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--- name: a cold snap slug: a-cold-snap type: atmospheric_event status: unstable version: 0.0.666-alpha released: "before records, probably" maintainer: "the jet stream (unresponsive)" dependencies: - "[pressure systems](/pressure-systems)" - "[hubris of autumn](/hubris-of-autumn)" - "[that one week you forgot where your coat was](/that-one-week-you-forgot-where-your-coat-was)" - arctic_oscillation >= 0.0.1 license: "no license. it just arrives." tags: - weather - interruption - cold - temporary (allegedly) - teeth ---
A brief, violent downgrade of ambient temperature that no one scheduled and everyone takes personally.
The snap is not a gradual process. That is a known design choice. Gradual would allow adaptation. Gradual is not the point. The point is the gap between what the morning app said and what the air is doing to your face.
"It was fine three days ago." — every recorded human, annually
SNAP_001 // ambient expectation mismatch
SNAP_002 // seasonal denial override failed
SNAP_003 // extremity buffer underflow (fingers, ears, will to commute)
SNAP_404 // coat not found
SNAP_013 // pipes. you know which pipes.
SNAP_666 // the cold snap has been running for 11 days now
// it was supposed to last three
// the maintainer is not responding to pings
SNAP_001NOTE: This spec was interrupted mid
duration: unspecified
onset: sudden
warning_given: false
personal_targeting: feels true, cannot be ruled out
mercy: null