Wait a few minutes
Here it comes. Winter is just around the corner. The 28-degree wind chill I felt when I woke this morning verified as much.
The past couple of days of unseasonably moderate conditions are now in Minnesota's rear-view mirror. That sunshine, those temps in the upper-50s and low-60s and those light, refreshing breezes are gone. Long gone. Literally overnight.
But that's the way it goes here. There's a saying around these parts that goes a little something like this: Don't like the weather around here? Just wait a few minutes.
That's how quickly it can change. Sixty-degree temperature swings over the course of a couple of days aren't uncommon, particularly between Octber and May.
So it wasn't surprising that we should be blasted with 30-50 mph winds from the northwest like we were overnight. Or that the five-day forecast includes rain, snow and a 29-degree high temperature.
I'm resigned to our fate for the next several months. Today is just a harbinger of what awaits us. A comparatively mild one at that.
For me, it's a little depressing. But at least I can go into it knowing that I squeezed in one more bike ride, as I did on Friday evening.
The past couple of days of unseasonably moderate conditions are now in Minnesota's rear-view mirror. That sunshine, those temps in the upper-50s and low-60s and those light, refreshing breezes are gone. Long gone. Literally overnight.
But that's the way it goes here. There's a saying around these parts that goes a little something like this: Don't like the weather around here? Just wait a few minutes.
That's how quickly it can change. Sixty-degree temperature swings over the course of a couple of days aren't uncommon, particularly between Octber and May.
So it wasn't surprising that we should be blasted with 30-50 mph winds from the northwest like we were overnight. Or that the five-day forecast includes rain, snow and a 29-degree high temperature.
I'm resigned to our fate for the next several months. Today is just a harbinger of what awaits us. A comparatively mild one at that.
For me, it's a little depressing. But at least I can go into it knowing that I squeezed in one more bike ride, as I did on Friday evening.
posted by RTG at 11:47 AM
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