It's April 27th

The National Weather Service is predicting 2-4" of snow tonight.

It's April 14th

And we are having a freaking blizzard.

Heat Wave

So when I got up this morning it was five degrees above zero, for the first time in what seems like forever.

This being Chicago, we're headed for another one of the roller-coaster periods: tomorrow mid-30s, Sunday mid-40s, Monday lower 50s.

Then back down to the 20s.

Estivation

Or, if you prefer to older spelling, "aestivation." It's the hot-weather equivalent of hibernation, when some animals enter a state close to suspended animation until things cool down.

That's what happens to me when we have stretches of near 90-degree weather, like for the past week or so. All I want to do is sleep.

We are promised respite tomorrow. We'll see.

It's April 16th

And once again, there's snow on the ground this morning.

I can't even blame climate change for this. It's not the first time this has happened.

Umm -- Happy Spring?

Another Chinese hoax:

The Weather Channel reports:

Winter Storm Toby will spread yet another swath of snow, not to mention wind and coastal flooding, into the East through Thursday, the fourth nor’easter in less than three weeks and potentially one of the heaviest snowstorms this late in the season along parts of the I-95 corridor.

Winter storm warnings, where snowfall is expected to be heaviest, extend from eastern Massachusetts to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, including the cities of Boston, Providence, Hartford, virtually the entire New York City Tri-State area and Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, in Chicago, it would be a lovely early spring day -- upper 30s, sunny -- except for the damned wind, which has really got an edge to it this morning.

And Again

Another via Balloon Juice:

Needless to say, to all Texans in the path, stay safe.