Cranky Mom Nature on Mother's Day

So... Mother's Day 2010 ... 51 degrees, WNW winds 20 to 30mph, with gusts to 45mph. I refuse to talk about wind chills in May.

What's the reason? For starters an unusually intense cold front, and an upper level Low over the Northeast, with high pressure building in from Canada into the Great Lakes. You stick a strong Low next to a strong High; you get strong winds. It's called a pressure gradient. It's also called a somewhat bummer of a day for Moms.

Me? I was kinda bummed that I had to work and couldn't hang with Moms who lives a few states away. Then I looked out the window of the train on the way to work and saw a cemetery. There, groups of children and adults brought flowers to graves of Mothers and Grandmothers. You feel me?

We have phones, emails, twitter, facebook, skypes and the good ol' fashion United States Postal Service to tell Mom we love her and appreciate her. Distance doesn't matter, and gosh darn it the cold shouldn't either.

In the meantime, I will try to warm it up a bit in the Five Day.

Yours in Weather,
Chris Knowles