The sed rate test measures the distance red blood cells fall in a test tube in one hour. The farther the red blood cells have descended, the greater the inflammatory response of your immune system.
A woman pulls up her hood as she exits a subway during a snowstorm in New York City, March 5, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. For all practical purposes, winter starts at around the moment your heating fails, forcing you to put on all your ugly Christmas sweaters at the same time. For others, itâs when you slip and fall down a dozen stairs into the subway.
Meteorological winter season. The meteorological winter will begin on 1 December 2016 and will end on 28 February 2017. The meteorological seasons consists of splitting the seasons into four periods made up of three months each.