Surprise Snow!

It was raining on the bus ride into campus this morning. Freezing rain fell like needles on my way to my 8:40am class. Class ended at 10am, and I walked outside to find about an inch of snow on the ground. I captured the image below from here at 10:30am.


Last night, as Julia and I were walking back from Ithaca Coffee Company at 7pm, and she said, "I hope its like this tomorrow." She rarely follows the weather forecasts. I disappointedly replied that rain was in the forecast for Thursday and Friday with the possibility of snow this weekend. This morning the weather forecast still claimed rain mixed with freezing rain for today and tomorrow. Now, they predict a ~60% chance of snow. Why not just say 100% chance of snow? I mean, it is snowing right now, and this forecast is for today. If you're going to change gears and "predict" snow after it starts, where does the 60% part enter the picture? Who decides this stuff?

Clearly, there are open problems available in the field of meteorology. In addition, you are a bonafide idiot if you believe you should pay money for weather.com Gold.