Only a quick little coating.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 07:03PM
Monsoon Martin

I see a couple of quick snow showers around 9 or 10 tonight.  Some areas could see heavier and steadier snow briefly, which could cause travel hazards.  But just a little coating from this.  Maybe 3/8 of an inch in a few places.  Nothing more.

In honor of the SNL 40th anniversary, I interrupt this forecast for a clip of David Hasselhoff on SNL's Weekend Update:

 

During Thursday morning's commute, it will be about 10 degrees with moderate winds, making it feel like -10.  In fact, we're not going to escape the negative wind chills all day Thursday.

Chance of delay Thursday, 31%

Chance of cancellation Thursday, 4%

Then Friday morning, who-wee.  During the Friday morning commute, we're looking at a temperature of -3 with a wind chill of -75.

Sorry, I meant -25.  At -75, you would be proper screwed, frostbite-wise, in about five minutes.  At least with a wind chill of -25, you've got about 30 minutes before that shit sets in.

Negative wind chills don't leave us until late Friday afternoon--but then only briefly, as the sun will go down.  Fortunately, the winds will die down, so by Saturday morning the temperature will be 5 but the wind chill will still be above zero.

Chance of delay Friday, 86%

Chance of cancellation Friday, 59%

The weekend looks all messed up.  Snow Saturday afternoon mixes with rain overnight, then continues as rain on Sunday, then ends as snow Sunday night.  It's off-and-on action, so I don't expect high totals or major travel issues with this.  Windy and colder on Monday.

Chance of delay Monday, 35%

Chance of cancellation Monday, 17%

Looking ahead, there is a snowstorm possible on Wednesday 2/25.

Stay tuned for updates!

Monsoon

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