Miss Pixee

Some weather site with too many crayons and a bad sense of location. I especially like the way DC gets more than Boston and NY...this popped up on Facebook. I'm sure it sent a few people running to stock up until April.

Ohtay. We're off and running...

You have a sharp eye. Note the purple/blue over the water, the pinks correspond to NW and SE borders where elevations go to 200+. Like a perfect topographic map. DC is essentially a bowl.

Back to our regularly scheduled program...

I agree some of the technical climate discussion whizzes past me. What if there's an informational thread with graphic samples and explanations of basic terms used here? Like FOLKS. I can't find that mentioned anywhere but on this forum. Miller B vs Miller A look MECS, SECS, HECS (I forget what SECS is). Prime hi/lo locations for large snowstorms in mid atlantic Clippers vs coastal formations I think a quick reference guide/thread would help. It could even be added to over time. I usually don't mind banter but when everything turns into banter its annoying and distracting. When all the colorful maps are posted some of us non weather heads would understand better what to ignore (or pay attention to) on various runs. Just my two cents.

The magnetic rope ties on my patio curtains have been blown off. Unbelievable!

18 / DP 0 Extreme cold wind warning. Can hear the gusts blasting around at times.

light snow like powdered sugar. 28/24DP

Looks like a Spirograph on crack.

The problem with pack is that it becomes grimy and funky after a while. I need a friggin sky lift to get to the street. Should rent my driveway as a ski slope for 75 bucks an hour...snow is one thing ice another. Hacked at white concrete for 3 days and just managed to clear the steps and both landings. Companies are overloaded with service requests. Dynamite might work. Day 2 of trying to find anybody that can haul this igloo paste outta here.

Billy Preston "Nothing from nothing leaves nothing." 0 - 0 = 0 0 x 0 = 0 0 / 0 = 0 0 + 0 = 0

Go to facebook, its being hyped with the usual acid trip maps. "We aren't saying it's going to do anything, but the potential for a blizzard is there." In other words, 1 to 36 inches. Who's dying over toilet paper? Nobody can even get out of their house from all this igloo ice. I spent three hours yesterday hacking.

the downtown core doesn't rep the whole city either...its a bowl. Low in the center with elevation as you go NW or SE. And DC has a helluva lot more green than some other cities.

Completely different topography/climo to negotiate here with hills, narrow streets and more ice. Massive equipment we can't use here makes the difference. I've seen people in Chicago abandoning cars on the freeway. You're only as good as equipment no matter what location. It's annoying when people in other climo say stuff because its powdery snow, wide flat open and monster trucks can make easy/clean passes. It's got nothing to do with the public's ability to drive.

23 22DP....dew point rising

I honestly don't care what it could have been other than optics of seeing piles of snow. This is just as interesting and impactful. When you have a slope driveway on a hill it kills the 'fun' of clearing cars, pathways and digging out to the street.

23 DP 20. Heavy sleet. Yup, we done for a week...

Anyone have a clip of the radar?

Sleet heavy, steady. Now easier to see. Temp up to 22. DP rock steady at 18. Championship football. Booya.

Just got an alert for winter storm warning until 4AM DC proper. Buckle up, folks!

Rolling along in SE DC Sneet/ graupel/ icedust/ whatever the heck it is steady. 20/18DP The poor fools who shoveled earlier aren't happy...their steps are covered again. Weird...the stuff accumulates on top of cars but falls off the sides. Deep tire tracks on street. No plows.

18 degrees DP 16 and holding. More sugar sleet is sweet App says heavy snow 30 minutes out. Eyeball 6+ (someone out shoveling, snow is higher than the steps.) poor fools don't know more is on the way

Temp 17, DP 16 Solid sleet with heavier snow on the way according to my app. Est. 5-6" currently.

AND mountains to the west, southern jet stream to the south, The Bay to the east...yup. Scooby Doo.

18 deg, DP now up to 4. Sneaky accumulation. You can barely see it falling but street is white on one side. Cars look spray painted.