IAD sounding, 12z. warm later above a very shallow cold layer at 900mb or so. Subtract a few degrees across the board and it's a sleet sounding
upports some sleet mixing in
Early radar hallucinations show a VIOLENT VIRGABAND setting up right over the city of DC. The band is being enhanced by a RICH MOISTURE FETCH out of Kansas
You *DO* need one hard freeze in late March though. Gotta trick all the bugs into coming out and then just when they're ready to become annoying? Kill them all off.