SUNDAY with CM, December 16, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 16, 2012:

What we give others
that they too can give away
keeps legacy live.

--Robert Stone, Sunday, 16 December 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 460, in progress

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The Weather for Today

The Weather for Today

Hazardous Weather outlook issued 2:37amCT/3:37amCT Monday, December 17, 2012 by the National Weather Service in Louisville, KY: "THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING."

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast Updated on 17 Dec 2012, 3:35amCT/4:35amET, NWS, Louisville, KY

Overnight - Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Monday - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 64. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday night - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms..

For complete current National Weather Service forecast: Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Hazardous Weather If any

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast Updated on 16 Dec 2012, 4:55amCT/5:55amET, NWS, Louisville, KY

Today - Isolated showers between 7am and 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight - Scattered showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

For complete current National Weather Service forecast: Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Favorite CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added this past week, with maybe a few from History, and more:
direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted here:

• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and their Books - Tom Chaney: Books at Christmas Posted on 2012-12-15 06:09:50
• Billy Joe Fudge: Nature - Kentucky Color - Sinking Creek Resurfaces Posted on 2012-12-16 06:11:57. PHOTOS
• Chuck Hinman: Nostalgic pieces Chuck Hinman: Christmas memories from my show biz days Posted on 2012-12-16 05:47:42
• Carol Perkins: Wit and Wisdom of -Carol Perkins: Making our homes special for Christmas Posted on 2012-12-16 05:20:57
• Robert Stone: Poetry - Poetry by Robert Stone: At self-set pale- a sonnet Posted on 2012-12-16 10:07:05

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This story was posted on 2012-12-16 04:59:50