The National Weather Service has issued a red-flag warning, which basically means low humidity, relatively high temps and high winds leave us today with:

EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

At least in Middlesex and Worcester counties.

Back Bay in full bloom (also has discussion of other things in full bloom, amidst the reeds along the Muddy River in the Fenway).

Enuh Cork: I swear to you...I saw people smiling on the T this morning...no really...people were smiling. ...

Miss Von Schtoop posts some photos from the evening storm (you know, the one the weatherpeople said would be happening all day long?).

A Globe update on today's wintry mix ends like this:

"Winter is going to take another shot at us -- maybe Monday," Foley said. "If everything comes together, it could be a big gorilla of a snowstorm up and down the East Coast."

Banana Alert System? It would be simpler: Just three alert colors: Green, yellow and brown.

It's like there are two dueling storms up there right now: rain and snow, and they're both doing their best to out-precipitate the other.

Let me begin by saying that I fervently hope I am wrong in what I thought I heard on Fox 25 last night. But it was bantered about a few times, so I don't think I'm wrong.

During the pre-weather chit-chat, the meteorologist (I think it was Kevin Lemanowicz) opined that with the earlier shift to Daylight Saving Time, it would be interesting to watch what happens to all those weather records, since there's more sunlight, so it'll get warmer. I guess he forgot that DST only changes the time of sunrise and sunset-- it doesn't alter Earth's orbit around the Sun.

Steve Garfield videoed them.

A tree in the Public Garden at sunset.

No, I'm not doubting the Harv, but it was still odd to be standing in sunshine at lunchtime in West Roxbury today knowing we're supposed to get another roundhouse punch from Old Man Winter.