Herndon, VA
1:42pm EST - 6:42pm GMT Current Conditions
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Observation for Washington DC, VA (KIAD) as of 1:30pm EST (12 min ago)Temperature 34 °F 1 °C
Dew Point 30 °F -1 °C
Humidity 86%
Pressure 30.18 in 1022 mb
Wind Speed 3 MPH 3 kts
Wind Dir SE 140°
Ceiling 1000 ft 305 m
Visibility 0.75 mi 1.2 km
Wind Chill 31 °F -1 °C Temp | 24 Max | 24 Min | Dew Point | Pressure | Feels Like
Current Conditions Light Snow, Mist
Remarks 0.03" of precipitation last hour.
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3" inches of snow on ground at 12:52pm EST .
Other Local Stations: KDCA - Washington DC, DC KFDK - Frederick, MD KHEF - Manassas Municipal Automatic Weather Observing, VA KIAD - Washington DC, VA KJYO - Leesburg, VA KIAD KJYO KHEF KDCA KFDK
Severe Weather Statements
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Type Issue Time Expire Time Expires In
Winter Storm Warning Fri, Feb 5, 9:04am EST Fri, Feb 5, 5:15pm EST 3 hrs, 32 mins
Winter Storm Warning Fri, Feb 5, 11:54am EST Fri, Feb 5, 8:00pm EST 6 hrs, 17 mins
Special Weather Statement Fri, Feb 5, 12:34pm EST Fri, Feb 5, 8:45pm EST 7 hrs, 2 mins
National Weather Service Forecast
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Right Now Issued 11:00am EST -- Fri, Feb 5, 2010
Winter storm warning in effect until 10 pm est saturday. Much of north central virginia east of the blue ridge, and adjacent portions of maryland, will continue to see light to moderate snow into the early afternoon hours. A band of heavier snow continues from lower southern maryland, Northwestward across the southern and western dc suburbs. This band of snow has been generally slow moving for the past hour and will remain over the same general area into early afternoon. Visibilities will quickly be reduced to under a half mile, with localized areas under a quarter of a mile. This snow band will eventually begin to affect adjacent areas to the north, such as southern montgomery and prince georges counties, and into the district. Initial snowfall activity has led to mainly wet roadways, though accumulations will begin in earnest closer to the noon hour across the area, especially under this heavier band of snow. Use caution while driving late this morning as snowfall becomes heavier. Accumulations through 2 pm expected to be under an inch, though locally higher amounts of 1 to 2 inches will be possible under the heaviest activity.
Seven Day Forecast Issued 12:00pm EST -- Fri, Feb 5, 2010
This afternoon Snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Highs in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Tonight Snow. Areas of blowing snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Additional snow accumulation of 18 to 24 inches. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Saturday Snow. Areas of blowing snow in the morning. Areas of blowing snow in the afternoon. Total snow accumulation more than 2 feet. Highs around 30. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Saturday night Mostly cloudy with snow likely in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Little or no additional snow accumulation. Cold with lows around 12. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
Sunday Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
Sunday night Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 10 above.
Monday Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
Monday night Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
Tuesday Partly sunny with a chance of rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Tuesday night Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Lows in the mid 20s.
Wednesday Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
Wednesday night Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20.
Thursday Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s.
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05 February 2010
Region scrambles ahead of major storm 5FEB10
Ashley Halsey III
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 5, 2010; 6:36 AM
Wind-driven snow will begin to pelt the region with the ferocity of a summer thunderstorm Friday, according to forecasts, accumulating at a rate of three inches an hour during the worst of it and piling up more than two feet deep before it's over.
As the big storm bore down on the region and the record books, people surrendered to what seemed inevitable, preparing to shut down virtually everything that didn't need to be open. If form follows forecast, the snow will begin Friday morning, continue to fall well into Saturday and leave Sunday for the big dig-out and the Super Bowl.
Highway crews rolled out for their third all-hands deployment of the winter season, pre-treating roads and positioning plows and salt trucks, fully aware that nothing in their arsenal can keep pace with snow falling at two to three inches an hour.
"It's just going to be a continual plowing operation and keeping up the best we can," said Kellie Boulware of Maryland's State Highway Administration. "It's going to be a long weekend."
Winter-weary and weather-wise after an abundance of snow this season, residents trudged through the routine of stockpiling groceries and lining up at the gas pump to top off the tank. Facing the prospect of being home alone for the Super Bowl, many dropped by the liquor store.
The region's biggest employer ¿ the federal government ¿ said workers could take unscheduled leave Friday. Those federal employees who do come to work will be allowed to leave four hours early, the government said. and held open the possibility that all federal offices would close early Friday. Most local governments also offered leave or early closures. For the first time in 40 years, the Virginia legislature canceled all meetings during its annual session. The World Bank declared Friday a snow holiday "in the interest of staff safety."
School officials wrestled with the problem that most were out of snow days, before acknowledging the risk of sending school bus fleets out into a blizzard. There were myriad announcements of closings and early dismissals. Fairfax County was the first to cancel classes down in advance of the first snowflake, but Alexandria and Manassas and Spotsylvania, Arlington, Stafford, St. Mary's, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Charles counties quickly followed.
D.C. schools will close at noon; Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Howard and Anne Arundel schools are dismissing two to three hours early.
The storm will ride in on fierce winds and could produce thunder, said Dan Stillman of The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang|http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/. "It's going to be about as intense as you can get around here," he said. "An inch per hour or two inches may be more typical, but you could get up to three inches an hour for several hours."
The Capital Weather Gang said the snow probably would begin between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., intensifying through the afternoon and falling hard most of the night before tapering off Saturday afternoon and evening.
It would be just the third time in almost 60 years that the region has experienced two snowfalls in excess of 10 inches in one season.
Metro anticipated that snow and ice would impede bus service and was prepared to close aboveground portions of Metrorail once snowfall reached eight inches on the tracks and began to cover the electrified third rail.
Amtrak canceled some train service along the Eastern Seaboard for Friday and truncated the routes of other trains.
Airlines relaxed ticketing restrictions to help passengers who might otherwise be stranded, and they advised fliers to check before heading to the airports. "As in the last storm, we are still able to make adjustments as the storm comes along," said Rob Yingling, spokesman for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority|http://www.metwashairports.com/.. anticipating the struggle to clear runways and de-ice planes.
Lines were long at local airports Friday morning, as passengers rushed to get out of the area before the first flakes fell.
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) declared that a snow emergency would be in effect beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday, requiring residents to move vehicles parked on snow emergency routes to make clearing the roads easier.
The big message from the agencies tasked with plowing the roads was that people should stay home.
The brisk business at supermarkets Thursday indicated that many people planned to do just that. At a Harris Teeter grocery on Capitol Hill lines grew longer than normal at the cash registers.
"I'm being patient. It's not so bad," said Stacy Brophy, 38, as she stood in line with a cart full of bottled water, milk, tortilla rounds and other items.
Brophy, of Capitol Hill, said she put off shopping until the night before the big snowstorm in December and spent 261/27 hours in the store. "After the last ordeal, I was like, 'Never again,'." Brophy said.
At the Giant on Silver Hill Road in Suitland, snow prep was mixed up with the other big event scheduled to dominate the weekend: Super Bowl partying.
"My grandmother already keeps a closet full of toilet paper. I'm here for wings and sodas," said Vel Simmons, 31, of Largo. In her cart were food and soft drinks for a football party. "My brother is calling me like every five minutes: 'Get some chips. Get some ranch dip.' I don't know if anybody's going to make it to the house, but we're going to have enough food to survive two blizzards."
In Fairfax, crowds started gathering before dawn Thursday at the Safeway in the Belle View Shopping Center, stocking up for the snow and their Super Bowl parties. By midday, managers were handing out cookies to harried shoppers; Duraflame logs and ice melt pellets were running low; bananas were all gone; and the lines at all nine checkout counters were backed up into the aisles.
Safeway spokesman Craig M. Muckle pointed out that one thing shoppers will not find at area Safeway stores are snow shovels. "We sold out in December," he said.
The search for tools to battle the snow also proved futile At the Lowe's Home Improvement store in Largo, a sign said, "Sorry out of shovels and salt," but that didn't stop people from flocking in to ask for shovels and salt.
Some school districts are worrying that they'll have to lengthen the school year. In Maryland and Virginia, schools need to be in session for at least a half-day to avoid tallying a snow day. In Maryland, many school systems have taken four snow days this academic year ¿ all they had in their schedules. which is the maximum many have built into their schedules.
In Montgomery County, which has used all four of its snow days, educators will extend the school year if more days are needed, schools spokesman Dana Tofig said. Prince George's County has one day left, after which officials would extend the school year, spokeswoman Tanzi Wes said.
D.C. public schools have not used any snow days this year.
In Anne Arundel County, the schools have used their four snow days this year, and officials have put in a request to the state to waive two of those days, said Maneka S. Monk, a spokeswoman for the school system.
That might be tough, said William Reinhard, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Education. "We take very seriously the 180-day school requirement," he said. "I don't think there's anybody out there who'd suggest that American kids go to school for too many days."
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 5, 2010; 6:36 AM
Wind-driven snow will begin to pelt the region with the ferocity of a summer thunderstorm Friday, according to forecasts, accumulating at a rate of three inches an hour during the worst of it and piling up more than two feet deep before it's over.
As the big storm bore down on the region and the record books, people surrendered to what seemed inevitable, preparing to shut down virtually everything that didn't need to be open. If form follows forecast, the snow will begin Friday morning, continue to fall well into Saturday and leave Sunday for the big dig-out and the Super Bowl.
Highway crews rolled out for their third all-hands deployment of the winter season, pre-treating roads and positioning plows and salt trucks, fully aware that nothing in their arsenal can keep pace with snow falling at two to three inches an hour.
"It's just going to be a continual plowing operation and keeping up the best we can," said Kellie Boulware of Maryland's State Highway Administration. "It's going to be a long weekend."
Winter-weary and weather-wise after an abundance of snow this season, residents trudged through the routine of stockpiling groceries and lining up at the gas pump to top off the tank. Facing the prospect of being home alone for the Super Bowl, many dropped by the liquor store.
The region's biggest employer ¿ the federal government ¿ said workers could take unscheduled leave Friday. Those federal employees who do come to work will be allowed to leave four hours early, the government said. and held open the possibility that all federal offices would close early Friday. Most local governments also offered leave or early closures. For the first time in 40 years, the Virginia legislature canceled all meetings during its annual session. The World Bank declared Friday a snow holiday "in the interest of staff safety."
School officials wrestled with the problem that most were out of snow days, before acknowledging the risk of sending school bus fleets out into a blizzard. There were myriad announcements of closings and early dismissals. Fairfax County was the first to cancel classes down in advance of the first snowflake, but Alexandria and Manassas and Spotsylvania, Arlington, Stafford, St. Mary's, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Charles counties quickly followed.
D.C. schools will close at noon; Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Howard and Anne Arundel schools are dismissing two to three hours early.
The storm will ride in on fierce winds and could produce thunder, said Dan Stillman of The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang|http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/. "It's going to be about as intense as you can get around here," he said. "An inch per hour or two inches may be more typical, but you could get up to three inches an hour for several hours."
The Capital Weather Gang said the snow probably would begin between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., intensifying through the afternoon and falling hard most of the night before tapering off Saturday afternoon and evening.
It would be just the third time in almost 60 years that the region has experienced two snowfalls in excess of 10 inches in one season.
Metro anticipated that snow and ice would impede bus service and was prepared to close aboveground portions of Metrorail once snowfall reached eight inches on the tracks and began to cover the electrified third rail.
Amtrak canceled some train service along the Eastern Seaboard for Friday and truncated the routes of other trains.
Airlines relaxed ticketing restrictions to help passengers who might otherwise be stranded, and they advised fliers to check before heading to the airports. "As in the last storm, we are still able to make adjustments as the storm comes along," said Rob Yingling, spokesman for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority|http://www.metwashairports.com/.. anticipating the struggle to clear runways and de-ice planes.
Lines were long at local airports Friday morning, as passengers rushed to get out of the area before the first flakes fell.
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) declared that a snow emergency would be in effect beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday, requiring residents to move vehicles parked on snow emergency routes to make clearing the roads easier.
The big message from the agencies tasked with plowing the roads was that people should stay home.
The brisk business at supermarkets Thursday indicated that many people planned to do just that. At a Harris Teeter grocery on Capitol Hill lines grew longer than normal at the cash registers.
"I'm being patient. It's not so bad," said Stacy Brophy, 38, as she stood in line with a cart full of bottled water, milk, tortilla rounds and other items.
Brophy, of Capitol Hill, said she put off shopping until the night before the big snowstorm in December and spent 261/27 hours in the store. "After the last ordeal, I was like, 'Never again,'." Brophy said.
At the Giant on Silver Hill Road in Suitland, snow prep was mixed up with the other big event scheduled to dominate the weekend: Super Bowl partying.
"My grandmother already keeps a closet full of toilet paper. I'm here for wings and sodas," said Vel Simmons, 31, of Largo. In her cart were food and soft drinks for a football party. "My brother is calling me like every five minutes: 'Get some chips. Get some ranch dip.' I don't know if anybody's going to make it to the house, but we're going to have enough food to survive two blizzards."
In Fairfax, crowds started gathering before dawn Thursday at the Safeway in the Belle View Shopping Center, stocking up for the snow and their Super Bowl parties. By midday, managers were handing out cookies to harried shoppers; Duraflame logs and ice melt pellets were running low; bananas were all gone; and the lines at all nine checkout counters were backed up into the aisles.
Safeway spokesman Craig M. Muckle pointed out that one thing shoppers will not find at area Safeway stores are snow shovels. "We sold out in December," he said.
The search for tools to battle the snow also proved futile At the Lowe's Home Improvement store in Largo, a sign said, "Sorry out of shovels and salt," but that didn't stop people from flocking in to ask for shovels and salt.
Some school districts are worrying that they'll have to lengthen the school year. In Maryland and Virginia, schools need to be in session for at least a half-day to avoid tallying a snow day. In Maryland, many school systems have taken four snow days this academic year ¿ all they had in their schedules. which is the maximum many have built into their schedules.
In Montgomery County, which has used all four of its snow days, educators will extend the school year if more days are needed, schools spokesman Dana Tofig said. Prince George's County has one day left, after which officials would extend the school year, spokeswoman Tanzi Wes said.
D.C. public schools have not used any snow days this year.
In Anne Arundel County, the schools have used their four snow days this year, and officials have put in a request to the state to waive two of those days, said Maneka S. Monk, a spokeswoman for the school system.
That might be tough, said William Reinhard, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Education. "We take very seriously the 180-day school requirement," he said. "I don't think there's anybody out there who'd suggest that American kids go to school for too many days."
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