Posted on 12/18/2009 7:17:12 AM PST by icwhatudo
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIP TYPE... SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SUNSET SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE... MAINLY IN OR NEAR SOUTHERN MARYLAND. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING... SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES... UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THROUGH THE EVENT IN THE BALTIMORE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA... MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WESTERN MARYLAND.
* WINDS... 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE EVENT... WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
too late, i was there earlier this AM and bought it all ; )
You NEVER want to be in DC during a blizzard. People who are already crazy and can’t drive freaking out, plowing into each other. TV news melting down, end of world mode. I hope Harry Reid’s limo gets buried!
If the Senate has to vote, do they draw straws as to who gets to push Robert “Bernie” Byrd’s wheel chair for any votes???
God has a sense of humor and the laugh was on Goracle and Barry.
Mrs. jimfree and I (residing inside the DC Beltway) have an overnight planned in Rehoboth Beach, DE with an intended departure this afternoon. We’ll be getting snow accumulation there as well and driving home into some deep stuff. Maybe we’ll just stay through Sunday. Haven’t been able to reach her at work to ask if she still wants to go.
Well, the good news is, since it’s a million degrees at the Earth’s core, the snow pack will melt pretty quickly.
Al Gore said so. It’s a widely believed fact.
snowing in NC mtns
Oh, well in that case, the snow shouldn’t even stick. No problem, then.
God could make it snow then too.
Hmmm... I live out near Annapolis... Doesn’t look too good for us... I really, really hate snow... Where’s all that damned global warming when you need it??
How about North East CT? Any snow coming?
So we are giving commissions to storms? It would be much cheaper to treat them as enlisted storms.
Exactly! That nightmare has happened to us several times over the years while attending CPAC or the 2 FReeper inaugural balls for GWB during the winter. It's absolutely incredible to me how everything shuts down even over a "dusting" of snow in the DC area.
If there's more than a dusting, it's nearly suicidal to attempt to drive through the streets of DC and outlying areas - you aren't kidding, eartotheground, about crazy drivers plowing into each other. (I'm from Connecticut, we see lots of snow)
My Brother and Sister-in-law live in Rehoboth and are heading to DC today to visit their kids.....
I’ll have them wave to you as you pass on 50.....
I grew up around and live in DC...and the Sackcloth and Ashes crowd is already out....As for the timing...it’s proof god has a wicked sense of humor.
the more snow in DC, the better — has to help the GOP and hurt Reid’s health care marathon schedule in some capacity... what Reid is doing is the most tedious, naked display of sick and irrational power I have ever witnessed. I am hoping that some of the Democratic senators and their staffs get angry as Hell and just say “enough!”
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