WHERE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, LIGHTNING, BLIZZARDS, AND FLOODS ARE NO MATCH!
February 14th, 2010 at 1:21pm EST
I have no Valentine, so I’d better update everyone while I have the time.
It has been a crazy week and one-half. From the last post you can see that we were staring down the barrel of our first of two HISTORICAL winter snow events for the DC & Baltimore [...]
Sun, February 14 2010 » DC area weather, Historical Events, Winter 2009/2010, severe weather coverage, snow » No Comments
February 4, 2010 at 5:41pm EST
We could see a record storm starting Friday afternoon
Well, for the second time this winter season we could see a 12″ plus storm. In fact most everyone is on board with this one now, calling for 14-24 inches. This could even out do the last major storm we [...]
Thu, February 4 2010 » DC area weather, Historical Events, Winter 2009/2010, snow » No Comments
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:53pm EST
Beautiful snowfall overnight and Big Storm Coming!
Spent most of the overnight and morning hours following and recording the 4-6 inches of snow that fell in upper Montgomery County, Maryland. This snow was a somewhat wet and really stuck to the trees making for one of the most beautiful snow [...]
Wed, February 3 2010 » DC area weather, Winter 2009/2010, snow » No Comments
January 26, 2010 at 10:33pm EST.
Busy Saturday, whether it snows or not.
Yup, the Polar Bear Plunge annual event is going to be this weekend at Sandy Point Park near Annapolis, Maryland. This is when a bunch of foolish people raise money for Special Olympics by agreeing to jump in to the ice cold Chesapeake [...]
Tue, January 26 2010 » DC area weather, Jason personal, Press, Weather Events (festivials, Weather Warrior TV, Winter 2009/2010, snow, storm chasing, summer 2009 » No Comments
January 25th, 2010 at 12:01am EST
Lots of rain, some flooding, and a cold temperatures on the way.
Starting late last evening, a number of flood watches and warnings were issued. Also, some wind advisory has been issued.
Let’s start with the wind advisory. NWS from Sterling, VA (DC/Baltmore area) says that overnight starting around 2am [...]
Mon, January 25 2010 » DC area weather, Winter 2009/2010 » No Comments
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:22pm EDT
Trip to the Mormon’s Temple’s “Festival of Lights”
Yesterday evening I took a trip down to Kensington, MD to return to the Mormon Temple where each year they have the “Festival of Lights” display. While many places have a Christmas lights display, they typically are less interesting with shapes and [...]
Wed, December 23 2009 » DC area weather, Winter 2009/2010, public display, snow » No Comments
December 21st, 2009 at 2:01 EST
Winter’s official start, shortest day of the year
Well, this blog should have been sent out prior to the actual solstice, but the auto post feature didn’t work.
Today is the Winter Solstice, which is basically about the time of year when the tilt of the Earth results in the northern hemisphere [...]
Mon, December 21 2009 » Winter 2009/2010 » No Comments
December 20th, 2009 at 7:08pm EDT
Storm Report from yesterday’s EPIC and HISTORIC snow storm in Washington, DC.
DC/Baltimore NWS (LWX) reports map: “http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/events/?event=20091219 (hover over the numbers for readable information).
Wow…what a storm. I measured 20″ here at the house (Gaithersburg, MD). I spent much of the day in DC streaming live video, where it [...]
Sun, December 20 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Historical Events, Hurricanes 2009, Winter 2009/2010, severe weather coverage, snow, summer 2009, winter 2008/2009 » No Comments
December 4th, 2009 at 1:44pm EST
Houston gets snow before DC….what???
Been watching the developing snow storm that is hitting parts of Texas, and in particular, the Houston metro area. The Weather Channel has been talking quite a bit about this storm as well as many forums (I’ve been following the discussions on Stormtrack.org and EasternUSwx.com). [...]
Fri, December 4 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2009, Winter 2009/2010, snow » No Comments
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 EST
Preparing the Weather Wagon
With the upcoming winter season, there are a few things I will need to do to the car to get it ready for my winter weather travels, and daily use.
Each winter it is important for anyone to check various aspects of their car to make sure it [...]
Tue, November 3 2009 » Winter 2009/2010, chase vehicle » No Comments