Capital Weather Gang - DC area weather blog, news - March 2, 2008

Is It Still Winter?

By Steve Tracton Considering today's weather - providing a taste of both spring and winter - the answer to this question of season may not be as obvious as the response to the old Groucho Marx query, "Who is buried in Grant's tomb?" Like me, you probably learned in grade...

By Capital Weather Gang | March 8, 2008; 1:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (46)
Categories: Local Climate, Tracton
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Forecast: Wet, Windy, Wild Weather

Turning very cold tonight *Wind Advisory in effect from 4 p.m. to midnight* Mother nature is going to throw everything at us today. First, she'll give us warm temperatures along with showers and possibly thunderstorms in the morning. In the afternoon, she'll crank up the wind machine and part the...

By Jason Samenow | March 8, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (20)
Categories: Forecasts
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CommuteCast: Rain to Cause Slow Travel

Soggy evening followed by rain and wind tomorrow *Flood Watch in effect through this evening* Rain has engulfed the entire area during the early afternoon and will continue through the evening commute. Temperatures have now fallen from their highs in the upper 40s back into the mid 40s and will...

By Ian Livingston | March 7, 2008; 3:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (17)
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In Focus: Timeline and More for Two-Day Storm

*Flood Watch in effect through this evening* For the second time this week a powerful March storm is set to barrel through the D.C. metro area. Like the Tuesday night storm, this one is expected to produce copious amounts of rain, with one inch or more a possibility. But this...

By Dan Stillman | March 7, 2008; 11:30 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (16)
Categories: High Winds
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Forecast: Rainy and Stormy Through Saturday

Get ready for rain and lots of it. It starts around lunch time and will continue on and off through tomorrow afternoon. We'll also have to contend with wind, starting Saturday and lasting into Sunday. Sunday's saving grace will be a return of sunshine, but cooler temperatures in the 40s...

By Camden Walker | March 7, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (30)
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CommuteCast: Another Mild Ride

Unsettled Friday through the beginning of the weekend Abundant sunshine has allowed temperatures to rise near and above seasonal averages area-wide today. As high pressure continues to drift off to our east, the region has seen light southerly winds helping to warm the air. The commute home will be dry...

By Ian Livingston | March 6, 2008; 3:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (20)
Categories: Forecasts
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Photography: Cloud Art

Have you ever seen clouds that race across the moon at night? On the night of Feb. 20, clouds from a departing storm system moved quickly across the sky as the full moon headed toward a total eclipse. I had fun playing with timed exposures that night, using the...

By Kevin Ambrose | March 6, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Photography
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Forecast: Nice Today, Then Wet and Cooler

Rainy late Friday and Saturday; dropping temperatures First things first: Today will be quite pleasant with a lot of sun and highs in the upper 50s. A sprawling area of low pressure, however, will approach the region from the southwest on Friday, bringing showery conditions during the second half of...

By Josh Larson | March 6, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (11)
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CommuteCast: Calmer Weather Prevails

Mild Thursday but colder air looms After a stormy night, today's weather brought comparatively calm conditions to the region. Following the passage of a cold front before sunrise, temperatures have stayed fairly steady throughout the day and have topped out in the mid 50s this afternoon. The commute home will...

By Ian Livingston | March 5, 2008; 3:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (22)
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The Cold and Snowy Reversal of March 1960

By the end of February 1960, D.C. area cold and snow lovers were probably feeling a lot like their contemporaries do this winter. All three winter months finished with temperatures above average, and there was no measurable snow until Feb. 13-14 when just over 6 inches fell in D.C. The...

By Matt Ross | March 5, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (14)
Categories: Local Climate
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Forecast: Spring Fling Fades Away

Temperatures on the way down; late-week storm? There's bad news and good news for those who have enjoyed this week's taste of spring, which ended with heavy rain and storms last night that produced a wind gust of 74 mph at Reagan National Airport. The bad news is that it...

By Dan Stillman | March 5, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (21)
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Update: A Rainy, Possibly Stormy Night

Localized flooding a concern; storms could be severe *Tornado Watch in effect until 3 a.m.* *Flood Watch in effect until 4 a.m.* After off-and-on showers during the early evening, with a few heavy downpours mixed in, a more solid batch of rain is enveloping the metro area from west to...

By Dan Stillman | March 4, 2008; 8:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (47)
Categories: Updates
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CommuteCast: Some Showers as Storms Approach

Heavy rain tonight; greatest severe threat after 9 p.m. *Tornado Watch in effect until 3 a.m. tonight* *Flood Watch 8 p.m. tonight through Wednesday morning* Spring-like temperatures and humidity have ruled the day as south winds continue to bring warmth and moisture into the region. Even without much sunshine, temperatures...

By Ian Livingston | March 4, 2008; 3:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (35)
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In Focus: This Evening's Storm Threat

The storm passing through tonight means business. A Flood Watch is in effect for the risk of torrential rains and the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., indicates there is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. Simulated rainfall from tonight's showers and thunderstorms from the Global Forecasting System (GFS) model...

By Jason Samenow | March 4, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Thunderstorms
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Forecast: Heavy Rain Likely Tonight

Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday morning After officially reaching 70 yesterday, we have another chance to do it today, albeit without the sunny skies. A powerful cold front accompanied by heavy rain and possible thunderstorms will move through tonight and usher in an air mass that is a little...

By Matt Ross | March 4, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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CommuteCast: Decidedly Mild

Still warm Tuesday with showers & thunderstorms late *Flood Watch Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning* The third day of meteorological spring has brought quite warm temperatures to the region and highs have topped out in the upper 60s to near 70° -- nearly 20 degrees above average -- in most...

By Ian Livingston | March 3, 2008; 3:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Freedman: To Be Renovated

In a small corner of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, past the dinosaur exhibit with its throngs of stroller-pushing tourists and beyond the Dinosaur Cafe that sells overpriced salads, lies an exhibit on ice ages that proclaims that the earth is not in fact warming due to human...

By Andrew Freedman | March 3, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Climate Change, Freedman, Government, News & Notes
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Forecast: Suddenly Springlike and Seventy

But does winter lurk? In the blink of an eye, warm weather has arrived. Today's high temperatures will double last Thursday's, when we were wearing scarves and shivering in the 30s. Relieve your spring fever by venturing outside for lunch or, better, taking the day off. But caution: March is...

By Jason Samenow | March 3, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Photography: Vietnam Memorial & Reflecting Pool

Sunrise, March 2, 2008 Settings: Olympus C8080WZ, F7, 4 seconds, ISO 50 I made the trip to DC this morning for a photo shoot of the Vietnam Memorial and Reflecting Pool at sunrise. The two landmarks are close enough together so that I can capture both at sunrise, with just...

By Kevin Ambrose | March 2, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Photography
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Forecast: A Touch of Spring

In the span of a day, the character of our March has transitioned from the ferocity of a lion to the tameness of a lamb. Yesterday's powerful winds are history, replaced by abundant sunshine and warming temperatures. Enjoy mid 50s today and mid 60s tomorrow as meteorological spring, which...

By Jason Samenow | March 2, 2008; 5:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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