It is Monday and the last day of the school holidays.
It is also time for this week’s facts, this week we are looking at weather.
The word weather is used to describe the conditions in the atmosphere close to the Earth’s surface.
The Sun plays a crucial part in determining the weather. Its rays have the strongest effect where they hit the ground around the planet’s surface or the equator. So, the further away from the equator the colder it is.
Regions along the equator receive the same strength of sunlight all year round, these places only have two distinguishable seasons, wet and dry.
Heat from the sun causes water from the seas to evaporate, as the water vapour rises and cools it condenses, forming tiny water droplets which group together to form clouds.
Weather conditions change throughout the year because the Earth is tilted on its axis. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Suns rays fall on different areas causing the seasons.
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Dearest Jo-Anne,
It is nice that we nowadays get a weather forecast but even then it can be quite unpredictable.
My Pieter reached his 95th Birthday for which he fought like a lion to reach that milestone. Today he clearly is in the transition period and I hope that he soon will reach his final destination—heaven.
Hugs,
Mariette