Posted on 01/21/2005 11:24:51 AM PST by nwctwx
National Warning Map
Current Winter Storm Watches/Warnings
Current Heavy Snow and Ice Forecast - HPC
Northeast Regional NEXRAD
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Washington DC:
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
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New York City:
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TRI-STATE AREA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...
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Boston:
...MAJOR WINTER STORM OUTLOOKED FOR THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
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Keep up with the storm: Eastern United States Weather Forum
Tom Tasselmyer says 6-12 inches in Baltimore, more up the I-95 corridor noreheast of town.
My experience is that many Baltimorons are lousy drivers to start with, so they are completely hopeless in any kind of bad weather. Anyway, the big problem here is not snow, it's ice. We are generally in the "melt zone" where snow melts during the day and then refreezes overnight, creating sheets of ice all over the roads.
One of my National Guard buddies from Connecticut made fun of me for not being able to drive on snow because I am from Maryland until he tried to drive here in icy conditions. He was forced to admit that I drive better than he does in Maryland winter conditions.
We also don't get excited by a few inches of snow.
We just call it winter and go about our business.
Yep, here in WNY we have about 15" on the ground where I am located... I am wondering how much we will get with this storm. The maps are saying only 4 to 8 inches, but I'll bet on more than that.
Since we live in what is called a "lake-effect" band near Lake Erie, we are pretty used to getting dumped on. And, we are always prepared for it.
Are you sure yo spelled it right? W-a-r-shington!
It's probably all relative, most people are dangerous because they're over cautious but there's always three our four yahoos who drive like it's their day to die.
As for supplies, I keep pretty well stocked up. I don't recall ever seeing a run on the grociery stores in all the years I've lived in Wisconsin.
One year in the 1970's we got a bad April blizzard that caused us to be w/o power for a few days and we cooked off of a portable gas stove and slept around the fire place in our snow suits, but other then tornados, that's the worst weather I recall.
I think the same year Buffalo NY got hit worse and they talked about loading up frieght cars with snow and sending the train south.
I'm only moderately interested. I'm just hoping I don't get stuck at work tonight. And that wouldn't happen anyway 'cause if I got stuck at work, I'd walk home.
LOL!
But then, I've always been one who would cut off his face just to spite my nose.
Excuse me while I go warsh my car.
BUMP for later reading!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1104 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2005...A WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL MOVE INTO ILLINOIS TONIGHT...AND THEN CROSS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM TRACK WILL PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW FROM THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THE COUNTIES IN THE THUMB COULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO SNOWFALL FROM LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
MIZ060-061-068>070-075-076-082-083-212300-
/X.COR.KDTX.WS.A.0005.050122T0500Z-050122T2300Z/
GENESEE MI-LENAWEE MI-LIVINGSTON MI-MACOMB MI-MONROE MI-OAKLAND MI-SHIAWASSEE MI-WASHTENAW MI-WAYNE MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADRIAN...ANN ARBOR...DOWNTOWN DETROIT...FLINT...HOWELL...MONROE...MOUNT CLEMENS...OWOSSO AND PONTIAC
1104 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2005...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING...
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION GREATER THAN 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY...WITH A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL INCHES POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER THE EXACT SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON THE EXACT TRACK THE SYSTEM TAKES. A DEVIATION TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT OF THE FORECAST TRACK WILL RESULT IN HIGHER OR LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL RESPECTIVELY.
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I'm going to be at a dog trial at Henderson Arena in College Park.
We're all going to freeze. (Packing long johns as we speak.)
12-18 and locally more. Usually "locally" means wherever I happen to be at a given moment. Should make for some compelling television and live theater... especially down in South Philly.
GO EAGLES !!!
Hmmmmmm I am a bit east of central MA, and I am seeing 12 to 15 for here and CT
Are Pats playing the Eagles?
A good snow storm is one of my favorite ways to go into a week-end. No lost work, some exercise, fun with the kids...and playoffs on Sunday.
8-P
Nice map. The system should deliver just enough snow to LI to break out the sleds and hit the golf course with the little guy.
That would have been The President's Day Blizzard in Feb '03, which caused me major problems, just south of the York area.
http://www.gdnctr.com/blizzard-03/blizzard03_gh_damage.htm
All houses made it easily through 38" in The Blizzard of '96 ( http://www.gdnctr.com/jan_12.htm ), but the snow wasn't evenly distributed across the steel in '03, and 3 of 6 houses caved-in.
Where in PA are you, d?
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