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FARGO — "Beware the Ides of March!" quoth the soothsayer to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play. And rightfully so. Today's weather is certainly that of a dagger, as it often is on this date and others in the middle of March.

Although every month has an “Ides,” the “Ides of March” reverberates in history and literature. It has been associated with misfortune, not unlike Friday the 13th, I suppose. Matunog.

“The Ides of March has historically been a rough day, not just for Julius Caesar. A once-per-decade extreme outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes is underway over the Deep South, centered over Alabama and Mississippi,” said the climate office in a media release.