The latest trough is approaching, nothing remarkable, except this is our third shot at snow and/or ice in the last eight days. The atmosphere spits in our general direction but does little harm. Last Monday we got a light dose of ice that closed schools for most of the week. We have been mostly soaking in the arctic air with the eastern US for a couple of weeks, eliminating the suspense on whether the precipitation type will be solid or liquid. Now it’s a matter of freezing or frozen. It’s easier, until you want to go some place.
The second shot came Friday morning, more ice and sleet, followed by warm air’s arrival and a return to spring. We even heard thunder Friday night, no doubt adding to the fun for the inbound. Compression winds were bad enough.
Today looks innocuous for the metro area. Northern Mississippi has a better chance for freezing junk; Memphis may get flurries and some sleet. The cold continues and we will go through this again this week, maybe twice. Probably shouldn’t complain much since the northeastern US has gotten the brunt of this winter, as opposed to the ’13-’14 onslaught.
California has record dryness. Florida is cold. No one is happy. The atmosphere hates us.