Wintry mix?
by Hanly on Nov.11, 2008, under The Wisconsin Experience
WTF is wintry mix?!?!? Since having arrived in Madison, my list of weather jargon has had to expand, where it was once composed of 8 terms (sunny, cloudy, party cloudy, showers, scattered thunderstorms, thunderstorms, and hurricane) it now house a myriad of of new winter related terms. Until recently I had never before witnessed “rain” as an actual weather phenomena, we have “showers.” However, there is a big difference, rain is annoying, lingers around all day, and is just enough to annoy the hell out of you. Showers on the other hand do their thing and subside. So what is a wintry mix then? I suppose since the temperature is above freezing, it must involve rain, some mushy snow, and flurry. Yes, “flurry” is also a new term. Think of it as a McDonald’s McFlurry, mushy snow with rain. Snow time is definitely approaching.
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