Christmas Vacation - From Cold to Cohd

For those of you that aren't laughing at the title of this blog post, it's self-deprecation because I typically do not pronounce the 'l' in cold. I guess it's my Eastern Shore of Maryland dialect. I find dialects interesting, and the results of this University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee survey are interesting to me. Anyway, back to the point of this post.

When reading the local 'Zone Forecast Product' from NWS-Wakefield, I am really amused by the temperature forecast for my entire stay back home (where it's currently 62°F by the way):

DORCHESTER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE  110 PM EST TUE DEC 18 2012  
   
THIS AFTERNOON  
PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WINDS  
AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.    
TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING  
THEN BECOMING MOSTLY  
CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO  
30 MPH IN THE EVENING.    
WEDNESDAY  
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 10 TO  
15 MPH.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST  
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
THURSDAY  
PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS  
10 TO 15 MPH.    
THURSDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY  
MAINLY IN THE EVENING.  
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.    
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT  
PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE  
UPPER 40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.    
SATURDAY  
MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30.    
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY  
MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. LOWS  
AROUND 30. 

First let's compare the past 7 days here in Grand Forks:

12/11--> High: 9, Low: -2
12/12--> High: 18, Low: 5
12/13--> High: 19, Low:4
12/14--> High: 28, Low: 9 (HEAT WAVE!!!)
12/15--> High: 23, Low: 9
12/16--> High: 23, Low 17
12/17--> High: 19, Low: 16

So that LOW temperature around 30 at the end of my stay back home will be warmer than any HIGH I have experienced over the past week! In fact, it has been 12 days since it has reached 30°F here (39°F on 12/6). If you take coldest high temperature in that forecast (highs in the upper 40s), that will still be the warmest weather I have experienced in the past 27 days (46°F on 11/21). Then for a real good laugh, see that Thursday forecast, with highs in the mid 50s? Well it's been 62 days since I have felt that kind of warmth (55°F on 10/17)!

I think I should pack a pair of shorts and head to the beach on Thursday!