Windy rainy cloudy sunny chilly windy cold (+ winter outlook).
My good people,
These titular adjectives are the conditions we'll see over the next 48 hours: windy, rainy, and cloudy, then sunny and chilly, then windy and cold. Ah, autumn...
Here's what to expect:
Mostly cloudy and very windy today with periods of rain, ending by around noon. Still unseasonably warm with highs reaching into the low to mid 70s. At kickoff tonight (Mifflin at Weiser), we'll be in the low 60s with diminishing winds. By the end of the game, we will be in the upper 50s.
Clouds mixed with sunshine and breezy tomorrow with a shower or two in the afternoon. Continued unseasonably warm with highs in the mid 60s. Getting chilly overnight, with highs in the low 40s.
Sunday 11/3 looks to be far chillier. It will be sunny but still breezy, and highs will only make it to the upper 40s. Sunday night will be cold as balls (speaking of which, see inset). We'll see clearing skies, diminishing winds, and temperatures dipping into the mid to upper 20s.
Next week starts out partly sunny and continued cold with highs again in the upper 40s. Overnight lows Monday will be around freezing (32°F). Tuesday will be sunny and a little more seasonable with highs in the mid 50s.
Wednesday 11/6 looks to start out sunny and gorgeous and reach a high in the mid 60s. Some rain develops at night and wraps up Thursday morning, after which temperatures will drop once again. Expect highs on Friday and Saturday to be in the low to mid 50s; it will be sunny and breezy both days.
Senhor Testiculo - "Mr. Balls" - is the real, actual, swear-to-God testicular cancer awareness mascot for Brazil's national cancer organization, Associação de Assistência as Pessoas com Câncer (AAPEC). It is a real thing and now you have seen it and you can't unsee it. You're welcome.Cloudy with some rain on Sunday 11/10 and Monday 11/11; highs in the low 50s.
The rest of that week looks chillier, with daytime highs in the mid 40s and overnight lows in the mid 20s.
So ... when will it snow? And what will the winter be like? Lots of snow days? Delays?
As many of you know, I consider long-term forecasting to be a fruitless folly, as it seeks to predict how an almost limitless array of meteorological factors will interact. A sound long-term forecast can be completely derailed if the jet stream dips south unexpectedly or we are the victims of some other unforeseen quirk of Mother Nature.
But winter forecasts are all the rage, and today is the first day of November (I know that because I heard my first Christmas carol in the grocery store this morning), so here goes.
According to the AAPEC, Mr. Balls has become "something of a celebrity" wherever he goes. "Both children and adults loved taking pictures with the mascot, a friendly snowman in the shape of a testicle." Disclaimer: testicular cancer is no laughing matter, and awareness can only be positive. But it takes a lot of ... nerve to create a human-sized, lifelike, unnervingly-detailed scrotum as the face of your publicity campaign.The winter solstice is December 21st and the vernal equinox is March 20th, so these dates mark the beginning and end of winter -- but meteorological winter is traditional considered as running from December 1st to February 28th.
Mild temperatures to begin the season, and I don't see any real snow potential until the last week in December.
January will actually be the opposite of what we're used to: milder to start, then getting colder and wetter.
February is the coldest and snowiest.
Over all: a little light. Not the blockbuster winter we have been wishing for...
Total snowfall: 22-25 inches.
School delays: 4.
School cancellations: 3.
Stay tuned for updates!