Our local National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, GA, has produced a unique long-range forecast for this week, written all in Haiku. I appreciate their creativity in what is a very boring forecast situation, and I think they have done a great job showing the “rinse and repeat” nature of our daily thunderstorms (one of which has just passed through Athens as I write this).
LONG TERM /Wednesday through Monday/... To avoid a redundant, monotonous, and repetitive monologue regarding the long term forecast, the following discussion will be provided through a series of haikus... Extended forecast: It`s warm and wet in Georgia, with no end in sight. The forecast remains unchanging, uneventful, steady everyday. Insignificant synoptic influences planned for the Southeast. With no real focus, expect a rinse and repeat diurnal forecast. Abundant moisture, precipitable water close to two inches. High temps near ninety, forty to sixty percent chance of rain each day. Scattered thunderstorms forecast each afternoon with gusts and heavy rain. Most storms should be weak, but isolated severe cannot be ruled out. Also possible is isolated flooding with persistent rains. A mid-level ridge will begin to be displaced by a trough next week. How far the trough sinks is yet to be determined. Only time will tell. Thiem
