Today’s weather forecast called for light rain showers in the evening. I was looking forward to that–the car could use a bath, after the snow and salt of last week’s snowfall.<\/p>\n
When I left work the wind was blowing lightly from the north and west, and dark clouds hugged the horizon. I frowned–north and west were the directions I drive on the homeward commute. I knew those clouds. Those clouds said rain. I dislike intensely driving on the Beltway in rain. I pulled my jacket tighter, sighed deeply, and tried to put the drive home out of mind.<\/p>\n
The car has an outside air thermometer. With the wind blowing I couldn’t judge the temperature, though I thought it felt slightly… damp. Snow weather? I shook my head when I saw the temperature–forty-six, definitely too warm for snow. (That’s about six or seven for you Celsius lot, you.)<\/p>\n
The first stretch of the drive was uneventful. Traffic was lighter than normal. Then, as the Beltway neared Towson, traffic suddenly slowed.<\/p>\n
Were those snowflakes I saw hitting my windshield?<\/p>\n
Must have been a passing hallucination, I thought. Nothing else seemed to be falling.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, traffic came to a near-stop.<\/p>\n
It was a full-on whiteout.<\/p>\n
But it’s too warm! my brain protested. I glanced up at the thermometer, and the temperature had dropped dramatically in fifteen minutes. It was now barely above freezing.<\/p>\n
Eventually the snowfall thinned, and as I approached home it had tapered off to nothing.<\/p>\n
Snow makes people crazy. Hopefully, this snowfall will stay a light dusting, and by morning it will have been a memory<\/p>\n
Friday, though, the forecast is calling for an inch or two. Yippee? :\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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