Weather It Is (Optimistic?)

Good Evening:

For the last week or so we've been looking at the possibility of rain this week.  However, over the last day or so, the situation resolved itself unfavourably: we're looking at a storm passing by to our north as (the hoped for) high pressure area never positioned itself to feed the developing storm with unusually cold air located over Siberia.

Still, we're expecting rain to move down from the north tomorrow, before it peters out as showers over central Israel.

We see again the possibility of rain early next week, where the same hoped for scenario may play out.  But, again, there is no certainty here.

They say that the difference between a Jewish Pessimist and a Jewish Optimist is that the Pessimist says that things can't get any worse (in our case -- the rainy season will end without another good soaking), and the pessimist says that yes it can.

On the other hand, Israelis are the ultimate optimists (despite being Jewish).  Did you ever see Israelis cracking sunflower seeds? They crack and eat one at a time, with the optimistic expectation that at some point they will fill up on the little seeds.  Or, perhaps, this just shows how tenacious Israelis really are.  Having immigrated from America, I lack the requisite skill with the front teeth; I let my wife crack them for me.

Barry Lynn