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D.C. area forecast: Shower chance late today, remaining mild until late week
A warmer than average pattern persists this week until a big cold front blasts through the region Thursday into Friday. Then, a seasonably chilly weekend. We see two rounds of showers this week: late today and again late Thursday with that big cold front.
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Should Reagan National Airport remain Washington, D.C.'s official weather station?
"I've argued for years that the U.S. Naval Observatory would be representative of the area, in elevation, temps, and snowfall."
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[November] had zero redeeming qualities. It was persistently and stubbornly cold, windy, not much sunshine, and yet, hardly any precipitation at all to help with the still-ongoing drought.
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Heavy snowstorm, 1973: Ten inches of snow accumulates in Washington, DC -- one of the heaviest December snowfalls on record.
DCZ001-MDZ014-VAZ054-180345- /O.CON.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ANNE ARUNDEL- ARLINGTONALEXANDRIA- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS IS 8:42 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT THE WASHINGTON CHANNEL IS 11:18 PM. HIGH TIDE AT ALEXANDRIA IS AT 11:36 PM LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
DCZ001-MDZ014-VAZ054-180345- /O.CON.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ANNE ARUNDEL- ARLINGTONALEXANDRIA- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS IS 8:42 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT THE WASHINGTON CHANNEL IS 11:18 PM. HIGH TIDE AT ALEXANDRIA IS AT 11:36 PM LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 216 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 MDZ005>007-010-011-014-180330- /O.NEW.KLWX.FG.Y.0027.121217T1916Z-121218T1100Z/ CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- ANNE ARUNDEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE... ANNAPOLIS 216 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...MAKING TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT AND INCREASING TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
DCZ001-MDZ014-VAZ054-180345- /O.CON.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ANNE ARUNDEL- ARLINGTONALEXANDRIA- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS IS 8:42 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT THE WASHINGTON CHANNEL IS 11:18 PM. HIGH TIDE AT ALEXANDRIA IS AT 11:36 PM LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
DCZ001-MDZ014-VAZ054-180345- /O.CON.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ANNE ARUNDEL- ARLINGTONALEXANDRIA- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS IS 8:42 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT THE WASHINGTON CHANNEL IS 11:18 PM. HIGH TIDE AT ALEXANDRIA IS AT 11:36 PM LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 MDZ017-018-180345- /O.EXA.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ ST. MARYS-CALVERT- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY. * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:16 PM... SOLOMONS ISLAND...5:24 PM... POINT LOOKOUT...4:35 PM... NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER... COLTONS POINT...6:00 PM... PINEY POINT...5:24 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
DCZ001-MDZ014-VAZ054-180345- /O.CON.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ANNE ARUNDEL- ARLINGTONALEXANDRIA- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS IS 8:42 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT THE WASHINGTON CHANNEL IS 11:18 PM. HIGH TIDE AT ALEXANDRIA IS AT 11:36 PM LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 216 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 MDZ005>007-010-011-014-180330- /O.NEW.KLWX.FG.Y.0027.121217T1916Z-121218T1100Z/ CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- ANNE ARUNDEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE... ANNAPOLIS 216 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...MAKING TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT AND INCREASING TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 MDZ017-018-180345- /O.EXA.KLWX.CF.Y.0061.121217T2200Z-121218T0800Z/ ST. MARYS-CALVERT- 243 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY. * TIDAL ANOMALY...1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...NEAR HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR SHORELINE INUNDATION ALONG SENSITIVE AREAS. HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:16 PM... SOLOMONS ISLAND...5:24 PM... POINT LOOKOUT...4:35 PM... NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER... COLTONS POINT...6:00 PM... PINEY POINT...5:24 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
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