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Snow: Pie in the Sky?

Feb 22, 2012; 8:37 AM ET

Wednesday 10 a.m.

In today's video, we look at the overall picture and include some of the details that can be crucial at any given time. Looking ahead, there is still plenty of time for snow. The cold shot coming this weekend will cause lake-effect snow, but nothing for the I-95 corridor.

Now, a journey into the bakery:

It's almost too late to celebrate, but February is Great American Pies month. In the forecast department, we always try to top off our report with a headline that really sums things up in a nutshell. So, this morning's key lime is how the situation is lemon itself to a few days when cold air desserts. Predicting temperatures in the 50s and 60s for the next few days from the Big Apple to the Blueberry Hill Observatory is not pie in the sky. This, of course, will cause quite a rhubarb among snow lovers, who think this winter has been the pits. They've custard all the storms that missed, and that's pudding it mildly.

However, for residents who have kids to be raisin in the upper Great Lakes and northern New England, the prospect of a warmup could be a case of pecan too far ahead. On Friday, farther south, we could see Boston creamed pie rain and wind.

Saturday will be a cold, gusty day perfectly suited to all the cocoa nuts. The icy wind will slice in from the northwest. It'll be frozen at night. Oh by the way, pies have been part of folklore back to colonial times. (note: the following is fiction. I'll admit that sometimes my forecasts are in that category, but I won't mention that now.) Do you remember the story of William Penn? His aunts made great pies for the colonists. As soon as they realized how popular they were, they raised prices, which of course caused quite a rhubarb. Consumers thought the idea was half baked. People accused them of having some crust. One playwright captured the essence of the dispute in a famous play enjoyed by audiences even now: Pie Rates of Penn's Aunts.

picture courtesy www.handsonhistoryinc.org/

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