The recent warm-up doesn’t have the makings of a typical Wisconsin false spring. We weren’t 56 then 31 then 62 then snow. It’s actually been a pretty consistent stretch. Naturally, we’re all a little excited to get a jump on the summertime fun. After all, Mother Nature goes from smilie to beyatch real quickly around here.

But I caution you. While the urge to flip off Punxsutawney Phil and his poor prognosticating prowess is strong…we’re not yet entirely in the clear:

Now that I'm done laughing and I've changed my pants, I hope the dude's okay.