Just Wait

The start of the weekend - Saturday morning, 12-1-2012

"If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes." This maxim of New England life - attributed to Mark Twain and repeated over the years by countless residents and travelers - has been on full display this weekend in Amherst. Saturday morning started out snowing lightly and colder than normal, moved into rain later in the day, and changed to freezing drizzle over night (leading to patches of black ice last night and this morning), which became freezing fog this morning. By late morning Sunday the temperature had climbed above freezing, and it is projected to continue to climb, right up to a downright balmy 50° F by mid-afternoon. It will be clear for a few hours after that, with showers starting by evening. We recently learned that variations of "if you don't like the weather" exist in other regions across the country, but we're betting the saying originated here, in weather just like we're having now.  As Mark Twain also said, in his "Weather Speech" delivered in 1876, "there is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather that compels the stranger's admiration -- and regret. The weather is always doing something there; always attending strictly to business; always getting up new designs and trying them on the people to see how they will go."

To see how all this weather is affecting our dog walker, as well as our dog Kelvin, see today's "Walkin' Kelvin" entry on the right sidebar of our home page.