January 4 2018

Roads are covered in with snow and ice this morning. This view was in Arlington VA at 2 AM from one of my clients out treating the pavement. The best advise I can give for traveling is that not all roads are the same. Some treated will be wet but could get snow blown over. Plus its cold enough to refreeze quickly. Other roads are just covered and slick. School delays and closings are widespread.

Watches and Warnings

Amazing GOES Satellite

Bombongeneis is the formal term for a storm dropping 24 mb in air pressure in 24 hours. This storm may drop 48 mb in that time frame.

14 Loop from GOES 16

Watch the storm wrap up and bomb out quickly over the past 14 hours.

Morning Temperatures

Wind Chills are in the low teens and single digits

Stats For January 4

Normal High: 42ºF

Record High: 70ºF in 2000

Normal Low: 25ºF

Record Low: 4ºF in 1918

Snow Record: 1.8″ in 1980

Sunrise: 7:26 AM

Sunset 4:57 PM

*Daylight = 47 seconds longer than yesterday

*Bay Water Temperature = 36ºF at Thomas Pt. Light House

Seasonal Snow To Date (at BWI): 4.3″

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Winds Whip Up During The Morning

‘Near’ blizzard conditions away from the beaches with blowing snow after it stops falling.

Winds will increase all morning as the snow pulls away

Wind Chills Another Factor

These numbers will be similar from morning to afternoon.

Morning Radar

Doppler Radar may have trouble showing all of the fine snow flakes, but this depiction shows the heaviest snow band. This has been wobbling around the west and west side of I-83 and Baltimore. This helps prove the sharp cutoff mentioned in all the forecasts leading up to this event.

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Snow Amounts

East Gets The Beast, Less West

Here is my snow-cast from yesterday

Please note that a shift of 50 miles west could double your snow totals, while a 50 mile shift east can cut them in half or off all together.

A: Dusting to 2 Inches
B: 2 to 4 Inches
C: 3 to 6 inches
D: 6 to 12 inches

May The Flakes Be With You

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COLD AIR/Wind Chill Advisory Friday To Saturday Morning

Looking Ahead:

Temperature Outlook

Ice May Arrive With Warmer Air

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