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Charles County also gave students tomorrow off.

In Northern VA, only Loudoun and Manassas Park haven't yet decided to close schools on Monday. In MD, only PG decided yet to close schools. https://wtop.com/closings-and-delays/

Visibility down towards 1/2 mile in Arlington VA. ((WHO worked to dump this much s*** on me??))

At 2 pm, I had 6.7 inches in Arlington VA. I got my car mostly cleaned off, was too cold to continue, went inside and around 3 pm it started sticking again. Eyeball guesstimate: ANOTHER 3/4 to one inch.

As of 1055 am: 6.2" in Arlington VA. Intellicast showed some pink for a while just to my south, but then it turned blue again.

5.7" in Arlington VA.

The latest from LWX: .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Forecast is largely on track this morning as surface low moves eastward from Tennessee and redevelops along the North Carolina coastline before moving east-northeastward and out to sea tonight. At the same time, the upper level trough will close off this afternoon and track overhead this evening. Widespread light to moderate snow is being observed this morning with generally 2-4" already reported across the area as of 3 AM. Continued light to moderate snow, with occasional heavier bursts, is expected through today for much of the region as isentropic lift and upper level forcing persist through the day, with a couple exceptions. Drier air will work into portions of northern/western MD and eastern WV after sunrise, and this will curtail snow amounts/intensity. Additionally, warmer air will push northward into portions of central VA and southern MD, introducing sleet/rain/freezing rain to that region heading into Sunday morning. Between these areas the most significant amounts are expected to occur. Models are also indicating that a deformation band may occur again late this afternoon and evening as the upper level low traverses, and this is currently progged to occur near the I-95 corridor, with the localized highest amounts likely where this sets up. Total snowfall amounts expected to range from 6-10" across the DC metro area and across much of northern VA, tapering to 4-7" north towards the PA/MD border where drier air will cut down on amounts, and 4-8" towards southern MD and central VA near Spotsylvania/Orange/Albemarle where mixing occurs. In these areas, a light glaze to up to a tenth of an inch of ice is also forecast. Snow will then taper off and end during the overnight hours. Highs today generally 28-35F, with lows tonight in the 20s. &&

VDOT plows already onboard in SW VA. http://vdotplows.org/

http://vdotplows.org/ Covering all of VA except for NOVA, Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.

DCA hit 32 as of 3 am on the 11th.

Update: NWS is calling for 30F for DCA and 27F for RIC.

The actual date would be the 11th. NWS is calling for RIC to hit it. It's warmed up to 31F at DCA, so close call. What a switch since 11 Oct.

LWX note about where yesterday's freeze was: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1021 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2018 ...GROWING SEASON ENDED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND, EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA, THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA... WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND, EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA, THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THEREFORE, THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED, AND FROST AND FREEZE HEADLINES WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED THIS YEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: EASTERN AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY MD CLARKE COUNTY VA EASTERN AND WESTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY VA FREDERICK COUNTY VA PAGE COUNTY VA ROCKINGHAM COUNTY VA SHENANDOAH COUNTY VA WARREN COUNTY VA BERKELEY COUNTY WV EASTERN AND WESTERN GRANT COUNTY WV EASTERN AND WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY WV EASTERN AND WESTERN PENDLETON COUNTY WV HAMPSHIRE COUNTY WV HARDY COUNTY WV JEFFERSON COUNTY WV MORGAN COUNTY WV $$

From AKQ: (snip) .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/... Attention turns to the srn stream system currently over SE TX for tonight through Sat. The operational models have trended toward a (slightly) more amplified system (the past 24 hours)...allowing more pcpn to be thrown back to the NW. RA likely will be the dominant ptype in ern/SE VA and NE NC...while SN is favor far NW. In between...the battle line will be drawn (basically centered along a line from SBY-RIC-AVC). The more amplified the system...the more potential for warming (in the mid levels)...though w/ marginal thermal profile/cold air in place...more QPF doesn`t necessarily mean more SN accum. There are differences in thickness/thermal profiles from model to model...and since there has been no cold air up until now...any SN accums difficult to determine...and P-rate/SN-rate likely to determine whether there is any impact on roads. The arrival of the upper level system on Sat may be enough to aid in cooling the column (w/ better UVM)...and bring a higher potential for SN across the FA (esp from central VA to interior lower SE MD). For now...will be holding off on any winter headlines (after coordination w/ nearby offices). Also...will have a rather wide zone of mix RA/SN centered along a line from AVC-PTB/RIC-XSA-SBY from tonight into Sat. Forecast SN accums 1-4 inches over the piedmont in VA to far interior lower SE MD...up to 1 inch to an EMV-PHF-OXB line. RA may mix w/ or end as little SN near the coast in ern/SE VA and over NE NC as pcpn diminishes (W-E) Sat afternoon through Sat evening. Cold but dry Sun w/ highs around 40F. (Lows Sat night m-u20s inland...l30s right at the coast in SE VA-NE NC). (snip)

Calvert just got added to the WSW. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 427 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 MDZ018-071730- /O.UPG.KLWX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170107T2000Z/ /O.EXA.KLWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ CALVERT- 427 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW ON ROADS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 427 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 MDZ017-071730- /O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ ST. MARYS- 427 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW ON ROADS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$

I have some unfond memories of how long it took to break into my car in 1994. A selling point for remote car starters.

Agreed. I was around in Fairfax VA for what I call GW 1979 and it was miserable with icicles as thick as my arm dangling from the roof. What a surprise. ((IIRC, the mets blew the forecast, but they didn't have all today's toys.)) Jan 96 in Woodbridge was less bad for me. ((If anyone looks, the mid-February Federal holiday is STILL officially Washington's birthday. The term President's Day did not start coming into common usage until after MLK Day became a federal holiday in 1986 and some states gave up Lincoln's Birthday as a holiday in exchange. I call the Feb 22-24 1987 KU storm (a surprise to me) GWII -a quick foot plus of snow that melted within a couple of days.))