Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch
Sure, it's all sunny and (relatively) warm right now, but it's only the calm before our next Icy. Snowy. Apocalypse. Here are the (paraphrased) details from the National Weather Service:
Today
Nice. Highs in the 30s.Tonight
Snow starts in the evening -- it could turn to sleet around midnight. We're looking at as much as 4 inches.Wednesday morning
More wintry mix, accumulations of up to 3 inches.Wednesday afternoon
Temps in the 30s -- but also a good chance of everyone's favorite: freezing rain.Rest of the week
An even chance of some more snow, temps going down as the weekend approaches.
OK, so it's looking like a lot of this is going to depend of the temp. If it stays warm enough, maybe we can get some rain and it's no big deal. Cold enough and perhaps we get about 5 inches of snow -- sure, whatever. But temps in between could mean ice from freezing rain and, as we've found out, that's no fun.
We're going to peg this impending icy, snowy apocalypse somewhere between "mildly annoying" and "winter's making an effort."
Note: AOA has absolutely no weather forecasting expertise. At all. We do, however, think it's funny how every winter storm is treated like the end of the world.
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After the New Year's Eve forecast fiasco, I'm not buying.
... said Rob on Jan 6, 2009 at 11:10 AM | link
You'd almost think it was... WINTER in UPSTATE NEW YORK or something. I hate dangerous road conditions and potential power outages as much as the next person, but the optimist in me sees this forecast and thinks, "Break out the cocoa; let's go sledding!" It's not all bad, people.
... said Siobhan on Jan 6, 2009 at 12:30 PM | link
It's winter?
That explains so much.
... said Greg on Jan 6, 2009 at 2:24 PM | link