Winter Usenix; Getting around San Diego...
Arthur David Olson
ado at elsie.UUCP
Fri Dec 23 11:24:10 AEST 1988
> How about a compromise? San Diego is famous for the phrase "night
> and morning low clouds" (local weathermen [weatherpersons?] use it
> daily).
In the early 1970's, the radio weathercaster for KNX,
up the coast in Los Angeles, got so tired of the daily
Night and morning low clouds, clearing by mid-day. Highs in the
mid-70's, overnight lows in the lower 50's. The Air Pollution
Control District predicts light to moderate eye irritation in the
basin. And there are no storm warnings between Point Concep[ct]ion
and the Mexican border.
incantation that reports started including acronyms such as NAMLC.
(The temperature range above has been translated to San Diego.)
Or, as my friend who's a meteorologist's offspring puts it:
Climate is what you expect.
Weather is what you get.
San Diego only has climate.
--
Arthur David Olson ado at ncifcrf.gov ADO is a trademark of Ampex.
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