Update, 10:30pm: A winter weather advisory continues for the DC area. This means there is the possibility of substantial snow.
It's not Snowmageddon #2, but traveling around Sunday to Monday might be difficult if this storm, and the potential for 8 inches of snow, happens. It might not be a bad idea to get your shovel ready. Keep an eye to the sky.
Here is the bulletin from the National Weather Service:
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IN 24
HOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30. LOWS IN THE
TEENS TO LOW 20S.
* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWESTERLY 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Is the a joke? There is no evidence of any snow in any forecast that I can find, including the official NOAA forecast for DC.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's accurate. A winter weather watch isn't a forecast, but indicates that there is the possibility of significant snow. Better forewarned than to be unprepared. You can read the advisory/watch on the National Weather Service's website: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/.
ReplyDeleteGeez, just heard the weather on the 11p news, which predicted early snow sprinkles and nothing else = 40s in the afternoon. Nothing like 8".
ReplyDelete"Phew" (or "Whew") is right! Good thing this threat of a snowstorm has fizzled out. We had a flat tire on our snow blower and just dropped it off at a repair place the other day. We hadn't picked it back up yet, and the shop wouldn't have been open again until Monday. So, needless to say we are elated that there won't be 8" of snow while our blower is down. And we'll be ready for it if/when it ever does come this winter.
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