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Typical Hiatus and the Upcoming Snow Event

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I still exist! My life in the past month has been a barrage of holiday plans, schoolwork, and, well... a disinterest in weather. And it's not like you can blame me, either. This winter has been one of the most boring in recent memory for many snow fans across the region. Cold snap after cold snap have slid east of the Rockies, leaving only a taste of what we've been missing; bringing in northwest flow aloft. The lack of any sort of wintry weather that our region has been experiencing is not only uncharacteristic, but extremely difficult to achieve. Per @KSeattleWeather on twitter, we have to go back to 1991 to find a winter where not even a single flake of snow found its way into the heart of the city. Many of us have been thinking this is the next one. After all, it's almost February. As of now, we are receiving the same amount of solar energy that we would normally get in mid-November, and our days aren't getting any shorter. Facing the month-left deadline (r