Royal Meteorological Chronicle: Gothic Mountain Stillness
A pallid sun, veiled by a thin gauze of cloud that permits but two-and-forty parts in a hundred of its disc to trespass upon the grey, struggles to illumine the frosted limestone peaks, where a light mountain mistβnot yet coalesced into fogβeddies in the hollows like the breath of the earth itself. The mercury in my barometer stands immovable at nine-and-twenty inches and six-and-eighty hundredths, a steadiness that speaks of no imminent squall; yet the air, though calm to the west at a mere three knots, carries the chill of the tomb, the thermometer lingering at seven-and-forty degrees of Fahrenheit, while the dew point at two-and-forty hints at moisture that may yet thicken into a shroud for the unwary traveler. The black pines in the ravine below shiver not from wind but from some deeper tremor, as if the mountain itself were holding its breath.
Meteorological Readings & Barometric Log:
β’ Atmosphere: Gothic Mountain Stillness
β’ Temperature: 47Β°F / 9Β°C / 6.9Β°R Mountain Chill
β’ Barometer: 29.86 inHg - Steady
β’ Wind & Squalls: West 3 kts Calm Air
β’ Station: Scarlet Ridge Observatory, Transylvania
β’ Observer: Alistair Sterling, Atmospheric & Barometric Scholar