January Discobs 2025

[diatae]

Currently 7. What a time!

[WxUSAF]

Car thermometer showed 5 driving through USDA farms in beltsville 

[87storms]

Thick frost alert

[GramaxRefugee]

low of 4

[WVclimo]

My low was -4 for the third straight morning.  The CWOP station at the orchard that borders my property recorded a low of -6.

[Terpeast]

The snow got its sparkle back. I guess bitter cold temps does that. And the creek behind my house is frozen solid. Probably safe to skate on (not that I’ll actually do it)

[clueless]

Car temp read 4 at 7:45am. 

[adelphi_sky]

6 minutes ago, clueless said:

Car temp read 4 at 7:45am. 

Saw mine at 7F when dropping the kids off to school at 8am.

[Herb@MAWS]

Thursday morning low IMBY 4.5, east side of Columbia. 

[adelphi_sky]

20 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Car thermometer showed 5 driving through USDA farms in beltsville 

I hear that's a nice scenic bike route as well.

[GramaxRefugee]

2 hours ago, H2O said:

My temp is 8°. Coldest morning this week. Both days that FCPS did a 2 hr delay the low here was only 13-14°. But now that it’s colder everything is on time. SMH

A drunkard doesn't care how foolish he looks. (Eh, many of us have been there). But the next day, he regrets it; and might even apologize to his friends. Public schools, OTOH, don't care and will apparently never care.

Temp up to 8 on the drive in.

[Herb@MAWS]

UHI effect alive and well this morning around 7-8am

DCA  15

IAD     3

BWI    6

[T. August]

5.1°. This is the coldest temp imby I believe since January of 2014.

[aldie 22]

38 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Car thermometer showed 5 driving through USDA farms in beltsville 

Do you pass my old High School (High Point) on your way into work? It's been so long since i've been back there i'm not sure i could find it anymore without GPS

[WxUSAF]

26 minutes ago, adelphi_sky said:

I hear that's a nice scenic bike route as well.

Yes lots of bikers in warmer weather 

7 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

Do you pass my old High School (High Point) on your way into work? It's been so long since i've been back there i'm not sure i could find it anymore without GPS

No, that’s farther west than I go

[snowmagnet]

I have a question for someone at NWS about the "Cold Advisory"  that they issue.  We all had a Cold Advisory that originally started Monday night which originally  continued to Thursday at 10 or 11 am (which completely made sense).  However, when I saw that they changed it to end yesterday, I couldn't understand why,   I read the forecast discussion about it on Tuesday night to see what had changed, and they mentioned that they didn't think the temperatures met the criteria.  However, most of the DMV entire area was forecast to be in the single digits (I'm in Fairfax county), and it was actually 6 degrees at my house at 5 am.  It wasn't this cold on Tuesday when we did have a "cold advisory".  I'm just confused about the criteria for the advisory if we didn't meet that today. I assume that is why several school systems went on time today despite it actually being forecast to be colder than Tuesday (and it was in reality as well).   

[mitchnick]

9 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

Do you pass my old High School (High Point) on your way into work? It's been so long since i've been back there i'm not sure i could find it anymore without GPS

Did they change the name to High Point the day after you graduated?  

[snowmagnet]

3 hours ago, mappy said:

And no 2hr delay, despite temps being in the same 0-5 ballpark compared to the last two days where there was a 2hr delay. LOL

Wow.  Where you live it would definitely make sense!  There seems to be no rhyme or reason for school decisions sometimes.  

[katabatic]

3 hours ago, mappy said:

And no 2hr delay, despite temps being in the same 0-5 ballpark compared to the last two days where there was a 2hr delay. LOL

Being in NY yesterday irt schools was interesting. I was (endlessly) digging out my car and it was -16 and the day before mby had over 50 inches of snow. And what goes lumbering by at 7 AM? School buses. A small parade of them with kids inside. I know they are used to the snow, but was just a pretty stark juxtaposition to our area.  

[mattie g]

35 minutes ago, GramaxRefugee said:

A drunkard doesn't care how foolish he looks. (Eh, many of us have been there). But the next day, he regrets it; and might even apologize to his friends. Public schools, OTOH, don't care and will apparently never care.

Temp up to 8 on the drive in.

I prefer to think that they made a decision based on how things played out during the two days prior, i.e., that there was no issue with the buses and so school could start on time.

[mattie g]

I wore gaiter for a bit on my walk this morning. The steam from breathing collected on my eyelashes, which then froze pretty solid.

[ThePhotoGuy]

9.3 for the low. 

[hstorm]

12 minutes ago, mattie g said:

I prefer to think that they made a decision based on how things played out during the two days prior, i.e., that there was no issue with the buses and so school could start on time.

This makes the most sense, but FCPS should also do a better job of explaining its decisions.  As it is, the contrived reasons and/or non-explanations for recent delay and cancellation decisions beg the conclusion that they are just being arbitrary.

[snowmagnet]

12 minutes ago, mattie g said:

I prefer to think that they made a decision based on how things played out during the two days prior, i.e., that there was no issue with the buses and so school could start on time.

They clearly are not paying attention to teachers who have schools and  classrooms that are 50 degrees or for walkers, or kids waiting at bus stops for 10 or more minutes.  Many of the kids around here either do not own or don't have outerwear equipped for this kind of weather.  And not all the parents are able to drive their walkers to school. 

[Interstate]

16 minutes ago, mattie g said:

I prefer to think that they made a decision based on how things played out during the two days prior, i.e., that there was no issue with the buses and so school could start on time.

That is BS.  There were no problems either of the previous two days.  The only thing different is there was not a WInd Chill Advisory this morning.  If they were late the pervious two days because of temps... they should have been late today.  There was no reason for 2 hours late or closures for the last three days.

[mitchnick]

2 minutes ago, Interstate said:

That is BS.  There were no problems either of the previous two days.  The only thing different is there was not a WInd Chill Advisory this morning.  If they were late the pervious two days because of temps... they should have been late today.  There was no reason for 2 hours late or closures for the last three days.

Sure there was. They don't count late starts against minimum school days, so no need for makeups or virtual class.

[Interstate]

2 minutes ago, snowmagnet said:

They clearly are not paying attention to teachers who have schools and  classrooms that are 50 degrees or for walkers, or kids waiting at bus stops for 10 or more minutes.  Many of the kids around here either do not own or don't have outerwear equipped for this kind of weather.  And not all the parents are able to drive their walkers to school. 

So you are saying kids do not have a winter coat, gloves, and a hat?  That is really all that is needed.  If they do not have that equipment... They cannot be possibly be dressed for any weather under freezing.  Most if not all Elementary school kids have a parent at the bus stop or walking them to school.  Yes it was cold, but not two hours late cold.  Plus it did not warm up that much... so those kids face the same thing going home.

[Interstate]

Just now, mitchnick said:

Sure there was. They don't count late starts against minimum school days, so no need for makeups or virtual class.

Oh I know... that is why they were two hours late.  Any time a school district can be two hours late, they will be, and it is not about the kids.  How much did the temp really warm in those 2 hours?  1 or 2 degrees.  Everyone needs to read between the lines.  It is just like giving half days just because the marking period ended.

[midatlanticweather]

This morning, I hit -3 for the low. I thought the last time we were this cold was back in 2014. I then had this memory pop up on Facebook! In 2014, on January 23, I hit -6.1 degrees! That is the attachment here! January 23, 2014, exactly 11 years ago! LOL!

 

[Negnao]

Any observations of ice on Potomac or bay? This map seems overdone.