April Fool?

You can't see it here, but there is some snow and rain starting around 7:00 PM on March 31, 2011. It was a nice day, a little gray as there are a couple of fronts coming through. Starting tonight, we're supposed to be in for a snowy / rainy day on April 1. Hard to tell which, rain or snow.
Living near Worcester can be a challenge when deciding whether to make sure the snow thrower is ready for possible accumulation the next day. We always seem to be on some dividing line in the TV weather caster's frame of mind..

Channel 4 prediction

Channel 4 has a really fuzzy map with Worcester somewhere on the low end of 2-12 inches.

Channel 5 prediction

Channel 5 has a distinctive warp in the 6-12" line. It seems deliberately distorted to include Worcester.
This reminds me of a math test in tech school where we had to plot a quadratic function on graph paper. I ended up with two curves looking like that containing Worcester right next to each other. I couldn't resist penciling in some decoration at the bottoms to relay what it reminded me of.

Channel 7 prediction

Channel 7 has a similar dip in the 7-10" line that seems to include Worcester.

Channel 25 prediction

And Fox25 has Worcester right on the edge of the 6-12" line which does not include the dippy distortion that some others have.

Nothing to do now, but wait and see.

Technical Note: The TV images were captured on WinTV2000 software that is playing on my 2nd monitor through a Hauppage TV adapter. There's a snapshot button in the corner. I missed the Channel 4 weather, so I snagged it's image from their web page.

Joe Wronski March 31, 2011

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