Sunday, May 15, 2005, 11:26 AM - Forecasts
In my musings, earlier this morning, I said the rain would start at 1pm here in Rhode Island. The trigger (for you astromets) I used was a transit of the Moon opposite Neptune at 12:50pm edt. Exactly at that time scattered raindrops began to fall. I was at a local farm with my son in law and the two granddaughters. Wow, says he, right on the money! All I can say is thank you Mother Nature >big grin<| permalink
Sunday, May 15, 2005, 04:26 AM
On Saturday I had to mail out my weather course (see website) to a person in California. I love it when students are enthusiastic and eager to take the weather course. While at the Post Office, where I do drop off my seasonal booklet weather reports, the clerk recognized my name and yelled 'Wow, you have been right on with this weather forecast, I brag about you all the time!'. With that kind of reception so early in the day, it sure made my day. The tv mets had forecast another wet weekend and I had reported (written in February) that the week from May 8-16 would have a variety of weather from fog to showers, strong winds and fair days with temps all over the place. Today, the 14th, the forecast has accurately described the weather. True, there are no daily dates, but looking closely at the weekend at a friend's request I thought that Saturday looked like the better day with some rain on Sunday.
Today, Sunday, rain is expected around mid afternoon according to Kelly Bates on local channel 10 and in my model I expect showers at around 1pm. It was very amusing to watch the tv weather this morning (7am) with the anchors of the show talking about what fun they had in the garden and thanked the meteorologist for her report - huh? I guess they have to support each other. This morning, Kelly talked about the weather and used the work 'iffy' and joked that it was a weather term used often. I wonder if someone would pay me for wrong forecasts?
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Thursday, May 12, 2005, 11:26 AM - Musings
I'm usually so busy working on weather related stuff that I am not affected by the weather outside my window. It's true that the spring color outside my window was very late but, last night dinner guests were expected for 6pm. It would have been lovely to sit on the west deck and enjoy the Sun about to set, but no----that May 8-15th forecast was correct and it was the strong wind that kept us inside. Bah! My sympathies to those who are affected by this cold spring more often than I.| permalink
Saturday, May 7, 2005, 02:08 PM - Forecasts
Saturday, May 7, 2005 with rain and strong gusts. This is the 3rd weekend where the weather has been less than favorable here in Rhode Island, in fact, it has been downright awful. My forecasts were for rainy weather and this weekend especially the strong wind event, but the brides were hoping for something else. Next weekend I look forward to high pressure and a better day for the brides. However, it is a quarter Moon for Sunday the 16th and the rough weather could come in early - let's hope it doesn't.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 08:53 AM - Musings
The birthday party for the 2yr old was to be held out of doors at noon on Sunday, May 1st. The tv forecasters on Friday said the rain would clear out by noon on Sunday. On Saturday, their forecast was the same. Sunday morning their forecast changed to clearing around 3pm....try 5pm.I had mentioned to the Dad that Sunday was going to be wet but since I was only partially accurate for the family wedding date April 23rd, he proceeded to set up for outside. I would rather have been wrong because the back yard is so beautiful right now with a weeping cherry tree in full 'pink' bloom, however, a good time was had by all, indoors.
On another note - this southern New England (accurately predicted) chilly spring is becomming more and more annoying. Yet we have more unstable temps with only a few heat spikes to look forward to in May.
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