A big production was made out of the storm that hit the country from the southwest today. I suppose it was a big thing on the west coast and the seas off Finland. Seven-meter high waves were predicted for the Bothnian Sea. Windspeed was predicted to be over 20 m/s. I got a text message from my insurance company giving a link to a web page with instructions as to how to prepare for the storm. It's supposed to be here now. What I've seen is just regular windy weather not uncommon for the autumn. I say autumn but it's still meteorologically summer. The 24-hour average temperature still hasn't gone below 10 C for five consecutive days. According to the forecasts, it won't go there at least this week. Yesterday evening when the wind was gradually picking up my wife and I took some things inside from the yard just in case. I was out after 10 pm in a t-shirt and shorts and I was comfortable.
After dropping my daughter off at school, I took to the lake shore to see what the "storm" looked like.
It's windy ok but nothing alarming.
The lake looks safe for boats. I actually rather like this kind of weather, too. A gray soft box of a sky casting light evenly, which means the dynamic range of the camera won't be tested.
I'm guessing the industries to which storm forecasts are the most useful are seafaring and airlines. As for the rest, I guess the media has to make a living.
