Need The Rain: Some of us will see some much-needed rain today or tomorrow but some of the area will remain dry. The cold front that pushes through tonight into Saturday morning will give us the best chance for showers and thunderstorms but they will be scattered. So what's it mean when you hear me say "scattered showers and thunderstorms." It means that not all of the area will get rain. In fact if you look at the percentages, it means about 30 to 50 percent of our area will see rain. When you hear the term "isolated" it means 10 to 20 percent will see rain. The rain will be more hit and miss. Think of it this way, "scattered" is a lot of "isolateds" added up. I'm so glad I could clear that isolated question up for you...now try not to be "scatter-brained" all right?
Clutter: Speaking of scattered and isolated, I've noticed that if I put an isolated object on my desk, after about 5 days it becomes a permanent fixture. It's as if it was there from the time I moved my belongings into the desk. I'm looking at a video tape box right now on my desk that has been in the same place for...oh about a year now. Why? Because I needed to look at it once a year ago and pulled it out of the tape room. After I did that I put it on my desk...just an isolated tape in one small portion of my desk. The first and second days went by and I didn't put it back, then the third and fourth. I think it almost made it off my desk that fourth day but I got busy with something else. Then the fifth day came and went and after that I started to move things around this box. It became as permanent a part of my desk as my computer keyboard. I've had other isolated objects become fixtures...the 2 CD's on the left-hand side; the post-it note at the bottom of the computer screen; the round thumb tack-holder with about 100 thumb tacks at the far corner (I needed a thumb tack once about a year and a half ago and never returned it to the person who let me use it). They have all become permanent fixtures on my desk. Much like the definition of isolated and scattered showers, these isolated objects have become "scattered" on my desk and it now looks cluttered. But I'm going to do something right now to fix this problem. I am going to get up from this computer, take that tape box to the archive room and put it back...here I go. ...There. I did it. It's back. Now my desk looks bigger and less cluttered and I feel good. I've become more organized. I feel so good I may just take those thumb tacks back to that person who let me borrow them. Well, not today. I don't want to over do it.
Have a great weekend! We'll be playing with the boys and working outside...when the showers and thunderstorms aren't "isolated" or "scattered" right on top of us. Hopefully the Packers first units will look better this week against Denver.
Talk to you Monday morning on Good Day Wisconsin.
| Member Comments |
 |
 |
||
I am the Director of Meteorology and co-host of Good Day Wisconsin here at FOX 11. I have 2 sons and 1 wife. My sons are 3 year-old Jake and 2 year-old Henry and my wife is Sarah. I have been co-host of Good Day Wisconsin for 13 years and have seen it grow from an hour to the current 4 hours. I love to share stories about my life on the show and I would like to do that here as well. I produce a series of reports called "Weather Whys" and have answered many questions about the atmosphere. Of course I will talk about the weather here as well. I look forward to sharing with you.
Member Since: 11/15/2007
