'Blizzard of 05' Real-Time Discussion -

http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0&article=0 ^ | 12/7/2005 | Accuweather

[tmp02]

Expecting 1-3 in. in Maryland.

http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0&article=0

Check out this weather model: http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/maps.asp?model=NAM&domain=US (not the pink one)

[quikdrw]

1 - 3 inches of snow will make everyone in central Maryland drive at 5mph out to get bread, milk and toilet paper. The just don't get the 1 - 3 inches isn't going to cause you to be stuck in your house for weeks on end.

[loreldan]

The local DC station reporting it did

LOL. That's funny!

[WhiteGuy]

The white death comes to Cowtown.

I'll bet the bread and milk are already in short supply.

[tmp02]

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
141 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
EARLY FRIDAY.

DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-
050>057-WVZ048>055-080400-
/O.NEW.KLWX.WS.A.0003.051208T2300Z-051209T1700Z/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-
PENDLETON-HARDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...CUMBERLAND...HAGERSTOWN...
FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...
ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...
HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...
LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...
ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...BAYARD...
PETERSBURG...KEYSER...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN
141 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

A WINTER STORM IS CURRENTLY TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
IT IS FORECAST TO ADVANCE INTO THE REGION TOMORROW EVENING. THIS
STORM HAS A POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING FIVE INCHES OR GREATER OF SNOW.
IN ADDITION...COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND LOWER
SOUTHERN MARYLAND MAY EXPERIENCE SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE SNOW
THURSDAY NIGHT.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MAJORITY
OF THE AREA...INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METRO
AREAS...JUST BEFORE AND DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS
TIMING WOULD CAUSE A DETERIORATION OF DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES TO THE
FORECAST. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED AS THE
STORM NEARS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

ROGOWSKI/HTS/DRM

[Strategerist]

Actually according to the NWS definition, ACTUAL Blizzards ANYWHERE on the East Coast, especially at low elevation. are exceedingly rare. (I think there's been some loosening of standards recently, but they're still practically non-existent.)

What people don't understand is you can have 3 feet of snow and without the winds it isn't a blizzard.

[thackney]

The winter of 76-77 brought the only true blizzard of my lifetime. We had 3 feet of snow on level ground and didn't go to school for more than a week.

I remember that storm. We lived quite aways out with no close neighbors. Friends did visit after several days on a snow machine to make sure we didn't need anything.

When they finally got to our road they started with a snowplow, gave us and brought in a dozer, gave up again and cleared 1/4 mile of road one scope at a time with a front end loader.

[aft_lizard]

Oh this I know, but it sure sucks to be around. And whenever you drive in heavy snowfall no matter what its a blizzard condition as you drive.

[manwiththehands]

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

[kerryusama04]

It's "I have a 4 wheel drive Christmas shopping day" here in KC. 14 degrees (our high for the day", light snow, and no lines. I'm in the parking lot with the kids watching Bob the Builder while my wife is tearing through the store with wanton disregard. God Bless America

[duckman]

My neighbor said she is expecting 8 inches tonite. Hmmmmm????.

[The Great RJ]

Out here on the Dakota tundra 1-3" of snow is a minor inconvenience unless it is accompanied by 50+MPH winds and then it gets pretty nasty.

[kerryusama04]

It's "I have a 4 wheel drive Christmas shopping day" here in KC. 14 degrees (our high for the day", light snow, and no lines. I'm in the parking lot with the kids watching Bob the Builder while my wife is tearing through the store with wanton disregard. God Bless America

[midwestmidnight]

WHITE DEATH ALERT!

[saquin]

The winter of 76-77 brought the only true blizzard of my lifetime. We had 3 feet of snow on level ground and didn't go to school for more than a week.

Oooh, I remember that. I was 7 years old. There were 4-5 foot snow drifts in my backyard. I was helping shovel the driveway and the wall of snow was so high I couldn't see the front door of the house when my Mom called to me. The adults were digging out the cars on the street, creating mountains of snow that seemed to me they were about 6 feet tall. We made huge twisting slides on them. Good times. Of course now that I'm one of the adults that has to shovel the stuff, I hate snow. ;-P

[Frapster]

I was in Merrilville, IN for that storm. It rocked.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Joe B. was screaming about how this would be a major storm. Of course he said we'd have 6 inches on Monday night, and we got 3 (and this morning he said "Hey, I was right, you got 3-6 inches, to which I wanted to reply -- yea, we also got 3-12 inches, and 3-18 inches.).

[Malacoda]

Yep. My daughter already doesn't have school -- inservice day. I figure if I DON'T take it seriously, we WILL get enough snow that getting to the store with two kids will be a major pain.

Besides, I don't want to get my hopes up for a "major snow event," and have us get Jack Sh*t.

[aft_lizard]

I remember this storm, actually chain of storms that put roughly 40 inches of snow in kansas in a little over a weeks time. Boy that was fun, snow forts and snowball fights.We would put on our converse and glide around on thesolid ice pack roads. The good times.

[metmom]

"1-3" is not a blizzard.
Maybe 13", but not 1-3"."


They don't even plow under six inches in the last place we lived. I was at the dr. there today and the nurse on the phone was saying, "No, we don't have much, only a foot or so." LOLOL!!!

[tmp02]

I like it! - White Death Alert