Piddly, rainy dusting and a non-clusterjam
My good people,
I realize I am about to disappoint thousands of school children and hundreds of teachers in the forecast area, but I have to keep it real: this week will likely be the first in a while with no delays or cancellations due to winter weather.
The details...
Expect a high in the mid 40s today, which will feel positively balmy compared with the frigid conditions we've been enduring. A few rain showers develop this evening (after 6pm or so), becoming steadier overnight. This is not heavy rain. Overnight and into Tuesday morning, the rain could mix with a bit of wet snow, but accumulations will be an inch at most. The good news is that the roads will mostly be just wet, so slippery/hazardous driving conditions should not materialize.
Probability of delay Tuesday, 20%
Probability of cancellation Tuesday, 10%
Behind this system, we'll see windy and much colder weather. The low Tuesday night will get down into the lower teens.
On Wednesday and Thursday, we'll see partly sunny skies with highs at or just below 30 and lows around 12.
The Thursday clusterjam, which Fox 29 lounge lizard / smarm merchant / chief ballyhooer / meteorologist John Bolaris called the "Storm of the Century," now looks to be a miss. As in, not gonna happen. I'd get into the details of why, but I don't want to bore you to death.
Anywho, right around mid-month, it appears there will be a major shift in the pattern...so the worst of winter could be behind us.
How about that?
Stay tuned for updates...