monsoonmartin

So I won't.

The big winners for this storm were parts of Delaware and South Jersey with 6-7 inches.  We had 3.7 here in Reading, and some heavy bands went through Bucks and Montgomery Counties (where 5-6 inches fell).  Philly got 4-5.

Here's what to expect over the next week:

First, be on the lookout for "black ice" this evening as temperatures head down into the teens.  Little bit of trivia for you: the term "black ice" was coined by the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, when his horse slipped on an icy patch, pitching Forrest into a briar patch.

None of that is true.  (Well, the first sentence about watching for black ice tonight - that's true.)  But "black ice" - I think that term came from the fact that it's a thin veneer of ice through which the macadam (usually black) can be seen.

Still, racist.

Wednesday brings us a day of increasing cloudiness with flurries or scattered light snow showers between 2pm and 9pm.  A few heavier squalls (not "squaws," a derogatory term for a Native American woman) are possible, especially around 4 or 5.  A squall is a period of heavy, blowy snow brought about by the invasion of cold air aloft, which is what's happening here.

Overnight Wednesday into Thursday, temperatures will drop from 20 around 6pm to 10 during the Thursday morning commute.  Winds will also increase during that period--though we won't see the high winds we saw on Sunday.  Still, wind chills on Thursday morning will dip just below zero.

Thursday will be plenty sunny but COLD as arctic balls of ... crystal ... coldness.  I got nothing.  High on Thursday will be 12, with wind chills in the negative single digits throughout the day.

Friday will start out so, so cold.  Like, absurdly cold.  We're-being-punished-for-something cold.  During the Friday morning commute, the temperature will be -3 and the wind chill will be in the -25 range.  I don't even know what to say anymore.  Mercy...?  Uncle...?

Friday then turns out to be 12 and sunny and windy and ouch.

Cold on Saturday morning again with a temperature of -1, but far less windy, so there's that.

Saturday turns out less frigid (high of 28) but snow is possible in the afternoon and evening.  Not huge accumulations, but nasty in terms of travel hazards.

Snow and rain possible on Sunday, but milder (highs around 40!).

And then colder on Monday and Tuesday here we go again g.d. son of a b.

Oh!  Percentages.

Chance of delay Wednesday 2/18, 21%

Chance of cancellation Wednesday 2/18, 10%

Chance of early dismissal Wednesday 2/18, 22%

Chance of delay Thursday 2/19, 16%

Chance of cancellation Thursday 2/19, 7%

Chance of delay Friday 2/20, 77%

Chance of cancellation Friday 2/20, 36%

Stay tuned for updates!

Monsoon