Tuesday started different than other spring days. There was still some snow on the ground. It quickly dissipated in the light rain and warm temps. So much so that it really created a heavy feeling in the air. Eventually the sky darkened in response and a few brief, heavy storms rolled through featuring some sweet lightning.
After the storm blew through, I headed out for my run along Lake Monona as usual. The closer I got to the lake, the thicker the fog got. Just before the Monona Terrace, I thought about taking my eyeballs out and wiping them on my shirt, like you do with glasses. I thought that the cars were going way too fast for fog this thick. I continued, squinting because I thought it helped and then stopped.
It was gone.
I stopped and turned around. Whoa. I saw a wall of cloud behind me. I took one step into and the temperature dropped about twenty degrees. The combination of warm weather, high humidity and cold lake had hit a sweet spot. The frozen lake was sublimating. The light northerly breeze was blowing the vapor directly over land. (The swim entrance for those of you that have been to IM WI.) It was too think to be considered fog. It was a cloud.
And then it happened again. Sunday, I went out for another run. And again, the ice was evaporating so fast that it was pouring out over the land. It was so thick, I was worried that I wouldn't be seen as I crossed the road. Sight distance was less than 100 feet. On the other side, it was warm, sunny and a completely different world.
