Wednesday, March 19, 2008

No. Seriously. Stop.

Hi. Yeah. It's March. The first day of spring is, what? Friday? Saturday?

Check out this bullshit:

Winter Storm Watch
DuPage (Illinois)

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
349 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...

A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL TRACK INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND AFFECT FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY FRIDAY EVENING. HEAVY WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXTENDING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

OMFG, Internets. Can you believe that? I would really like to highlight this one part:

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS.
Please pray for some strong winds or an unexplained warm front from, like Oklahoma.

1 comment:

Nicole said...

Umm... I think that's what you get for moving.

:)

There's a cold wind in DC but otherwise it's definitely spring.