the models are all over the place but for sure DCA will get something ... and WV might get spanked.
Pro met comment this morning ... "We still have considerable spread among the models, ranging from the armageddon GFS scenario to the fish storm as shown by NAM/Canadian."
Bring it armagedd-ON!
Heading for Snowshoe and hoping to get snowed in!!!
Hmmm....toilet paper! Don't forget the toilet paper! Its been proven that once the mass histeria sets in and the milk and bread is gone from the shelves the hordes of mothers with squalling babies attached to them turn to toilet paper to comfort themselves.
Me...I prefer beer. mmmmm...beer!
All,
You all forgot the 10 Lbs of ground beef as well
-Warren-
You know they use toilet paper to keep warm during the inevitable black out/power outage that will occur when snow reaches depths of anything greater 3/16th of one inch.
Keep back I have a demi baguette and I'm not afraid to use it. You ever seen a man bludgeoned with a day old stale loaf of bread? not pretty buddy not pretty
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I parry your flimsy ficelle and stomp on your crusty bagels!
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I'm new to the DC area, do I have to wait until it starts snowing before I abandon my car on the beltway?
There are a few trains of thought on this one. The first is that you drive excessively slowly, this shouldn't be influenced by how much snow is on the ground, you should be travelling slowly enough that it causes everyone around you to get frustrated and do stupid things resulting in a crash.
The next option is to drive faster than you're vehicle is capable resulting in causing you and others around you to crash.
The third is to drive an AWD vehicle or as they are known to some in the area "invincibility machines". These should be driven rapidly and as close to the person in front as possible. Feel free to practice your surprised face you'll need this when you crash because the vehicle didn't stop like you thought it should.
If you own a rear wheel drive vehicle you are obligated to spin it out on an exit ramp.
After anyone of these you may abandon your car on the beltway.
The final option, but not one we like to follow, is to drive with some common sense.
You lost me man..you got AWD (I'll toss in 4wd with that) and rear wheel drive..both you covered quite well...what about front wheel drive? Don't tell me I have to drive all the way home and not get the chance to abandon my car...
My first exposure to the whole DC snow driving experience was back in 92 or 93...g/f and I were downtown DC xmas eve, started to snow, we were ice skating on the Mall, life was grand, perfect xmas eve. Then came time to go home...OMG
We went for the GW parkway to get to the beltway to get back up to Hillandale...3 hours...it alternated between pockets of no vehicles to a cluster so tight it could turn coal into diamonds. I was amazed....funny..hasn't improved in the past 14 years or so..I'm surprised by that..really..I am..honest
Steve
Eh front wheel drive plus studds kicks ass in the snow, I am normally the fastest car on the backroads around here in the snow. It could be those rally lessons I took a couple years back.........
Tsk, tsk, Bushwacker.
This is the 'how to behave like a DC resident faced with a 3/16" snowstorm thread'; no paying attention or other competence.
PS Honda CRXs spin like tops, any dc'er'll tell ya.
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
241 PM EST THU FEB 9 2006
MDZ001-PAZ030-032-WVZ023-041-100345-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.A.0003.060211T1200Z-060212T1200Z/
GARRETT-WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-PRESTON-TUCKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...GREENSBURG...
NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...UNIONTOWN...
CONNELLSVILLE...OHIOPYLE...KINGWOOD...TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...
DAVIS...THOMAS
241 PM EST THU FEB 9 2006
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
A STORM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT THE STORM WILL MOVE UP THE
APPALACHIANS SPREADING ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO THE WATCH AREA
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY
OF THE STORM.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
$$
Is this still the case? Or has it changed?