It might snow. It might not. It might sleet. It might not. I don’t care. That’s for sure.

This will be as short as possible. I am on “hump day” of my annual leave — or vacation or however you would like to say it — and truly embracing some “do nothing” time.

There is a possibility of freezing precipitation tomorrow evening and going into Friday morning, according to today’s forecast (Jan. 22, 2014) by the National Weather Service office in Lake Charles, La. Yes, Lake Charles, the place with the high bridge over Interstate 10 and the gambling casino boats along the Calcasieu River. If my memory serves me, the Weather Service for the Southeast Texas was once at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport, what the airport was named back then I can’t remember. Then I think it was moved to Galveston. I don’t know, what I say might just be smoke coming from my ass.

The local NWS office “Discussion” about the area’s surface, marine and aviation weather is where one goes for a look at what the area forecasters are thinking about what is ahead. For our little spot during the winter weather slated for tomorrow, thus says NWS meteorologists:

USING A VARIETY OF PCPN TYPE FCSTING TECHNIQUES…AND LEANING QUITE HEAVILY ON THE TOP-DOWN METHOD…A MIX OF ALL MODES OF PCPN…LIQUID…FROZEN…AND FREEZING IS POSSIBLE FROM THU EVENING THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THERE ARE STILL DIFFERENCES AMONG THE VARIOUS MODEL MODEL SOLUTIONS…BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STAND OUT AMONG THEM ALL…WHICH IS THAT LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL BE BETTER TO OUR WEST…AND THERE WILL BE A DRY LOW LEVEL LAYER TO CONTEND WITH. AT THIS TIME…GIVEN THE PROGGED QPF AMOUNTS…IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE ARE IN DANGER OF MEETING OR EXCEEDING WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA…AND IN FACT…EVEN AN ADVISORY LOOKS UNLIKELY FOR MOST OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S…ONLY RISING INTO THE MID 30S DURING THE DAY.

Click on the above if you want definitions of the jargon. But this says that, for where I live in Jefferson County, coastal, Texas, it is doubtful any significant winter precipitation will occur. But for our subtropical area or the country it certainly should be colder than a well digger’s shovel.

Nevertheless, these weather service chaps leave themselves an out. They’ve prognosticated a 30 percent chance that sleet and/or snow may fall somewhere in the Lake Charles forecasting area. This ranges, for your information, from extreme western Hardin County, Texas, to Alexandria, La.,  to the west of New Orleans and south to the Gulf of Mexico. This is given with the proviso that weather does not generally obey imaginary boundaries such as county or parish lines.

And so too, the Texas Department of Public Safety will not be caught with its “Texas Tan” — replete with blue stripe with red piping — pants down by the release of a blanket travel advisory of this state. Texas, you might know, has  a length north and south by some 800 miles and nearly 775 miles east to west.

 “DPS is asking drivers to use extra caution on Texas roadways as an arctic front moves into areas of the state. Drivers may encounter freezing rain, sleet or snow is some areas, which could create extremely dangerous driving conditions,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “As always, Texans should continue to monitor the changing weather conditions in their area and prepare for any expected hazards.”

Further, said McCraw, several state agencies are standing by should their assistance be required including “Texas military forces.” Military forces? I knew DPS had its own swift boats, but military forces? Isn’t that a bit over the top? Couldn’t he have just said the National and State guard? Oh well.

Whether rain, sleet, snow, hell or high water, I plan for the remainder of my week off to mostly sit around or lie fast asleep catching up on a year or more of rest. Excited? Who’s excited?