oh this is going to get bad...

[acroyear]

the temps are going to drop, FAST, as in into the 20s by noon.  the next big snow waves will be the fine crystal of last weekend rather than the heavy clumping stuff of yesterday.  What we're going to get today is the actual front from the west (an west->east low over north carolina border) rather than the super-moisture noreaster of last night, which is moving on to new england.

This means...

• anything melted, even with chemical, stands a chance of refreezing into ice, and in the daytime at that
  
• you won't see it because it will be buried by the continuing snow
• the snow will HURT your face while you're shoveling
• unlike yesterday's solid stuff that shoveled so nicely, this stuff will drift - every 5 inches you shovel will be filled up again by 2 just from what falls next to your shovel path.
• it will also suck for snowballs - kids, you'll have to dig a couple of inches down to get the good stuff
  

in short, today is teh suck.  big time.

IAD (Dulles) had a roof collapse on a hanger - private planes damaged.  DCA canceled everything today.

Comments

[chameleon613.livejournal.com]

This is one of the few times that living in an a apartment is actually really nice...no walk for me to shovel and all I really have to do is go excavate my car once this stops or whenever I decide to venture out.

(My awesome and wonderful super, on the other hand, does appear to be making periodic laps with a snow blower over the sidewalks to try and keep up with this, although the reason I can see this is there's only 6" or so on the ground where he's been as opposed to the...how tall is your average wheel well on a car?...on the ground otherwise.)

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Hm. My cousin's Dupont Circle 2p snowball fight sounds like less of a good idea.... When is the snowtype change expected?

Hm. closer to home: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1882211

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

oh, i think dupont circle will be just fine, especially as there's an "armory" around of the snow already pushed off the roads and sidewalks in the area. as i said, dig an inch or two down and you can get to the good stuff. :)

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

(was more concerned about the cold and blowing eviltype snow. thoughts?)

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

city will probably have less of a problem than us out in the 'burbs. have fun, and if it starts to hurt, get into a starbucks, stat!

[tomble.livejournal.com]

Wow, the whole concept of this sort of crazy cold and snow is really alien to me! I sort of wish I was there to experience it.