Monday, December 22, 2008

Real-feel? It's just cold

Forget the wind-chill index.

The forecasters have a new toy. It’s called real-feel temperature. You’re going to be hearing a lot about it this morning. Why? It’s incredibly cold out.

I have no idea what the real-feel temperature is, or how you arrive at it. Whatever it is, it was registering at minus-3 degrees this morning. The actual temperature is 18 degrees.

Let me simplify this for you. It’s real cold out. Dress warmly, Don’t forget the long underwear, hat, scarves and gloves.

The good news is that if we survive today, things are going to moderate for the rest of the holiday week. It’s supposed to warm up tomorrow, we’ll be in the 40s, and stay there.

Of course, if you’re dreaming of a White Christmas, you might be out of luck. There’s a chance of rain each day through Friday.

I know, the TV forecasters will be disappointed. No big storm to detail. They were almost apoplectic on Friday at the dusting we got, as well as on Sunday morning, with that nasty combination of rain, show and ice. But by late-morning it was already melting and the sun was out by noon.

Hey, at least they have the real-feel to fall back on. Whatever it is.

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