Once the snow ends, the big story is going to be the combination of cold and wind and subzero wind chills.
The next several hours are prime time for this storm as snow mounts, winds crank (gusts over 30 mph are possible), and temperatures fall towards 20.
Snow has developed in the region and should gradually increase in coverage and intensity during the day.
Look for snow to start flying by mid-morning and get heavier during the afternoon. By the time it tapers this evening, it’s likely our biggest snow in almost three years.
After reviewing the latest data, we have increased our predicted snow amounts for the region.
We are unusually confident that a moderate to high impact snowstorm is on tap for tomorrow.
Enjoy today as one of the more severe periods of winter weather in the last few years then grips the region.
A disturbance scoots through the region tonight with some rain and snow showers to be followed by yet another Saturday night.
We can’t yet say if it will be as intense as the cold around January 7, but we have high confidence that once the cold arrives it will stay for a lengthy time period.
Of all places, south Florida is among the coldest locations compared to “normal” in the Lower 48 today.
Friday’s a decent looking winter day, as the mercury edges modestly above normal levels.
The mighty Weather Channel, dumped by DirecTV after failed contract negotiations, is facing an unexpected storm. How it withstands it will go a long way in determining whether it remains the dominant weather force in television.
Of areas receiving snow overnight, by and large, a dusting was the most common report. We have some more dusting opportunities in the pipeline.
In just a week’s time, the percent of California in extreme drought skyrocketed from 28 to 63 percent, as the state deals with one of its driest stretches in recorded history.
Even as California had its driest year on record, extreme weather was below average across the U.S. in 2013, NOAA’s review finds.
While fog compromises focus, it’s visually soothing and serene.
As quickly as clouds diminish tonight, they increase again tomorrow ahead of the next weather system.
There’s little reason to get excited about two or three opportunities for snow this week which - collectively - are unlikely to add much to the seasonal total.
A controversy is simmering Down Under over blistering temperatures and the safety of tennis players at the Australian Open.
After weeks of fruitless negotiations, DirecTV unceremoniously dumped The Weather Channel from its line-up today.
A native Washingtonian, Jason Samenow has been a weather enthusiast since age 10 (1987) — the year of the “double whammy” snow storms that shut schools down seven straight days in the D.C. area. Before graduating from high school, he interned for NBC4 chief meteorologist Bob Ryan. At the University of Virginia, he earned a degree in environmental science, focusing in atmospheric science. He went on to earn a master’s degree in atmospheric science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000.
Jason is currently the Washington Post’s weather editor. From 2000 to September 2010, he worked as a climate change analyst for the federal government, monitoring, analyzing and communicating the science of climate change. He founded CapitalWeather.com in early 2004, the first professional weather blog on the Internet which was absorbed by the Post in 2008.
Jason is a past chairman of the D.C. Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and a Weather and Society Integrated Studies Fellow. Jason lives with his wife, Deborah, and son, Evan in Washington, D.C.