It was only a few years ago that weather was a mystery. At best you'd hear a forecast of showers on the radio at breakfast and so you'd wear a raincoat outside. But with the advent of freely available weather radar, smartphones with weather apps and other recent technologies, rain can be seen as it approaches and can be forecast by the minute, and the day's temperatures are predicted by the hour. And this saddens me. Although I'm addicted to following local conditions, it was wonderful in more primitive times to be surprised by a sudden downpour, or an unexpected blizzard, or soe bolts of lightening flung from the clouds by Thor. Those days are rarer, and a little of the mystery in nature has gone forever, or at least until civilisation collapses and modern communications technologies are shut down. But that could be another ten years away.
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