A 'Fair' Listener Question |
 Dave Thurlow, Host |
Hi, I'm Dave Thurlow and this is The Weather Notebook. The word 'fair' is fairly common in the English language. For instance you try to hit a fair ball in baseball; if you're a knight in shining armor you might hang out with a fair maiden; maybe take her to the fair, on days where there's fair weather. Fair weather -- mmm... what is fair weather. Well it's fair to say that Lisa Denlinger of Bloomington, IN, a listener of affiliate station WFYI, and others, aren't sure.
"This is a basic question but one that's causing quite a bit of controversy around here. When the weather report says that it is fair, what does that mean, what is the technical definition of fair? My definition is that it's high clouds, slightly overcast but no precipitation. And a lot of other people are coming up with their own explanation of that."
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OK, let's go to the American Meteorological Society's Official Glossary of Weather and Climate. OK here it is...........
Well Lisa I guess you're definition is pretty darn close. You know I've always thought that they could come up with a better word than fair, for the type of day we're talking about. From now on, let's use something like spectacular...or stupendous. Fair enough?
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