Friday, January 23, 2009

"It is freezing cold in Norway"

"It is freezing cold in Norway."
This is a statement often uttered by my friends
abroad - those who haven't been to Norway.

I once lived in the Norwegian mountains where the
climate is harsher than in Moss, and I have of course
never lived in the far north of Norway in the winter.
I am talking about the weather in Moss.

Take today.

Here in Chicago where I stay, there is some snow.
Around the parking lot, snow is piled up,
so it must have been more snow earlier.
The weather here will be
like this for the coming days:
Today it is cloudy, minus 1 degree Celsius right now,
dropping to minus 17 degrees Celsius tonight.
Tomorrow it will be minus 13 degrees Celsius
during the day, sunny and cloudy,
and minus 18 degrees Celsius during the night.
The day after tomorrow will have minus 12
degrees Celsius during the day, cloudy and
sunny, and minus 16 during the night.

In Moss, Norway, today and tomorrow,
it is raining with temperatures around
0 degrees Celsius.
On Sunday they talk about "Frozen Mix"
(rain and snow) with temperatures between
0 degrees and minus 2.

Welcome to Moss, to test the weather!

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