George BM

24/1 at IAD.

Putting this in here as well. Possible implications down the road? We'll see. This is the Tonga eruption which occurred just after 400z today.

Don't worry. DCA also got that midnight high of 34F today and will get that above freezing high at 11:59pm tomorrow in most classy DCA fashion. 30+ highs FO-EVA!

I patiently await your posting of it.

@Bob Chill

I know that everyone is focused on the MLK storm but it's actually a fairly mild day today. IAD up to 50F so far.

I thought we were past this stage. There's got to be a program that those two can attend to help with their problems. Bottling up anger to the point of kicking bunnies and puppies is so unhealthy for the heart.

Yeah. That Sunday return looks iffy atm with snow, potential heavy, during the PM hours of Sunday before any potential flip. At least that's how it looks at the moment. Details are still changing of course. I would AWD just to be safe.

Correct. ETA: Doobla ninja'd.

Nah. More likely DCA gets down to 22F during the night then rises towards morning as low-level southerly flow increases.

Come on DCA! Don't DCA this up!

If you only looked at the snowmaps you'd think the storm was 18-24 hours away.

Thanks, Ji.

https://www.weather.gov/media/lwx/climate/dcatemps.pdf Not that you'd be surprised by this but in this pdf notice the annual temps at DC since 1871.

The Wintercane will be an Apps runner by gametime.

Another year over. A new one begun. What weather event stood out most to you? 2021 was not too memorable IMBY. I have two honorable mentions though. 1.) Mid/late February sleet storm which had some garden pea to marble-sized ice pellets. (0.25"-0.5" diameter) I got approximately 1.0" of sleet from it. It has nothing on the V-day 2007 sleet storm here but it was more impressive than usual sleet-wise nonetheless. 2.) The April 30, 2021 wind event. Gusts over 50 mph with the line of high-based gusty showers that moved through that afternoon. (9-10C/km low-level lapse rates FTW)

... And this is the story of why Scraff despises Disney World. Childhood robbed from him.

You mean as in: "Back visiting the swamp of AA county." or "I've officially moved back to the swamp of AA county." ?

Random fun fact: Remember kids... though it probably feels like it was an eternity ago, at this time last week we were still in our several week-long stretch of torch weather.

IAD got down to 14F (coldest temp since early 2019) DCA down to at least 22F.

To echo what lots of you have been saying t'was a decent event for sure. Most of the snow fell between 12:30am and 4am. I picked up 4.8" of the funky stuff in that time. Half of that (nearly 2.5") fell in the 2am hour as the back-end band moved through. That was the hour that I went on a "Jebwalk" as you young folk call it. Fluffy flakes with a NNW breeze (15-20+mph gusts) to boot. Every time a plow would come through plowing the road the road would just whiten up again in a minute. I wonder whether the fluffiness of the aggregates made the snow seem less heavy than it was in reality because I was quite surprised to measure an additional 2.2" of snow in a mere 50 minutes. I mean I knew it was coming down hard but I didn't know that it was THAT hard.

11/30/2021: T 1/03/2022: 6.0" 1/07/2022: 4.8" ... Total as of January 7, 2022: 10.8"

Great minds think alike. That's been my go to site for 5 1/2 years.