The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine

[wdfifteen]

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day

I wonder if people who live in the south feel that line from "Desperado" the way we in the north do. Those days when the stubborn sky is dark, ugly, and angry are so familiar to us, and every time we have one I think of Don Henley or Linda Ronstadt signing that song.

Yesterday was one of those days here. It had snowed the day before, then got "warm" - 34 degrees or so. Some of the snow, now dirty and ugly, remained, while some melted and turn bare earth to cold mud. The sky was dark and overcast as a cave, and, looking up, it could have been dusk, dawn, or high noon. The cold wind gusted, and the dead leaves blew around your feet. It was the kind of day when you just wanted it to do something - anything - else, but the sky wouldn't snow and the sun won't shine.

[stevej37]

About the same here.
Monday there was a light dusting of snow on my deck...nothing on the ground. I went to Muskegon, which is 15 miles and on Lake Michigan, and they had almost 6 inched of new snow. The salt trucks were busy!

Today the sun is out and I'm trac-vacing the leaves for maybe the last time this season.

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[Cajundaddy]

We are having an amazing last burst of clear skies and warm days in the mid 60s. All of that is expected to change next week. My least favorite weather are those cold, dark, gloomy days as winter sets in. January tends to bring back the sunshine most years here in ID.

[gacook]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day

I wonder if people who live in the south feel that line from "Desperado" the way we in the north do. Those days when the stubborn sky is dark, ugly, and angry are so familiar to us, and every time we have one I think of Don Henley or Linda Ronstadt signing that song.

Yesterday was one of those days here. It had snowed the day before, then got "warm" - 34 degrees or so. Some of the snow, now dirty and ugly, remained, while some melted and turn bare earth to cold mud. The sky was dark and overcast as a cave, and, looking up, it could have been dusk, dawn, or high noon. The cold wind gusted, and the dead leaves blew around your feet. It was the kind of day when you just wanted it to do something - anything - else, but the sky wouldn't snow and the sun won't shine.

Nope.

The only time of year where our skies get "dark and angry" are during monsoon season (summer rains) and they're actually quite beautiful. It's chilly in the mornings where I live (high 40s) and it will get up to 82 today. The sky here is almost always just a thing of beauty.

[stevej37]

My least favorite month is December. Every day (almost) is gloomy...it's our least sunny month of the year mostly because of Lake Michigan.
And every day has less daylight hours until the last week. January starts reversing that and longer days of light return.

[flatbutt]

I enjoy a dark, dramatic sky. I feel a kind of primal energy when the sky is threatening. Of course we don't get tornadoes or frequent hurricanes here and I know blue skies will return.

[id10t]

Dark nasty skies are summer storms down here in N Florida. Winter storms are more grey and cold/dampness but the next week is gloriously clear and cold (and warms thru the week)

Will admit it is weird to be out in 30 or 40 degree weather (what I had Monday when I was deer hunting) and having sunburn be a real concern....

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I enjoy a dark, dramatic sky. I feel a kind of primal energy when the sky is threatening. .

When I lived in Idaho I loved those summer storms that would come out of nowhere in the middle of the afternoon, skies so black that the sun was obliterated, pelting buckets of rain, blowing a gale, rattling windows with thunder and hurling bolts of lightning so close that you'd hear the air sizzle and smell the ozone. And then be gone just as quickly as they arrived leaving the bright blue sky as though nothing ever happened.

The skies that Patrick described, on the other hand, are indeed gloomy, and we get them here in Portland fairly frequently, and sometimes for days on end. (albeit with rain, not snow, threatening)

[p911dad]

I lived in the region east of Lake Erie for most of my life. I recall one December when the sun didn't shine for the entire month! That is gloom and a depressing sky that every so often spits a little snow for effect.

[DrTruth]

We've entered the Big Dark here in the Pac NW. We'll be decamping to Southern Cali for the month of January for the first time, taking the dogs with us to a pet-friendly condo near the beach. Could become a habit.