# Any weathermen out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weathermen-out-there/672246 "2013-10-25T21:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CraterLayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weathermen-out-there/672246/1 "2013-10-25T21:22:37Z")
This afternoon in east-central New jersey, I tried to clean up some of the leaves in the yard, but mother nature had other ideas. The wind would gust up to bout 15 knots for a couple minutes, then stop. A minute or two later, it would happen again, over and over. The thing is, each time these strong winds came, they came from a different direction. There were only a few stratiform clouds at about 1500 ft. in the sky, moving in from the NW at a good clip. I have only seen strong variable winds when connected to a thunder shower or frontal system. Any idea whats up? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weathermen-out-there/672246/2 "2013-10-25T21:26:17Z")
More IMHO than GD, really. ---
**Author:** ![CraterLayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weathermen-out-there/672246/3 "2013-10-25T21:43:50Z")
I wanted to find out what weathermen think of this phenomenon based on their expertise. Why relegate it to a “What kind of luggage should I buy?” message board?