“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It…” *BLAM!!*
Photo by Advantage Lendl on Flickr
Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
9:22 pm EST, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE… SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS… 7 TO 14 INCHES.
* TIMING… MID-AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW RATES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT… AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES… TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT THE ONSET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS… LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TUESDAY BECOMING NORTH- NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY.
Clearly, we have ticked Gaia off, perhaps by presuming that we know her after only studying her climatological caprices in earnest for a minuscule amount of the time we’ve existed. Gaining her good graces may require some sort of sacrifice. Has anyone seen Al Gore lately?
We are, by the way, within a snowball chunk’s distance of breaking the all-time record for snowfall in the Washington, DC area. If that doesn’t quite give you the sense of how unusual this winter has been, consider that the amount of snowfall thus far has been greater than the total accumulations of the last three winters combined by almost ten inches. We have had three snowfalls of more than 10 inches around my way, which is more than I can remember (I don’t even remember that many in the ’95-’96 year, though I remember two big storms back-to-back).
Also, If you are a weather geek you’ll probably enjoy this incredibly detailed explanation of this past weekend’s Snowpocalypse II.
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