Weather It Is (Wintertime?)

Good Evening and and a Happy Chanukah.

It has been suggested that we spell Chanukah, Xanukah, in order to more accurately reflect how to pronounce this holiday.  Well, we've decided to now spell weather --> xeather, which is how the voice sounds (a bit scratchy) as the wintertime dampness and cold sets in.

Rain will arrive shortly, and it will affect the country from just north of Beer Sheva to the far north, with snow possibly falling on the Hermon. The temperatures are about 5 Celcius at 850 mb and -5.5 at 700 mb, not ideal for a big snow on the "Mountain," but it is still early.

The other morning I went out and saw a red sky in the morning.  The phrase goes: "red sky in the morning sailors take warning, red sky in the evening, sailor delight" -- and here we are with a potent storm.

Looking further ahead, we're pretty sure that it will warm up quickly after the storm passes, but then temperatures should trend downwards the rest of the week.  The question is: do they trend sharply after that, with even the small possibility of snow in higher elevations to come?

We can only stay tuned to see how the weather trends.

Barry Lynn
Efrat

"Here's a note from a reader.

The version I learned from my (English) mother which rhymes more nicely goes:

"Red sky at night - shepherd's delight

Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning"

Thanks for the Weather updates"

Here's another.

"Barry, it's meant to be a rhyme!
Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning.  Red skies at NIGHT, sailors delight."