The frozen rain yesterday stopped all the buses midday. Which added to the fun of the day of slipping and sliding to and from classes that were optional to attend, because we were already on campus. At the end of the day after using the campus Internet for homework and some good old BBC Sherlock Homes, we began out two mile walk home. I am so grateful we live close enough walking is an option. Luckily they hadn't been plowing most of the sidewalks so the snow offered us protection and we did very little sliding.
The temperature currently now at 8:00 am is 41 F. The warm air is heating up the snow wetting it to drip onto the path ways. But the frozen ground keeps the ice frozen and the sun is not yet up to evaporate any ice. When the sun does rise it will be far too low in the southern sky to reach many ice slicks.
Classes have been cancelled for the day, although luckily they are keeping campus and the buses open and running.
Here is a picture of what campus does with the sun being down, they keep Christmas light up!
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| Gordon looking at lights on the trees and railings |
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| they have snowflakes and Gordon calls "bananas" on the top of this building where we have our English classes |
When the sun comes up it is really gorgeous. I rarely have time to take pictures while the sun is up however because I am busy zipping between classes. However I did get these yesterday while I was waiting for the shuttle as I had to go across a very slick campus.
On a nother side note, I saw this cartoon on iwastesomuchtime.com and could not help but repost it. Although there are many factors in play with how the weather is acting, I liked how the artist put this.
Yeah for pictures, finally. I agree with Gordon, banana lights. Forty-one degrees is quite warm, we've barely reached that this week....see your really still in Utah (insert evil laugh here). I wonder why this one didn't come through on me email? The last one did....
ReplyDeleteWhat adventures you guys are having! I guess you enjoyed a warm winter walk. If it weren't so warm, you'd have missed out.
ReplyDeleteThe weather... do the locals feel that this is extremely unusual, or do they often have a January thaw?
Thanks for the photos! More please! Take some just before the sun rises, and let us know the time of day. Again as the sun crests, and at noon.
Sounds like you are well into your routine... if eating reindeer and moose are routine!
You guys are so lucky to to be having this awesome adventure. I'm jealous,
Today is still only 37 F. The locals say this is highly unusual. It does feel like Utah with all this heat. The difference is in Utah it's warm but the ground and streets are warmer too. Here the ground and roads are still rock hard ice.
ReplyDeleteI forget the take a lot of pictures throughout the day because I'm usually in class during the day light hours at sunrise and peak. That picture of the lights was around 8am and the pic of the trees and the sun was about at 11am, so just a bit before the sun peaks. As you can see the trees still cast a strong shadow to the north (I'm facing south on all those pictures).