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.

Exciting Recipe Round Up News!

 
This month’s round up will be held at

Pensieve

on  January 25th,

joining forces with

Pensieve’s “Snackalicious Super Dishes”. 

 

Here are Robin’s instructions:

• Any time between now and Friday, January 25, post a recipe for your favorite crowd-pleasin’ dish—it can be a main course, appetizer or dessert, but I’m thinking anything that would make for a tailgating good time—Super Bowl Sunday or at your next pot luck.

• On January 25th, link your recipe post to the Mr. Linky that will be displayed here at Pensieve.

Visit Pensieve to learn about Robins exciting incentives for participation and more!

 
Do you need more information on the Recipe Round Up? Are you interested in hosting the Round Up but don’t know how to go about it? I bet you’ll find out what you need to know right here. 

The Storm.

I

f as the windes and waters here below
                            Do flie and flow,
My sighs and tears as busy were above ;
                            Sure they would move
And much affect thee, as tempestuous times
Amaze poore mortals, and object their crimes.

 
Starres have their storms, ev’n in a high degree,
                            As well as we.
A throbbing conscience spurred by remorse
                            Hath a strange force :
It quits the earth, and mounting more and more,
Dares to assault thee, and besiege thy doore.

There it stands knocking, to thy musicks wrong,
                            And drowns the song.
Glorie and honour are set by till it
                            An answer get.
Poets have wrong’d poore storms : such dayes are best ;
They purge the aire without, within the breast.

—-George Herbert 

So far I have only one additional post to include in tomorrow’s weather report. (Thank you, Pam.) You can help make the next weather report fun and interesting by telling us what’s going on in your weather or posting a weather picture (or poem, like this one) and sending me the link.