Weather It Is (It Ain't Easy)

Good Afternoon:

The other day my wife had some "choice" words for me.  Actually, she's always polite, but the meaning was clear.  You see, I am not particularly tall, wealthy, or handsome, and yet she married me.  What I am trying to say is that the one thing she found really attractive about me -- that I could shorten the winter and prolong the summer days -- just hasn't happened the way she expected.  In fact, someone pointed out that this was one of the longest winters they can remember.  I actually recorded our first rain at the end of October and our (probably) last rain was on the 23rd of April (that is almost a full six months of rain!).

It ain't easy.  The other day I was in Jerusalem and happened upon a protest.  I figured that this was your typical protest: housing prices are too high, food costs are too much, or simply that we don't elect representatives but parties.  But no, as I drew closer the chant of "No More Winter; No More Winter!" became very clear.  After I'd run what I thought was miles, but was really kilometers, the group -- in their fur coats -- past me by. Apparently, I'd been recognized.  I have to tell you, though, it was a bit ironic that the sign I chosen to hide behind was an advertizement for the beaches of Tel-Aviv -- and it wasn't wintertime.

Fortunately, I will now be able to deliver on what one of the items I promised in our "Ketuba:" more summer weather.  At least for the next few days temperatures will be on the upswing and will reach their peak highs around Wednesday.  Afterwards, a weak area of low pressure (possibly a Sharav) will pass by and bring a short-lived cooling trend.  Yet, for all of that, we don't see any return to winter time, and the chance of rain about two weeks out is about 10%.

Barry Lynn