I am convinced there is governmental conspiracy that determines how weather forecasts are presented to the public.
This conspiracy doesn’t affect forecasts all year. It happens most in summer and winter.
Take a look at the long range forecast for our city:
Notice how the next five days have highs in the 90s and the following six days have highs in the 80s.
When it’s been as sweltering hot as it has this August, I’m convinced that the government forces weatherpeople to put fictitious highs in for future days so that we all don’t go stark raving mad because it’s really going to be at least 95o for the next 10 to 15 days.
Each time I look at the above forecast I think, “I can make it five days. THEN IT WILL BE COOLER. LOTS COOLER!”
But here’s the deal…
If I wait three or four days and then check the forecast again just to make sure that those 80s are still in there, the forecast will have been changed so that those 80s are STILL at least FIVE days away.
Here’s a random image I found when looking for an image to convey “Cooler Temperatures”. Look at the highs. Five days of 90s followed by some 80s for some place in West Virginia over the 4th of July. See it’s not only on the West Coast! It’s nationwide!!!!!
Think I’m crazy?
Watch your own forecast during either a cold spell in winter or a hot streak in summer…
You’ll see that I’m right! There is a governmental conspiracy at work!
haha!! I just looked at the forecast before checking out this blog and thought the exact same thing. Total bummer. In the 90’s all week. I was waiting for cooler temps.
I miss living in the mountains, Lorraine. Among other things I miss wearing a sweater in the morning… 🙂
Hi Kathy, Just a note to let you know I read you blog and enjoy keeping up with your lives. Keep them coming.
Pam, Robert, Paul and I are learning to play to play pickle ball.
Good exercise and fun. I will Let you know how we are doing????.
Love, Leal
Good to hear from you, Leal. And so glad you’re enjoying pickleball. Carol says that you know it’s a good pickleball session when your cheek muscles hurt the most from all the laughing and smiling! 🙂
I have had the same suspicions myself. Of course, I was ecstatic today when the forecasters were wrong in my favor as to the high and whether we would get any rain….. 😉
Hope the rain and cooler temps lasted all day, Joanne. 🙂
Nope. It was fleeting. Just enough to make the windows dirty. Right now it is dark and in the 80’s and sticky – icky… the crabby- meter is rising…
Love the term sticky-icky. Hate the feeling, but love the term. 🙂
I swear if they had a productivity scale that compared cooler climates with hot, muggy ones, then there would be strong correlation showing the higher the temperature, the less productive you are. Same with violence statistics…
Yep, the 80’s are now not forecast until Sunday…..
And now a 90 after the 80’s start has crept in the forecast.
On the plus side, Burners should have great weather. Not much wind is forecast and the bugs that invaded last week are gone! Saw our first Burner vehicle Monday night. They must have an early pass. Would love to go one more time.
Going to Burning Man was a bucket list experience. I would love to go one more time, too, and I’d stay for the temple burn on Sunday night.
Joanne, you sound like you’ve had WNOUGH of summer. 🙂 I’m with you, sister.