Well, I spoke too soon--it's snowing to beat 60 here and sticking--as much
as a dry, power snow can stick. My daughter says we have at least a
half-inch at home, about 13 miles NNE from where I work, and here at work
(in DC), there looks to be about that or maybe an inch on the roads and
cars, making travel slick and slow.
Our outside temp is in the low to mid 20's, which means it won't melt
anytime soon. Gee, rush hour is going to turn into a nightmare. My husband
and I are trying to decide now whether or not to leave--not that we're
afraid of the snow or anything--an inch is "chump change", but folks here in
the DC area FREAK OUT when there's this much snow on the roads and gridlock
can occur. I'd like to get home some time tonight--and in one piece.
Dang--I knew we should have taken the commuter train into work!!
You can bet the grocery stores in this area are full of panicky folks and
that the shelves of Milk-Bread-Toilet Paper are empty. Next, there'll be
abandoned cars on the side of the road (if they make it that far). You
laugh. I wish I could!! You haven't seen the DC area in full panic mode
when the flakes start to fall. It's so stupid it's almost funny. I think
hubby & I'll sit tight a while and let the traffic thin out--co-workers are
leaving in droves and I know that the roads'll start to lock up. Thank God
I am from here and know the back roads and Snow Emergency Roads--hardly
anyone uses them during the snow (stupid, hunh? isn't that what they're
for??) and they're the best roads to take.
Sharon Kimbleton
Lanham, MD (an eastern suburb of Washington, DC)
kimbleton_s{at}bls.gov
-OR-
skakim{at}mindspring.com
URL: http://polaris.umuc.edu/~skimblet/
> ----------
> From: Kimbleton_S[SMTP:Kimbleton_S{at}bls.gov]
> Reply To: stormreports{at}casi-internal
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 2:26 PM
> To: stormreports{at}casi-internal
> Subject: RE: [CASI-SR] Suprise in North Carolina!
>
> My Parents live just outside of Wilmington, NC, and my Mom said that they
> got about 2 inches this morning. She woke up around 4:30 am to see why
> the sensor light in the back yard was on--she thought the deer were back
> munching on my Dad's new grass. She peeked out the window and said that
> it was snowing to beat 60. She said that it tapered off around 9:30 this
> morning.
>
> Here in DC, it is lightly flurrying as I type. The flakes are
> small--almost microscopic--not even a dusting on the cars (yet). Of
> course, the school kids were disappointed because they wanted a snow day
> today (as did the Federal Government workers!)!!
>
> At my WX station in Lanham, MD, I had a morning low of 15 degrees.
> Yesterday, my high temp reached 26 degrees, with sub-zero wind chills.
> Our local meteorologists think we set a record yesterday with a record low
> dew point/relative humidity. Our dew point yesterday was -12 degrees, and
> the rh was 20%. It doesn't usually get that dry (more like arid) here.
> Some of our "snowfall" has been verga because of the dry atmosphere.
>
> Sharon Kimbleton
> Lanham, MD (an eastern suburb of Washington, DC)
> kimbleton_s{at}bls.gov
> -OR-
> skakim{at}mindspring.com
> URL: http://polaris.umuc.edu/~skimblet/
> > ----------
> > From: Presrvtnst{at}aol.com[SMTP:Presrvtnst{at}aol.com]
> > Reply To: stormreports{at}casi-internal
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 1:19 PM
> > To: stormreports{at}casi-internal
> > Subject: [CASI-SR] Suprise in North Carolina!
> >
> > Suprise in North Carolina! We were predicted to have recieved a dusting
> of
> >
> > snow, topped with some sleet and freezing rain today. Instead, by three
> > o'clock this morning we already had 2 inches on the gound and moderate
> > snow.
> > Accumulation is pretty much over with now, and I have about 5-6 inches
> on
> > the
> > ground in High Point, NC. Unlike most wet southern snowfalls, this is
> very
> >
> > powdery and dry. Six inches of snow has pretty much shut the Piedmont
> > Triad
> > down, schools and government closed as are several businesses. At 10 am
> > main
> > roads are still slush covered here, and it remains cloudy and in the
> > twenties.
> > Last measurable snow here in the Triad was December of 1997 (4.5 in).
> More
> >
> > expected this weekend?
> > Very nice suprise for us here in Carolina! Goes to show how difficult
> our
> > snow forecasting can be...
> >
>
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