A Large Day
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Hi, Iım Dave Thurlow and today we're joined by Weather Notebook commentator Ann Thurlow as she tells us about a local weather expression from her home on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

"We have lots of expressions to describe weather on the island. My favorite one is the 'large day.' It expresses in just two little words an exact kind of weather - one tiny variation and it might be a grand day or a fine day, but not a large one.

For one thing, the sun has to be out. The sky has to be that shade of blue that you only see in the summer - though you can have a large day in the spring. Somewhere, there has to be a wash flapping on the line - even if it isn't Monday. A large day always has a bit of a breeze. Not too much though. Then, it's right windy and the sand blows against your legs and hurts. The proper breeze is one that stirs the flag but doesn't set it right out straight.

Then there's the horizon. On a large day, the horizon seems to shrink into the distance and the sky gets bigger and bigger until you just about feel like a tiny speck underneath it. A large day smells good, too. If you're in the country, you get a sniff of grain and dust and the sea. The best thing is if a large day follows a rainy one. I've always believed that's why they invented the word 'fresh.'

And above all, a large day is full of hope. It is weather that brings industry to the idle and forgiveness to the bitter. It is a day large with beauty - and large with possibility."

Ann Thurlow is a commentator at CBC Radio in Charlottetown. The Weather Notebook is produced in cooperation with the Mount Washington Observatory, funding for The Weather Notebook is provided by The National Science Foundation, and underwritten by Subaru‹the beauty of All-Wheel Drive.