BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 03:10 PM

Yeah, Nancy...I measured 24" in my back yard 3 hrs. ago. I suppose there's been about another inch or so since...still snowing, though smaller flakes and lighter.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 03:21 PM

Note: We have 24" of heavy, compacted snow, as opposed to maybe 18" of light, fluffy snow in mid-December. I did our entire drive way in an hour back then.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 04:24 PM

Hey all! Checking in from a bit NW of Bill, Nancy and the rest of the FSGW crew. We had 18" over here in Rockville as of about 11am this morning when I made the first attempt of shoveling. I'm about to go out for the 2nd. On the bright side, the folks our complex hires to deal with the common sidewalks (and the street) have been through. OTOH they shoveled or blew a lot of that between our cars.

One power outage sometime early in the morning. Don't know when it started, but the power was out when the cats woke us up demanding breakfast at 6:30am. It went back on while we were trying to get back to sleep.

Other than that, just sipping tea and watching DVDs and TiVO.

Oh yes, and I'm mightily *PISSED* the storm wiped out BOTH the MiniFest and a James Keelaghan concert in Baltimore. Been a few years since we've seen Keelo.

-- Gary

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 04:59 PM

Just skyped with my Mamma in Hopewell VA. She says it is coming down hard. In the time we were chatting it had just started to come down and by the time we finished everything was white. Mu brother is not with mom, but my 17 year old niece and her friend are with her. My sister and her partner are just down the road.

I get worried because my Mom is 82 and a bit on the frail side.

Good to know her twin, my aunt Dot is not at her cottage on the Chickahominy. The power always goes out in these storms. But she is also in Hopewell, staying with Uncle Bob (the older brother).

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 05:01 PM

"I've been in this house for 38 years now..."

No offence, but you gotta get out more often.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Peace
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 05:07 PM

I hope you folks are being careful with your backs AND HEARTS. The kinda snow you're describing is a serious danger to the people wielding the shovel. Most of you (myself included) ain't spring chickens anymore, so be careful.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 05:24 PM

I'm sub-contracting the hard stuff to my 27 year old this time...6'4" and Kung-Fu trained. He isn't 'fond' of the job, but we feed him.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 05:34 PM

Ain't no grasshoppers out there, I hope.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Nancy King
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 05:50 PM

I think we're finally about done with this. Weather Service radar shows the storm finally moving off. 25" is enough for me, thank you very much.

I guess I'll just take the shoveling slo-o-o-owly. And maybe I can get one of the macho neighbor guys to help. I don't expect the plow for several days, so I couldn't get out of my street anyhow -- even a 4-wheel-drive Subaru can't go if the snow is higher than the bumper. Fortunately I can walk to my doctor appointment on Monday afternoon. I just hope I can get out by Thursday, when I'm supposed to start out for Maine. How ironic is that?

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Sawzaw
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 06:07 PM

Here is why I cant find an undisturbed area to measure the snow depth.

Washington D.C. Continues to Be Blasted by Huge Snowstorm and Blizzard

February 06, 2010 Jake Emen

The massive blizzard in the Mid-Atlantic region is continuing to drop snow at a steady, fast pace. The huge predictions for snow put the entire region into a frenzy, and as of Saturday, February 6 everything is basically shut down in the Washington D.C. Metro area.

I've been recounting the blizzard since it began early yesterday morning, and you can read more updates on my D.C. Blizzard Updates blog. You'll be able to see how the storm has progressed all throughout yesterday and today, as well as snow totals and accumulations and more. Thank you everyone for all of the kind comments I have received there, and I will continue updating that as the day continues.

As mentioned, from my area in Rockville, Maryland, which is north of Washington D.C., everything has come to a standstill. As of about 1:30 pm Saturday, there was about 20-22 inches of snow on the ground, with another 3-5 inches of snow on the way. This will satisfy the 24 inch predictions, but come short of the 30 inch predictions, and the circulating rumors that the Pentagon held briefings warning of 48 inches of snow.

In Montgomery County and the D.C. area, public transportation is basically completely done with. Above ground metro stations in the D.C. area have been closed since last evening, as have been Montgomery Country Ride On buses. All local businesses also appear to be closed.

To the area's credit, the local government seems to be pretty proactive about getting the snow cleared as much as possible right now. The roads are still a disaster - but a lot of progress has been made.

In combination with the steady, wet snow, there have also been wind gusts exceeding 30 mph. This has created an environment with a minimal amount of visibility, and areas with drifting snow. Some snow drifts just walking along the streets have accumulated to over 4 feet in depth. It's easy to get lost in there.

There have been some reports of power outages all throughout the region, and even just venturing out to a few local streets there have been a handful of downed trees and large branches from trees. It seems the situation could get worse before it gets better, but the snow is expected to stop by later on this afternoon.

As for me during the rest of the D.C. blizzard, I'll be bunkered down. I'm set to go with the essentials - chili ingredients, beer, wine and chips - for the Super Bowl tomorrow afternoon, and I certainly won't be attempting to leave the house at any point soon. Stay safe and warm out there!

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: DougR
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 06:29 PM

Snow. It's white isn't it?

DougR
(In warm, sunny Arizona)

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:08 PM

"I'm sub-contracting the hard stuff to my 27 year old this time...6'4" and Kung-Fu trained. He isn't 'fond' of the job, but we feed him."

Ya keep feeding him he'll keep coming back.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:09 PM

"DougR
(In warm, sunny Arizona)"

The most unkindliest cut of all . . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:17 PM

"Ya keep feeding him he'll keep coming back"

Didn't I read that on another thread?

He would go in a minute if he was finished with school and had a decent job. (currently working for barely more than minimum wage for a guy who squeezes a dollar so hard it yells.)

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:19 PM

My wife just called from Silver Spring on the land line. Seems like her cell phone couldn't get a signal. Land lines are NOT obsolete.

She also can't get Comcast-supplied Internet, although they do have cable television working.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: kendall
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:21 PM

I'm glad I live in Maine. Two feet of snow is a minor, temporary inconvenience here.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:34 PM

"Blizzard hammers east coast; two killed
Posted at: 02/06/2010 9:59 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trees have toppled onto apartment buildings and cars as a blizzard batters the Mid-Atlantic region this morning. Two deaths have been reported.

Airlines canceled flights, Amtrak canceled service and churches called off weekend worship as officials warned people to just stay home.

A record of 2½ feet or more is predicted for Washington alone. As of early Saturday, parts of Maryland had seen up to 20 inches of snow.

Forecasters say it could be the biggest storm in the nation's capital in modern history.

Blizzard warnings have been issued for D.C., parts of New Jersey and Delaware and some areas west of the Chesapeake Bay. Tens of thousands in the region are without power."

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:34 PM

Strange, Rap....we are getting Comcast just fine, and we are 'technically' in Silver Spring.(Wheaton) Since it all comes in on the same cable, I have no idea why part of it works and not the other.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 07:35 PM

"Snow Storms Wallop Canadian and American East Coast
CFRA News Staff
Saturday, February 6, 2010

Residents of Newfoundland are waking up to 45 cm of newly fallen snow.

In St John's, many schools, businesses and government offices were closed yesterday.

High winds and blowing snow made travelling difficult.

Flights were cancelled in and out of St. John's and busses were ordered off the roads Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, a huge blizzard is blowing through Washington D-C!

Residents of the U.S. Capital are hunkering down for the weekend as 70 cm of snow is expected.

Snow is expected from Baltimore to northern Virginia and parts of West Virginia.

Forecasters are expecting a mix of heavy snow and strong winds which they say will make travel ``very hazardous or nearly impossible.''

The U-S National Weather Service calls the storm``extremely dangerous'' -- "

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Janie
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 08:57 PM

Glad you still have power, Bill. Hope it lasts.

Mom and Dad are being slammed so bad, but other places in WV are. It is such a wet, heavy snow, and apparently packing some wind. Gonna bring down tree branches onto powerlines in a lot of places.

Wondering what the weather is like at Mudcat Central and if we should be prepared for Max to experience a power outage. This morning, Facebook was having weirdness so i had trouble getting to the Mudcat group, but that is a good back-up place to "talk", should the Cat go down.

The group link at the bottom of the screen was not working, but when I entered Mudcat Cafe in the search box, it took me to the facebook Mudcat group.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Phot
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 09:35 PM

Hope you are all keeping safe over on the other side of the pond, brings the little bit of snow we had last month into sharp relief.

Look after each other.

Blessings Chris

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Sawzaw
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 10:56 PM

Officially we got 27" here, 30" nearby.

We are two inches shy of the season record.

Snow is expected Tuesday 30% Tuesday night 60% and Wednesday 50%

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bobert
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:17 AM

Well, well, well...

First of all, we got a shit-load of snow... In some places it's prolly close to 28 inches and others a mere 24 inches, depending on wind drifts, etc...

Second of all, my biggest mistake before the snow was putting the tractor into the equipement barn nose first... My thinkin' was that I wanted to keep the deisel engine outta the cold wind Open side of the barn)...

Problem was that it took an entire half an hour of using the rear blade to push and push snow at various angles and blade heights in order to get the tractor turned around where I could use the front loader...

But I finally got it turned around and spend the entire morning and afternoon diggin' out... So far I've made it 300 feet of the 1300 or so feet of driveway... That ain't all that good but I think I can do 400-500 feet today... It's slow because I'm having to go down get one buck full of snow and then back the tractor up to an area that I cleared yesterday where I am stacking the snow... The piles are right at 8 feet tall which makes it real interetsing in there because I can't see anything but stacks of snow in a horseshoe all around me...

Ahhhhh, I do have a friend who has a real big tractor (with a heated cab) who is going to try to make it down below today and work from the bottom of ther driveway... If he can get 500 feet then I'll be out by Tuesday... If not, with the snow we are expectin' Tuesday night I might have to walk out and hitch a ride to town for more beer... The shine is almost gone...

But, we never lost power so that's a good thing and...

...go Saints!!!

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:52 AM

Nancy: Can we join you in the irony? We're headed to Boston on Friday. 8-)

-- Gary

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:41 AM

This weather doesn't bode well for this year's crop of eagle chicks. My wife has been watching two nests on the webcams in the greater DC area, Blackwater in West Virginia and Shepherdstown in Maryland. In both nests the eagles had already laid eggs. The eagles were valiantly trying to keep their nest bowls free of snow but by this morning the WV nest looked overwhelmed and it's very cold. The eggs need to be incubated at a constant 105 degrees F. and that's not possible under these extreme conditions.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Sawzaw
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:48 AM

Never had any luck tryin' to clear snow with a blade on a tractor but I never had any chains either. I keep thinkin' snowblower, snowblower.

I only need a snow shovel at home but I have to pay someone to plow snow elsewhere. Never was a problem since 2003 except in the last three years it is costing more and more.

I might spring for a snowblower and some chains for my 'Bota. If not a front one, a rear mounted one at least.

That way there is no problem figuring out where to put the snow. You just fling it 20 feet and make it deeper elsewhere.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:57 AM

I try to blow it onto the driveway of the neighbor who stole my fence.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Sawzaw
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 11:01 AM

Even though I get a crick in my neck working backwards, I think a rear mounted 3 point snowblower would be better. That way I can still have the bucket on the front for touchups.

The hitch will raise the thing up and down with no hydraulic hookups needed, just the PTO shaft which is needed either way.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 11:05 AM

My wife is now stranded in Silver Spring until the 11th.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 11:21 AM

This story is for Bobert:

Back when we were living in South Bend, Indiana, we decided to buy a snowblower. We got a Craftsman from Sears: 22 inch opening, 5 horsepower, electric start, self-propelled (but you still gotta guide it), dual stage, all that good stuff. Didn't use it much the first winter.

The second winter, well, we had about a foot and I used it to clear out driveway, the sidewalk, the neighbors' sidewalks, and the alley. Did that a couple of times (note that Indiana gets HEAVY WET SNOW).

Then I moved down to No. Kentucky, where it historically doesn't snow all that much. Back in South Bend, it snowed forty-four (44) inches in a weekend. My wife used the snowblower several times during that storm, clearing as I'd done (the driveway opened into the alley).

She who had been questioning the need for such a big, powerful, machine realized just how downright RIGHT was I. Now every winter when the stores have their snowblower sales she's right there, wondering if it's time to get a 24 inch or a 30 inch or, God help me, a 36 inch.

Just keep saying to yourself, "This is one of those times when bigger really IS better."

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Rumncoke
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 11:43 AM

OOOOHHHH - THAT Washington -

It is just weather, of course, nothing to do with climate change.

Remember that the Canadians are sweating for snow for their Winter Olympics - they brought tons in by road and it melted in the rain. Poor things.

Maybe the US could save the day(s) with refridgerated trucks and trains to store and move snow in for the main events. Always assuming anything is moving at all.

We never got more than a sprinkling of snow when the rest of the UK was snowed under for days, so it is really the luck of the draw - though sometimes I think that the weather can have a wicked sense of humour.

Anne Croucher

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: jeffp
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 01:04 PM

I want to reinforce the warning about shoveling snow for us "older" folks. My wife is in the hospital right now from a heart attack caused by shovelling last weekend's snow. Fortunately, it was mild and she's expected to recover fully, but it could have been a lot worse. I've got 3 twenty-somethings shoveling our driveway and front walk. I'm happily paying them the money to do it. BTW, I'm in Crofton, MD and we got at least two feet.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bobert
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 01:10 PM

Well, I donno about that snowblower Sawz... First of all it's too small... Maybe a 60 inch???

I was tellin' the P-Vine that I thougth maybe I oughtta get another dump truck... I used to have one back in Wes Ginny but left it there 'cause it wasn't particually roadworthy... But if I found an old dump truck I could use it as a good farm truck and put a bigass V-plow on it and leave it up here which is the highest part of the farm and wait until the snow had melted and then just make one pass down the hill with it??? I donno...

They keep saying that it only snows like this every 20 years so maybe I'll just do what I'm doin'... 15 gallons of deisel on hand and a 2 gallon jug of hydraulic oil...

Went out at 10:20 and worked until 12:30 and got 210 feet more of drive way open... At this rate I might hit the 500 foot mark by the end of the day... I donno... I'll be gettin' into some tougher areas purdy soon where I'm goin' to have to carve out an area back in the woods for snow as the driveway get real narrow and drops off purdy steep... No place for the faint of heart, fir sure...

Stll haven't heard from my buddy who said hes' gonna work a little on the bottom end... Hope he shows... We gotta be out Tuesday to sign papers on the spec house I built that we have sold... Not gonna miss that, fir sure...

But, mighty purdy up here in the mountain... Beautifil sunny day...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 03:17 PM

Bobert, have you considered tunneling?

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 03:29 PM

About a week ago, we had a small-flake, cold, fluffy snow. I had two blowers that I sold to buy a Honda 'cause they got tracks and a hydrostatic drive and are known to REALLY blow.

Now, not a word of lie... it was the FIRST time this winter that I used it (I got a guy with a tractor, on accounta my back, but I still need a blower for te stuff he can't do).

I can easily blow snow from alongside my garage onto my neighbour's garage... about 100'... when he's not at home, of course.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: kendall
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 03:59 PM

Back in April of 1982 we got 2 feet of snow in one storm. The Maine turnpike was closed for almost two hours.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 04:00 PM

What's this I hear -from NPR - that another storm system is expected to hit the DC area on Tuesday night? Stock up, folks. Remember all the things you forgot last time.

And here I sit in Alaska where it's mild and wettish.

At last night's concert they announced the first crocus of spring. I realize that a thousand miles farther south, crocuses are popping up all over- but it is almighty early for us.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 04:12 PM

We may not even be dug out by Tuesday... the street has been plowed, but we have almost the only driveway for two blocks, so there is 6' of slushy, plowed 24" deep 'stuff' before we can get TO the street after we have gotten TO the vehicles.
The plow makes no attempt to do one extra push to clear that area.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bobert
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 05:19 PM

I'm screwed...

The guy who was gonna work down at the bottom was a no-post... I'm gonna call him later tonight but if he can't posdt tomorrow, I'm gonna have to call in Plan B, Mr. Garnett... He'll post...

I finished right at 550 feet today but, geese, I ain't half way out... It wouldn't matter so much but we gotta make it out on Tuesday to sign papers... If it weren't for that I wouldn't care...

(But, Boberdz... Yer down to only 6 beers...)

Ahhhhh, I'm gonna have to get out on Tuesday if I have to walk out...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Nancy King
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 05:38 PM

Your street is clearly higher on the plowing priority list than mine, Bill. Not surprising, actually. I'm just hoping they get here by Sometime Tuesday -- just in time for the next round!

I'm taking the digging-out slowly. I shoveled a pedestrian walkway to the street this morning (phase 1), and this afternoon I got MOST of phase 2 -- digging out the car -- done. Now you can see that it's a car, not an igloo. But my back's starting to hurt, so I'm quitting till tomorrow, when I hope to be able to clear the rest of the car with a snow brush (assuming I can get the door open to retrieve the brush...). Phase 3 is the hardest: digging out the driveway wide enough for the car to get through -- not to mention cutting through the plow-leavings. And it's getting harder to dispose of the stuff -- I'm having to lift it pretty high to toss it into a spot I'm not going to have to dig through later....   Ain't this FUN?!

Kendall, you can gloat all you want about how well you handle the snow in Maine, and how much of it you get. I spent four winters in Waterville, and I know Mainers take it in stride and deal with it matter-of-factly. But the fact is that this much snow is a real rarity here, and the municipalities can only justify allotting so much of their annual budgets for something that happens so rarely. Our December storm (15" here in Kensington) made it to eighth place in DC's ALL-TIME biggest snowstorms, and this one (25" here) was ranked 4th, thereby pushing the December one to 9th. Two such big storms in one winter is downright FREAKISH! Anyhow, I'm looking forward to seeing you next weekend, if I can get out of my street...

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 05:52 PM

Nancy... I'll swear by the trick of getting a roll of 6 mil plastic from Home Depot, and cutting off a chunk big enuf to cover 'most' of your car...then after you push most of the snow off, you just peel the plastic off and car is clear! No ice in the door...etc.

I have used that twice here to save cars from a predicted ice storm.

(heck, I'm due for a new roll for leaves next year....maybe I'll save you a chunk..)

Darriel & I got 'almost' to the street tonight...I guess we'll finish a path tomorrow....just in time to get out to the store too late to get anything before the NEXT round....

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: maeve
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 06:15 PM

I'm thinking of all of you dealing with the snow this week.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 06:35 PM

doot doot doo, lookin out my back door

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Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Nancy King
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 06:35 PM

Thanks, Maeve, but really this is just an inconvenience -- NOTHING like what you've had to deal with this winter!

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: maeve
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 06:39 PM

The snowfall you're dealing with is a bad one for your area. I've dug my way through enough snow storms to empathize with anyone who's struggling to deal with one.

I'd rather face ten blizzards than what my husband and I are facing now. Keep yourselves warm, Nancy and all.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 06:39 PM

find the dog in pic blizzard 4

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: kendall
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 08:50 PM

Look at it this way, it will keep congress from doing anything.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:01 PM

Horrors!!! Where did this rampaging buzzard that is menacing Washington DC come from? Is it a really big and fierce buzzard? Has it carried off children and dogs?

Oh, wait....um...

Sorry. Never mind.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Sawzaw
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:09 PM

Blatt Blatt Blatt, Now Hear This:

Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
8:46 pm EST, Sun., Feb. 7, 2010

... WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* PRECIPITATION TYPE... SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... POTENTIAL FOR 5 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING... MID TO LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES... TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT THE ONSET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS... LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TUESDAY BECOMING NORTH- NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
From: Sawzaw
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 10:13 PM

Not a buzzard, a big lizzard.