Thursday, January 20, 2005
Recap of yesterday's snow
Jason Samenow @ 1:00 AM
I launched this blog on February 2, 2004. Since then, amazingly, National Airport (DCA) has yet to record 1" of snow from a single storm and that includes yesterday's "event." Surprisingly, the official total at DCA was just 0.8". Most areas, however, picked up at least an inch (average snowfall was just under 2"), with some isolated three inch amounts. Overall, CapitalWeather's forecast of an "1 inch or so" was a bit conservative (although spot on if you go by the airports), but in the ballpark (and better than the "dusting to 1 inch" forecast from one of the local TV stations).
Here is a sampling of totals reported to the National Weather Service (click link for full list):
| Reagan National Airport, VA: 0.8"
Dulles Airport, VA: 1.1" Baltimore Washington International Airport, MD: 1.0" NW Washington, DC: 2" Annapolis, MD: 3" Bowie, MD: 3" Germantown, MD: 1.8" East Falls Church, VA: 2" Arlington, VA: 2" Fairfax, VA: 1.5" Vienna, VA: 1" Sterling, VA: 1.4" |  |
Steve, Potomac, MD: 2"
CKM, N. Arlington, VA: 2"
Matt, NW Washington: 1.5"
JTF, Bowie, MD: 3"
Debbie, Reston, VA: 1.5"
Jonathan, Fredericksburg, VA: 1-1.5"
Finally, some news accounts of yesterday's storm:
The Icing on the Cake for Harried Commuters (Washington Post)
First Snowstorm Stalls the Region (Washington Post)
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Downtown Washington Photos (Farragut North area) by Matt Ross, CapitalWeather.com contributor
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