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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #50: December 23, 2010, 02:53:46 PM »
some of the models are now converging on a big storm hitting either in D.C. or just north of D.C., probably late Sat. into Sunday.

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/meteomadness/story/43380/euro-and-gfs-both-go-to-the-big-storm.asp

(Image removed from quote.)  yesterday's news.  Today the euro model has backed off.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #51: December 23, 2010, 04:33:06 PM »
yeah, hoping to save the snow for when the kids are in school and i'm working. :-)

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #52: December 23, 2010, 07:06:11 PM »
Now they expect it to be offshore.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #53: December 23, 2010, 07:27:02 PM »
Now they expect it to be offshore.

Good god, you guys are even outsourcing your weather? Washington politicians have no shame.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #54: December 24, 2010, 02:05:38 AM »
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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #55: December 24, 2010, 08:10:30 AM »
Good god, you guys are even outsourcing your weather? Washington politicians have no shame.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #56: December 25, 2010, 09:33:12 AM »
now they are saying a blizzard along the i-95 corridor tomorrow from D.C. to NYC; on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #57: December 25, 2010, 06:46:20 PM »
Rescheduled my mode of travel from air tomorrow afternoon down from Logan to BWI to the overnight train.  Hope road is in good enough shape tomorrow before 8 AM.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #58: December 25, 2010, 07:17:14 PM »
Warnings start from 6am.  So by 8, it shouldn't be too bad yet.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #59: December 25, 2010, 10:59:47 PM »
this has got to be the first time they've predicted a big snow,  then said nothing, then came back to the original prediction.  It looks like we'll see 3-6 in the region, the models are all starting to shift to the east now per http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/ (updating every 15 minutes tonight).


Blizzard warnings for NYC and boston, 15-20" of snow, white-out conditions, it's going to be very very ugly up there.




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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #60: December 26, 2010, 11:29:21 AM »
I'm gonna go ahead and predict a big nothing.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #61: December 26, 2010, 11:54:54 AM »
Travel worked like a charm.  The Amtrak was full all the way down from Providence to BWI.  We were hung up with a switch problem just before the Providence station for over an hour, but made up the time by the time we left NYC (at least they said it was a switch problem, but I noticed outside my window was a gentleman's club, apparently closed for the holiday).  Only complaint with the trip was problems watching other people's DVD player / laptops.  The guy in front of me only got to the point in Gladiator when Maximus is in a 1 on 6 fight in the ring (I was watching off the reflection in the window), while the woman next to me was watching some vampire / zombie series, The Walking Dead.  The latter was not my taste. 

Poor souls who were planning to go to Newport News ended up stranded in Richmond, with Amtrak backing out of providing alternative transport.  Not cool.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #62: December 26, 2010, 11:55:40 AM »
I'm gonna go ahead and predict a big nothing.

it looks like you are right, nothing so far west of the district.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #63: December 26, 2010, 11:56:45 AM »
Travel worked like a charm.  The Amtrak was full all the way down from Providence to BWI.  We were hung up with a switch problem just before the Providence station for over an hour, but made up the time by the time we left NYC (at least they said it was a switch problem, but I noticed outside my window was a gentleman's club, apparently closed for the holiday).  Only complaint with the trip was problems watching other people's DVD player / laptops.  The guy in front of me only got to the point in Gladiator when Maximus is in a 1 on 6 fight in the ring (I was watching off the reflection in the window), while the woman next to me was watching some vampire / zombie series, The Walking Dead.  The latter was not my taste. 

Poor souls who were planning to go to Newport News ended up stranded in Richmond, with Amtrak backing out of providing alternative transport.  Not cool.

a few years ago I was scheduled to fly from boston to dulles, it was snowing in boston and there was an ice storm in the D.C. area.  I cancelled my flight and took Acela home, it took 5 1/2 hours but I still beat my plane by 30 minutes (even after accounting for the 45 minute cab ride from Union to Dulles to get my car.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #64: December 26, 2010, 01:29:52 PM »
8 inches and counting here on the peninsula

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #65: December 26, 2010, 03:03:31 PM »
finally snowing in western PWC, not expecting much though.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #66: December 26, 2010, 03:07:42 PM »
I get so mad regarding this storm.  It's like they can't predict a thing until it's already practically here!  What kind of "forcasting" is that?!  When I got home yesterday afternoon, it was advisories and warnings to the left and the right of 95!  3-6 to the west, 4-8 (and later to 10) to the right! 

Now I just got flurries!   :rant:

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #67: December 26, 2010, 03:12:28 PM »
Travel worked like a charm.  The Amtrak was full all the way down from Providence to BWI.  We were hung up with a switch problem just before the Providence station for over an hour, but made up the time by the time we left NYC (at least they said it was a switch problem, but I noticed outside my window was a gentleman's club, apparently closed for the holiday).  Only complaint with the trip was problems watching other people's DVD player / laptops.  The guy in front of me only got to the point in Gladiator when Maximus is in a 1 on 6 fight in the ring (I was watching off the reflection in the window), while the woman next to me was watching some vampire / zombie series, The Walking Dead.  The latter was not my taste. 

Poor souls who were planning to go to Newport News ended up stranded in Richmond, with Amtrak backing out of providing alternative transport.  Not cool.

Probably some relation of Frau Mau's.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #68: December 26, 2010, 03:29:08 PM »
Not even a flurry here.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #69: December 26, 2010, 03:31:40 PM »
Got a decent amount here.

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #70: December 26, 2010, 04:26:29 PM »
We're supposed to get over a foot here. I look forward to driving in this :)

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #72: December 26, 2010, 04:52:42 PM »
There's some sort of hole in the storm over DC - this is great!

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #73: December 26, 2010, 05:20:06 PM »
The outer banks has a fair amount of snow.  It will be interesting to see if it's plowed or just left to warmer days

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Re: snow watch 2010/11
« Reply #74: December 26, 2010, 05:22:53 PM »
There's some sort of hole in the storm over DC - this is great!

NATS PARK? LOL