Weather conditions for Inauguration Day

[srainhoutx]

Going to be a close call for DC concerning snow amounts today/tonight. Looks as if areas S of DC will have a decent accumulation (NC/SC/S and W VA). "May" see a little over performance of a triple point Low depicted on 12Z Surface Maps from HPC...

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/90fwbg.gif

IR Loop...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10

WV Loop...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... te/SPN/WV/

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1110 AM EST MON JAN 19 2009

DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-502-VAZ026>031-039>042-
051>055-057-WVZ050>053-055-502-504-192300-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-
PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-
MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...
WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...
WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...CUMBERLAND...HARRISONBURG...
WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...
MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...
MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...PETERSBURG...KEYSER...FORT ASHBY
1110 AM EST MON JAN 19 2009

...LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...

LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW TO NORTHERN
VIRGINIA...MUCH OF MARYLAND AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TODAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH THROUGH
SUNSET.

WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING...SNOW WILL BE ABLE TO
STICK ON SOME ROADS. THIS WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS TRAVEL.

IF MORE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...THEN A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$
PELOQUIN

[Frank2]

This type of system can bring an unexpected snowstorm to the Washington area - we'll see what happens tomorrow (perhaps a repeat of the 1909 Inauguration Day Washington snowstorm)...

Already the NWS has included the possibility of more than is forecast, so, we'll see...

[somethingfunny]

Who was the president who decided to deliver the longest inaguration speech in history, in miserable weather (I think it was freezing rain) and died of pnemonia less than a month later?

[arizonasooner]

William Henry Harrison (1841), the ninth President, died of pneumonia one month to the day after making—in the snow—the longest U.S. presidential inauguration speech on record.

[cycloneye]

After all the cloudy forecasts,it turned out to be a sunny day there.

[HURAKAN]

Except for the cold, it was a very good day for the inauguration.