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Ah, snow days! Instead of taking a math test, you get to spend all day watching TV in your pajamas -- or playing in the snow with your friends! Everyone loves a snow day now and then, but how do you know if the murky gray sky above you is going to unleash a foot of snow -- or be nothing more than a disappointment? Well, though there's no way to be 100% sure if your school will have a snow day the next day, there are many things you can do to increase your chances of figuring it out. If you want to know how to predict a snow day, see Step 1 to get started. | Ah, snow days! Instead of taking a math test, you get to spend all day watching TV in your pajamas -- or playing in the snow with your friends! Everyone loves a snow day now and then, but how do you know if the murky gray sky above you is going to unleash a foot of snow -- or be nothing more than a disappointment? Well, though there's no way to be 100% sure if your school will have a snow day the next day, there are many things you can do to increase your chances of figuring it out. If you want to know how to predict a snow day, see Step 1 to get started. | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
#Check out the hourly forecast. Though you may think that you'll have a snow day for sure because it's snowing the evening before school, you've got to take the hourly forecast into account. If it says that it's going to stop snowing by 2 or 3 am, or even a bit later, then the snow plows may be able to remove the snow in time for the school buses to run. For the highest chances of a snow day, you want to see the heaviest snowfall between 5-7am. | #Check out the hourly forecast. Though you may think that you'll have a snow day for sure because it's snowing the evening before school, you've got to take the hourly forecast into account. If it says that it's going to stop snowing by 2 or 3 am, or even a bit later, then the snow plows may be able to remove the snow in time for the school buses to run. For the highest chances of a snow day, you want to see the heaviest snowfall between 5-7am. | ||
