— doc · weather (b)

found · in a brown envelope, no addressee

met. office · noem
forecast · evening
hourweather
17a small wind, looking for someone
19a rain that has not decided
21the bell, and after the bell, nothing
23moon behind the chimney; cold
01an hour the office does not predict
03rain again; harder; honest
05it will be quiet by the time you wake

— issued in good faith

UNFILED

a forecast in the wrong register, drafted by an observer who, that night, was perhaps tired. the office did not file it; somebody in the office kept it. it predicts no figures, only what may be true. it is read most often around four a.m. when the figures, anyway, are not what matters.

see also · weather (a) · rain · vigil · moon · silence

atlas · return