Weather Reporting: January 11

Here’s what’s up in this week’s weather posts from around the world.

• Pam in Pennsylvania has an interesting post on the January thaw, with a short explanation of the weather pattern behind it, and a lovely quote about it: “The January thaw is special because it opens Winter’s door a crack just when it seems that the ice has locked it tight….”. Pam also reports that Pennsylvania’s January thaw is over.
• Kim reports that it’s still muddy and wet and gray in Chicagoland, and a dog’s patients patience (sheesh!) for paw wiping only goes so far. 
• Mummymac reports from Northern Ireland that this morning there was “low lying mist, the type that chills right through to your bones!” She also links to an interesting weather site.
• From the UK, Ann writes that it is still wet, and probably going to get even wetter.
• Carla in Ontario is enjoying a January thaw. Well maybe enjoying is not the right word for something that melts all the snow, sends 3 inches of water into the basement, and rips trees out of the ground. 
• Fawn sent me a link to a post by fellow Yukoner Murray Lundberg that piggy-backs nicely on my post about hoarfrost. Did you know that hoar frost can cause power outages? Me neither.
• I posted a poem from George Herbert titled The Storm.
• Rosemary has a photo the view of Pike’s Peak (that’s in Colorado) from her of her snowcovered backyard.
  

You can join in this month’s weather fun, too. You’ll find the details for participating here, and if you send me a link to your weather related post before tomorrow (Saturday) evening, I’ll add it to this post. If you send it after that, expect to see it in this coming Tuesday’s weather report.

Comments

[violet]

Hi Rebecca - here's something for your next weather report - next week sometime... Chances are it will probably be as true then as it is today. :)

http://vnesdoly.blogspot.com/2008/01/rain.html

[Islandsparrow]

Another Nor'easter on the way to the east coast. I'll post some pictures tomorrow when we recover from the blast!

[rebecca]

Pictures would be great! Looking forward to it.