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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