SSWs would be more exciting if we knew displaced polar air was headed our way, but we don't, at least not yet. The cold and snow might just as easily wind up elsewhere.
This is the most potential we've seen for a snowy winter in many years. That's enough to keep me interested.
How much snow would it take at the airports this winter to bring the 2011-2026 annual average back up to "normnal"? Lots.
there have been mass releases of Wolbachia-infected mosquitos in the DC region this year
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/06/silver-spring-business-releases-600000-infected-mosquitoes-in-dc-area/
Watches and warnings of many types are issued far more often than 50+ years ago. Everyone in my family has turned off weather alerts on their phones due to the excessive number issued. Sadly, the alerts have become more noise than signal due to their quantity.
When the dew point is below freezing, does a sling psychrometer still function properly? I would think the wet bulb would ice up. That would both release latent heat and reduce evaporation, thus distorting the wet bulb measurement, no?