When the weather forecast calls for only one to three inches of snow, the question I really want them to answer for me is: will it take long enough to melt that I need to take my pain meds and go clear the sidewalk, or will it melt quickly enough that I can ignore it in good conscience and save the pills for another day?
Today the answer was easy: when I looked outside, the sidewalk was wet, not white (snow stuck to parked cars but not to pavement), and it looks like the Winter Weather Event (aka French toast emergency) is nearly over, so I may want to sprinkle some salt now that the sun has gone down, but I don't need to sweep or shovel anything, so I'll probably get away with just ibuprofen.