So yesterday was all about data. Dates and times described the solstice.
However, today was a very nice day here. It was partly cloudy and plus 7 C most of the day.
It was chinooking. So we are getting a wind from the west and warm air.
As I've described before there is a chinook arch. The arch stretches across most of the western horizon. So I have a photo from just before 9:00 AM and one around 4 PM. Don't look at my times. I have to reset the camera.
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Today was just a super day for mid November.
We had heavy snowfall on Oct. 23. I thought ,"This is it. We have snow all winter."
Surprise, Surprise. We've had mild weather since about Oct. 25. Today most of our snow is gone.
We've had a super day with a high of plus 10 C (50 F).
The average high for the month of November is 0 C (32 F) so at 10 C we're well above the average high.
It was chinooking today so it was windy and warm. I did not get a photo of the chinook arch.
The forecast for the next seven days is great with highs above freezing all the time.
In spite of such pleasant weather , I put up my Christmas lights today. So to make my kids happy, I did not climb the ladder (very high) as I put the lights low down on the house.
And I walked at 8 PM and it was most pleasant.
I've had a number of weather related topics lately. so here goes another one which is related to past posts.
Yesterday , Dec. 4 it was chinooking here. We had a strong steady west wind and a minus 1 C temperature all day. When the sun sets the wind stops. There was no chinook arch but it would have been farther west toward the Rocky mountains.
Today we had 2 cm of snow. Just enough to shovel and tomorrow morning is will be minus 29 C (20 below F). At one time minus 29 C would not have been a problem but at this age I'm staying home.
So there's my weather report and now you can compare it to yours.
The photos I'm showing today were from Oct. 29. My intention was to use them for my next post. But you know what got in the way. I had to show the snow photos from Nov. 2.
Oct 29 was a very nice day. We had a high of 15. The reason for the pleasant weather was that we had a chinook. We are fortunate to live in an area where we have chinooks as they brings very warm weather.
We live on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. The prevailing wind blows up on the western side of the mountains and dumps most of it's moisture. When the air moves over the peaks and down down on the eastern slopes it warms up. That gives us warm windy weather. In some areas and at times the air temperature will rise 50 Degrees F in an hour.
So what I intended to show with my photos is the chinook arch. A chinook arch is formed when air is forced up over the mountains and cools . Cold air not able to hold as much moisture forms the cloud and chinook arch. There are other places in the world with a similar weather phenomenon but different names.
If you look through the trees you can see a straight line showing the division between clear skies and cloud.
