Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!elsie!ado
From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Winter Usenix; Getting around San Diego...
Keywords: Winter Usenix, weather
Message-ID: <8583@elsie.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 01:24:10 GMT
References: <23670@cornell.UUCP> <218@serene.UUCP> <1721@se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com>
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Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD
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> How about a compromise?  San Diego is famous for the phrase "night
> and morning low clouds" (local weathermen [weatherpersons?] use it
> daily).

In the early 1970's, the radio weathercaster for KNX,
up the coast in Los Angeles, got so tired of the daily
	Night and morning low clouds, clearing by mid-day.  Highs in the
	mid-70's, overnight lows in the lower 50's.  The Air Pollution
	Control District predicts light to moderate eye irritation in the
	basin.  And there are no storm warnings between Point Concep[ct]ion
	and the Mexican border.
incantation that reports started including acronyms such as NAMLC.
(The temperature range above has been translated to San Diego.)

Or, as my friend who's a meteorologist's offspring puts it:
		Climate is what you expect.
		Weather is what you get.
		San Diego only has climate.
-- 
	Arthur David Olson    ado@ncifcrf.gov    ADO is a trademark of Ampex.