"Significant Winter Weather Event" Sunday evening

[Anonymous]

from NOAA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
323 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-
MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...
BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...STAUNTON...
WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...
LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...
ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...WARRENTON...
HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN
323 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED BY FIVE OR
MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LOOKS TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT SUNDAY
WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT SUNDAY...MID TO UPPER
20S FOR MONDAY.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT SUNDAY FROM
ICY ROADS...BECOMING SNOWY FOR MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

[Anonymous]

Yes!!!! Come on, OPM.

[Anonymous]

Ok- now we get ready- the ice is the biggest problem here. Schools will be closed M and T for sure..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes!!!! Come on, OPM.

+1. Timing is perfect, no snow wasted on the weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm having a staycation with my husband next week. If there's no school, I'm going to cry. Please let there be rain.

This is the worst possible confluence of events. I feel for you!

God forbid you have to spend some time with your children! Snow days with kids are the best. I know I'll get crap for this, but really, appreciate it.

Oh shut up! She's probably spent the other 10 snow days we've had this year with her kids and now wants some time alone with her husband. That's not a crime.

That's why you don't plan a staycation anytime in the winter!

[Anonymous]

I just don't know if there's a Lego set or Michaels craft that we haven't done. And now it's too late to find something on Amazon Prime. Ill pull out the last of the 1000 piece puzzles from the back of the closet that I never ever thought we'd get to. Off the get ingredients for Ina's Beef Stew. Preparation is key.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Because few people are wiling to recognize it's a real problem. Because no one holds anyone's feet to the fire. Because we let half the country keep their heads in the sand regarding science."

Oh shut it. I'm a conservative who totally believes our climate change is man-made and that we must take steps to counter it. I even believe in evolution, imagine that. So take your republican-bashing and stick it.

Hold your horses. One, where did the poster say Republicans--he/she said HALF the country. Which is about right, since about 54% of Americans believe in human caused climate change.

Further, even if she had said Republicans, she would be close to right. About 11% of democrats don't believe in climate change, while a whopping 58% of Republicans don't.

So don't get mad at other people for pointing out the obvious and factual.

to 7:10, I seriously think I love you! (and hope you're a woman )

[Anonymous]

It over if NOAA issues something like that...run for the stores!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It over if NOAA issues something like that...run for the stores!

Too bad they don't sell a box of sanity. Oh wait, they do! It's in the liquor section.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Because few people are wiling to recognize it's a real problem. Because no one holds anyone's feet to the fire. Because we let half the country keep their heads in the sand regarding science."

Oh shut it. I'm a conservative who totally believes our climate change is man-made and that we must take steps to counter it. I even believe in evolution, imagine that. So take your republican-bashing and stick it.

Ok, so you're not in denial about climate change, but you are in denial about your party's position on it. Careful not to choke on the sand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm having a staycation with my husband next week. If there's no school, I'm going to cry. Please let there be rain.

This is the worst possible confluence of events. I feel for you!

God forbid you have to spend some time with your children! Snow days with kids are the best. I know I'll get crap for this, but really, appreciate it.

Oh good grief. Is it so hard to imagine that someone could get plenty of great time with their children but be in desperate need of time alone with their spouse? You know, strong marriages are good for children, too.

[Anonymous]

Most likely 4-8 inches per National Weather Service.

I love this site - scroll down and click on "Switch to Exceedence" too to see a different perspective on possible totals.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/winter/

[Anonymous]

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I thought Al Gore was in charge of global warming. Is he asleep in the break room again or what? AL!!!! WAKE UP!!!!

people are so dumb! Stop acting like global warming= hot weather instead of global warming=extreme weather, it isn't freaking rocket science!!

Not dumb, but in denial. If they make jokes about Al Gore they think the problem will go away. Global warming, if you truly understand is, is extremely scary. It could, literally, mean the end of human kind.

I do understand it, but am a realist about our abilities and willingness to make the EXTREME changes we would need to. Never going to happen.

Because few people are wiling to recognize it's a real problem. Because no one holds anyone's feet to the fire. Because we let half the country keep their heads in the sand regarding science.

It's hard to hold people's feet to the fire when you've got a Polar Vortex baring down on year arse...EEEEEK!

[Anonymous]

Here's the GFS models - shows about 8 inches of snow on Monday

http://coolwx.com/cgi-bin/getptype.cgi?region=ne&model=gfs&run=18&fhr=26&field=acctype

[Anonymous]

I am voting for no snow.