Opening of the Beijing Asian Games

Mild and still in the small hours, the air near 68°F with cloud closing over before dawn. The morning sat near 65° under a low grey lid, close enough to fog at times, not a breath of wind to move it. Around noon the cloud thinned for an hour and shut again. The afternoon warmed to near 73° beneath that flat sky, the light dull and the air soft, and then the cloud broke apart after dusk. Clear by full dark. The evening cooled slowly under open sky toward 64° at midnight.