Snow and rain

I have, of course, been watching the weather in Bermuda over time, and recently started watching the forecast for the days before and of my departure, here in Raleigh and in NYC, where my flight connects.

I'm not, by a long stretch, a snow bunny - love the look of it, get all excited to see it falling and its accumulation, enjoying walking in it when it is snow and not ice; refuse to drive in it and worry incessantly when it seems to be factoring in to my plans somehow. So - Raleigh has a chance (50% per Weather Underground and WRAL) of getting snow flurries Tuesday morning, and about 25% of getting them Wednesday morning. (I leave 6.55 Wednesday morning.) JFK has a similar forecast, with better chances - 70% Tuesday, 30% Wednesday, light accumulation.

I feel a bit as if I'm riding a bike and concentrating so hard on not running into the tree that I can't avoid running into the tree.

But, for snow, it isn't a bad forecast - no or light accumulation, the forecasts are for flurries, after all...I promise not to look at it but once tomorrow morning and again tomorrow night...

Bermuda seems to have had a permanent forecast of rain. This is not unexpected - January thru March is the rainier part of the year (tho rain falls anytime), and this is a wonderful thing since what water is available is what one captures from the rains. It also often rains (typically in short bursts) in one part of the island and not on another. Seems a little strange given how small a place it is, but I experienced this while I visited in late September - St. George's would be wet and Hamilton dry, or vice versa. During one cloudburst, while I waited for a bus, rain wet the pavement on one side of the shelter, and nothing fell on the other side. The forecast gives a 30% chance of rain on Wed, 40% on Thursday, 20% on Friday, with highs of 60 to 68, lows of 53 to 59.