Sunday, April 30, 2017

Weather It Is (Changes)

Good Afternoon:

As someone noted: "the weather just isn't nice."

Perhaps with that in mind, we should note that a cool front will arrive this afternoon, and temperatures will plummet to much cooler levels for both Yom HaZikoron and Yom HaHaztmahut.

There could even be some light showers late tonight and late tomorrow night.

The cool weather should remain with us until the end of the week.

There are two mysteries that have been percolating in my mind during the last week.

The first is: "why do cats love to eat fish if they hate water so much?"

The second is: "why do wives forget that their husbands ever cleaned for Pesach, and might do so again."

While I certainly can't answer the first question, I can make a reasonable guess at the second.

In fact, some might say that the answer is obvious.

Men are rational beings and women are not.

This means that a man keeps a tab of all the times (and days) that he cleaned for Pesach in prior years (and sometimes, he even keeps a tab for the days he will clean -- even if not the present, current year).

Hence, when the wife gives the husband the typical "there is so much to do, and only one person to do it" speech, he immediately calculates the the total number of days he cleaned in the past, divides by the years he did so, and tells his wife: "I clean at least one day every Pesach."  For good measure, he might even throw in that he cleaned 2.4 days six years prior -- so why is she so worried.

For all you husbands out there, you have to understand that a wife doesn't keep tabs or records -- she lives in the present and wants to know what are you going to do now.  And, until she has proof -- real proof (like a husband on a ladder with bucket and rag -- she knows she's got to do it all herself.

This is a fundamental difference between husbands and wives in how they view current events, so if you husbands want to make a good impression, stop living in the past (or the future), and be aware of the present.

I realize that I should have completed this blog before Pesach, since I asked the question before the holiday commenced.  However, I was very busy cleaning!

May we have fewer reasons to remember, and many more reasons to rejoice.

Barry Lynn

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Weather It Is (Dust On The Wind)

Good Evening:

Temperatures will be warming up quite a bit. However, the warmth/heat will come with a cost: dust.

Expect dust to overspread the area south to north ahead of a cool front approaching late Shabbat.  This, combined with the heat, will make for rather unpleasant conditions.

Temperatures should cool off quite a bit late Motzei Shabbat and Sunday -- and Monday morning could just be downright chilly.  However, the following days will begin to feel like spring, if not summer.

The heat next week will come with a bit of tropical moisture; so there will be a small chance of rain during the warm up next week.

Barry Lynn


Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Weather It Is (Rain Arrives -- Floods Possible)

Good Evening:

The unusually hot weather will come to an end tomorrow afternoon.

A cold front moving from the northwest will bring tropical showers ahead of it Wednesday morning, raising the possibility of flooding in southern areas.  The cold front itself will bring a period of rain in the afternoon and evening over much of the country, with showers possible on Thursday as well.

There will be strong winds and dust as well on Wednesday, with dust persisting over the south on Thursday.

The weather will also turn much colder -- with high temperatures on Thursday 10 to 15 Celsius lower than today (Tuesday).  Temperatures will warm a bit towards the end of the week, but early next week (the end of Pesach) will likely see a chill in the air once again.

The end of the month will most likely end on the warm, if not hot side.

Modim L'Simcha!

Barry Lynn

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Weather It Is (Hot, But Then A Cold Rain)

Good Evening:

It was a nice spring day, and Sunday -- while starting off on the cool side -- will turn warmer still, and it will stay warm into Wednesday afternoon.  Actually, it will get even hot (and dusty) by Wednesday afternoon.

But, the hot weather will be followed by a strong storm that should bring a general rain to the entire country, with a strong possibility of flooding late Wednesday and Thursday.

It should stay on the cool side into Shabbat, and Israhog could see colder weather and rain again.

Hag Kosher Samaech Pesach,

Barry Lynn

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Weather It Is (Springtime Variability)

Good Morning:

My apologies for being out of touch a bit -- it's been busy pre-Pesach.

Today will be on the cool and breezy side, as a cool front moves by to our east.

However, winds will switch to a more southerly direction as we head towards the Pesach Sedar, and it will really begin to feel like spring or even early summer.

But "Mother Nature" will have something to say about that, and the middle of next week will see the approach of a strong storm.  The storm will bring much cooler weather, which will last almost to Israhog. More importantly, very cold temperatures in the upper atmosphere -- coupled with moisture advection -- will likely bring thunderstorms on Wednesday as the storm moves in.

In summary, after a cool day today, the weather will head pleasantly, if not warmly into Pesach, but at least part of Chol-Ha-Moed will be more conducive to indoor activities than out.

Barry Lynn