monsoonmartin

That is what millions in the Northeast will say on Friday as the temperature rises above freezing for the first time in about a week.

And I think the next few days will be the last of the extreme cold in this brutal, merciless, frigid, deep-bone-shuddering frost-scape of a winter.  I mean, it'll still be cold.  But normal cold for early February--highs in the upper 30s, lows in the lower 20s.  Not Arctic Circle-type action.

Thursday 1/30 will be frigid, still, after a frigid night (down to 5 overnight).  High 28, low 15.

Friday 1/31 looks mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a few snow showers.  High 38, low 27.

Saturday 2/1 will again by mostly cloudy.  Could be a little ice/sleet early; watch for icy patches.  High 42, low 30.

Sunday 2/2 looks cloudy and breezy.  Chance of a few afternoon rain showers.  High 44, low 31.

Monday 2/3 looks variably cloudy and a bit colder.  Flurries or snow showers possible.  High 36, low 23.

Tuesday 2/4 will be sunny and uneventful.  High 35, low 19.

Wednesday 2/5 brings our next chance of potentially disruptive snow.  More than six days before the event, models conflict.  Right now I'd make the following preliminary prediction:

30% chance of a complete miss - little or no precipitation.

20% chance of a mixed event - starting out as rain, changing to snow, accumulating 2-4 inches.

35% chance of an all snow event - accumulating 4-8 inches.

15% chance of an all snow event - accumulating 8-12 inches.

(I think that adds up to 100%.  Math teachers, please check my work.)

Thursday 2/6 looks breezy and cold with clouds and sun.  High 33, low 18.

Friday 2/7 looks colder still (but again, not the breathtaking polar deathgrip of this week and early January).  High 28, low 16.

Next weekend (2/8 and 2/9) still looks snowy, particularly Saturday night into Sunday.  It's a long way off, though.  A lot can change between now and then.

The following week looks cold (nearly normal cold, with highs in the low to mid 30s).  Looking at February 13th and 15th for some interesting weather.  And when I say interesting, I mean, No, god no, not again, ugh.

Stay tuned for updates!!

Monsoon

In my idle traversing of the fecund underbelly of the internets, I found a website called Star Whispers that features Chinese horoscopes for celebrities.  And of course, it includes material about David Hasselhoff.  These are all real quotations from that website.  I have not doctored them in any way.

• "David Hasselhoff is technically talented which shows both in his thinking and his activities. He loves to detangled the most diverse things with the head and the hands in order to put them back together perfectly afterwards. David Hasselhoff likes to work independently and possess a professional attitude."
• "David Hasselhoff is the bedrock of society, the foundation of any enterprise. He is an organizer and manager. David Hasselhoff's approach to life and to problems is methodical and systematic. He is a builder and a doer. David Hasselhoff turns dreams into reality."  [Monsoon's note: those first two sentences are among the most profound that have ever been uttered.  It is definitely fodder for a bumper sticker.  Nay, a religion.]
• "David Hasselhoff is profound, does not like to reveal himself and is hard to comprehend. Therefore David Hasselhoff has only a few close friends and often feels not at par."
• "David Hasselhoff needs someone encouraging and motivating him. Sometimes David Hasselhoff seems to be a riddle. David Hasselhoff's ideas are hard to comprehend. With the money of others David Hasselhoff deals well and even increases the wealth. Not so much with his own."
• "Politics, this different kind of acting interests him and if he plunges into it it is not to play the role of an extra. His liking of glamorous appearances is part of his dynamic personality. With such a mentality David Hasselhoff will bring it to fame in any resort."
• "David Hasselhoff is always on the search for challenges and sentimental adventures. The amorous conquests can be an opportunity to verify his seductive skills - which is necessary to calm his ego -, but also is a must for his development."

I mean, it's just magnificent and endlessly fascinating.  (The website, but also works for The Hoff.)