Hi weather enthusiasts,
Well, it is the new year. And uhh it’s certainly been off to a.. start. Not a great one to be honest but more on that later (it’s partially Delta and United’s fault, my checked bag spent an extra night in detroit and I spent four extra nights in the middle of nowhere Montana). Right now we have a potential weather system coming through.
The French Toast Alert Level is currently at 3 slices. You may have even noticed an extra chill in the air tonight, some extra breeziness. Tomorrow will be sunny and cold which means you damn well better get the bread and milk by the end of the day. You might even want to consider stealing a cow tonight* to get that fresh squeezed milk on tap
We are not under a winter storm watch here in providence, but if you’re one of those weird grad students that lives like up in woonsocket for some reason then you’ll definitely see a lot of snow. The winter storm watch is just for those lucky snowthusiasts who will see 6 or more inches. But that doesn’t mean we won’t get some sweet sweet plowable snow action here in PVD.
Right now Providence is forecasted for 4-6 inches by sunday evening. Oh yeah baby. But that’s an early forecast, you’ll want to check tomorrow and through saturday for updated figures. snow will start saturday night with the heaviest snowfall being sunday morning.
Now, it’s sunday morning. you have all of this bread and milk and eggs. what are you supposed to do with this, exactly? rookie question, that’s exactly why we have the french toast index. you need to make french toast. I’m going to shamelessly plug my mother’s french toast recipe (a little nepotism never hurt anybody who wasn’t already included, right?) because it is absolutely slapping**
<– like look at that I ate this over christmas it was insane
Anyway, remember the usual tips. Fill up your car if you have one, bring your bike inside, have plenty of food available, and maybe get your laundry done a little early. Remember that if you’re watching WPRI they will get overly excited and dramatize the reports as per usual. Jim Cantore is nowhere nearby so we are going to be just fine. Keep an eye on the National Weather Service and charge your devices. It’ll be fun to get the first snow of the season!!! (I hate snow normally but this cold rain has been absolute garbage, I didn’t move away from Seattle just to deal with this. Also if you saw the Boys in the Boat in movie theaters, that weather is a LIE. I was on UW’s rowing team ((I’ll send you a photo of a dog if you can correctly guess my seat in the boat)) and we did not row alongside little green meadowy sunny fields with happy little bees flying around. We rowed in cold drizzly garbage rain alongside depressed hipsters and houseboats. They filmed that movie in London. Insane choices that will trick more people into thinking Seattle is an acceptable place to live)
Alright everyone, stay safe out there. But also remember to have fun. Throw some snowballs, make some hot cocoa, and get cozy. It should be a nice time. 🙂
-Meg W.
*Do not actually steal a cow. Likely having a cow in your apartment will violate your lease agreement.
**as the kids say
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