When conductor Magen Solomon engaged me as composer-in-resident to write three new pieces for her group, the San Franisco Choral Artists, I asked her if she had any suggestions for texts. Surprisingly, she suggested a musical setting of a weather report! I liked this unusual idea and read a couple of actual weather reports in the newspapers to find inspiration. Then I wrote a fictitious weather report incorporating some tongue-in-cheek ideas. The result is a short, humorous piece that may raise the egebrows of serious meterologists! The music and text deals with a wide range of weather throughout the country, from the windy storms of New England to the milk, sunny weather of California.