Sat, 26 September

FORECAST — 26 SEPTEMBER, LOCAL Sky: unbroken black, high pressure holding since dawn. Visibility: near zero except one amber cell, low, west of center. Cell activity: numbered, brief, addressed to a colleague. Cursor: stalled mid-blink at the tail end of line three. Timestamp front arriving 16:03, struck-match orange, moving nowhere. Thumbprint smear diagonal, stationary since evening. Cable advisory in effect: trailing hazard, bottom corner, into shade. Outlook: more of the same dark, with isolated bright facts.