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Show Transcript WATCH NOW OUR STREAK OF SEVEN DAYS IN A ROW IN THE 40S HAS COME TO AN END SO MARK TO START A NEW STREAK AND I THINK THE UPCOMING STREAK IS GOING TO LAST EVEN LONGER THAN SEVEN DAYS. WE’RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. SO LOVE THIS GRAPHIC THAT METEOROLOGIST LINDSEY SLATER CREATED THIS MORNING, BYE-BYE SNOW PEOPLE AS THEY COME TO AN END, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING FOR THIS WEEK. IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE WINDY CERTAINLY FOR TOMORROW’S WINDY FOR TODAY AND IT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY THAT WE’LL SEE OUR FIRST 50S OF 2021 THE SNOW DEPTH STARTED 24 INCHES 11 DAYS AGO. OH THE MELT IS ON. SEVEN INCHES TODAY AND IT TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE IT’S PRETTY COMPACT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT SNOW. WE’VE HAD ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND SINCE DECEMBER THE 29TH 62 DAYS IN A ROW. THAT’S
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