I have a friend (Sometimes I use that term lightly in referring to him) that is much taller than me and stands 6’3 in his bare feet. In fact as many of you who have met me know that most people (Other than my wife and mother) are taller than me including my father, brother, son and grandson because I only stand 5’6 or 5’7 in my boots. Anyway one day I ran into my friend at a horse fun show and opened my mouth and as usual I should have chosen my words more wisely. I said “Hey Treetop how’s the weather up there?” to which he replied “It’s raining” as he pretended to spit down on me.
The weather as you know can be unpredictable or fickle and sometimes changes in an instant depending on which part of the North American continent you happen to be standing on. Here on the farm we have a 1 acre “Weather Pond” about 90 meters from the house that we use to get our daily or hourly weather forecast.
When we look out the windows toward the pond if there is snow on it we know it is snowing. If it is rainy we see the drops as they hit the surface. If it is windy we can gauge how strong the wind is blowing by how fast the waves are rolling across the pond and we can also tell what direction the winds are blowing from.
If you do not have a “Weather Pond” like we do you could use a bird feeder or a large rock located near your abode as your personal weather forecaster and call it your ‘Weather Rock” or your “Weather Feeder”. On the other hand (Where you have more fingers) if you need a more accurate or precise weather source just Google it.
To see your current weather and upcoming short range forecast point your browser to Google.Com and enter “Weather Yellowknife Canada” or “Weather 33101” and press enter. Here you can see your current temperature, cloud conditions, wind speed and direction as well as your current humidity percentage. You can also see a graphical representation for the current day and the next 3 days with their projected lows and highs.
Try it and see if you are colder than Yellowknife or warmer than Miami.
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