Well, weather fans, the holiday season is upon us. I hope you've got your plans squared away for family, feasting, and time away from the daily grind. Personally, I'm amped because in addition to the above activities, come Friday I will also be attending something called CRASH-A-RAMA, which is sure to be one of the ultimate experiences of my life. What is CRASH-A-RAMA, you ask? A demolition derby, yes, but she is so much more. Let's just say the bill includes such events as "House of Fire," "Wall of Steel," "Figure 8 School Bus Race," "Green Mamba Jet Car" and, lest I forget, "Midair T-Bone." Midair T-Bone! This is going to be even more awesome than Thanksgiving 2002, when I ate ("et") at a Waffle House. God bless trash culture, every one.
As I alluded to last week, if you're going to be anywhere in the East for the holiday, you are in for your own Crash-a-rama of sorts, as a polar vortex drops into the Northeast and a succession of potent lows ride up the East Coast. Implications? Groin-grabbingly cold weather and several chances for snow over the next week, the first of which is today. Yesterday's rain continues lightly this morning as temperatures slowly fall through the day due to strong NW winds raking the tundra of Central Jersey. Thus, a glorious changeover to some very light snow should take place around sunset. However, no accumulation is expected; sorry Jeffy and Billy, looks like your toboggan and lame snow-related puns will have to wait until at least Thanksgiving Day, when a clipper brings more cold and snowfall of around 1".
So, enjoy the storms and I'll see you after the break, provided I survive Crash-a-Rama. If I don't return, felled in my prime by wayward carburetor shrapnel, know that I repose under a lone laurel oak in Bithlo, Fla., and remember me as the Jim Cramer of collegiate weather forecasting. Booyah!
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