I still haven't had to turn on the furnace, seeing if I can hold out until Friday/Saturday. Indoor temp dropped to 65 once but has held relatively steady for the past month around 68-70. Don't think that will last if lows in the 40s/30s happen. Turned on the AC once when it was humid around Sept 20th, but it has been a very good window-controlled HVAC season this fall.
I am noticing some color in maples and dogwoods in my inside-the-beltway neighborhood this week. Poplars are still deep green but they're going to start to tinge yellow in a few weeks. The changes seem a bit early this year, not that I mind!
Here's a photo of a dogwood on the NW side of my house that's mostly under a canopy of poplars.
I'm having rain-radar hallucinations; it's been a while without precip in Silver Spring. I'm nowcasting this storm in my head like its late January and we're expecting 1.0QPF of frozen, lol.
Very low cloud cover inside the beltway in Maryland, no moisture yet.
Got what I expected here in College Park. Took a jebwalk along the NW branch of the Anacostia in some light sleet.
Wondering if we'll get that second wave of ice...
thicc and juicy snowy bois are spinning down in college park. we're holding strong at 28/28... unusual, as we're usually part of the UHI/fall line crowd that warms up.
Dendrites slightly smaller but falling even thicker in Hyattsville. Radar is unbelievable, no indication this is going to stop anytime soon. Temp is 29 and not going anywhere but down.
Just returned from 3 hours outside with my 5yo - winter wonderland! He's exhausted - I remember that dead leg feeling climbing the sledding hills.
The neighborhood streets around here were well plowed and heavily salted, so they're fine. Death band incoming!
It's been snowing without a break since 3pm yesterday. Wonderful.
This is going to be one of those slightly rare storms where the fall line and areas to the southeast do better than the piedmont and hills to the NE. Sorry to all my higher elevated brethren! But those of us inside and around the beltway and closer to the water rejoice today! :-D
Nearly 5" even in Hyattsville near UMD, 28/28 and still snowing. Shooting for 7" + !
It's a gorgeous morning here. Thanks to our furloughed forecasters and the hobbyists here for sniffing this one out early - and also realistically assessing its higher end potential around the DC metro.
29/29 in Hyattsville close to UMD. Steady SN for 30 minutes or so now, untreated pavements have caved. It will be hard to not watch this out the window all night :-)