Today we will once again have the thrill of winter weather, and the agony of listening about it on TV.

Yes, it’s going to be wet outside today.

But then, that’s the key. It’s going to be wet. Just as it sometimes is in April, July and October.

Only today it’s going to be colder. So there’s a chance we could see a little icing take place.

But for the most part, it’s just going to a cold, wet, raw day.

Unless, of course, you live in the infamous “northern and western suburbs.” I assume that would include Delaware County.

I am somewhat taken aback that we now inlcude Allentown and the Poconos in that little piece of geography. At least that’s the impression I get from TV, which of course revels in these winter forercasts.

My good friends on TV have only been too glad to tell us for the last 24 hours about the potential conditions in Allentown, as if I care. They are very likely going to have a mixture of rain, ice and snow that will make a mess of things in that region.

I’m still not sure how and when exactly they became a Philadelphia suburb. I’m not buying it.

I think they became a part of the northern and western suburbs because the weather has a tendency to be worse up there. And the worse the weather, the better TV likes it.

They could get 4-6 inches of snow today in the Poconos. Imagine that, snow in the Poconos. There’s some breaking news for you.

In the meantime, the rain continues to fall here in Delco. It likely will continue throughout the day.

No schools have closed. We will have to wait and see if we get any early dismissals. The folks up around Easton and Allentown aren't taking any chances. Several schools up there shut down for the day.

Somehow I think we’ll all survive, at least until Saturday night, when the next storm is on the horizon.

Don’t turn on the TV. Unless of course you want to see someone sticking a ruler in the snow in Allentown.