The Whether Report

Didja ever notice how some folks speak of the weather as an optional experience?

“Looks like we may get some weather this afternoon,” they say, or, “Think we’ll have any weather later in the week?”

I’ve tried to picture a day on, say, Alabama’s Monte Sano, without any weather. Would the sun peek above the eastern ridge? Surely not, for if it did we’d be enjoying sunny weather. And if the sun did rise to its appointed rounds but hid its face to keep from making weather, then we’d call that an overcast day. Otherwise known as cloudy weather.

Okay, forget the sun. We’re going to have a sun in this planetary system, so we’ll not count that as having weather, really. Not including the sun, what would a day be like without weather? Well, it wouldn’t rain or that would be rainy weather. And the wind wouldn’t blow or we’d be registering blustery weather. The fog would have to stay away to keep from making foggy weather, too. Likewise any smog and its attendant smoggy weather.

So a day without any weather would be a day in which there wouldn’t be a breath of air, a drop of rain, a hint of fog or even the tiniest tinge of smog. It couldn’t be hot, and it couldn’t be cold. It would be a day of even temperature, still air, and open skies.

Sounds like perfect weather to me!

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