Search queries, CNN, balls-coldness, and January outlook: welcoming 2013!
New Year's revellers!
The end of the year (and a similar exercise on the excellent website Passive-Aggressive Notes) got me thinking about the search queries (on Google, Bing, and other engines) that led people to my weblog. I present some of the most interesting ones here, without comment. I have sprinkled throughout this post photos that were procured by plugging some of these phrases into the Google Images search engine. (And a special treat, right at the end, from last night's hilariously inappropriate New Year's Eve coverage on CNN.) Please to enjoy:
five guys
many are trapped for hours in darkness and confusion
will it snow on wednesday
eagle’s eye sweaters
rockford files firebird
burger grease paper
unsere freunde book
frere mosoon the wire
blue oyster cult snl
subliminal weed messages
forecastive
frosty pumpkin
hasselhoff berlin wall
monsoon sweatshop
hasselhoff monsoon
hasselhovian
hoffophilia treatment
shakespeare behind bars ksr
armani spade climax
five guys yum
And now, on to the weather.
What to expect in the first two weeks of January…
Tuesday 1/1/13 will be overcast with some afternoon flurries possible. Becoming much colder tonight. High 41, low 22.
Wednesday 1/2 will be, as promised, much colder. In fact, it will set new marks for the season on the balls-coldness meter (apologies to Trevor Wagner for stealing that term). The balls-coldness meter runs as follows:
- BC1 = temperatures of 35-40, with wind chills and other atmospheric conditions factored in. (For example, a temperature of 45 with moderate winds would result in wind chills within the BC1 range. A temperature of 36 with no wind would also fall within the BC1 range. Frozen or chilly precipitation can also cause the BC level to drop by a few degrees.)
- BC2 = temperatures/conditions/wind chills 25-35.
- BC3 = temperatures/conditions/wind chills 15-25.
- BC4 = temperatures/conditions/wind chills 0-15.
- BC5 = temperatures/conditions/wind chills below zero.
- The BC meter does go above BC5, but it's rather self-defeating. Once the temperature sinks under 20 degrees below zero, the testicles instinctively retreat up into the body cavity, rendering the BC scale obsolete. It's science.
So Wednesday will be mostly sunny with moderate winds. Highs below freezing and lows in the upper teens. That places us in the BC3 range.
Thursday will be partly cloudy with light winds, intensifying late. High 35, low 21. (BC2, falling to BC3 in the evening.)
Friday looks sunny and rather windy. High 34, low 21. BC3, falling to BC4 overnight.
Saturday will be similar, but with diminished winds. High 38, low 24. BC1-BC2.
Sunday is the same—in conditions, in temperatures, and in BC levels. So is Monday.
Tuesday 1/8 and Wednesday 1/9 will be a bit milder (highs in the mid 40s) with variable cloudiness and a slight chance of snow/rain. BC1 in the daytime, BC2 at night.
Sunny and windy on Thursday 1/10 with highs in the mid 40s and lows in the mid 20s. (Again, BC1 during the day, BC2 at night.)
Friday 1/11 looks cloudy with some rain showers possible. High 48, low 40. BC1, but BC2 in the evening and in the chilly rain.
Saturday and Sunday will be sunny and chillier. Highs in the upper 30s, lows in the lower 30s. BC1 in the day, BC2 at night.
Monday 1/14 and Tuesday 1/15 look potentially interesting. Temperatures will be in the 30s and some precipitation will be through, so we could see some snow or freezing rain out of this. I will keep an eye on this situation and update you.
Thereafter, it appears that temperatures will rise (highs in the upper 40s), then fall. The second half of January looks to be more precipitation-heavy than the first half of the month. I also expect us to hit BC5 by the end of January, so we have that to look forward to.
Stay tuned for updates, and happy 2013!