Saturday, March 6, 2010

Got Sunshine?

This is (verbatim) the weather alert I just received from the NOAA National Weather Service:

"...SUNNIEST WEATHER IN NEARLY 6 MONTHS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END...AS CLOUD COVER MOVES INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...IT WILL MARK THE END OF THE SUNNIEST STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN CHICAGO IN NEARLY SIX MONTHS. ACCORDINGTO FRANK WACHOWSKI...OFFICIAL COOPERATIVE OBSERVER FOR MIDWAY AIRPORT...THE LAST 4 DAYS THIS WEEK...MARCH 3 THROUGH MARCH6...HAVE HAD AT LEAST 90% SUNSHINE. ONE HAS LOOK BACK TO SEPTEMBER 14-17 2009 FOR THE LAST 4 DAY STREAK OF 90% OR GREATER SUNSHINE FOR CHICAGO. EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE...THE LAST TIME THAT 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90% OR GREATER SUNSHINE OCCURRED IN CHICAGO WAS NEARLY A YEAR AGO...WHEN SKIES WERE AT LEAST 90% CLEAR FROM MARCH 13-17 2009."

That's just sad. We've had 4 consecutive sunny days twice in the last year?

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