"Jemre flew away!"

Have you ever observed or felt sudden rises and drops of temperature in your surrounding during the spring and the fall, respectively?

* Jemre: Thresholds of warming felt by humans in spring at three levels: in air, water, and soil. I couldn't find a direct translation of the term "cemre" which we use in Turkish.

Although they can be considered subjective, it would be interesting and fun to watch for such signs, try to find out if those are quantifiable, then associate the findings with the existing principles of climate science. I plan to take notes here on any observation I did in my daily life in this context.

Around noon yesterday (2020-October-2), I needed to use the restroom (toilet), opened the door, and attempted to put on the slippers that we typically use inside. As soon as my feet touched the slippers I momentarily thought they were wet, because they felt cooler than usual. I examined and saw that they were dry, which I later confirmed also. Nobody had used the restroom that morning –they prefer to use the one in the bathroom.

Yes, it was one of the perceivable thresholds of cooling in the fall. I didn't encounter the situation the day before or today, but yesterday only. The medium perceived was a pair of slippers we typically put on with bare feet, i.e. touch directly. The slippers apparently cooled down more yesterday morning than the previous days, which made me notice that. Yesterday morning they must have been exposed to relatively cooler air by the wind from the open window. Then I can conclude that this cooling of the slippers gave me a sense of a threshold, pointing to a sudden drop of temperature in the air. I named it as "Cemre uçtu!" to my wife, following an explanation to her.

In spring we say "Cemre düştü", which would translate: "the nature has warmed up". "Cemre" (pronounced like "jemre") means "a very hot object", and "düştü" is the verb "to fall" in past form: "fell". When we say "Havaya cemre düştü", that would translate "cemre has fallen to the air", meaning "the air has warmed" (to some perceivable extent). Likewise, the same indication is used in order for water and soil with some certain intervals in the spring. In short, this warming in the spring is believed to be observed in three stages: air, water, and soil.

I have never heard a concept of the reverse of the "falling of cemre" about the cooling in the fall. However, why not consider that? My observation with the slippers must be a sign of a relatively faster cooling of the air on that very day, which would then be called as "the flying away of cemre". "Cemre uçtu" translates: "cemre flew away".

I hope to be back with more observations from fall and spring...

October 3rd, 2020