Old Wives Tale

Holy cats. It’s the end of June already. Where in the world did the month go? The other day I had a realization. I hope I’m wrong. I hope I’m terribly wrong. Two years ago in July, we had cold summer rains. So cold I had to put a blanket on Queen because she couldn’t dry out and warm up. She doesn’t have the ability to warm up very well after she’s wet. We had a lot of precip two years ago. Two years ago we had snow, snow, and more snow. Hopefully we don’t follow down the same path as two years ago where we had feet of snow. I know it’s silly to worry about snow at the end of June. Heck, I don’t even have all the winter blankets cleaned and put away for the summer! And here I am worrying about winter already.

I guess it really hit home today when I saw the weather forecast. Tomorrow is calling for fog. Following the old wives tale, 90 days from fog is precip. When we are in an El Nino, it follows almost to the day. Two years ago, I followed the fog report and it was almost spot on. Last winter we must have been in a La Nina because we were nowhere near being close. Being in an El Nino makes my life a little easier. I can track and prepare for winter storms a little bit easier. I know it’s totally corny but the 90 days from fog is precip deal is frickishly accurate.

So, if we are in an El Nino and we are to have fog tomorrow, the end of June, we’ll have precip Sept 25th (if I did my math right). Let’s hope I’m wrong in thinking we’ll have another bad winter. I’m hoping we’ll have an El Nino and that we’ll have very little fog this summer.