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 The breath of dawn in Jeddah often arrives not with a chill, but with a gentle caress of warmth, a promise of the day's impending embrace. Today, May 15th, 2025, the weather forecast whispered of a classic Red Sea narrative, a tale told in temperatures rising and winds shifting, under a sky painted in hues of uninterrupted blue. It was a day where the weather itself would be a central character, shaping the rhythm of life in this vibrant coastal city. The first light crept over the horizon, a soft golden diffusion pushing back the remnants of the comfortable night. The temperature in these early hours hovered around the pleasant late twenties Celsius, perhaps dipping to a low of 26°C in some sheltered spots near the coast. The air felt relatively mild, a stark contrast to the intensity that the sun would soon unleash. A faint breeze , likely originating from the north, stirred the palm fronds along the Corniche, carrying the subtle scent of the sea. This was the serene prologu...

  A Day Painted in Sunlight and Northern Breeze: Amsterdam's Weather Story, May 14th, 2025 The city of Amsterdam, a masterpiece of waterways and historic gables, awoke this Wednesday, the 14th of May, 2025, not to the dramatic flair of a stormy sky or the soft hush of persistent drizzle that often graces its mornings, but to a canvas painted with the promise of light. It was a dawn that hinted at the gentle turning of the seasonal page, a day poised between the lingering cool kiss of spring nights and the warmer embrace of approaching summer. The air held a crispness, a tangible reminder of the hours just passed when the mercury had dipped, settling comfortably into its lower range, somewhere around the 8 to 11 degrees Celsius mark (that's a cool 46 to 52 degrees Fahrenheit for those accustomed to different scales). This overnight chill wasn't biting, not like the deep cold of winter, but it was enough to keep the early risers, the bakers setting out their first loaves and ...