Spring Awakening?

By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 20, 2008 4:04PM

Happy spring! Today marked the spring equinox, which means bust out the picnic baskets and flower pots--it's time to celebrate. Except wait a little while because our area is under a winter storm watch tonight through late tomorrow. Expect heavy, wet snow starting after midnight, with around an inch accumulating over night and 3-5 inches accumulating during the day on Friday. At least it won't be too cold; highs should be in the high-30s the rest of this week and into the 40s on Monday.

The equinox doesn't mean day and night are of equal time, contrary to what you may have heard. It's actually the moment when the center of the Sun is directly over the equator. [US Naval Observatory, NWS. And for all you Daisy Buchanans out there, the longest day of '08 is going to be June 20.]