nature, Photography

It’s Unquestionably November

21 Comments

We don’t get a lot of snow here; it’s more likely to be rain, especially in November and December, and today I really feel that November has arrived. We are socked in by rain and the very low late autumn/early winter cloud has settled into the valley.

When I talk of rain, I mean here at the valley floor, but in the surrounding mountains it’s snow; all the ski operators must be keeping their fingers crossed for good conditions!

Despite the conditions we did have a bit of clearing for an hour or so …

… but the clouds quickly returned to enclose us once more.

Happy Thursday.

21 thoughts on “It’s Unquestionably November”

  1. I have noted those low lingering clouds in your photographs and understand your conditions. Here, just metres from the banks of a river we regularly have lingering fogs which can make life very dull.

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Yes, I understand. The interplay between warmer water and colder air makes lots of fog and mist. The situation here may be a bit different from yours because we’re in a deep mountain valley with a 135 km long lake at the bottom, so we get lake effect weather together with temperature inversions caused by weather systems from the Pacific. The disadvantage is lots of cloud for two-three months but the advantage is a very mild winter, one of the mildest in Canada which is why a big wine industry can exist here. I grumble about the cloud but after spending six winters in the subarctic and arctic, mild winters are pretty wonderful!

      Liked by 1 person

    1. Thanks, Allan. Definitely chilly at 9° but we’re now supposed to get a string of sunny days with temperatures around 12-14. That may be the last hurrah before we become cloud city for the winter. 27! That’s such a nice temperature!

      Liked by 1 person

  4. What a beautiful place (Have I said that before?) They’re calling for temperatures from the low twenties to the low teens over the weekend (Fahrenheit, of course) Dripping faucets everywhere. Sorry to have been out of touch but I’m back now.

    Liked by 1 person

    1. That’s about -6C. Very chilly! We’re at 12C (54F) today and haven’t been below freezing yet; we’ll get a bit of that in December or January. No worries, Kenny. I hope all is well with you. 😊 Cheers.

      Like

    1. Thank you, Linda. The wind has been ridiculous and of course really giving meaning to the term “pelting rain!” It hasn’t been very cold here in the valley, though. Yes, I saw that most of Ontario is getting snow. Ugh. Exercise through snow shovelling has started?!

      Liked by 1 person

Comments are closed.