All time record snowfall for BAL-DC region?
Posted by
Fred on 2/5/2010, 1:19 pm
RECORD SNOWFALL FORECAST IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON DC REGION...
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT...
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY
FALLING BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT TO PRODUCE NEAR-BLIZZARD AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED TONIGHT AND WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS.
LOOKING BACK AT THE BIGGEST STORM OF RECORD FOR WASHINGTON DC... THE
JANUARY 1922 KNICKERBOCKER STORM...28.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS
PRODUCED FROM 3.02 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER. CURRENT FORECASTS FOR
THIS EVENT HAVE TOTAL LIQUID FALLING FROM THIS STORM APPROACHING 3
INCHES...WHICH ACCORDINGLY WOULD CREATE A SNOWFALL THAT WILL RIVAL
THE KNICKERBOCKER STORM TOTAL. GENERALLY ACROSS THE REGION...20 TO
30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY SATURDAY EVENING.
BALTIMORES RECORD OF 26.8 INCHES FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003
STORM WILL ALSO BE THREATENED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30
INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS
WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
OCCURRING FROM SUNSET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.
* VISIBILITIES...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE-QUARTER MILE
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN HEAVY SNOW. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH THE SNOW ALONG THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL
POTOMAC RIVER TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO WELL BELOW ONE-QUARTER
MILE...PRODUCING NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH LATE TODAY. GUSTS OF 20
TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...HIGHER NEAR THE COAS |
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JAC,
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- All time record snowfall for BAL-DC region? - Fred, 2/5/2010, 1:19 pm
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- Latest SREF - JAC, 2/5/2010, 7:41 am
- Heavy Snow - Shenadoah Valley - JAC, 2/5/2010, 7:38 am
- All depends on the Theta-E Feed - JAC, 2/4/2010, 2:45 pm
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