The weather diary is a weather blog, of sorts. A home for writing inspired by the weather, the atmosphere, and our skies. It contains journals, unstructured verse, and articles attempting to bring the weather to life through stories.
I’m enamoured by the weather and the idea that the atmosphere is more alive than we know. It’s colossal and overwhelming, an ocean whose floor we walk on, an explosive drama playing out in slow-motion. Ubiquitous and full of life, but overlooked.
My interest in the weather sparked while I was living in Sheffield. A skylight in a house on top of a hill gifted me panoramic view across the city. From it I’d watch clouds lifted over from the Peak District fizzle out as they descended into the valley.
For my Master’s thesis, I wrote and produced a short documentary about the influence of the Peak District on the weather in Sheffield and Manchester, centring the story on research I published with collaborators at the University Manchester. The documentary is here: Chasing Sheffield’s Rain Shadow. And an article charting the project is here: The story of finding Sheffield’s rain shadow.
The weather diary is first a means of creating a fixed home for words that would otherwise be left in a notebook. A practice in writing, crafting, letting go, and learning. I hope these attempts at capturing some of the magic I see in the skies might encourage a brief moment of curiosity or contemplation, encouraging more people to get their head in the clouds.
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