HURRICANES AND WEATHER
Sorry for the delay folks...have had so much going on--including working hard on the release of my next DVD.
There is an area of disturbed weather in the western Caribbean which the National Hurricane Center says has a 40% chance of developing into a tropical storm within the next 48 hours.
The tropical Pacific is quiet.
In the United States, some snow has been falling over the western Great Lakes states and there is are Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories for parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. No thunderstorms are predicted for Sunday, but there could be snow around Minneapolis and some rain from the Great Lakes southward to the north central Gulf and south Texas.
In Houston, look for the clouds and even some rain to return by late afternoon. There will be some rain overnight Sunday into early Monday. Then look for sunshine to return by Tuesday with lows in the 40s and 50s and highs in the 60s into the coming weekend. There could be some showers the following Sunday/Monday time frame.
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's go with gold or oro, pronounced OR-oh. Find out how much I got for the oro just sitting in my jewelry box.
Finally! This week we are submitting our order for Volume 3 of our award winning DVD series for children. And we got a large order from Barnes and Noble for their special holiday promotion. You can find my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco, Volumes 1 and 2, on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com. P.S. THEY MAKE TERRIFIC GIFTS!!!
AND MORE
Fashion Photographer Celebrates Special Needs and Differences
Fashion Photographer Rick Guidotti of Positive Exposures and Dr. Lorraine Potocki, Baylor Geneticist, were special guests at the 7th annual Houston SMS picnic. Gray skies cleared quickly...giving way to perfect fall temperatures and beautiful blue skies. Rick whipped out his camera and started clicking aways as SMS children and their siblings went on a scavenger hunt, played picture bingo, sticker attack, cookie walk and yes, even jeopardy. We can't wait to see all the happy faces he caught. Rick is passionate about capturing all people as the vibrant individuals they are. Rick Guidotti of Positive Exposures will be in Houston on Friday Nov 12th and Saturday Nov 13th. Rick flew into Houston from NYC on Friday to give the Compassion and Art of Medicine Lecture called "The Spirit of Difference".
We sure enjoyed meeting Rick. When he wasn't capturing our families at play, he was busy trying to play himself. But I had to disqualify him from sticker attack--he tried to get credit for a page of stickers that had come straight from a book. Rick, you rascal. When I asked him if he had any children, he hugged Sarah and said, all of these kids are my children.
To see his work, go to: www.positiveexposure.org
Want Extra Cash--Sell Your Gold
A friend of mine had a show where many of her friends brought their line of products and sold them all at the same time. She had done this once before and I had missed the opportunity to sell my gold. Well, I had several pieces of gold jewelry which I never wear just collecting dust in my jewelry armoire. So, I pulled them out and gave them to my friend and she got them sold--$560 worth. Trust me folks--it wasn't much jewelry. They even popped out the gems for me and returned them. Then, the other day, I saw a business called We Buy Gold on FM1960 close to the intersection with Eldridge. A quick google revealed there are lots of places which will buy gold. And I even found a calculator which suggested I could sell one ounce of gold for $900. So with gold valued at an old time high (it least some time in the last few weeks), why not sell what you don't use? Like my investment manager said, you can't eat gold. Amen brother!
Polls
My poll on whether you think the holidays are coming too fast is closed. 100% answered yes. Thanks to all who participated.
My new poll is about your desire (or lack of desire to sell any gold you have). Only one answer is allowed. Thanks in advance for participating.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sunshine Returns/Tomas Trouble/Time Change
HURRICANES AND WEATHER
In the central Atlantic, Tomas had weakened but is now back to tropical storm status. It will like cross over Hispaniola in the next couple days bringing heavy rain, flooding, even mudslides to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Then, it should cross the Bahamas and head out to sea.
Tropical Pacific is quiet.
On Thursday, there will be some showers and thunderstorms across the aoutheastern US. Cool spot in the nation will be the Northern Plains, Great Lakes and northern New England with highs in the 30s and 40s. Elsewhere, 50s up to 80s...very pleasant. Kind of windy though from Texas up to Chicago.
Houston, low pressure in western Gulf will lift out to the northeast on Thursday allowing the sunshine to return. Kind of breezy on Thursday but pleasantly cool. Chilly mornings Friday through Sunday with lows in the 50s. Highs will be in the 60s, 70s, 80s. Warmer and more humid early in the coming week with some thunderstorms possibly on the ocming Thursday.
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's do gymnastics or gimnasia, pronounced heem-nah-SEE-ah. Find out about a special gimnasia program and the even more special girl who attends in the AND MORE section.
On Monday night, Sarah and I reviewed the nearly complete Volume 3 of our award winning DVD for children. She was mesmorized! So, now we just have to put on the finishing touches and then it is off to the editor. Teachers Discovery, one of my product purchasers, already gave me a PO to purchase the first batch of Volume 3. Woohoo!!! In the meantime, you can find my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco, Volumes 1 and 2, on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com.
AND MORE
Fall Back 1 Hour This Weekend
Daylight Saving Time Ends on Sunday morning Nov. 7 at 2 am. You will want to set your clocks back 1 hour (fall back 1 hour) before you go to bed on Saturday night. It will get light one hour earlier and get dark one hour earlier. I don't know about you but I don't like it when the Sun goes down so early. But it could be worse. When I was living in Connecticut, it got dark by 4 pm. Darkness comes earlier and earlier as you head further north.
Inspiration
I take Sarah to a cheerleading program especially designed for children with disabilities. She absolutely loves it and would like to go every day. Each child in the program is paired with a high school gymnastics team member. There are even "competitions" (purely exhibition) with each participating child getting a trophy.
Well tonight a little girl in a wheelchair arrived. She was the first one in a wheelchair to attend class. She had these amazing muscular arms but had no use of her legs. Well that little girl went into the gym and then popped out of her chair and used her arms and swinging her legs forward to move across the floor. She did everything the rest of the team did. She also walked around on her hands several times. She had the biggest smile on her face. I visited with her mom who is on oxygen due to a chronic ailment. She said her little girl (who is 8) has been begging to take gymnastics just like her friends at school. When the mom heard about this program (called Storm Cheer), she had to bring her. The mom also has 4 other children. She told me her daughter had been born with Spina Bifida and had had to endure many surgeries. I was just blown away by this little girl and her family...so determined to live life to the fullest.
Have a great week and weekend everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
In the central Atlantic, Tomas had weakened but is now back to tropical storm status. It will like cross over Hispaniola in the next couple days bringing heavy rain, flooding, even mudslides to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Then, it should cross the Bahamas and head out to sea.
Tropical Pacific is quiet.
On Thursday, there will be some showers and thunderstorms across the aoutheastern US. Cool spot in the nation will be the Northern Plains, Great Lakes and northern New England with highs in the 30s and 40s. Elsewhere, 50s up to 80s...very pleasant. Kind of windy though from Texas up to Chicago.
Houston, low pressure in western Gulf will lift out to the northeast on Thursday allowing the sunshine to return. Kind of breezy on Thursday but pleasantly cool. Chilly mornings Friday through Sunday with lows in the 50s. Highs will be in the 60s, 70s, 80s. Warmer and more humid early in the coming week with some thunderstorms possibly on the ocming Thursday.
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's do gymnastics or gimnasia, pronounced heem-nah-SEE-ah. Find out about a special gimnasia program and the even more special girl who attends in the AND MORE section.
On Monday night, Sarah and I reviewed the nearly complete Volume 3 of our award winning DVD for children. She was mesmorized! So, now we just have to put on the finishing touches and then it is off to the editor. Teachers Discovery, one of my product purchasers, already gave me a PO to purchase the first batch of Volume 3. Woohoo!!! In the meantime, you can find my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco, Volumes 1 and 2, on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com.
AND MORE
Fall Back 1 Hour This Weekend
Daylight Saving Time Ends on Sunday morning Nov. 7 at 2 am. You will want to set your clocks back 1 hour (fall back 1 hour) before you go to bed on Saturday night. It will get light one hour earlier and get dark one hour earlier. I don't know about you but I don't like it when the Sun goes down so early. But it could be worse. When I was living in Connecticut, it got dark by 4 pm. Darkness comes earlier and earlier as you head further north.
Inspiration
I take Sarah to a cheerleading program especially designed for children with disabilities. She absolutely loves it and would like to go every day. Each child in the program is paired with a high school gymnastics team member. There are even "competitions" (purely exhibition) with each participating child getting a trophy.
Well tonight a little girl in a wheelchair arrived. She was the first one in a wheelchair to attend class. She had these amazing muscular arms but had no use of her legs. Well that little girl went into the gym and then popped out of her chair and used her arms and swinging her legs forward to move across the floor. She did everything the rest of the team did. She also walked around on her hands several times. She had the biggest smile on her face. I visited with her mom who is on oxygen due to a chronic ailment. She said her little girl (who is 8) has been begging to take gymnastics just like her friends at school. When the mom heard about this program (called Storm Cheer), she had to bring her. The mom also has 4 other children. She told me her daughter had been born with Spina Bifida and had had to endure many surgeries. I was just blown away by this little girl and her family...so determined to live life to the fullest.
Have a great week and weekend everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Storms and Cooler Weather In Forecast/3 Month Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
HURRICANES AND WEATHER
Tomas is weakening in the eastern Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center has it moving basically westward and then turning toward the northeast in about 4 to 5 days. This would take it over the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
On Monday, the coolest area of the country will be the northeast with highs in the 40s The rest of the northern 2/3rds of the country will have highs in the 50s and 60s. The west coast will have highs in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The southwest, south and southeast will have highs mainly in the 70s and 80s. There is a slight risk of severe storms in eastern Texas.
Houston, Monday will be warm and humid with a slight risk of severe storms (mainly in the late afternoon and evening). Cold front moves through early Tuesday, bringing less humid weather and cooler temperatures. The rest of the week into the weekend will be delightful with cool morning and mild sunny and dry afternoons.
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's do palm tree or palmera, pronounced pahl-MAIR-ah. Could growing palmeras be the key to your retirement? See my idea in the AND MORE section.
Volume 3 of our award winning DVD for children is really close to being finished. Our editor just gave us the complete final draft (with all chaptes!!!). So, now we just have to put on the finishing touches and then it is off to the editor. Woohoo!!! In the meantime, you can find my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco, Volumes 1 and 2, on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com.
AND MORE
Palm Trees as An Investment
So I'm running on the treadmill and partaking of one of my guilty pleasures...watching HGTV when whom do I see? Why it's Vanilla Ice with his own show. Yes, that's right Vanilla Ice--remember "Ice, Ice Baby". Well apparently he is an expert on landscaping and that his is daytime job. He has this crew working on fixing up the landscaping on the property of a very expensive house which has been vacant for 2 years. He points out a rare palm tree...he says it takes a long time to grow and would cost thousands of dollars. So, I'm thinking. Wow! You could just grow a few of those bad boys, sell them and retire. Unfortunately, I did not catch the name of that particular palm. So, I did some research. Come to find out there are many rare and slow growing palms. One is the Canary Island Date palm. I found a smaller one on one web site for $1000. Another web site had a bunch of different palms for sale. Most of the starting prices were $300 or $400. Well, I have a 4 palms in my backyard that are getting big. If anyone wants to buy them for $300 or $400, let me know. Ha! Don't think our's are that rare. Anyway, here are the links, if you want to check it out.
http://www.horizontreeservices.com.au/gallery.html
http://www.junglemusic.net/Box%20Palms.htm
http://trees-for-sale.net/Trees/Palm-Trees
3 Month Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
Just now getting these outlooks out to you. Looks like a warmer and drier than normal November through January on the way for the Houston area. In fact much of the southeast is supposed to be warmer than normal while the west coast and much of Alaska is supposed to be cooler than normal. There is a pocket of above normal precipitation chance for the Ohio Valley, but just to the south it looks drier than normal. That leads me to the drought situation. Eastern Texas is not in a drought again...with conditions expected to become even drier through January. See all figures at right.
New Poll
Gordy and I made the early voting by the skin of our teeth--on Friday. The polling place was busy and we actually waited in line a couple minutes. My poll on whether you will vote or not is closed. 83% said they will vote and the rest said they wouldn't. Thanks to all who participated.
My new poll is about the upcoming holiday season. Does it feel like it is coming fast? Thanks in advance for participating.
Have a safe Monday everyone.
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Tomas is weakening in the eastern Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center has it moving basically westward and then turning toward the northeast in about 4 to 5 days. This would take it over the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
On Monday, the coolest area of the country will be the northeast with highs in the 40s The rest of the northern 2/3rds of the country will have highs in the 50s and 60s. The west coast will have highs in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The southwest, south and southeast will have highs mainly in the 70s and 80s. There is a slight risk of severe storms in eastern Texas.
Houston, Monday will be warm and humid with a slight risk of severe storms (mainly in the late afternoon and evening). Cold front moves through early Tuesday, bringing less humid weather and cooler temperatures. The rest of the week into the weekend will be delightful with cool morning and mild sunny and dry afternoons.
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's do palm tree or palmera, pronounced pahl-MAIR-ah. Could growing palmeras be the key to your retirement? See my idea in the AND MORE section.
Volume 3 of our award winning DVD for children is really close to being finished. Our editor just gave us the complete final draft (with all chaptes!!!). So, now we just have to put on the finishing touches and then it is off to the editor. Woohoo!!! In the meantime, you can find my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco, Volumes 1 and 2, on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com.
AND MORE
Palm Trees as An Investment
So I'm running on the treadmill and partaking of one of my guilty pleasures...watching HGTV when whom do I see? Why it's Vanilla Ice with his own show. Yes, that's right Vanilla Ice--remember "Ice, Ice Baby". Well apparently he is an expert on landscaping and that his is daytime job. He has this crew working on fixing up the landscaping on the property of a very expensive house which has been vacant for 2 years. He points out a rare palm tree...he says it takes a long time to grow and would cost thousands of dollars. So, I'm thinking. Wow! You could just grow a few of those bad boys, sell them and retire. Unfortunately, I did not catch the name of that particular palm. So, I did some research. Come to find out there are many rare and slow growing palms. One is the Canary Island Date palm. I found a smaller one on one web site for $1000. Another web site had a bunch of different palms for sale. Most of the starting prices were $300 or $400. Well, I have a 4 palms in my backyard that are getting big. If anyone wants to buy them for $300 or $400, let me know. Ha! Don't think our's are that rare. Anyway, here are the links, if you want to check it out.
http://www.horizontreeservices.com.au/gallery.html
http://www.junglemusic.net/Box%20Palms.htm
http://trees-for-sale.net/Trees/Palm-Trees
3 Month Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
Just now getting these outlooks out to you. Looks like a warmer and drier than normal November through January on the way for the Houston area. In fact much of the southeast is supposed to be warmer than normal while the west coast and much of Alaska is supposed to be cooler than normal. There is a pocket of above normal precipitation chance for the Ohio Valley, but just to the south it looks drier than normal. That leads me to the drought situation. Eastern Texas is not in a drought again...with conditions expected to become even drier through January. See all figures at right.
New Poll
Gordy and I made the early voting by the skin of our teeth--on Friday. The polling place was busy and we actually waited in line a couple minutes. My poll on whether you will vote or not is closed. 83% said they will vote and the rest said they wouldn't. Thanks to all who participated.
My new poll is about the upcoming holiday season. Does it feel like it is coming fast? Thanks in advance for participating.
Have a safe Monday everyone.
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Monday, October 25, 2010
Next Cold Front/Tropical Storm Richard/No Fire at this McDonald's
Good Morning All -
Attending the First Annual Flood Workshop in Houston...so I need to post and get going.
First of all, Richard has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is now weakening over Guatemala. It was a hurricane yesterday. National Hurricane Center forecast back takes it into the Gulf this week and has it decaying. Will keep an eye on it for you.
There is another area of disturbed weather way out in the Atlantic with only a minimal chance of developing in the next 48 hours. The Pacific is quiet this Monday.
There is a slight risk for severe storms this Monday from northeast Texas northward to Illinois and southward to the northern Gulf coast all the way eastward to Alabama. On Tuesday, there will be two slight risk areas, one over the Midwest and the other over the southeastern states. See figures at right.
Back to the National Flood Workshop being held here in Houston. I attended the short course on storm surge flooding yesterday. Some of the other course attendees including Houston Channel 11's Chief Meteorologist Gene Norman and Meteorologist Mario Gomez. Also in attendance was Meteorologist Anthony Yanez from Channel 2. There were 2 other short course being held at the same time, one on Hurricane Impacts for Inland Communities and one on Floodplain Management. The storm surge course I attended was given by Jamie Rhome of the National Hurricane Center. He works closely with National Hurricane Center director Bill Read. At the end of the course, we had an opportunity to discuss some of the problems with presenting storm surge information to the public. Jamie said that they are working closely with social sciences to learn how to better convey vital safety information to the public. Having been a broadcast meteorologist for years, I know this is a constant effort. Psychology plays a huge role in how the public responds. We also talked about how to most effectively disseminate the information. One of the attendees mentioned reverse 911...where people in critical areas are called via and automated system when they are threatened. We noted that the poor often don't have phones. So, reaching the poor continues to be a big problem. Jamie Rhome gave a fantastic talk--the 4 hours just flew by. By the way, he is the one who came up with the Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook (see figure at top right). He said it is probably the most popular figure provided on the National Hurricane Center's web site.
The remodeled McDonald's in Sugar Land opened this last week. But, I was a little disappointed. It did not have a faux fireplace like the one we saw last week in Round Rock (near Austin). We were there about a week ago visited my brother's family. We went to the McDonald's there and they had an electric fireplace...see photo of Gordy at right as he pretend warms his hands. I told my brother Sam that it was the fanciest McDonald's I had ever seen.
Houston, a cold front will arrive early Thursday, bringing the humidity down and the morning temperatures down into the 50s. It will be shortlived as higher humidity levels return on Saturday and into Sunday. Halloween will be mild with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Only a slight chance for rain through early Thursday. Then, sunny and dry for the end of the week. And then only a slight chance for rain over the weekend.
Have a great week everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Attending the First Annual Flood Workshop in Houston...so I need to post and get going.
First of all, Richard has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is now weakening over Guatemala. It was a hurricane yesterday. National Hurricane Center forecast back takes it into the Gulf this week and has it decaying. Will keep an eye on it for you.
There is another area of disturbed weather way out in the Atlantic with only a minimal chance of developing in the next 48 hours. The Pacific is quiet this Monday.
There is a slight risk for severe storms this Monday from northeast Texas northward to Illinois and southward to the northern Gulf coast all the way eastward to Alabama. On Tuesday, there will be two slight risk areas, one over the Midwest and the other over the southeastern states. See figures at right.
Back to the National Flood Workshop being held here in Houston. I attended the short course on storm surge flooding yesterday. Some of the other course attendees including Houston Channel 11's Chief Meteorologist Gene Norman and Meteorologist Mario Gomez. Also in attendance was Meteorologist Anthony Yanez from Channel 2. There were 2 other short course being held at the same time, one on Hurricane Impacts for Inland Communities and one on Floodplain Management. The storm surge course I attended was given by Jamie Rhome of the National Hurricane Center. He works closely with National Hurricane Center director Bill Read. At the end of the course, we had an opportunity to discuss some of the problems with presenting storm surge information to the public. Jamie said that they are working closely with social sciences to learn how to better convey vital safety information to the public. Having been a broadcast meteorologist for years, I know this is a constant effort. Psychology plays a huge role in how the public responds. We also talked about how to most effectively disseminate the information. One of the attendees mentioned reverse 911...where people in critical areas are called via and automated system when they are threatened. We noted that the poor often don't have phones. So, reaching the poor continues to be a big problem. Jamie Rhome gave a fantastic talk--the 4 hours just flew by. By the way, he is the one who came up with the Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook (see figure at top right). He said it is probably the most popular figure provided on the National Hurricane Center's web site.
The remodeled McDonald's in Sugar Land opened this last week. But, I was a little disappointed. It did not have a faux fireplace like the one we saw last week in Round Rock (near Austin). We were there about a week ago visited my brother's family. We went to the McDonald's there and they had an electric fireplace...see photo of Gordy at right as he pretend warms his hands. I told my brother Sam that it was the fanciest McDonald's I had ever seen.
Houston, a cold front will arrive early Thursday, bringing the humidity down and the morning temperatures down into the 50s. It will be shortlived as higher humidity levels return on Saturday and into Sunday. Halloween will be mild with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Only a slight chance for rain through early Thursday. Then, sunny and dry for the end of the week. And then only a slight chance for rain over the weekend.
Have a great week everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tropical Storm Richard Update/Weekend Forecast
Good Morning All -
Just a quick update this am as Tropical Storm Richard has formed in the western Caribbean. Latest forecast path from the National Hurricane Center takes the storm across the Yucatan late in the weekend and into early in the coming week.
For southeast Texas, approaching upper trough mid-week will probably push the storm northeastward in into the southeast US. Will of course keep an eye on this!
Weekend will be warm and muggy for Houston area with a few showers or thunderstorms mainly west.
Please keep my sister-in-law Wanda in your prayers as she is having her thyroid removed today.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Just a quick update this am as Tropical Storm Richard has formed in the western Caribbean. Latest forecast path from the National Hurricane Center takes the storm across the Yucatan late in the weekend and into early in the coming week.
For southeast Texas, approaching upper trough mid-week will probably push the storm northeastward in into the southeast US. Will of course keep an eye on this!
Weekend will be warm and muggy for Houston area with a few showers or thunderstorms mainly west.
Please keep my sister-in-law Wanda in your prayers as she is having her thyroid removed today.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mild and Sometimes Muggy/Too Tall for Honda Civic?
HURRICANES AND WEATHER
Just a couple of disturbed areas--western Caribbean and central Atlantic...according to National Hurricane Center, not much chance for development of either in the next 48 hours.
Tropical Pacific is quiet.
Meanwhile in the US, trough is digging in the Rockies and bringing some cooler weather ane rain from Reno to Vegas and Salt Lake City to Denver. This trough will spin off a cut off low which will hang out over the southwest for several days before lifting northeastward. On Monday, a cool area will extend from the Northwest and across Rockies across the northern plains and Great Lakes into New England with highs in the 40s and 50s and 60s. Look for rain in Chicago and Detroit. The west coast will also be pleasantly cool. Southeast and southern US will be mild to warm with highs in the 80s.
Houston will be on the muggy side this week with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Look for a few showers end of the week and into the early part of the coming week. Next cool snap arrives early to middle of the coming week (not this week).
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's do tall or alto, pronounced AHL-toe. One of my nephews is so alto, he almost didn't fit into my car. Find out in the AND MORE section.
I have a lot of nephews and nieces. One is especially lucky as he is enrolled in kindergarten at a dual language learning school. I am super excited for him due to all of the cognitive development enhancements that will provide. For those of you who don't have a dual language option, here is something you can do at home. You can watch my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco. Volumes 1 and 2 on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com.
AND MORE
I have a nephew who is 6'10". Last week, I had to pick him up from the airport in my Honda Civic. I have to admit I was a bit concerned as to whether or not he would fit. But he did! However, I know it was not comfortable for him. His knees were up against the dash with the seat all the way back and tilted back. And his head was against the ceiling of the car. He never complains about his height. And he is infinitely patient about comments which are a constant. He went to watch Sarah at her cheerleading class and afterward, we took a friend of Sarah's along with us to dinner. Right from the beginning, she looked up at him and stated -- You're tall. He good naturedly replied...I've been told that. I asked him how it is when he flies. He said that he tries to sit on the emergency exit row. But, if that is full, he just squeezes into a seat and deals. He said he is very embarassed when the flight attendants demand that someone in the emergency exit row give him their seat. I asked him what is the longest flight he ever took and he said to Hawaii. When I asked how that was, he replied, "pretty uncomfortable". But he admits that the hardest part is being able to rest well if he is not sleeping on his own bed. Most beds are just too small. Yep. Us short people sure have it made!!!
My poll on the favorite scenes from the Sound of Music is closed. The following scenes got 20% of the vote each: the panoramic open, Maria singing "My Favorite Things" to the kids, the puppet show, the kids performing "So Long, Farewell" at the party, and Marie and Captain Von Trapp singing Something Good. Only one answer was allowed. Thanks to all who participated.
My new poll is about the upcoming elections. Are you planning to vote? Only one answer is allowed--yes or no. Thanks in advance for participating.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Just a couple of disturbed areas--western Caribbean and central Atlantic...according to National Hurricane Center, not much chance for development of either in the next 48 hours.
Tropical Pacific is quiet.
Meanwhile in the US, trough is digging in the Rockies and bringing some cooler weather ane rain from Reno to Vegas and Salt Lake City to Denver. This trough will spin off a cut off low which will hang out over the southwest for several days before lifting northeastward. On Monday, a cool area will extend from the Northwest and across Rockies across the northern plains and Great Lakes into New England with highs in the 40s and 50s and 60s. Look for rain in Chicago and Detroit. The west coast will also be pleasantly cool. Southeast and southern US will be mild to warm with highs in the 80s.
Houston will be on the muggy side this week with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Look for a few showers end of the week and into the early part of the coming week. Next cool snap arrives early to middle of the coming week (not this week).
SPANISH WORD OF THE DAY
Let's do tall or alto, pronounced AHL-toe. One of my nephews is so alto, he almost didn't fit into my car. Find out in the AND MORE section.
I have a lot of nephews and nieces. One is especially lucky as he is enrolled in kindergarten at a dual language learning school. I am super excited for him due to all of the cognitive development enhancements that will provide. For those of you who don't have a dual language option, here is something you can do at home. You can watch my award winning education series, Let's Learn Spanish with Frank & Paco. Volumes 1 and 2 on the shelf (in the education section) at Barnes & Noble stores or you can order them from http://www.frankandpaco.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.bn.com, http://www.bestbuy.com, or http://www.ebay.com/. Our ESL (English as a Second Language) version can be found at http://www.frankypaco.com.
AND MORE
I have a nephew who is 6'10". Last week, I had to pick him up from the airport in my Honda Civic. I have to admit I was a bit concerned as to whether or not he would fit. But he did! However, I know it was not comfortable for him. His knees were up against the dash with the seat all the way back and tilted back. And his head was against the ceiling of the car. He never complains about his height. And he is infinitely patient about comments which are a constant. He went to watch Sarah at her cheerleading class and afterward, we took a friend of Sarah's along with us to dinner. Right from the beginning, she looked up at him and stated -- You're tall. He good naturedly replied...I've been told that. I asked him how it is when he flies. He said that he tries to sit on the emergency exit row. But, if that is full, he just squeezes into a seat and deals. He said he is very embarassed when the flight attendants demand that someone in the emergency exit row give him their seat. I asked him what is the longest flight he ever took and he said to Hawaii. When I asked how that was, he replied, "pretty uncomfortable". But he admits that the hardest part is being able to rest well if he is not sleeping on his own bed. Most beds are just too small. Yep. Us short people sure have it made!!!
My poll on the favorite scenes from the Sound of Music is closed. The following scenes got 20% of the vote each: the panoramic open, Maria singing "My Favorite Things" to the kids, the puppet show, the kids performing "So Long, Farewell" at the party, and Marie and Captain Von Trapp singing Something Good. Only one answer was allowed. Thanks to all who participated.
My new poll is about the upcoming elections. Are you planning to vote? Only one answer is allowed--yes or no. Thanks in advance for participating.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Hurricane Paula Forms in Western Caribbean
Hurricane Paula has formed in the western Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that it will move in a clockwise circle...staying in the western Caribbean. Most long range models suggest this. But, I will keep an eye on it.
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
Cecilia Sinclair
Wonder Weather Woman
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