The Weather (2017)

[tomterp]

Weird. Gaithersburg isn't that far away from you, and it's not even breezy here.

pretty calm in western Oakton too.

[Mathguy]

So is there any snow in the DC area ?

[Slateman]

So is there any snow in the DC area ?

Lol, no. Unless you count cocaine.

[imref]

So is there any snow in the DC area ?

He's performing Informer at the 9:30 club.

[imref]

pretty calm in western Oakton too.

It's been sporadic here. 5-10 min of strong winds then it calms for a bit.

[imref]

Power is out   came back on around 6 AM.

WTOP is saying winds maxed out at over 60 MPH last night as the t-storm rolled through the area.  It's not too bad now, winds around 20, but they are expected to pick up as the sun rises and begins the heat the atmosphere again.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Visiting Papa Krystalburg and the brother  up in southern New Hamster this weekend +.  I made a Dunkins run at 7:15 this morning.  Temperature, in February, at that time - 52 (11 Centigrade for our overseas folks).  They had 30+" two weeks ago, and anything getting sun exposure has melted. 

[imref]

Anyone else feeling like they fell asleep and woke up in June?  Severe T-Storm watch for most of the area west of D.C. until 5 PM.

Amazing forecast the next few days:

Today: 76, T-Storms, windy
Thursday: 51, sunny, windy
Friday: 42, snow, windy

Most of the next three days winds will sit at around 20 MPH with gusts up to 40 MPH.

[imref]

Derecho?

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1250 PM EST Wed Mar 1 2017

DCZ001-MDZ004>006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036>040-050>057-
501-502-505-506-012000-
District of Columbia-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-
Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-
Calvert-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-
Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-
Southeast Harford-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-
Orange-Culpeper-Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax-
Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania-
King George-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-
Eastern Loudoun-
Including the cities of Washington, Frederick, Ballenger Creek,
Eldersburg, Westminster, Reisterstown, Cockeysville, Baltimore,
Bowie, Suitland-Silver Hill, Clinton, College Park, Greenbelt,
Laurel, Camp Springs, Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn, South Gate,
Severna Park, Arnold, Odenton, St. Charles, Waldorf,
Lexington Park, California, Chesapeake Beach, Huntingtown,
Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby, Prince Frederick, Germantown,
Damascus, Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring,
Lisbon, Columbia, Ellicott City, Jarrettsville, Aberdeen,
Lovingston, Charlottesville, Stanardsville, Madison, Orange,
Gordonsville, Culpeper, Dale City, Manassas, Woodbridge,
Lake Ridge, Montclair, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville,
Chantilly, McLean, Franconia, Arlington, Alexandria, Falmouth,
Fredericksburg, Dahlgren, Warrenton, Turnbull, Purcellville,
Leesburg, Ashburn, and Sterling
1250 PM EST Wed Mar 1 2017

...DANGEROUS AND DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREATER
WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE METRO AREAS BETWEEN 12:30 PM AND 3 PM...

Damaging wind gusts associated with a line of storms is moving
rapidly east across the region. Get indoors and be ready for
power outages. This will likely down trees and be a threat to
those outdoors.

At 12:30 PM the winds were over the Blue Ridge...eastern West
Virginia...and western Maryland.

By 1:30 PM the winds will reach the western suburbs of Washington
and Baltimore.

The winds will cross the greater Washington and Baltimore metro
areas and the I-95 corridor down to Fredericksburg between 1:30
PM and 2:30 PM.

Around 2:30 to 3 PM the winds will reach Annapolis and southern
Maryland.

[Slateman]

Gorgeous lunch hour though

[mitlen]

Anyone else feeling like they fell asleep and woke up in June?  Severe T-Storm watch for most of the area west of D.C. until 5 PM.

Amazing forecast the next few days:

Today: 76, T-Storms, windy
Thursday: 51, sunny, windy
Friday: 42, snow, windy

Most of the next three days winds will sit at around 20 MPH with gusts up to 40 MPH.

They call that "March".

[imref]

First line of the storm was a bust in western prince William. Much more to come

[mitlen]

First line of the storm was a bust in western prince William. Much more to come

Wind really pickin' up in E. Loudoun.

[HalfSmokes]

Alexandria just cancelled after school activities

[varoadking]

Alexandria just cancelled after school activities

Don't you generally just go straight home anyway?   

[skippy1999]

They call that "March".

 

[mitlen]

Wow, watchin' the news.     Lots of wind damage closer to the city and south.

[imref]

They call that "March".

It's generally not near 80 in early March.

[mitlen]

It's generally not near 80 in early March.

Heard February is the warmest on record.     Strange days indeed.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I took off from New Hamster around 12:15 before the storms came in and landed at DCA around 2:10 after this stuff blew through.  Weird landing - definite 1 -2-3 on the wheels as we were swaying in gusts.  Had to kill time on the way in, so looped over BWI, then went south of DCA, crosses the potomac west of great falls, circled and crossed back south along the beltway, then took a left over Ft Belvoir and the potomac on the way back north.

[imref]

I took off from New Hamster around 12:15 before the storms came in and landed at DCA around 2:10 after this stuff blew through.  Weird landing - definite 1 -2-3 on the wheels as we were swaying in gusts.  Had to kill time on the way in, so looped over BWI, then went south of DCA, crosses the potomac west of great falls, circled and crossed back south along the beltway, then took a left over Ft Belvoir and the potomac on the way back north.

Yikes.  Landing at dca is crazy enough without all the wind.

[imref]

The Euro model is showing a big snowstorm from Southern Ohio to the Atlantic, with snow from the NC/VA border through the Northeast.  Most of the accumulating snow is centered around Southern Ohio, WV, and Western MD/PA.  The model shows around 10" or more for much of the D.C. area.   Bottom right image below is forecasted snow totals.  We're six days out so this will likely change quite a bit.

[tomterp]

That's going to steamroll right over Mathguy.   

[Mathguy]

Could be, but it certainly won't be snow here.  But there will be a St. Patrick's Day Parade that we can walk to on the beach road.  So being crap-faced won't hurt my feelings at all.

That's going to steamroll right over Mathguy.   

[Slateman]

Itll be 45 and rainy