As we thaw out of winter and into the longest season of the year –late winter -I am well aware that local folks are starting to get truly antsy for spring. Not calendar spring, or astronomical spring, or even meteorological spring, but spring – shorts and a sweatshirt, maybe lunch outside, a full week without dipping into the teens. You know … spring?! We barely grazed 40 degrees last weekend, so no rush on getting the flip-flops or the light wetsuit out of the attic.

Wecoastal folks sure are interested in the weather. That might have something to do with the fact that we like to be…