Rebecca Writes

The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God upon mount Sinai, and written by him in two tables of stone;[1] and are recorded in the twentieth chapter of Exodus. The four first commandments containing our duty to God, and the other six our duty to man.[2]

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and I’m wearing one of Carla’s t-shirts under my sweatshirt. Any guesses as to what it says?

Featured in this last January weather report is our very own roving weather reporter, Darlene, who sends us, first, a photo of the view from her southern California front porch. Notice the clear blue sky, snowcapped mountains, and palm tree.

She also travelled hundreds of miles, maybe a thousand, to show us the conditions in the mountains of Washington, where snow is falling….from the trees.

While we’re on the subject of views from the front porch, here’s mine, taken this morning (garbage pick up day) right after the ice fog lifted. It was about -37 when I took this photo. Notice the clear blue sky, snowcapped mountains, but no palm tree.

More weather reporting

• What is wind chill anyway? How is it determined? Let Violet  answer all your pressing wind chill questions!
  
• Candyinsierras is thankful for storms:

  A couple of weeks ago, the news media reported that we were to receive possibly the worst storm in 50 years. I just rolled my eyes. By the time storms reach us, since we are on the rainshadow side of the mountains, it usually dwindles down to a whimper of a storm. The mountains did receive a good deal of snow, and it did dwindle down to an inch or so down in the valley where I live. The news media is so sensational sometimes. Now the past couple of days, we have had a pretty good storm and an avalanche on one of the highways. I like what my pastor said yesterday. He stated that not one flake of snow falls without God sovereignly ordaining it, so I am very thankful for the snow. We always need the moisture in my part of the world. The Sierra Nevada range is what provides our water, and I am always thankful for every storm that comes our way.

• Kim reviews the weather for the month of January in Chicagoland, where they’ve had “a little bit of everything—from double digit below zero temps to mud soup, from snow to fog, and everything in between.” 
• And I’ve never been happier about cold weather in the Yukon, because it gave me something to write about, finally. Are you still curious about life at forty below? You’ll can find out more here.
• Update: Carla tells us about the weather warning for today in southern Ontario.

  Currently (as of 10:45pm), we’re under a flash freeze/high wind/freezing rain/blowing snow warning for overnight and into tomorrow. Along with the warnings, there is a chance of t-storms overnight. Our current temp is 45f and the high for tomorrow is 16f. My husband said the only thing NOT included in this warning is a forest fire or wayard comet hitting. I’ll be checking for those in tomorrow morning’s updated forecast.

Look quick and you’ll see real live ice fog. 

Ice fog is any kind of fog where the droplets have frozen into extremely tiny crystals of ice in midair. Generally this requires temperatures at or below −35 °C (−30 °F), making it common only in and near the Arctic and Antarctic regions. It is most often seen in urban areas where it is created by the freezing of water vapor present in automobile exhaust and combustion products from heating and power generation. Urban ice fog can become extremely dense and will persist day and night until the temperature rises.

Yes, I know it looks like regular fog. What did you expect?

I’ll be back with the last weather reporting post later today. Thanks to those of you who have already sent me your weather information. If you haven’t yet me your link, now’s the time.

Alphabetical order, that is.

Wait, there’s more…. 

And still more…. 

If you view this web cam in the morning, you might see ice fog. 

Isaac Watts wrote many of his hymns about God and who he is. Today’s hymn is one that features the power of God.

More on God’s power:

• God’s Power 

 Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• What Wondrous Love is This? at joythruChrist
• The Collect for Sexagesima at Magic Statistics
• Jesu, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 4, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
  
• Here Is Love at Hiraeth
  
• Holy, Holy, Holy at Seasoning of the Heart
• O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing at Whatever Things…
• From All that Dwell Below the Skies at Fish and Cans
  

January continues to be cold or stormy everywhere but here.

• In Ontario, Kim’s forecast for this morning was -26C windchill and very cold feet. 
• Darlene reports from southern California, where they had, believe it or not, a tornado warning!

  Our weather is really wacky .. last night we had a tornado warning! First one  we know of in 25 years in southern California! Plus the last 3 days of rain and snow - just terrible! The 5 Freeway north of us has been closed since Wednesday - many trucks, cars and people stranded - staying in local schools and the Red  Cross helping out. Really amazing! Fox news website has good pictures!
  

• From the Chicago area, Kim tell us that it’s still cold, cold, cold, but sunny. In other words, it’s a good day for dusting.
• Doug says it’s cold in Iowa, too, so he’s linked to a post about the coldest temp on record in North America to make himself feel better. It makes me feel happy that I wasn’t here in 1947.
  
• Me? I posted a Robert Burns poem for Rabbie Burns Day: O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast. 
• Update: Carla thinks winter has already outstayed it’s welcome in Ontario.
  
• Update: And down under, Missm has perfect weather for sailing, with a photo to cheer the winter weary soul.
  

What’s the weather like where you are? If you send me a link to your weather related post before tomorrow (Saturday) evening, I’ll add your link to this post. If you send it after that, expect to see your post linked in this coming Tuesday’s weather report, which, by the way, will be your last chance to be included in one of these weather reports.

O wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee;
Or did Misfortune’s bitter storms
Around thee blaw, around thee blaw,
Thy bield should be my bosom,
To share it a’, to share it a’.

Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae black and bare, sae black and bare,
The desert were a Paradise,
If thou wert there, if thou wert there;
Or were I Monarch o’ the globe,
Wi’ thee to reign, wi’ thee to reign,
The brightest jewel in my Crown
Wad be my Queen,  be my Queen.

Today, January 25, is Rabbie Burns Day, the bard’s birthday and the day when celebratory Burn’s suppers are traditionally held. In the name of efficiency, I’m posting a weather related poem in commemoration.

More Burns: Sherry of Semicolon has posted a collection of Burn’s graces.