Snowquester Storm BOMB!!! Mid Atlantic to get hammered with storm.

last post before I go to bed. I never read the wash post but this [link to www.washingtonpost.com] is a good blog to follow:

NWS Baltimore saying not sure if temps will be cold enough to bring above a few inches to the Baltimore area. I call mostly rain/wet snow with little accumulation, having lived here all my life and being a weather geek who knows his area. Besides, NWS can't plot a storm to save their life anymore.
Much ado about nothing, at least for our area.

Weather channel is broadcasting 3 different models.

Hopefully tomorrow Luis will tell us what is the true one.

I'm in DC and they are saying 3-18" which is wild.

They're saying they just don't know if it will strengthen in a big way.

The kids are hoping on it!

Wearing our pajamas inside out and backwards,and putting a spoon under the pillows....

I think anybody west of DC is going to get +/- 1' based on what the experts are saying. This means you Hagersbush, Fredneck and Fleesburg.

East of DC, who knows? Its Russian Roulette!

Lots of local tv stations are hurting financially from lack of winter storms past couple years.

They are hoping a this one is the big one.

That's a little too close for comfort.... Bwahahahahaha!

Hub City represent!

SNOW
beautiful snow
I'll believe it when I see it - don't want to get my hopes up and have it just be rain

They've endearingly nicknamed it "Snowquester".....

I have never heard of the spoon.

Yeah Mo Fo's!
8-15+ up in here!

SHit...!

I have to go to bed and get up early tomorrow so I can start chopping wood!

And...maybe go to the damn store and get beer.

Stories like that make me uneasy, how we interject success and wealth based on dangerous natural phenomena which could potentially cause lots of harm and damage.

I'm up in Canada so outside the constant snow, we have had it pretty easy and hopefully don't feel this one too much.

You were supposed to chop wood yesterday!?!?

Beer is a must.

Ryan Maue‏@RyanMaue

SREF file formats a bit weird, but nothing too hard. 21-ensembles (~16 km WRFs) probability of 24-hr QPF > 1.0'' [link to twitter.com (secure)]

My updated forecast this morning:

Chicago, IL: 5-7" (higher in suburbs)
Indianapolis, IN: 4-6"
Wilmington, OH: 4-6"
Roanoke, Virginia: 1-3"
Washington, D.C.: 10-12"
Philadelphia, PA: 1-3"
New York, NY: 8-10"
Boston, MA: 14-16"
Portland, ME: 2-4"

That is a weird layout Luisport.

Still looks good for me:)

LOOK at all this moisture wow.............. [link to static.baynews9.com]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
332 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

MDZ003-501-502-VAZ025>031-503-504-WVZ050>053-055- 501>506-051645-
/O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0005.130305T2300Z-130307T0500Z/
WASHINGTON-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-
JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-
EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...
STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER ...FRONT ROYAL...
HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...MOOREFIELD...
BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN...KEYSER...
FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN
332 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND THEN TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT...LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER
OUTAGES WITH DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
TAKE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. ENSURE YOU
HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT IN YOUR TRUNK.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

wow!

Breaking News Storm‏@breakingstorm

At least 74 flights at Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport have been cancelled due to winter storm - @KSTP [link to DON'T_USE-THIS]

Jim Cantore‏@JimCantore

06z NAM and GFS continue to show BIG #snow elevation event for western VA, WV &MD. C U there! [link to wxcaster4.com] … [link to wxcaster4.com] …

ffuuuuuuuuuudddddddggggggeeeeee

AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

The snow depth in Minneapolis has risen from 5 inches to 11 inches in the current storm.

This is my area Luisport!!!

I am hoping DC which is close to my job will take a pounding too but it doesnt look that bad.

I may have to bake fudge too now. Thanks!

I like the nam better. More for us.