After a warm couple of days, the trend will be toward cooler air by late in the week and beyond. Generally, the jet stream flow determines the average temperature pattern. Early this coming week, the flow is up and over us (a ridge of pressure) and we will be warm. […]
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It will be cooler this weekend true enough but much warmer weather is due into the Ozarks next week. A cold front today will make Saturday a tad chilly…we’ll be in the forties most of the day. But an area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere is building in […]
Today I worked outside, before the showers and cold front arrived, to cut the lengths of tubing necessary for the wind chime. I decided to use the larger piping and figured out I can make a 5 chime set. The notes I decided on are from the pentatonic scale. Because […]
Back in May of 2004, I started storm chasing. I went out three weekends in a row. First time, tornado warning but couldn’t see a funnel. Second time, witnesses the beginning of the destructive Hallem, Nebraska tornado. Third time, wow! Got lucky and intercepted a supercell thunderstorm which produced multiple […]
The cost of electricity is something most of us ignore but it is real and when you sit down and actually do the calculation, it can be quite staggering!
As an electric customer, you see the business end of your electric bill. It’s a big dollar sign and you pay that bill every single month. The bulk of your electric bill is your usage charge. It’s based on how much power was consumed during the billing cycle. The power […]
My mission is to build wind chimes with tools and materials I already have at my house. I’ve wanted to do this for a while now. With social distancing and some time on my hands due to COVID19, why not start now? In this part, I gather some materials and […]