Standing out in the cold because I want to get wet
3 January 2008
I believe it is not very cool to still be thrilled to see snow falling at age 31 (soon to be 32)? Neil seems to think so. There’s a lot of delight that emanates from me when twinkly flakes appear — as if by magic — out of the sky, swirling around as they give it up for gravity and land on my face and coat. Up to 40cm is expected in the Cairngorms, so I’m told.
It’s snowing on and off in Edinburgh today; I’m hoping for enough of a storm so I can go outside and play, but I don’t think the chances of that happening are very high. Weather forecasts are predicting heavy snow tomorrow, though. I can’t wait! I already slipped on the frosty ground a few weeks ago and a magnificent bruise flowered on my left knee; I need more superficial injuries to feel like a kid again.
I’m amazed at how a little frozen water can lift my mood. Chewing on ice cubes when I was younger (and I still do it when I’m back in Singapore) never fails to cool me down and make me feel better. Ice must be my friend.
What makes snow snow. I’ve had some instinctive guessing at why the temperature needs to rise before snow will fall, but here’s an explanation from the BBC (which actually makes sense).
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I love snow too but it happens so infrequently in Sacramento that more than 1 cm would shut down the city. It also means that heating bills will be huge since so many older homes are uninsulated/under-insulated. Snow is much preferred to freezing rain or ice storms.
“…why the temperature needs to rise before snow will fall…”
Well, usually there needs to be some water vapour in a weather front for precipitation. In California, for a slight majority of the time, the temperature warms up in when it rains due to most of the wet weather fronts coming from the tropical region. There is even a Wiki entry on it.
Comment by Terry — 4 January 2008 @ 3:00 am