Thursday, November 29, 2007

Storm Mode

Had to go back into dork mode with this post... we are officially in storm mode in Washington, DC...

Really? Storm off the coast of California, trough coming in to the Western U.S., cold air present in the Mid-Atlantic... Everything is coming together for a weekend storm. Exact timing, track, and intensity, as well as how much cold air is present in our area at the onset of the storm, will determine what type of precipitation falls when. My guess as of 7:00 pm Thursday is that it starts out as snow and/or sleet, changes to rain for a while, and then as the secondary storm forms off the East Coast, the precipitation may change back over to frozen variety. That is the guess now. If the storm is stronger and/or goes further north, there will be more warm air and thusly less frozen precipitation. However, if the storm stays weaker and/or pulls to the south, there will be more cold air, and hopefully more frozen-variety precipitation. I'll stay on the situation and come out with a better prediction either later tonight or tomorrow morning.

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