Monday, November 28, 2011

World Population Update

The world population  is expected to hit eight billion on march 15
2029, it will rech nine billion on 2050

top 5 countries in 2050:
1. China (1,303,723,332)
2.India (1,656,553,632)
3. United States (439,010,253)
4. Indonesia (313,020,847)
5. Brazil (260, 692,493)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Cloudy and Warm Tuesday

After an overnight low that was near the average high temperature, Tuesday will only get warmer before a more November-like turn tomorrow and Thursday. A powerful cold front is slowly working our way bringing much cooler temps for late week. Rain chances increase dramatically tonight, tomorrow and even early into Thursday before the clearing and new batch of cool air.
Leafs continue to fly, helped by the wild SW wind ahead of the front and trees are suddenly mostly bare; the oaks persist in hanging onto their leaves as do some low, young beeches. The view through the forest has opened up and the aftershocks are way down and much weaker.
A light shower has just wet things. There's lots more coming.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Indian Summer Continues

After a very chilly Saturday morning Central Va. warms to a lovely day, a mild night (low 40's) and an even warmer Sunday - and it's going to continue for a few more days; maybe this global warming is real!
A few clouds will be around and it will be a little breezy but it's going a fine Sunday if you don't mind a few leaves flying around.
A tiny aftershock here late morning yesterday that didn't even make the 1+ list was just a little reminder we live in an earthquake zone.
Congrats to the Lions for a big OT win Friday night. Powhatan this Friday.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Boreas and Helios rule the day

The north wind and the sun are in charge and clashing today:sun wants you warm , wind wants you cold.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

A Cool Leaf-fall Day

A cloudy, cool Thursday with a light wind (it will get windier) has leaves flying here in the forest. The colors are subsiding, deeper shades of the reds, oranges, browns and yellows that two weeks ago were bright and showy, more gaps where those early changers have flown away letting the low fall sun get through.  Not as bright but still a pretty scene.
The clouds are with a cold front, the trailing edge of a massive Low that has hammered the middle of the country, T-storms in southern plains and snow to the Great Lakes region, but most likely to only bring us some clouds and a slight chance of rain AND a big temperature change for a couple of days. Friday will see the return of the sun but Boreas, god of the north wind, will make that sun feel much less warm. The weekend afternoon temperatures will make the 60's with a shot at 70's again early next week before the next system arrives.
Aftershocks continue to slow here in the central Va. quake zone, a good trend.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Indian Summer Reigns

The lovely spell of Indian Summer weather continues while our next chance of rain lingers and ravages the central US. Highs near 70 today and tomorrow remind us that November in Va. can be quite nice. A chance of storms and rain Thursday will change that before bringing another nice weekend.
Oklahoma's aftershocks slow but a 4.7 quake this morning leads one to believe they are going to continue for awhile. After Sunday's 5.6 quake we'd like to say, "welcome to our world", sorry, you had to join us.
Va. last noticeable aftershock was las Thursday: 2.3 on the Richter scale.
How about 10 points on the quiz for blog comments!!!!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Lovely Start to November

A mid-30's start here in central Va. but the day warms quickly and looks to be a lovely one. No rain in sight until late Thursday/Friday with a nice looking weekend in the forecast. Aftershocks have calmed significantly here (let's hope that continues) and November is off to a nice start. Leaves are near a peak of color and vibrancy; the forest here at the tirehouse is stunning. Time to get out and enjoy it hope you do the same on your chunk of the planet.