For the past week, the weather has been typical winter weather here in central Ohio: dreary, cold and snow/rain/freezing snow.
I wanted to see what it was going to be like this weekend, so I visited the National Weather Service’s forecast site (which I use instead of other sites for two reasons- they don’t have ads on their site and most other weather sites get their weather information from the NWS). When I saw tonight’s forecast, I was confused, scared and bewildered:
The forecast for this afternoon and New Year’s Day are pretty straightforward. Simple explanations and easy-to-understand graphics. But what about tonight? Are frozen stalactites going to be raining down upon partiers in Central Ohio? What is this FzgDz? Did they run out of vowels, or are they giving forecasts in leetspeek?
After Googling the phrase “FgzDz,” I found out it stands for “Freezing Drizzle.” In fact, most of the sites that come up are weather related. So fear not, Central Ohio, there’s no massive vowel shortage and you won’t be impaled by icicles tonight. Just some freezing drizzle. Makes me glad The Civee and I are hanging around here tonight. Happy New Year, everyone.
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