TUESDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY BUT NOT NEARLY AS COLD LO: 24 HI: 39
WEDNESDAY: CLOUDY BUT COLD WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS LO: 28 HI: 38
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: CLOUDY BUT WINDY AND MUCH COLDER WITH SNOW … THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE NIGHT … SOME SLEET MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN EARLY BUT QUICKLY CHANGE BACK TO A HEAVY WET SNOW SOMETIME AFTER DARK … THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY … THE CHANCE FOR 1 INCH OR MORE OF SNOW IS NEAR 100 PERCENT WHILE THE CHANCE FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS CLOSER TO 60 PERCENT … LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20's
THURSDAY: CLOUDY BUT WINDY AND VERY COLD WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW EARLY … THEN CLOUDY BUT WINDY AND MUCH COLDER DURING THE AFTERNOON … EXPECT SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW … THE CHANCE FOR SNOW IS NEAR 50 PERCENT WITH A TOTAL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OR MORE FORECASTED TO FALL IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND … A SHARP DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL BE SEEN AS YOU GO WEST OF HAGERSTOWN OR SOUTHEAST OF THE DC AREA AND IF YOU TRAVEL ANY FURTHER EAST THAN EASTON … THIS TIGHT THERMAL GRADIENT COULD BE IMPRESSIVE RANGING FROM ALL SNOW IN THE BALTIMORE AREA WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES TO ALMOST NO STICKAGE AT ALL JUST SOUTHEAST OF DC WHERE IT'S MOSTLY JUST PLAIN RAIN LO: 26 HI: 36
FRIDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY BUT RATHER WINDY AND ALSO VERY COLD LO: 23 HI: 33
SATURDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND VERY COLD … A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LO: 26 HI: 30
SUNDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY BUT NOT NEARLY AS COLD LO: 18 HI: 38
MONDAY: CLOUDY BUT VERY COLD WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MIX DURING THE EVENING HOURS LO: 23 HI: 33
TUESDAY: CLOUDY BUT VERY COLD WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY FOLLOWED BY AREAS OF FREEZING MIST AND OR FREEZING DRIZZLE LATER ON … DO NOT RULE OUT AREAS OF FREEZING FOG OR AN OCCASSIONAL SLEET PELLET IN SOME AREAS … ICE SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS THRU LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON … LOOK FOR A STEADY FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP AFTER DARK WITH ANYWHERE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE BEFORE A BRIEF PERIOD OF PLAIN COLD RAIN DEVELOPS JUST AFTER DAWN FROM BALTIMORE CITY SOUTH AND EAST LO: 26 HI: 32
WEDNESDAY: CLOUDY BUT STILL COLD AND ALSO RATHER FOGGY WITH LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE THRU MIDDAY FROM BALTIMORE CITY SOUTH AND EAST WHILE AREAS NEAR THE MASON-DIXON LINE MAY REMAIN FREEZING RAIN UNTIL MOST OF THE STEADY PRECIP ENDS AROUND MIDDAY … AN AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWER OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH AREAS OF FOG LIKELY LINGERING THRU LATE AFTERNOON LO: 29 HI: 39 (COLDER NORTH AND WEST)
NOTE: JIM CANTORE TWEETS THAT 5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED @ REAGAN NATIONAL WITH ONLY 1.5 INCHES OF WATER … THAT'S A 3 TO 1 RATIO OF SNOW TO WATER WHILE NORMAL IS 10 TO 1 … HE ALSO STATED "WHITE MUD IS FALLING FROM THE SKY" (ABOUT 11 PM ON WEDNESDAY 01/27/11)
"WEATHER OR NOT"
FORECASTER: SCHLEY …
LIVE VIEW OF THE DREADED WASHINGTON DC AFTERNOON RUSH: (TAKEN AT 515 PM ON 01/26/11)
LIVE VIEW OF THE DREADED WASHINGTON DC AFTERNOON RUSH: (TAKEN AT 545 PM ON 01/26/11)
LIVE VIEW OF THE DREADED WASHINGTON DC AFTERNOON RUSH: (TAKEN AT 615 PM ON 01/26/11)
AN IMAGE OF THE MATURING STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN VIRGINIA (AS OF 12Z 01/26/11)
THE SUPRISE SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS MORNING (PART ONE OF THE 01/26/11 STORM)
FROM THE HPC CENTER: A MAP SHOWING THE CHANCES FOR ATLEAST 4" (ISSUED AT 16Z ON 01/24/11)
LOOK AT THE MONSTER WE HAVE HEADED OUR WAY:
THE NWS HAZZARD MAP AND THE ICE STORM AMOUNTS FROM THE HPC: