forecast terminology
04.07.06 • comment • trackback
It’s April, and as anyone in Boston knows, April means snow. To be fair, it’s usually more like what the weather report politely calls “Wintery Mix”. I’ve always disliked this term. We have spiffy one-word phrases for virtually every other climatological or geological phenomenon, be it drizzle, sleet, slush, or tsunami. Yet somehow if rain and snow occur together we lose all our linguistic creativity.
Now, there is hope. I recently learned that in some areas, parts of Britain, at least, Wintery Mix is referred to as “snish.” I love it. Can you picture it?
“So what’s in the forecast, Bob?”
“Looks like we’ve got a small cold front moving in early tomorrow morning. Could make for a snishy commute. Drive safely, folks.”
You can’t actually see the categories on my site, but I have one for weather (rationale: I live in New England). Does this make me a boring person?