George BM

That's my favorite video from that event. The day Cedar Rapids, Iowa became 'Rapids, Iowa'.

IAD with a 44kt (51mph) wind gust. RMK AO2 PK WND 19044/1600 T02330128

Here you go.

Marginal temps yada yada... I'm kind of surprised there's no thread for this yet considering that ,especially, northwestern areas could definitely see a burst of snow w/ some accumulations possible.

IAD already gusting up to 42kts(48mph). METAR KIAD 071452Z 20027G42KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2982 RMK AO2 PK WND 20042/1451 SLP097 T02170133 58019

IAD has hit 78F today.

Perhaps we get our first MRGL of the year?....

Happy four year anniversary to all!

Happy Meteorological Spring to ya skaliwags!

SPC risk days in Washington, DC 2022: SLGT+ Days: 22 (One of these days featured a macroburst with max winds est. 125mph through the Rockville area) ENH+ Days: 8 (One of these days brought an 81mph wind gust to DCA) MDT+ Days: 3 (one flop, one overperformer with tornadoes (strongest being an EF-3 w/ 165mph)) HIGH Days: 1 (over performer with significant winds comparable to the Cedar Rapids Derecho of 2020)

That would explain a few rogue 5 inch ice accretion reports.

I should have mentioned this before the melting but... When measuring ice accretion on twigs/small branches remember... Measure the amount of ice on top of the branch and also the amount of ice (not icicles) hanging under the branch add the two measurements up then divide by 2. Ex: 0.2" ice on top of twig with 0.1" of non-icicle ice below the twig gets you (0.2+0.1)/2 = 0.3/2 = 0.15" of ice accretion

IAD at 33/30 with light rain/drizzle.

I'd take the 15F rain.

Light rain. Herndon, VA.

Got a few raindrops 20-30 minutes ago in Herndon. Wonder if we see rain/sleet?

IAD has reached 76F as of a few minutes ago.

IAD at 74F.

Dulles Airport just gusted up to 42kts (48mph).

Good thing the CFSv2 is going to end up dead wrong and it's before the spring barrier anyway (spoiler it wants another Mod LN next winter). (Not that you put any trust in the CFSv2 or any climate model for that matter.)

The certificate for tropical tidbits just expired. Hopefully they'll get a new one at some point today.

Perhaps we actually get hit by a decent Cape Verde storm this year...

THIS 100%! I'm an extreme weather weenie, NOT a sane normal human-being. I want the extremes. Give me a nice icing event over 30s and rain any day. We get more than enough of the latter. Five inches of ice accretion like during the Great Ice Storm of 1998 in Ontario would be quite interesting.

IAD just gusted to 48kts (55mph). RMK AO2 PK WND 29048/1822 T00781106

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