I'm only in my late 20s and even I've noticed a huge difference in summer air clarity the past 5-ish years compared to growing up in the late 90s/00s. Code red and orange days were pretty regular and would often last for days in a row. That combined with mild asthma really made me hate summer sports. I can't remember a stretch like those recently though.
DCA reported Mod Snow at the onset of precip. There's a sudden temp/dew drop, pressure jump, and then a subsequent rebound around the same time. What am I seeing here, computer error? Glitch in the matrix?
Ripping downtown near the WH, not much in terms of accumulation though. The weather station near my place in NW is a full 4 degrees cooler than DCA right now.
35/33 at DCA, 31/31 at home.
Temps in WV and central VA are significantly lower than forecast right now.. white line is freezing, blue is 30. Note that it's averaged out over a decent area so there's heat islands somewhat under-represented here.
the 23z run has the surface low ~150 miles northwest of the rest of guidance riding the Apps at hour 18. That's why it's so warm. As others have said, it's outside of its useful range.
same here!! It was my senior year of high school. I'd always been a snow weenie, like keeping a snowfall journal at the age of 10 level of weenie, but that one sticks out and got me into the actual science. Great memories. I had to go knock snow off the lower limbs of a massive loblolly in my neighbors yard so they wouldn't snap off. My parents also had my brother and I shovel the driveway at the "halfway" point sometime in the middle of the night. Enjoyed every minute of that storm.
I remember 02-03 well but was too young to really get into this stuff. We did build an igloo that year though
Ice pellets and mangled flakes trying to mix in here in NW DC. Closest weather station has the temp down to 34. It was 39 at noon.
DCA is still @ 40 lol