Mar 2021
EIGHT OKTAS
Walked out the door.
First thing that hit me
was an isobar.
Right in the right eye.
A weather map had fallen
out of the blue sky.
A row of black *****
lying in the back yard.
A star perched
upon a roof top.
A warm front
lay across the road
in a solid red line
with red semi-circles
which shortsightedly I
had almost fallen over.
An occluded front
lay perfectly balanced
upon a low wall
upon which graffiti scrawled:
"Up de Rids!"
Their fanaticism
badly misspelled.
Weather! Whatever!
I tried to put on
a brave front
but it was no use.
There were tears.
Here, here and:
. . . here.
*
Complete cloud cover (eight oktas).
In meteorology, an okta is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at any given location such as a weather station. Sky conditions are estimated in terms of how many eighths of the sky are covered in cloud, ranging from 0 oktas (completely clear sky) through to 8 oktas (completely overcast).
Isobars are lines on a weather map joining together places of equal atmospheric pressure.
On coloured weather maps, a warm front is drawn with a solid red line with red semicircles.
Symbol for rain is a black ball and the symbol for snow is a star, then you know sleet will be a ball plus a star, and two, three or four ***** denotes heavier rainstorms.
Walked out the door.
First thing that hit me
was an isobar.
Right in the right eye.
A weather map had fallen
out of the blue sky.
A row of black *****
lying in the back yard.
A star perched
upon a roof top.
A warm front
lay across the road
in a solid red line
with red semi-circles
which shortsightedly I
had almost fallen over.
An occluded front
lay perfectly balanced
upon a low wall
upon which graffiti scrawled:
"Up de Rids!"
Their fanaticism
badly misspelled.
Weather! Whatever!
I tried to put on
a brave front
but it was no use.
There were tears.
Here, here and:
. . . here.
*
Complete cloud cover (eight oktas).
In meteorology, an okta is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at any given location such as a weather station. Sky conditions are estimated in terms of how many eighths of the sky are covered in cloud, ranging from 0 oktas (completely clear sky) through to 8 oktas (completely overcast).
Isobars are lines on a weather map joining together places of equal atmospheric pressure.
On coloured weather maps, a warm front is drawn with a solid red line with red semicircles.
Symbol for rain is a black ball and the symbol for snow is a star, then you know sleet will be a ball plus a star, and two, three or four ***** denotes heavier rainstorms.
