On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Weather Observations
There was some nice color in the sunrise this morning, but that was the high point weather-wise. Overcast skies this morning turned to heavier clouds with increasing winds and rain. By this evening it was quite windy and wet. On the plus side, temperatures are in the low 40s, so the mess of ice and … Read more
Strong winds blew through last night. I hadn’t heard the forecast, but while walking downtown last evening definitely noticed how strong the wind was blowing. By the time I walked back home some time later, it was quite calm. I heard today that there were actually snow wheels at SJ where the wet snow had been blown by the snow and accumulated into wheel shapes as they rolled across the surface.
Last week’s cold weather saw temperatures cold enough to freeze salt water, however little ice seemed to form in Crescent Bay. I am guessing there was sufficient wind to keep the surface stirred up and liquid (unlike previous occasions when temperatures were warmer, but conditions were calm, and the bay froze). However, when I arrived … Read more
Ice free Indian River January 2012 On our walk to the park last Friday, I noticed that Indian River had essentially no ice in it. Given the extreme (for here) cold we had been feeling for the past several days, I was a bit surprised by this. Iced-over Indian River January 2011 By comparison, last … Read more
The kids and I braved the wind to walk down to the park and see what might be around. I thought the gusts of wind pushing spray across the bay was particularly interesting.
Temperatures have warmed up significantly in the past 24 hours – they are now hanging out in the mid-to-upper 30s. The last forecast I saw for overnight is a low of 23, but that seems unlikely at this point. I think perhaps the off-shore winds that had been keeping things cold were probably also keeping … Read more