That's interesting, I always thought it was that far south it was going to always be above freezing except under dramatic circumstances.
I can smell Autumn in the air :)
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No. Actually farther down (central Florida) where the orange crops are, freezing is a serious scare as it can destroy the crops. Ironically the way they protect them is to spray water on them which freezes and then insulates them.
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Ice as a insulator that a new one to me I know snow is a insulator but I never thought that about ice.
If I am wrong some one will correct me on this:
Snow acts as a insulator because of the Air pockets trapped in it between the flakes, ice is a solid containing no trapped air (or very little) so would not retain the heat. It's really puzzling me how that works (possibly the first ice coating freezes the outer layer of the rind protecting the inner flesh from freezing?), and how they discovered it.
Snow acts as a insulator because of the Air pockets trapped in it between the flakes, ice is a solid containing no trapped air (or very little) so would not retain the heat. It's really puzzling me how that works (possibly the first ice coating freezes the outer layer of the rind protecting the inner flesh from freezing?), and how they discovered it.
Ice has bubbles, especially the type formed by freezing a mist as it's sprayed on (more like a frost) But iIt puzzles me since plants don't have "body heat" to retain anyway.
Autumn is already here; fruits, fogs, leaves changing colour, birch shedding its leaves. Flocks of cranes and geese are gathering and growing in numbers. The sun is very noticeable lower on the horizon and there is chill in the air. Lowest temp. last week was +2C.
It'll be winter soon.
It'll be winter soon.
I felt it yesterday, nothing to do with the temperature, it was over thirty, just something in the air.
And its only August.
Wasnt too long ago August was one of the hottest months of the year. It was only 4 years ago it was november before all this started.
Gonna be a long winter i expect.
Wasnt too long ago August was one of the hottest months of the year. It was only 4 years ago it was november before all this started.
Gonna be a long winter i expect.
From my kitchen I can see to 2 trees near the riverbank turning brown ...
I seriously and intensely hate autumn
If you can see them turning brown, i would worry about the trees, not about the season. Ahh, let me guess: Horsechesnut?
Agreed.
Noticed this morning that my breath was misting in the air on the way down to the station.
Noticed this morning that my breath was misting in the air on the way down to the station.
Seen a definate sign of Autumn-lisa has been caught using the central heating today
must be autumn
must be autumn
Yep, I just hope we don't get snow like we did in 2010, I had a 2.5 (each way) hour train journey turned into a 3.5 hour journey (each way) with a 12 hour shift in the middle.
I noticed the first hint just over a week ago, up early walking the jrt. Just that slight crisp nip n the breeze, then yesterday morning it blew in and off came the shorts and on went the jeans. That thin cold air that burns a little in the nostrils. That's autumn rolling in for sure. I love it, my favorite season, time to start getting the house read for the winter.
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