The following is real – I couldn’t make this up if I tried! It is an Area Forecast Discussion issued by National Weather Service Meteorologist – Gino Izzi, Sr. Forecaster, NWS Chicago/Romeoville. Introduction made, I leave you to read “Ode to Summer 2009″, by Meteorologist Izzi:
000 FXUS63 KLOT 011918 AFDLOT AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 218 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2009 .DISCUSSION... 242 AM CDT ...ODE TO SUMMER 2009... YOU ARRIVED QUITE LATE YOUR WARMTH NEVER GREAT OFTEN DREARY AND GRAY RAIN...FILLED MANY A DAY NOW ITS TIME YOU DEPART LEAVING US HOW YOU START TEMPERATURES UNSEASONABLY LOW YET SUNSHINE ALL AGLOW SOME RECORDS DID FALL AS RAIN PILED UP TALL THE THIRD COLDEST ON RECORD NOW ON THE BOOKS IN ROCKFORD THOUGH AUGUST 19TH CAME IN WITH STORMS THAT HAD SOME SPIN YOUR UNUSUAL AUTUMN-LIKE CHILL KEPT SOME LONGING FOR THUNDERY FRILL SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS YOUR FATE AND NOW FOR WINTERS EL NINO WE WAIT A PARTING GIFT BEFORE YOU GO YET ANOTHER NORTHWEST FLOW WHILE TAKING SOME POETIC LICENSE TO BID ADIEU TO SUMMER...POETRY IS NOT NECESSARY TO DISCUSS THE TRULY SPLENDID WEATHER THAT IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION THROUGH THIS WEEK. A WEAK AND MOISTURE STARVED VORT UPSTREAM WAS EVIDENT OVER MN EARLIER THIS EVENING ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AS A SWIRL IN THE SMOKE BLOWING OFF WESTERN FIRES! WHILE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT...THE VORT IS PRODUCING NARY A CLOUD FROM THE SURFACE TO THE STRATOSPHERE SO SHOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON OUR WEATHER. DRY AIRMASS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WITH HIGH PRESSURE NEARBY SHOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR LARGE DIURNAL TEMP SWINGS THIS WEEK. A SLOW MODERATING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK AS THE SURFACE RIDGE DRIFTS EVER SO SLOWLY TO THE EAST...WITH MODERATION MOST NOTICEABLE WITH DAYTIME HIGHS ACTUALLY CLIMBING BACK ABOVE 80 BY THE END OF THE WEEK. NO CHANGES PLANNED TO HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST THOUGH THE 00Z MODEL SUITE DOES SEEM TO LOOK A BIT LESS LIKELY FOR RAIN...PARTICULARLY ON SUNDAY. DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET LATEST THOUGHTS FROM HPC AND COORDINATE WITH NEIGHBORING ON THE ALL IMPORTANT HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND CAN MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS/WX AT THAT TIME. IZZI &&Tags: oddbeats
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