JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

A glimpse of the sun as it peeks through the cloud cover…

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Thursday January 18, 2007 [C(13/365) D(1/365) LW(13/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

January 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (13/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) R-rainy (1/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (13/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (36/365) C-cloudy (105/365) PC-partly cloudy (86/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy(14/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (68/365) LW-light winds (129/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

Okay, since yesterday the sky has returned to the normal winter doldrum hues. Luckily, I captured enough pics of that gorgeous morning we had the other day…

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 [C(12/365) LW(12/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

January 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (12/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
R-rainy (1/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (12/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (36/365) C-cloudy (104/365) PC-partly cloudy (86/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy(14/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (68/365) LW-light winds (128/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

A large black cloud looms menacingly on the horizon above the island fauna conjuring images of the inevitable onslaught of tiny bullets of condensation to be released at any moment…

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Tuesday January 16, 2007 [C(11/365) LW(11/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

January 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (11/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
R-rainy (1/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (11/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (36/365) C-cloudy (103/365) PC-partly cloudy (86/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy(14/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (68/365) LW-light winds (127/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

The sun as it is slowly consumed by cloud cover on a January morning.

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One of the morning shows had a brief report on the strong likelihood of natural redheads of the world (the largest population resides in the U.S.) being extinct within 100 years. I wonder if that entitles us to an “endangered species” catagorization?

Monday January 15, 2007 [PC(5/365)]

Julian Calendar Winter (????????????)
Okinawan Winter (????)
Ryukyu Island Winter (????)

January 2007 Total:
C-cloudy (10/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
R-rainy (1/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (10/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (36/365) C-cloudy (102/365) PC-partly cloudy (86/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy(14/365) SR-scattered rain showers (14/365)
W-windy (68/365) LW-light winds (126/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (87/365) SH-slightly humid (58/365)

The casting of golden rays as clouds move across the sun on a bright January island morning.

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Island weather can be very unpredicatable and on exceptional mornings the sun illuminates the entire sky with a brilliant golden hue.