monsoonmartin

aka the Forecast.  

New format: I am going to offer one single forecast for the entire greater Philadelphia region.  If the forecast for Berks (or Lancaster, or Princeton, or Cape May), I will mention it.  Otherwise, you can assume that the greater Philadelphia forecast applies to you as well.

Monday 2/25: windy as balls.  Really gusty ones.  High in the mid to upper 30s, but it'll feel like the 20s.  (Gusts over 50mph at times, which whoa.)  Low in the low to mid 20s.  Sunny, though!

Happy birthday on 2/25 to Herbert Manfred ("Zeppo Marx"), who is dead.

Tuesday 2/26: sunny and still breezy, but not as bad as Monday.  High in the mid to upper 30s, low in the upper teens to low 20s.  Like, a serious wintry day.

Happy birthday on 2/26 to Tony Randall, who is dead.

Wednesday 2/27: becoming cloudier.  Then overcast.  A slight chance of afternoon snow showers, so much more likely is a dry, cloudy day.  Temperatures steady in the low to mid 30s.

Happy birthday on 2/27 to John Steinbeck, who is dead.

Thursday 2/28: since this is not a leap year, this will, in fact, be the last day of February.  Expect clouds mixed with sun, and highs in the low 40s.  A bit of snow developing overnight Thursday into Friday.  Literally, it will span two months.

Happy birthday on 2/28 to Frank Gehry, who was born on this day in 1929, and who is ... well, I'll be damned, he's alive and well. In fact, he is pictured above reacting to my assumption that he was dead.

Friday 3/1: overcast with highs in the upper 30s to near 40.  Rain and drizzle, with wet snow and freezing rain more likely in Berks and areas north and west.

Happy birthday on 3/1 to Roger Daltrey, who is still one of the most kick-ass rock singers ever and who is definitively not dead.

Saturday 3/2: overcast with rain and drizzle; temperatures could get into the upper 50s and even 60s.  We could even see a thunderstorm!  Shit ya not.  (Stays a bit chiller up in Lehigh Valley and Berks: highs in the upper 40s, but still rain and drizzle.)  Then becoming much colder and very windy at night.

Happy birthday on 3/2 to Laraine Newman, because I haven't had a woman on here yet, and what the shit is that about. Oh, and she is not dead.

Sunday 3/3: sunny and windy with highs only getting up to the mid 30s.  (That's barely above freezing, which is 32°F.

Happy birthday on 3/3 to Ruby Dandridge, who is dead.

Monday 3/4: snow, mark it down.  Or maybe not.  But it looks pretty likely.

Happy birthday on 3/4 to Patsy Kensit, who is not dead. I admit it: I did not think this through, the whole birthday shout-out thing. I mean, I've done eight now, and I have two more to go. Nothing to do now but just see it through.

Tuesday 3/5: morning snow, then clearing.  I'm serious!  For reals.

Happy birthday on 3/5 to Marsha Warfield, who is not dead. And yes, I am going to have five women in a row to balance out the five men in a row with whom I started this ill-conceived enterprise.

Wednesday 3/6: clearing, but still cold.  Mid-30s at best.  (Maybe 40 in Montco, Chesco, Delco, and ... Philco?)  Milder thereafter - 40s, 50s, and beyond.

Happy birthday on 3/6 to Pauline Matthews ("Kiki Dee"), who is not dead.

Stay tuned for updates...

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