coming into the area. Drought begets drought.
Effect of drought on Lake Mead in Arizona.
