As we continue Our First Calendar Year in Calgary, we now enter the most interesting phase.
The winter!
Why? Because it's the time with the most drastic temperature swings.
Suddenly, an old timer told me yesterday, we can go from a high of, say, 14F one day to a high of 41F the next.
Yesterday, in fact, we experienced an example of things to come, as "chinook" winds warmed the city. The high was 66F. Tomorrow it's to be 64F.
(Herndon, Virginia, another place of interest, is to be 56F.)
My source also pointed out something else. A cloud formation in the sky yesterday was called a "chinook arch," he said. Towards the mountains, the solid clouds suddenly ceased and below the line, in lovely sunshine, the mountains shone.
It's a formation we can expect to see again and again this winter, he said--and it's something I'm sure we will learn to relish.
The winter!
Why? Because it's the time with the most drastic temperature swings.
Suddenly, an old timer told me yesterday, we can go from a high of, say, 14F one day to a high of 41F the next.
Yesterday, in fact, we experienced an example of things to come, as "chinook" winds warmed the city. The high was 66F. Tomorrow it's to be 64F.
(Herndon, Virginia, another place of interest, is to be 56F.)
My source also pointed out something else. A cloud formation in the sky yesterday was called a "chinook arch," he said. Towards the mountains, the solid clouds suddenly ceased and below the line, in lovely sunshine, the mountains shone.
It's a formation we can expect to see again and again this winter, he said--and it's something I'm sure we will learn to relish.
posted by Ted | 11:14 PM
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