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The verb appetise is defined by the full OED as To give (a person) appetite, to cause relish for food. It's flagged up by them as " rare ", which in practice means it's never used (except as the adjectival derived form appetising). Assuming I've understood OP's intended meaning, his example could be idiomatically rephrased as...
That example sentence, as a native speaker, doesn't quite flow (beyond the it's typo). "It strikes me" is a metaphoric phrase where the an idea comes to your mind suddenly and without warning, like being unexpectedly struck by the thought as if it were a projectile. Seeing some clouds looming in the distance and assuming future rain doesn't ...