Weather It Is (Not Much, But It's Winter)

Good Morning:

Today's temperatures will be quite pleasant.  Then, a weak area of low pressure will approach the eastern Mediterranean bringing a chance of showers.

High pressure remains anchored over the eastern Atlantic ocean. This allows for areas of low pressure to move across the sea, but without a good supply of cold air these systems weaken as they move eastward.  We see no change for the next week or so, just more wintertime temperatures than the past few days.

The other day I asked my wife to go for a walk, and promised her that it wouldn't rain on us.  Her reply: "that's what you said last time."  Sometimes, I really wish I was a doctor of medicine instead of  atmospheric science (and environment).  First, it is a lot easier to fix an earache, rather than a rainy day.  Second, imagine my triumph when the kids ask me if they have an earache, and I can confidently answer: "yes, you do! -- now take your medicine and you'll be better no-time."  Instead, I get questions like: "will it rain today?"  "Possibly," I answer.  "Not good enough!" -- I get back.

The worst is right before a possible snow-storm.  I go to sleep and I toss and turn until morning. I open my eyes and, yes, it did snow.  I'm thrilled -- but only until I realize that I was just dreaming.  It gets worse: I even started dreaming that I woke up, pinched myself, just to be sure, and then...

It makes me to want to retire, or at least switch fields of work.  Did you know I make amazing Yogurt? The best in the land.  This is both satisfying and a way of developing deep friendships -- at least with my friends: Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermopiles.


Have a good day!

Barry Lynn