Before today's forecast, I'd like to first say happy birthday to Myrtle McGee of New Bethel, Ala. Myrtle, or "Gammy" as her great-grandchildren call her, is 117 today! Happy birthday, sweetheart! That's right, Roker, I stole your bit, I dare you to steal mine.
If you've been paying attention to my polemics, screeds and even occasional jeremiads over the last few weeks (and frankly, only the most blatant of ignorami have not), you are well aware that I've been relentlessly hyping two things.
The first, the indomitable destruction derby known only as CRASH-A-RAMA, turned out as sumptuously déclassé as billed; the second, a series of outrageous snow threats in December, is now poised to come true as well. Roll that beautiful bean footage!
First off, there could be a few flurries continuing from last night into this morning, but this is nothing more than a delicious hickory-smoked aperitif to the main courses to come.
Cold but precipitation-free weather will characterize late Friday and Saturday, though cloud cover will be on the increase late Saturday in advance of the next low. This first system blasts through starting early Sunday, dropping around an inch of light snow, with potentially a mix to rain at the tail end.
Now, the big ticket item rolls in starting Monday afternoon and continues into Tuesday. There should be more cold air in place for this system, so I'm thinking the precip stays all snow, to the tune of 3-6" (rough estimate). A few of the weather computer models were casting doubt on this situation, but I found their outputs to be about as convincing as Philip Morris' youth smoking prevention ads. ("Parents, talk to your kids about why they should just say no to the mellow, mild, sophisticated flavor of Marlboro 100s.")
Bottom line, expect snowy weather for this weekend's DiabetesFest at Frist, where not only can you listen to University Health Service's all-Baja Men mixtape at top volume, but Wilford Brimley will be making a guest appearance to remind Princeton students to check their blood sugar (check it often) and hand out free diabetic testing supplies courtesy of Liberty Medical.
Oh, Frist Campus Center, is there a noun to which you are incapable of adding the –Fest suffix?
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