Most Shalampaxians will know this, but I don’t remember ever mentioning it here in Shalampax Speaks. About five or so years ago, I created a betting pool. The question on which the pool was based was, “For how many consecutive days will we have at least a half-hour—it could be more, but at least a half-hour—of rain every day?”
At that point, it had already been raining for just over three years, so the predictions started at a fairly high number. There was an extraordinary interest in the betting. As a result, the jackpot climbed to $123,975.
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On July 13, 2009, the Shalampax weather office issued a three-month, long-range weather forecast. In an effort to justify it’s existence and the rapacious salaries, fees and perks that are paid to its employees, consultants and board of directors, the weather office has just released a statement that reports on the accuracy of its prediction for the first month covered by that forecast. The statement also updates the forecast for the final two months in the period.
In the original long-range weather forecast, the Shalampax weather office predicted that we would see three months of “conditions [that] will vary from bad to worse, with intermittent horrendousness.”
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The Shalampax weather office has released its long-range forecast covering the next three months. It is predicting that conditions will vary from bad to worse, with intermittent horrendousness. (See: Shalampax Climate.)
Precipitation is expected to be normal, meaning that, if we didn’t have perfect drainage into the ocean, we’d be continuously inundated. Fortunately, we do have perfect drainage. Even so, expect a sheet of an inch or two of rainwater to cover the ground most of the time.
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The weather in Shalampax is legendary. At least, it’s legendary in Shalampax. Few, if any, people beyond our borders know anything about our weather, or about Shalampax for that matter.
All Shalampaxians are painfully aware of the hideousness of our climate. However, what many of our citizens don’t know is that often, even when a Category 5 hurricane is ravaging our island, if you head 50 miles in any direction you’ll find clear skies and calm winds. And, the hurricane typically never moves off our island before it dissipates.
To say the least, this is a remarkable phenomenon, but few scientists outside of Shalampax have bothered to study it because it never affects them or anyone they know or care about.
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