What the hell is a "snow hurricane"?
Oh hell no.
We just finally started to thaw out from the Snowpocalypses! (Snowpocalypsi? Snowpocalypso?) And now they're predicting something in the Baltimore area called a "snow hurricane", which sounds as terrifying as it does silly.
Tonight, I did what I did during the last snowfall and checked in with Foot's Forecast (a site that really needs its own iPhone app, if only for my own personal convenience). Forecaster Foot and his weather posse (if they don't call themselves that, they should) are really good at delivering the facts with just the right about of humor, and forego the sensationalism in which our local TV affiliates seem to indulge. (Example: "IT IS STILL SNOWING DEATH FLAKES FROM CLOUDS OF DOOM, WITH A BLIZZARD FROM SATAN'S FREEZER ON THE WAY, AND THIS TIME IT'S COMING AFTER YOUR CHILDREN. More after these messages." I'm paraphrasing.)
The bottom line of the forecast is this: Baltimore might catch the southernmost tip of this next storm which has the potential to be pretty severe north and east of the city. We might catch somewhere in the neighborhood of five inches, but nobody really knows for certain right now. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch that starts tomorrow night and extends to Thursday night.
Compared to what we just went through, five inches of snow doesn't seem like much.
According to AccuWeather.com, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York better hold on tight:
Stay tuned, folks. This just got real-er. Again.