I use this little gadget every evening when walking the dog.
The first time I used it there was a faint mist in the air. When I flipped the headlight on, I stopped mid-stride, entranced. (It was hyperspace - ala Millennium Falcon)
Honestly, light rain, sleet, snow, mist - you’ll appreciate them so much more with one of these shining out from your noggin. Trippy, man!
I bought one for the cottage (Biolite); I have no electricity up there, and it was a game changer. It really improved my quality of life after dark. And it gets dark up there.
One of a local Detroit channel’s morning anchors began working there as a meteorologist, which role he occasionally resumes. He did a great job explaining a few types of winter precipitation when we were about to be hit w/that recent ice storm:
Yesterday was 60f with ferocious winds. Today only reached 29. Temperatures at night may stay above freezing starting tomorrow. Generally the last frost day is around 25 April. Tomorrow I’ll uncover my garlic bed.
We are in a cold snap here; it was -14 C (6.8 F) when I walked the dog this morning. Cold enough that put his winter coat on; he has no undercoat; he’s the first dog I’ve had that’s needed extra protection from the cold.
Woulda been great to be a kite the last 4-5 days, with our also ferocious wind gusts!
We had 3 or 4 days above 50℉, and when I watched a local forecast Sat night, the current temp was 11. Not the wind chill. The wind chills in the greater Detroit area were in the single digits, with one community well N of us at -1℉ !
Yeah, this has been a weird winter. We had 3 weeks of uncharacteristically cold, dry weather, followed by a snow storm dumping enoigh to shut down everything (admittedly, not hard here), then a pineapple express that brought rain and warm temps. The ski resorts on the mountain approached 60F in the middle of their peak season and we were wearing shorts and t-shirts in the valleys.