We have enjoyed a much shorter season of snow blizzards, icy road conditions and sub-zero temperatures. I, personally, say "enjoyed" but our kids actually miss aspects of the Manitoba winter. They have heard of the record snowfalls in Manitoba and lament the missed ice-skating, snowmobiling, tobogganing, and making snow forts. And Emery has been heard secretly missing "storm days".
Our temperatures here in La Granja have never dipped below -8 degrees Celsius. During daylight, there have maybe been one or two days below zero. At night, about 15 times it has stayed below zero. There have been 5 or 6 snowfalls, of which half amounted to more than an inch. And with daytime lows being above 0 degrees, the snow doesn't hang around very long.
But, like anywhere else in the world, where our all-powerful God is the ONLY One who can control or accurately predict the weather, there are all kinds of surprises. This is what we woke up to today - and it is still snowing. My kids are thrilled! They have been known to pray for snow over here and the Good Lord has answered them with a dump the very next morning. Or, like I posted on Facebook this morning, I am suspecting my central/western Manitoba relatives, who received 50 cm of snow last week, of sending us a Care Package of the fluffy white stuff. It has taken exactly one week for other packages to get from Manitoba to us in Spain :)
Our village is at nearly 1200 metres above sea level. Segovia, 11 kms down the road, is just under 1000 metres, so we often watch the outside temperature gauge on the van go up a few, if not several, degrees as we drive to "town". Weather forecasts are given according to metres above sea level. For example, snow at 700 metres and above, rain below that, etc.
Enough weather talk...may be boring to some. Emery's the science guy and can give more to those who want more. On that note, ideas for future posts? What do you want to see or hear about?
