NorthArlington101

Hi everyone! I'm looking to see if anyone here would like to be interviewed for a fun little story I'm working on with the Capital Weather Gang... some of my Twitter networking has paid off. The story is about weather hobbyists and tools/tips you have to get the weather, how your friends/colleagues have come to know you as the "weather guy/girl." If anyone is interested, shoot me a private message or reply to this message and we'll try and work something out. I've already talked to a couple meteorologists so I'm looking for non-degreed folk of any age/background.

BWI: 103 IAD: 101 DCA: 103 RIC: 104

These last two days have been the nicest days of the year. I’m not looking forward to real heat.

I agree it’s more than the 0 times an elementary schooler should be dragged out of school in handcuffs (minus extraordinary circumstances), but hardly frequently, that’s unfair. But fine, there could definitely be overreactions. I’ll concede that.

nobody is gonna get arrested for hugging someone. Unless arrested = suspended

Getting Chipotle for the first time in months today. Very excited.

Some interesting notches on these storms.

As much of a weenie as I am and love to reference those, they’ve been horrible the last couple threats. They are always the last to show snow.

haha, we got NAM’d (by May standards) edit: meh, I take it back. Looked better on TTT but pivotal maps aren’t much changed.

18z NAM is snowy for the usual areas. Probably even gives DCA a T, which is a massive win.

GEFS shifted in a positive direction... went from nada to a .3” mean across the board, more west. Unreal image for this date 84 hours out.

fringed. time to travel down to Cville to chase.

Another get-together would be so great. I’m finally at an age where I wouldn’t feel like a total weirdo going. At this stage of my life it’s probably networking, honestly.

it’s sad that the GFS is so bad. that said, I’m in.

If anyone thinks they are going to a pool that isn’t in their own backyard or HOA this summer, I’ve got a bridge to sell them. Maybe that’s too pessimistic, but we’ll see.

It’s gonna be interesting to see what some of my peers do. I love college, but I also want my degree and want to find a job after I graduate. Not sure I’ll delay myself for a semester+, but many of my friends are seriously considering taking a gap semester or year. Online sucks for the college experience, but it was actually pretty good for my GPA. Professors are more lenient when we are online.

Happy to share! I'll sum the whole thing up here because it may be useful to others. Essentially, UVA sent the students a survey to test our enthusiasm (and willingness to pay) for three different scenarios in the Fall A semi-regular semester, starting on-time, where we have seven-week intensive classes along with a regular semester. Classes that require in-persona activities (labs, discussions) might be on the back-end of the semester. Larger classes are likely online. A month delay, then hopefully we return to normal. We start online and on-time and progress to normalcy as soon as possible. They also tossed out some extra ideas, including Weekend classes to allow for more space No classes with 50+ (a placeholder number) people meeting in-person in order to allow smaller lectures to meet in larger spaces, hence meeting social distancing requirements Classes until 10:00pm to allow for more space They also emphasized that if we return, students will likely need to wear masks and abide by social distancing restrictions. They asked us if we'd be willing to enforce that rules for ourselves and engage in healthy peer pressure for other students, which I found kind of funny. I'm skeptical we head back, honestly. First-year dorms, where students share bathrooms, hallways, and live in tiny tiny rooms seem light the nightmare scenario for a contagious disease. Our dining halls are literally set up like prisons (Amarak, a prison food contractor, provides our food), and every single class I've ever taken would violate social distancing protocols.

if you isolated the elderly and vulnerable, the University would lose about half of its professors and a decent portion of its general services staff! I wish all my professors were young and super healthy, but I like the 70+ ones who have been battling cancer on and off as well.

UVA sent out an email yesterday that very highly implies that I won’t be having a normal Fall semester. Many colleges aren’t getting back to normal anytime soon, I fear. Probably goes jails > nursing homes > colleges in ability to quickly spread a virus.

Yep, that’s what I’m saying! Think we agree on what this thread is. I agree with Mappy though that we need this place as a nice spillover pond. Probably a more elegant analogy out there, haha.

agreed! that would also work if we wanted to kill this thread. I avoid that thread because I don’t like knowing political leanings when we are all just weather nerds at heart. This thread hasn’t helped that logic though, haha

IMO, the sole benefit is that largely prevents any spillover of this discussion into other threads. This thread was only ever meant for thinly (or not) veiled partisan bickering. Nobody should be coming here for news or good takes

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