Published: June 1, 1990

Something For A Rainy Day

David Jorgensen, 10, is monitoring the progress of this meteorological monster--a mass of cold air that shows up on a computer screen as icy blue. Everything on the other side of the purple frontal boundary is still warm--yellow and red. But not for long. Not if those arrows--the wind-- have anything to do with it.

"That weather's going downhill, and the wind is blowing it in this direction,'' says David, whose bright yellow baseball cap seems to be a permanent fixture on his head, indoors or out. "It's probably a mixture of things, but I'd guess that snow will come to us tonight.''

The fact that the National Weather Service was forecasting rain didn't discourage David, who stuck to his guns. The next day, most of the Hartford-area schools were closed. It...