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January 29-30, 2019 Arctic FROPA


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1 hour ago, mattie g said:

Fairfax County's gotta use up the 13 alloted days somehow.

That's 13.

Snow days.

In Northern Virginia.

13...

Yeah. You seem to be lightly ribbed for making light of FPCS's head-scratchingly ludicrous calls to cancel school, but you're spot-on. Also, it appears (according to following linky) that FCPS has allotted essentially 21 days for cancellations, with one April day to be "considered" as a make-up day. This district is a joke:  https://www.fcps.edu/news-and-calendars/calendars-and-events/make-days

Back to regularly scheduled programming -- currently 30/14, with winds 10-15 mph at Fort Belvoir. Woke up to a temp of 18 over in Hayfield Farm at 6 a.m. -- perhaps ~.25" on ground at home, but nothing stuck here on post at Belvoir. Hoping for some squall-age later.

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12 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

For any areas slightly above freezing, I would think any precip they get would be a jisaster for roads once the front passes.

The temperature at my house says 33. It has been steadily rising all morning. I can hear the snow melting off my roof going into the downspouts. Didn't know the temps would get so high before the front. 

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Just now, GATECH said:

Once that squall line hits our hot and humid air it’s going to explode in intensity, but at the last minute we get the dc split and it clobbers areas east.  Just likesummertime, lol.

I wonder if the “warmer temps” closer to DC will add some juice to the front as opposed to out west around Front Royal

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SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NWS BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1113 AM EST WED JAN 30 2019

MDC013-021-031-043-VAC043-061-069-107-153-157-171-187-840-WVC003-031-037-301701-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0005.190130T1613Z-190130T1745Z/
1113 AM EST WED JAN 30 2019
Carroll County MD-Frederick County MD-Montgomery County MD-Washington
County MD-Clarke County VA-Fauquier County VA-Frederick County
VA-Loudoun County VA-Prince William County VA-Rappahannock County
VA-Shenandoah County VA-Warren County VA-City of Winchester County
VA-Berkeley County WV-Hardy County WV-Jefferson County WV-

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Snow Squall Warning for...
Washington County in north central Maryland...
Northwestern Montgomery County in central Maryland...
Frederick County in north central Maryland...
Northwestern Carroll County in north central Maryland...
Loudoun County in northern Virginia...
Northeastern Shenandoah County in northwestern Virginia...
Frederick County in northwestern Virginia...
Northwestern Fauquier County in northern Virginia...
North central Rappahannock County in northwestern Virginia...
Northwestern Prince William County in northern Virginia...
Warren County in northwestern Virginia...
Clarke County in northwestern Virginia...
The City of Winchester in northwestern Virginia...
Jefferson County in the Panhandle of West Virginia...
Eastern Hardy County in eastern West Virginia...
Central Berkeley County in the Panhandle of West Virginia...

* Until 1245 PM EST.

* At 1113 AM EST, a dangerous snow squall was moving through west
central Maryland, easternmost West Virginia, and northwestern
Virginia, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Whiteout conditions. Zero visibility in heavy snow and
blowing snow. Wind gusts greater than 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar and webcam indicated.

IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

* For those driving on Interstate 70, interstate 81, US highway 15,
and other high speed highways in the warning area, this is
especially dangerous as visibility and temperatures will rapidly
drop. Pavement may become rapidly icy from a small amount of snow
accumulation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is no safe place on a highway when a snow squall hits.
Visibility and traction are immediately lost in whiteout conditions,
making it difficult or impossible to slow down and avoid stopped
vehicles. Delay travel or safely exit the highway before the snow
squall arrives.

LAT...LON 3877 7780 3888 7870 3972 7772 3972 7686
          3877 7780
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5 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

Yeah. Much better now! I am watching little snow tornado's spinning down the street. Really gusting now. Cant really tell what is falling and what is blowing :)

Snowing pretty hard here.  Roads and sidewalks covered.

Just jebwalked outside on our track at work.  22F, howling wind, and heavy snow.  Whoa!

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