MN Transplant

Still in the distance. The original concept was the system that could do multiple things, like track weather and aircraft. That fell apart. I think NOAA presented at the last AMS meeting about system requirements, which points to a phased-array due to the benefits of the faster updates. But there still has not been a NEXRAD-quality S-band phased-array radar constructed. The technology is now there, but it takes a lot of money to build the first one that can do dual-pol and small enough beamwidth. I imagine that we’ll start to hear something in the next few years, but a grand rollout of a new system is in the 2030s or beyond.

Got to 80 at DCA despite cloud cover. That's a record.

The one word to describe today so far is “loud” 75.4

Yeah, I think it was $5.31 in Breezewood yesterday when we passed by. Amazing how we finally get through COVID and things are healing, and then Russia.

60 for the morning low.

In the last 15 years, DCA has exceeded 3" and IAD/BWI have exceeded 5" in December exactly once. All three airports average more snow in March than December. It just isn't a core winter month.

A nice warm late Fall, per usual.

PictureThis is excellent, I just wish it were a purchase-once app rather than a subscription.

Can’t really distinguish them from normal traffic on the cams, but they sure are honking a lot.

78. Looks like a lock for a record high at DCA tomorrow.

These mornings are amazing. For @H2O’s reference, the 44 is a few houses down from the water tower, which is the neighborhood max elevation.

Low of 41.7 on Mt. Tysons.

My vote is for August, but I understand the sentiment.

51, 49, 49 at DCA, BWI, and IAD. Even 50 at home. Spring will not be denied.

First daffodil today. Some irises have been up since Saturday. Nice to see.

Yeah, that is clearly an error. Nice find.

Haven't been down to the Jefferson since it was cleaned. Nice!

In a truly shocking development, temps are overperforming with a frontal passage. High of 57.4.

Another reminder of how sensitive these borderline icing events are to solar radiation, even on cloudy days. Having a night event is such a huge plus.

Good stuff, Rodney.

My main note on 3/21/18 was that I lost to all three airports (3.7”). 3/6 was very warm ~35 for the snowfall here so I’m not surprised it didn’t collect in DC. 0.9”

Proof!

This might be where my extra couple hundred feet helps me out. Decent coating of ice on trees and other elevated surfaces. Lowest temp was 32.4 on my station.

This is a nothingburger as far as precip goes, but 33 midday after a 76 the prior day is pretty impressive.