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Friends,
There was 50 feet of visibility for my drive off the hill this morning. Mme. Idyllwild Weather Clam did not predict this, but she didn’t know I’d have to leave even earlier than usual. And you know what happens when you throw a curve ball to a mollusk.
– bob
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the temperatures have dropped precipitously over the last two days. I even think that the low tomorrow morning could drop below 45° which would be extraordinary for August. If you have camping plans in the Santa Rosas, you couldn’t pick a better weekend than this one.
Keep moist,
– The Idyllwild Weather Clam
Friends,
Our own Idyllwild Weather Clam spent yesterday by the tide pool sunning herself, but today is digging through her wardrobe for the electric blanket. The snow is falling this morning but it’s not cold enough to stick. The wind has picked up and rain gutters have pulled away from their mounts.
She’s provided a couple snapshots stolen from the internet! Don’t blame me, blame the mollusk.
That was this morning. There’s also this from the good people at The Green Cafe.
Closer to town, Georgia’s (which is still around, believe it or not) has a very grey picture this morning. Notice there are no tourists. Bad news for the merchant of rocks and shiny rocks.
Reading the Clam’s late-breaking weather ticker, she also notes that the cloud ceiling has dropped. So if you’re flying into Idyllwild International Airport this morning, it’s strictly IFR. Good luck with that!
Your pal,
bob
Friends,
It’s a lot colder here than it was supposed to be. Our delightful Idyllwild Weather Clam had it right with temps much colder than the national media, but would I listen? No!
This is because I am dim. Guilty as charged.
You’ll also notice that I have no new news to report, except that the Task Force members have landed in Detroit to check in on General Motors. Are their plans going to lead to profitability? Only if they get a few more billion dollars.
In my informed opinion, they need to get scrappy! Take a lesson from the boys from Kenosha (pre-Javelin Matador Coupe, trust me)…
Think about it for a minute.
– bob
Friends,
As is her wont, our staff meteorologist has been scouring these vast internets to bring you the latest weather news. Here she copies and pastes the latest from the Paper of Record:
12:10 p.m. Monday, March 2, 2009
It is arm and cloudy today. Today is predicted to be mostly cloudy with highs in the low 60s. Tonight is predicted to be cloudy with a slight chance of rain and lows in the low 40s.
Our doyenne of drizzle asks, “what is this arm they speak so highly of?”
An explanation could take a while…
– bob
It’s raining in Southern California, which means that certain Horsemen are saddling up. My neighbors here have been watching the local weather, erm, professionals. “Slow down out there!” they implore. Our thrill-seekers agree, “so, will 15 MPH be okay?”
They may be thrilled to learn that the squiggly stripes on their tires aren’t just a tire company ploy to cheat them out of 3/32nds of an inch of rubber. Water. It do go out. It goes through. It go.
Seriously, you don’t have to drive like you’re riding on bowling balls. Really.
– bob
[This Jaunty Weather Update is brought to you by the Idyllwild Weather Clam who knows that it’s much colder than the hotshot weather dudes do. Now that’s a clam you can trust!]
Friends,
High winds and far too dry conditions are conspiring to make this a very dangerous day. Combine that with the earthquakes we’ve had over the last two days (both magnitude 3s, but you get the idea) and the below freezing temps on Saturday and Sunday nights, and we seem to be in for one hell of a weird Autumn.
The dogs, they’re freaked out by all of this and spending most of their time in the house curled up in front of a fire that went out ten hours ago. I’ll have those exciting action shots for you in a little while. Be patient!
– bob
[This Jaunty Weather Update is brought to you by the Idyllwild Weather Clam who has been consistently beating the hotshot weather forecasters for over three months! Now that’s a clam you can trust.]
Friends,
Our own Idyllwild Weather Clam doesn’t have a snazzy thunder and lightning graphic yet (it’s not in the budget. – ed but she knew that there would be some sort of storm yesterday. I guess I knew too, but took the top down on my Miniature Racecar™ anyway during my drive home yesterday. What’s the advice for convertible drivers caught in the rain? Just outdrive it.
It was easy to slide around the giant, lazy drops until I had to slow for that school bus. At that moment, the hail started to fall, which had me worried about the paper-thin sheetmetal on said tiny racecar. No sooner had I resolved to go find a hammer and dolly to pound the new dents out, settling back in to wait for a passing opportunity then…
POK!
A hail stone smacked off my skull with the force of a wayward tee shot. Stars, the works. I don’t know how big the thing was, but it certainly got my attention. I’m sure the last kids dropped off on the bus’ route had a good laugh too.
Glad I could oblige!
– bob
The Weather Channel is seriously bumming me out. Have they lost their minds? I’ve mentioned that they’re crazy before, but this is too much. I was cruising over to their site this morning doing research for my sidebar and after putting up these numbers, I’d have a hard time believing anything they say, if I didn’t already disbelieve them. Case in point…
Left hand…
…meet right hand.
Sheesh. John Coleman would be turning over in his grave—if he was dead.
– Your Idyllwild Weather Clam
No snow yesterday. A bunch of snow overnight. Pretty pictures for you today. For free!
Everybody loves a good cloud formation. Can you see the marshmallow Peeps?
Maybe more people love a good antique Jeep picture. Very dramatic. Very butch.
Other people love a shot of a pristine, unmolested sledding run. That’s my front yard, by the way.
Teak is great for patio furniture. Not so swell for holding up a patio umbrella overloaded with snow. This is not good news for sheltering the Clam’s tide pool. Maybe she’ll know when it’s snowing now.
Your pal,
bob
Again, what’s Accuweather thinking? They’re predicting snow this Saturday and Sunday. It’s been in the late 60s all week, so, um, what’s going on here? Scary cloudy bits. Big chilly clouds full of watery things!
Of course they had to radically adjust their temp numbers down to fit their snow predictions, but what can you do? Get it right?
Please.
– Clam
UPDATE: Oh no! It’s snowing! In your face, Clam! Oh, wait…
Friends,
Here are a couple things that just made me smile. You’ll note that there’s nothing here about work. There’s a reason for that.
One Laptop Per Nephew – I was finally able to deliver the tiny laptop to my six-year old nephew’s Charge d’Affaires and gave her a little instruction on its operation. No real manual is available and my help was minimal, but the printed Quick Start guide give a nod toward serendipity. She sent this note:
I just had to write you a quick note about the laptop. So Maxi was eating his breakfast as I jumped into the shower. I could hear him shout, “YES!” I finished up and he yelled to me, “Mama, I got on the internet!”
He was sitting on the couch with the computer in his lap and sure enough, he was on the net. He was so proud of himself. He said, “Mama, I figured it out before you could.” Then he showed me a map of Europe. “Here’s Sweden.” He went on and on exploring different countries.
I think in a way it is good that there is no instruction b/c he was really excited to figure it out on his own and then show me how to use it.
Thanks so much.This is really an amazing present.
“Here’s Sweden.” Good gravy, he’s already smarter than the rest of us. I always thought that Sweden was a county in Wisconsin.
The Mighty Road Racing Dakota – I out-drove and out-handled a guy in a late model Porsche Carrera 4 running down the hill this morning. In a crappy (but free) ten year old, four-cylinder mid-size American pickup. I found it a completely bizarre and hilarious development. It’s so wrong.
Primaries – Obama won Texas after all by three delegates? Breaks the narrative of Hillary as comeback kid, doesn’t it? Dad’s already bored by this thing though. We usually have a long chat about the latest results on the phone, but this week he couldn’t care less. And he watches fishing shows—on purpose!
The Mollusk Channel – The Clam has been doing very well with the weather predictions lately. Everyone else (except for Yahoo!, who we don’t track regularly) has been wildly inaccurate. Your winning lottery numbers are forthcoming…
Your pal,
– bob
What is Accuweather smoking? A daytime high of 73° is just not gonna happen and is so far outside the realm of possibility that they’ll need to have their infrabranchial chambers examined.
They must have a severe case of the munchies right now.
– Clam
From the paper of record:
“It is clam adn cloudy this morning. Today is predicted to be cloudy with highs in the low 40s. Tonight is predicted to be cloudy with a slight chance of showers and lows in the low 30s.”
It’s getting so you can hardly keep track of the weather around here, you know?
Your pal,
bob
UPDATE: You knew it had to happen. Based on a suggestion from K8 and a concept stolen borrowed from The Beachwood Reporter, we’re inaugurating The Idyllwild Weather Clam. It’ll be easier to update once I figure out some tricky code, but it’s straight text courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Internet at the moment. Enjoy!