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Starting to stick to shrubs and tree twigs. Still too warm on the car and roads.

A few dozen flakes near Crystal City. Arlington still hasn't brined my Hill of Doom- maybe they thought rain would wash it away.

Fox Weather just showed snowflakes coming down in Stafford VA.

Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot- Caroline- Including the cities of Centreville, Easton, Rehoboth Beach, Georgetown, Denton, Dover, and Chestertown 301 PM EST Mon Feb 10 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 5 and 7 inches, with localized totals as high as 7 to 9 inches possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and southern Delaware and northeast Maryland. * WHEN...From 1 PM Tuesday to 7 AM EST Wednesday.

My radio just alarmed me.

Somerset-Bedford-Fulton- Including the cities of McConnellsburg, Bedford, and Somerset 231 PM EST Mon Feb 10 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. * WHERE...Bedford, Fulton, and Somerset Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM Tuesday to 7 AM EST Wednesday. Franklin-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- Including the cities of York, Lancaster, Chambersburg, Gettysburg, and Carlisle 231 PM EST Mon Feb 10 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 3 inches. * WHERE...Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, and York Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM Tuesday to 7 AM EST Wednesday.

My big question is Will it stick? The latest hourly guidance from NWS claims it won't get to freezing around DCA on Tuesday until almost midnight. Must be why Arlington hasn't brined my Hill of Doom yet.

NWS on a bit further to the south... Caroline-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Western King William-Western King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- 240 AM EST Mon Feb 10 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 7 inches and a light glaze of ice accumulation. * WHERE...Portions of east central, eastern, and north central Virginia. * WHEN...From 10 AM Tuesday to 10 AM EST Wednesday.

I'm a bit puzzled. Can someone please explain to me how NWS says DCA gets over 4" of snow when the temperature is scheduled to be above freezing at that spot for the entire event? Is this event "decorator snow" versus ground depth?

Oh NO!! As a warminsta, I thought I and DCA might get nothing. The NWS winter weather update map Snow and Ice Forecasts & Services Expected: 4" Best case for me: >1 Worst case: 7" Of course, this could all change by Monday morning.

Flakes near Crystal City. Lasting about 30 seconds on the car.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1254 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2025 DCZ001-MDZ013-014-504-VAZ050-051-053-054-502-527-080200- /O.EXB.KLWX.WW.Y.0007.250208T1500Z-250209T0000Z/ District of Columbia-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Central and Southeast Montgomery-Orange-Culpeper-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Southern Fauquier-Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park- 1254 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations up to one tenth of an inch. * WHERE...The District of Columbia, central Maryland, and central and northern Virginia. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM EST Saturday.

That reminds me of the 1966 storm in Hampton Roads.

The Hill of Doom has been thoroughly treated. Black pavement is showing though. Guess I won't be entertained by vehicles crashing into mine...

My Mark 4 eyeballs estimate three and a half inches (presuming my neighbor's curbs are the same height as mine) on The Hill of Doom west of Crystal City, An hour ago, a four-wheeler actually made it UP (but the road was pretreated, and the vehicle made a running start). Not so sure that would work now.

WTOP radio in DC is calling for 4"-8", maybe up to 10".

What the DC TV stations are saying on the 7 am news about the DC metro: Channel 4: 5"-8"+ Channel 5: 4"-8" Channel 7: 5"-10 (4"-8" SW parts) Channel 9: 6"-10"+

I have two weather radios, and even though one of them was switched off they wailed together when the WSW for DC came through.

WTOP in DC just went with 4"-8". They did mention s****, but not i**.

What the DC TV stations were telling the public a couple of hours ago for DC metro: Channel 4: 4"-7", possibly 8 Channel 5: 4"-6" Channel 7: 6" Channel 9: 3"-6" Let's see if they change much by suppertime. P.S. At 1116, NWS was still expecting 5"-10" over a broad swathe.

NWS radio just announced the tornado threat is unlikely and the warning will expire at 6 pm.

Tornado threat mentioned on NWS radio for Oxon Hill/National Harbor , Forest Hills, Andrews AFB, etc

Just got a bolt within 2 miles of me near DCA.

As a warminista, hoping for much less but basically going with climo: BWI: 17" DCA: 14" IAD: 20" RIC: 7" Tiebreaker (SBY or LYH): SBY 7"

Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 810 PM EDT Sat Sep 21 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Loudoun County in northern Virginia... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 810 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Purcellville, or 10 miles southeast of Charles Town, moving east at 25 mph. * Locations impacted include... Leesburg, Hillsboro, Paeonian Springs, Lucketts, and Waterford.