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Reading the sky before the forecast

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Reading the sky before the forecast

I check the app every morning. Then I look up and decide for myself.

Erik Strand

My father never used a forecast. He looked west in the morning and said what the day would bring. He was right more often than the radio.

I try to do the same. Clouds that pile up dark and fast mean stay home. High thin streaks mean wind tomorrow. I write down what I guess and what happened.

My record

About sixty per cent. The app does better. I still look up first, every morning, because it keeps me looking up.

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  1. astrid2026-09-28

    Sixty per cent is better than my knees, and they have been forecasting for decades.

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