kgottwald

The short-range models completely missed this little low or whatever it is.

There's some stuff on radar to the NW. Virga, doubtless.

Been overcast since 9:15 in Fairfax City despite a mostly sunny forecast. I note the AFDs have a new format with "keypoints" rather than being organized strictly chronologically. Wonder why they decided to screw around with it.

I bet my boots that the December 30, 2000 storm was like that. NWS promised (IIRC) 3 to 6 inches inside the Beltway - what we got was *clear skies!* Epic level model fail.

Looked like it was going to be a sunny day for the first time in forever, but in the last ten minutes, whoops! Here come the clouds, rolling in as always . . . Blah!

We had a couple of one-inch events, then a 4-inch storm two days before the inauguration, the snow cover from which made possible DCA's -4 low. Then a 2-inch storm to end the month, which turned out to be the last snow for the season (until a half inch in April!!) I remember Bob Ryan and Gordon Barnes were hyping up an event for February 6th that just turned into a light icing and some drizzle.

I remember the March 8, 1984 thundersnow. My house got those rates, as did Dulles.

I don't own a vehicle. I walk or use public transit everywhere. That much snow would pretty much guarantee I would eventually be hit by a car as I try to navigate around the drifts.

The wind woke me up briefly. Sounded like it was raining, so I didn't look out the window. When I got up at 6:15, there was the thinnest possible dusting.

Completely overcast in DC (though NWS insists it's supposed to be "mostly sunny"). Haven't seen a single flake of snow, though.

Still below 40 in Tysons Corner. When is it going to reach the low fifties?

January 1977 had record cold monthly means throughout the southeast. Even Miami and the Bahamas had snow flurries! Here in northern VA I remember a weeks-long period of snow cover but with a thick coating of ice - so you couldn't really play in it or build snowmen. The only areas to excel in snow that year were the lake-effect belts. Buffalo was absolutely isolated from the rest of the world for a time, with cars and trucks invisible under the drifts.

Thought we'd get more sun today. Nothing but gloom after 9:30 this morning.

I got six inches of snow, followed by many hours of freezing drizzle. Felt like a bust, with how much the TV mets were hyping it up.

1989-90 but warmer.