Imbolc Woodpecker Moon
Thunderstorms on their way. Today and tomorrow. Once we get thunderstorms the potential for tornadoes increases along with them. That means the traditional ritual of shutting down computers, paying attention to weather warnings. The whole superbowl of warm weather. Since we also have superbowl caliber winter weather (usually), Paul Douglas, local weather guru, dubbed us the superbowl of weather. Period.
We have a continental climate, that is, a climate unmoderated by oceans and therefore subject to wilder swings. And that’s without global warming. Plus we sit directly below the Arctic with nothing between us and the pole but tundra and lakes. That makes for the winter weather.
In the summer we get blasts of humid sub-tropical air carried north from the Gulf of Mexico which mixes with weather from the west and can create gigantic thunderstorms and spawn tornadoes.
This all used to wait until after Memorial Day, but this year it’s getting cranked up well before Easter. I know what we should all give up for Lent. Carbon emissions.
