The calendar says March so, chances are, Iowans have a blizzard warning day when it’s time to break out the frozen pizza and hunker down. That happened on March 4 and March 19.

Or, it’s a red flag warning, like on St. Patrick’s Day when conditions were too dry and windy to start a burn pile.

And soon the atmosphere will have enough energy to form anvil-shaped clouds over the Scharnberg Park swimming beach on a humid afternoon.