A Plot is Hatched

Laughter is good for the soul. However, it can be difficult to get people to laugh. Recently, the US National Weather Service of Nashville, TN has been adding to the humor.

Sure, there are plenty of typical weather reports from the service:
PRESIDENT'S DAY:  Mostly cloudy, but unseasonably warm.  A slight chance of showers.  Highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s. #tnwx #Nashville #Clarksville #Crossville www.weather.gov/nashville

However, there is one author who occasionally challenges the status-quo. Hilarious and witty entries have been popping up. The Rifleman was just partway into the first he had seen when he recognized the prose. Immediately a text message was sent, and the recipient fessed up to the authorship.

One typical such entry:
We've got a banner day in store Friday. In addition to being Friday, tomorrow is going to be positively spring-like. Most of us will see temperatures reach the 60's with sunny skies. Even tonight won't be as cold, with temperatures bottoming out around the freezing mark. (Why do we write "clear skies" for a nighttime forecast but "sunny" for the daytime? Someday, I want to write "moony" on a clear night. It might earn a few hard stares from the higher-ups, but you have to admit it's much more descriptive than the bland "clear skies.") At any rate, tomorrow is the only spring-like day we're going to get this go-around. Rain is moving back in tomorrow night and promises to ruin the entire weekend. (Please don't shoot the messenger.) Since we just experienced a heavy rain event, we'll be keeping an eye out for flooding concerns with this next system. We're not expecting severe storms. We're not expecting snow on the tail end of this system. Just a weekend spoiler.

That entry generated 250+ likes and 35+ comments. The typical entry generates fewer than 20 likes and no comments. One of the better comments:
I don’t know who makes these statuses, but you make me laugh so hard, it hurts my stomach.

Naturally, many people on social media ask who this person could be. As the Rifleman knows him, it must be stated that he has no Facebook account. So, recently, the Rifleman was speaking with this friend, and a plot was hatched. Props to another mutual friend who was present to help egg us on and provide input. The concept is a series of photographs of this author in the style of "Wilson" from the TV show,  Home Improvement.

Wilson, of course, always appeared as pictured here - face hidden behind the fence. More infrequently, the show's producers would hide Wilson behind other objects.

Therefore, the plan is to have pictures of the Rifleman's friend with face obscured. These shall be posted to the weather updates written by the subject author. The idea is to tease his appearance, and, the Rifleman hopes, elevate him to cult-like status among weathermen.

The first entry?