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No later than Wednesday, their forecast confidence for tonight's storm may inch up to medium. [/quote]

:lol: Isn't that true...

I read a forum for meteorologists, and the truth is that despite computational power and fancy math, meteorology as a science is still in its infancy. Some storms are more difficult to model than others, and the DC area is a notoriously difficult area for climatology: lots of little micro-climates to deal with. [/quote]

What are they predicting we will get from this storm?[/quote]

The models keep predicting slightly different amounts of liquid precipitation each time they update, because of the rising temperatures today and the difficulties of computing how the two air masses will collide over us (snow from Chicago and rain from Carolinas). Then you have to apply a subjective ratio to that liquid precip. of snow to rain or snow to sleet, which is why the snowfall predictions are all over the place. The mets are all gnawing their fingernails off at this point, and praying for snow because these are a people always looking for extreme weather :-)

So... 3-6 inches for inside the beltway? But could change...[/quote]

Ok, a little more info: starts with a thump of snow, then sleet, then some more snow accumulation. Totals will vary with your location, but 3-2-3 inches was suggested.[/quote]

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