Shepherd explains that weather is akin to mood, but climate is analogous to personality.
During the last few decades a significant amount of research has been conducted into the relationship between mood and weather, scientists looking for a link between atmospheric condition and personal disposition.
That's the theory of Dr Lance Workman, head of psychology at Bath Spa University, who has studied the effects of weather on society's mood.
Late in the afternoon, it began to snow in Belgrade - unseasonable weather, but somehow reflecting the mood.
One paper published in 2008 concluded that "the idea that pleasant weather increases people's positive mood in general is not supported by the findings of this study".
Though I suspect that both the weather and the book contributed to your negative mood, if I had to guess I'd vote for the book as having the larger impact.
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Analysis in the 70s and 80s variously suggested that high pressure, high temperature and low humidity were associated with positive emotions - basically, nice weather seemed to put people in a good mood.
Montgomerie hit back immediately with a birdie and, as if his mood was hot-wired to the weather, the sun came out.
This goes back to Step 1 (take full responsibility for your life), where we judged the employer to be too demanding (and therefore responsible for our lack of motivation), the children to be unthankful (and therefore responsible for our frustration), the weather to be unpredictable (and therefore responsible for our mood swings) etc.etc, you fill the gaps.
Once the trip is under way, with Russell on board and stormy weather evoking the flying house in "The Wizard of Oz, " the movie undergoes a mood transplant.
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