Weather

Guest post of the week by Moises Henderson

My mom has always been obsessed with the weather. When I was in elementary school she always knew how to dress me based on her weather radio. In high school, she would always make me take a jacket or an umbrella when she knew rain would be coming and she was always right. When I was in college, she would call me to warn me when a bad storm was heading my way. When her weather radio finally broke, I suggested she start watching the weather channel. She and my dad had switched their satellite to EXPERT SATELLITE, so I knew she had access to the weather channel. Once she started watching it, she loved watching the weather channel. She would watch it for hours, not only interested in the local weather which is shown once per hour, but she was also interested in the special shows about extreme weather like hurricanes and tornadoes. When I suggested that she start watching the weather channel, I had no idea that she would become even more obsessed with telling me about what kind of weather was coming my way. Now she calls me at least twice per week to tell me what the forecast says.

Very Cloudy today!

Yay! It was raining and snowing outside and it’s very cloudy. I don’t think it’s nice to go out today. My friend and I supposed to go to Encore today and visit one of our friend. Well, it still 9 o’clock in the morning, hopefully the sky will clear up soon that way we can still go to Encore to shop, I still need to go to the store and buy couple of things. Dana still sleeping and Dustin is watching TV. I still have time to finish my assignment and clean the house. I’ll do the rest later when we come back.

Snowy time!

Yay! The snow outside is about 5 to 6 inches now. It’s thick and powdery. It’s Tuesday and I supposed to take the garbage out. I am not sure if I could open the back gate, I bet it is frozen right now. Weather today was really bad, I don’t know if we can get out tonight for the meeting. I don’t want to drive in the snow. Too cold for me! I hate cold; it makes me lazy to go out. I just want to stay in our warm house and stay in the bed. Here are the pictures, this picture taken outside in our patio. Isn’t it terrible isn’t it? I am sure Dustin would love to play snowball later.

Dark and Cloudy!

Oh my God! i heard something loud outside. It was hailstone again. The weather is kind a scary today. It was dark and cloudy. I am not sure if we can go for our bible study tonight. Thunder was so loud, maybe my kids will woke up because of the noise outside. Princess and Thunder are wining outside. They are scared for the thunder and lightning. But too bad, they need to wait until Mike will be home before they will come in. Few minutes more and my husband will be home and i am sure the rain will stop that time, well... hopefully hehe :-)

Hailstone

Last March 7 is the first time i saw a hailstone. Then yesterday is the second time. Around 6:00 pm in the afternoon, i hear a loud noise coming from the roof top and the hailstone was bigger than before. Our neighbor's car has a little bit damage because of the hailstone. Mike checked our truck right away to make it sure that there's no damage or dent. I took a video to it and here is it!

Hailstone

Wow, this is the first time I saw hail stone. This morning it was snowing but then this afternoon, we are very surprised because I hear a loud noise coming outside and mike told me, look at the window its raining hail stone. I grab my camera right away and took a picture of it. Its not so clear in the camera though. Hopefully it wont break our car window. Its not that big but its just right to break the glass. Anyway what causes hail? Im curious about these and here is what I found out.

Hail consist of large ice particles that have a layered structure, and are produced by intense thunderstorms that form in a very unstable air mass, that is, one that was relatively cool dry air overlying very warm and humid air. Small ice particles that form above the freezing level in the thunderstorm collect rain water on them, forming a water shell that slowly freezes. Hail is most common in areas with warm summers where there is enough heat to cause the uplift of air. Hailstones can damage buildings and crops each year by storms of this size.

Views from the Cameras on I70

I lived here in Colorado for more than 3 years now and since we moved here, I never tried to go on Ski but we visit some of the Ski area here in the Valley and I found it very interesting and I was thinking is it really safe to go Ski? Or do they provide cameras on each ski area so that they will know what’s happening in there or how do they know if the weather conditions is good or bad? Have you ever wondered that also? Well for me, I do!

I came across this website at powderchimp.com and I saw that most of the Ski area here in Colorado have video cameras? They are the one who watch the traffic and weather on Colorado I70, thats why they provide this cameras on Colorado Slopes. I never thought about this before but I think that’s a good idea. I am kind a curious also to see the views from the cameras on I70 and the Skiers to see the slopes. Good thing because they provide this website at powderchimp.com where you can view the ski area online. Visit powderchimp.com for more information and its null if you could try to click the skiers for base and new snow on the slopes in their map area!

Cloudy...

Its cloudy outside and it seems like it will going to rain tonight. Hope that it wont rain until Mike will get home. I told him to go to the store and buy strawberry cheesecake and whip cream because i am craving cheesecake again. I am trying to eat as i can so that i can gain weight. I noticed that every 2-3 hours i always feel hungry. I eat a lot for my lunch and have a snack too. But right now, im hungry again. Well... hope this will help me to gain weight. I need to eat more food for me and the baby! I am eating for two already hehe :-)

Cold September

Its not winter yet but I already feel the cold of the month of September. This morning when I went outside, its kind a windy and I am wearing sleeveless and short, I feel cold and freezing, I don’t know why. Maybe because of the wind or maybe I already feel the winter is coming. I think winter starts on December and I am sure in the Philippines, Christmas song are already playing on the radio. That’s what I am missing a lot but too bad because I am not celebrating Christmas anymore. Christmas is just like an ordinary day for me. Not a big deal anymore and I don’t need to think about what to prepared. My family is looking forward for Christmas and I am sure they’re looking forward for gifts.

Its raining!

Its raining hard since this morning and its not good because you know why? this kind of weather makes me tired and lazy. But even how hard the rain is, we still need to go to the store and buy rags for our bedroom and living room. We also need to attend meeting around 1:00pm. So its wet all over here. We leave the dogs inside our house because it was muddy and wet outside. We never let them out for a long time. The meeting went pretty good, Dustin fall asleep 30 minutes before the meeting will end. Then in the afternoon after the meeting, we are invited for dinner in one of our brother and sister in our congregation. It was so nice that they invited us. They are such a nice couple and they are the one who do bible study with us. :-)

What a lovely day!

Im very happy that today is sunny and its not windy not like yesterday. This is what i like in a weather. At least i dont need to wear jacket when we go out with Dustin. After lunch, Dustin and I go out and pick up the mail, we walk around the block too. When we get home, i let him play outside in our backyard while me is picking up the doggie poop. After that i gave cocao and bandit (pitbull and jackrussel terrier) a bath because Mike bought them a small round pool. Dustin wants to take a bath too but the water is too cold for him, so i just let him play and do splashing in the water. He likes it! he is really wet when i let him in. It was funny though because he even dont want to come in, but he need to change and i need to give him snack too before he take a nap for the afternoon. I fall asleep too when i woke up i remember that i need to thaw the meat because its frozen. I need to cook that tonight so it needs to be thawed. Im so happy because it was lovely day out and i do a lot outside with Dustin for the day!