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Sleet happening in the neighborhood.

A little snow, a little sleet.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:33pm EST
Got a Twitter message and a Facebook update from some folks nearby, so I turned the deck light on, and opened the door and there was some snow and sleet mixed falling and sticking to the deck. All paved and ground surfaces it seems [...]

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Sat, February 28 2009 » DC area weather, snow, winter 2008/2009 » No Comments

In the throes of a winter storm

Snow yesterday, ice this morning…rain later.
January 28th, 2009 at 6:09am EST
This is quick update since I fell asleep last night, and have to run out quickly this morning. I will have a full blog report on the storm later this morning.

Yesterday morning we had started off with a very slowly accumulating snow. From [...]

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Wed, January 28 2009 » snow, winter 2008/2009 » 3 Comments

Snow chase a bust….kinda

Well…I really shouldn’t call it a chase anyway.
January 12th, 2009 at 10:22est

On Saturday, I took a trip up to central Pennsylvania, to hopefully find some snow conditions. Because Washington, DC has seen no snow so far this winter season, I decided I needed to travel to where the snow is. After discussing the [...]

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Mon, January 12 2009 » IPR, Past Weather Stories, Uncategorized, snow, winter 2008/2009 » 1 Comment

Quick trip very early this morning for ice photos

Ice storm in Maryland overnight
January 7th, 2009 at 7:00pm EST
Around midnight finally decided to head out and try to capture some photos of the ice that started to build. This morning’s outing took me from Gaithersburg up to Gettysburg and back. It was quite difficult getting photos of the ice overnight since it [...]

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Wed, January 7 2009 » DC area weather, IPR, Past Weather Stories, lightning, snow, winter 2008/2009 » 2 Comments

Time to get back to work…and ice is coming

Lots to talk about with the first blog of 2009
January 5th, 2009 at 8:27pm EST
Well, after a busy holiday season, I’m ready to start the new year. First let’s getting into the current winter weather situation here in the DC area.

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Looks like we might be seeing some [...]

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Mon, January 5 2009 » DC area weather, IPR, lightning, winter 2008/2009 » No Comments

I don’t think it’ll snow

Wintery Mix Forecast for far West Metro DC region
November 29th, 2008 at 6:32am EST
This morning, checking the local NWS forecast office, they have issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for a large portion of the western and northern regions of the DC area. There is a chance of some freezing rain and sleet into the [...]

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Sat, November 29 2008 » DC area weather, Fall 2008 » No Comments