Mid Week Weather
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Fair weather reigns with sunshine and no rain! Frosty in morning but other than that very pleasant.NOWCAST - High pressure holds strongly over the west coast and will for the foreseeable future. An upper level low is spinning off California and could spread clouds or sprinkles northward the next few days but low risk. Bottom line, more of the same.
FORECAST - Tonight: Partly cloudy. Areas of fog. Lows around 30. Northeast wind 10 mph...except east wind 15 to 25 mph near the gorge decreasing after midnight.
Thursday: Partly sunny. Areas of fog in the morning. Highs 45 to 50 light wind..
Thursday night: Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows 30 to 35. Light wind. Near the gorge...light wind becoming east 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
Friday: Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 45. Light wind becoming east 10 mph in the afternoon. Near the gorge...east wind 15 to 25 mph.
Friday night: Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 30. East wind 10 mph...except east wind 15 to 25 mph near the gorge.
OUTCAST -
Lots of interesting cloud formations Wednesday afternoon with high and middle clouds passing through our area quite quickly. Abundance of Mares tails in the cirrus band that moved through. Strong upper winds blow the cirrus clouds into wispy curls like the tail of a horse. This was followed by a mackerel sky which develop from cirrus clouds as they begin to lower and clump together. And then finally a patch of alto cumulus and then the setting sun. What a wonderful day for cloud watching and sunshine basking! It looks like January will go into record books as a very dry month. Temperatures were once again in the 50's, three days in a row now. Wow! No cold or snow on the way either. Maybe for Valentine's Day?OFF TOPIC - The following is a poem I wrote about winter break and a fourth grade student on the ice:
A Winter Break
By
School was out.
The holiday was near.
I told my parents,
Just to be clear,
I was going to ice skate
Without any fear.
I went to the pond.
Two friends tagged along.
The ice was solid,
Frozen hard as a board.
I put on my skates,
Sharp as swords.
I sat near the edge
And my knees got the shakes.
My friends led me on,
So I started to rise.
Then guess what happened,
To my surprise?
I was up and moving.
It was pretty smooth!
My friends went ahead.
They showed me the way.
They looked so brave
My skates buzzed the whole day.
The ice flew into my long waving hair.
I forgot all my fears
And joined the skating parade.
The cool, crisp air made the sun so bright.
Oh, my friends and I were a joyful sight!
My Quote of the Day - "A knock on the door remains to be seen." - Pat Timm
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 9:43 PM,
