Spring Snow: Gorgeous Or Good Riddance? (With Video)

Thursday morning Madison awoke to the results of an overnight snow shower and once again, we found ourselves having to clear off our cars before driving to work. While it was pretty, those of us who have endured numerous snowstorms all winter are pretty tired of the white stuff.

Most people I spoke with this morning had three words for me, “I hate snow.” It’s spring. We’d rather go to the beach or play golf than shovel more snow.

I headed over to Madison Country Club to talk with the golf pros there about how the snow might have messed up their plans for the day and imagine my surprise when I found someone who was actually excited to see the snow.

Head golf pro Frank Carta, happily working on renovations to the pro shop, just got back from Florida and was actually happy to see the white stuff this morning.

Sure, Frank, it’s pretty. But those of us who’ve been here all winter probably are more apt to agree with assistant pro Neal Nyland, who said “it’s time for it go. It’s spring now.”

The good news is that the morning sun made fast work of most of what fell. The forecast for Thursday afternoon is sunny, with a high near 45.

Here is the forecast for the rest of the week for Madison from the National Weather Service:

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind between 10 and 13 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North wind between 6 and 8 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind between 6 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. Northwest wind between 6 and 8 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind between 7 and 14 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37.