This morning I saw a beautiful blazing orange sun rising in the eastern sky, its warming rays reflected in a brilliant column of light on the icy lake.
Seeing the juxtaposition of the sun and the ice got me thinking about the weather.
So, I checked the long-range forecasts on both Weather.com and Accuweather.com today and I liked what I found. I know it's bunk and that they can't accurately forecast 10 and 15 days out, but the it makes me happy anyway.
Accuweather is willing to lay it on the line and predict the weather for the next 15 days. That is, through Jan. 27. Seven of those days are predicted to be sunny and another 7 to have precipitation. One is listed as cloudy.
But, best of all, not a single one of the 15 days has a high temperature at freezing or below. Six are predicted to be 40 or above and five are expected to reach 39 degrees.
Weather.com, perhaps more realistically, is only ready to go 10 days out; that is, through Jan. 22. Six of the 10 will be sunny and four will have precipitation according to the site.
Weather.com is less optimistic about the temps however, with highs only in the 30s during the period. But, still, only one of the 10 days has a high as low as 32.
It ain't summer, but, you know what? I'll take it, thank you very much. Here's hoping they're right!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
