Nasty and gray ahead; best if you stay in bed
You know, I'd much rather have a real snowy day, or a really cold and sunny day, than this. Just listen to today's forecast from the National Weather Service:
"Rain, snow and sleet likely before noon, then snow likely possibly mixed with sleet between noon and 1 p.m., then a chance of rain, snow and sleet between 1 pm and 2 pm, then a chance of rain and sleet after 2 p.m."
Here's the winter weather advisory.
I mean, really. They're calling it "a light wintry mix." Sounds like some kind of salad. But this is just nasty. The scrapings of real weather. It's not even going to accumulate and make this job interesting. We're stuck here on the sloppy edge of a real snowstorm to our north.
And the rest of the weekend and the beginning of next week aren't a lot more promising. Chance of rain. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cloudy. A chance of showers (again and again.). Here, read it for yourself.
Hey! Out there in Sterling! You can do better than this!
Okay, maybe if the "chances" for showers were a little better, and we could count on some needed precipitation, we could sigh and put up with it. But we're looking at 30 percent chances here, at least once we get past today. That's just drippy weather. No help at all.
It's not even going to FEEL like winter at the start of next week. They're forecasting a high of 60 degrees on Tuesday, for Pete's sake. It's supposed to be 40-something.
The problem seems to be a weak storm system that's drifting through today along a stalled cold front. After that it's dueling cold and warm fronts - cold late Monday, warm on Tuesday, then cold again on Wednesday.
I give up.
Comments
I always said that "wintry mix" sounded like something from Birds Eye.
I kind of long for the days of yore when the only way you knew it was snowing was to look out your front window. And you could count on it being cold in December!
Posted by: Richard Crystal, Baltimore | December 7, 2007 12:26 PM
I couldn’t agree more--enough with the wishy-washy weather. One of my pet peeves is the assumption, usually by TV anchors, that the only good weather is sunny and 75. (“Move to southern California!” I would rail at the TV set...) As for me, give me some weather with commitment!
Posted by: Miriam Tillman | December 7, 2007 12:58 PM
I'll be the dissenter- I love a gray and overcast day. It just makes me feel cozy and puts me at ease. I can't stand a clear sunny day. although I do agree with you Miriam- I hate it when the TV anchors go on and on about sunny weather. I like weather with drama
Posted by: Rebecca McAlpin | December 7, 2007 3:25 PM
I could not agree more! I do not understand people who hate snow. The sky can be a beautiful blue, the ground white and sparkling. I love that. There is nothing beautiful about cold gray rain. We get way too much of that during the winter here.
I also had a thought this afternoon when i was looking at the soon to be slush covered alley behind my house.... if our weather got cold and stayed cold, kids could play ice hockey in the alleys. What fun they are missing out on!
Posted by: patsy shifrin | December 7, 2007 3:43 PM