weather report - HNT #49

Tommy is out there shouting my name out...and I was thinking I might give HNT a miss tonight...guess not! Thanks Tommy for the kind words...you do indeed know how to flatter a girl...

I have nothing new for tonight as I am in the middle of doing the housework (boo!), but I do have a couple of out takes from my 365 project...these were taken December 2 (saturday).

The nasty cold spell that we had been plagued by finally lifted in the form of a Chinook...

Shi...what now?!? A Chinook (for those of you not from the Rocky Mountains) is a phenomena that can only be experienced to be fully understood...

"The term Chinook comes from an Indian word which means snow eater. The Chinook wind is a warm, dry wind that descends the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and sweeps across the foothills and other parts of Alberta. When it moves over heavy snow cover, it can melt and evaporate a foot of snow in less than a day. Also, the temperature rises sharply, sometimes over 20 degrees Celsius in one hour. On average, southern Alberta gets 20 to 30 Chinook days per year." ~ The Weather Network

No joke...these things are a welcome respite to the harsh winter temperatures that we were suffering through last week...

except if you happen to suffer from a little thing known as a Chinook Migraine...

which I unfortunately do...

These pictures were taken right at the begining of the process...the sun streaming in the window was more than I could resist, but the headache that was building from the rapid change in air pressure would soon have me in agony...

This will be my last HNT for at least the next two weeks...and when I return, I will either be tan or burnt to a nice red crisp...I'm wishing for the former (yes, I am packing sunblock)...I'm off to Hawaii in 6 more sleeps!!!