Weather It Is (Just Enough)

Good Afternoon:

It was a pretty nice day out and it is a pretty nice day out.  Temperatures in the mountains are in the low 70s with scattered clouds. Who can complain?

The wife knows (who). She's made it clear that unless things really warm up around here she's buying an apartment in Ashkelon (and I have yet to receive the details or an invitation).

I can only reassure her that the summer is indeed here -- and one need only look at a weather map to see that I speak the truth.

True, it isn't a very warm summer (yet), but if one sees the heat low located over the desert of Saudia Arabia and what looks like a menacing westward curve in the atmospheric flow in our direction, one might actually be thankful that it isn't too hot, and won't get too, too-hot as temperatures continue their rise over the next 7 to 10 days.

The reason it won't get too, too-hot is that there is still some activity shown on the weather map a week or so out.  At that time, a weak trough developing over eastern Europe may will more than likely beat back the desert-low pressure area just enough to keep the hottest air just to our east. Nevertheless, make no mistake about it -- summer is here.

Barry Lynn