Wind Is Blowing (Outside)

Here's what's on my mind right now, currently, at this time, presently:

The weatherman on TV last night said, "There's an upper-level low in the atmosphere."

I found it helpful for him to specify the low was "in the atmosphere" because otherwise I might have thought— what? That it was in the aquifer, or in the earth beneath our city, swirling counterclockwise in an ominous manner?

I like the weatherman saying, "the temperature outside is 92." If he didn't say "outside" I might think he meant inside the TV station.

It is also quite helpful when he says "the current temperature is 92," so I don't assume he's talking about last night's temp, or the temp three hours ago. Uncommonly skilled TV weatherpeople can combine some of these clarifying techniques, such as to say "the current temperature outside."

Last night, when the weatherman referred to "clouds in the sky", I thought, "Bingo! What do I win? That's exactly where I thought they were!" And I wondered whether he might have one or two clouds in his brain inside his head under his nice hair.

Brad Messer, commentary, KTSA.