As I write this, gray skies outside my window hint at the impending winter weather predicted in the forecast.
A mixed bag, metaphorically described by meteorologists, with the line demarcating the liquid from frozen precipitation dancing from northwest to southeast as the radar model timeline turns hours into seconds.
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