Brace yourself.
There's a four-letter word in the forecast again. Which no doubt will spark a flurry of other four-letter words from people who hate winter as much as I do.
But there is another reason for my angst this week.
I expect a non-stop bombardment by our TV friends heralding this winter event.
To be clear, as best as I can tell it is expected to start snowing late Wednesday afternoon and we could get anything from a dusting to an inch or so, just in time for the Wednesday evening rush hour. But it certainly does not look like any kind of paralyzing storm.
None of that will likely stop the harangue from the TV types who will do their best to make sure we are prepared for this latest dose of winter weather.
Which brings me to the point. Wouldn't it have been nice to get that kind of warning Saturday night as to what was in store for us Sunday morning?
Look, I realize weather forecasting is an inexact science. But I don't recall hearing much of anything Saturday night in terms of the ice event that turned local roads into skating rinks. Multiple car collisions shut down the Blue Route and Schuylkill Expressway. Several lives were lost.
Here's what happened. The call was for rain to move in later Sunday morning, after temperatures had risen above freezing.
What happened is that it turned colder earlier than expected Saturday night into Sunday morning. And the rain arrived sooner than expected. When it hit those cold surfaces, it froze. With deadly results.
I have to give a tip of the hat to local weather guy John Bolaris. He took to Twitter to admit this was a bad miss on the part of the weather forecasters.
Good for you, John.
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