I don't trust this place one bit. A few years ago I planted some annuals a little early and we got down to 23 in the last week of April. I am waiting until May.
I was flipping through pictures and was amazed at how crazy March 2014 was. We had March 3 with 5-6 inches with temps in the TEENS the next day. Then about 10" on March 17 and I think it might have snowed one more time at the end of the month.
I agree with Mappy though and this 6-10 day outlook pleases me
Interesting USA Today article on La Nina and this year's severe season:
The temperature of the water in the central and eastern tropical Pacific during February 2021 is similar to the La Niña pattern in February 2011," AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.
Pastelok said the mid- to lower-Mississippi Valley and the mid-Atlantic regions will have the highest risk for severe weather this spring.
Link
Wow 45 inches total in Manchester? That's incredible. Here are the airport numbers for comparison:
DCA: 5.3 (most in one day 2.3)
Dulles: 11.8 (most in one day 3.0)
BWI: 10.0 (most in one day 3.8)
DCA has a grand total of three days of max 32 or below, and all three were 31 or 32.
It's understandable since so many have missed the good snows with every system this winter, and this would have been an amazing thump had it been snow. It's frustrating.
Rain/sleet mix and 26. LOL zone forecast still has 3-5" new snow for today. Please let this 8-14 day outlook be right. I hope a huge SE ridge sets up and puts a bullet between the eyes of this pathetic winter.
I don't know what DC got but the Valentines sleet bomb of 2007 was one of the craziest things I've seen with hours of heavy sleet accumulating 4-8 inches in central MD. It was pouring off our roof after the gutter was full and left a 20" deep ridge just outside the garage door. Some places got a period of freezing rain at the end that solidified it so bad that cars were cemented in place.
This is one I actually hope falls apart. Ice storms are good for nothing -- see the devastating 100-car pileup that has happened in Texas with 5 dead and dozens injured due to ice.
Talk about a nightmare. I lived in Calvert for that and we got 5 or so inches of wet snow followed by driving rain and a spike to 52 degrees. Watching news coverage from N&W of the city was heart breaking. It played a role in me picking NW suburbs when I locked into a long-term job based in DC. I just didn't go quite far enough NW.
Check out this cold smoke forecast for Dallas. They have forecast highs of 32 or below 5 of the next 7 days. DCA won't have one 32 or below max this entire winter.
Only 1.5" in the snow hole of Germantown while places 15 miles away get 4-5" yet again. Frederick has seen multiple WSW level snows and we haven't had one since 2019. Give me a warm shutout winter like last year over this crap any time. BRING ON SPRING
I'm numb to it now. I never bought into this one knowing it would somehow fail. I'm convinced we finish a second straight winter without a WSW level snow. Trip to Dallas for their cold smoke snowstorm Monday with temps in the teen and 20s? LOL