Oh my, it's gonna be white.

[jsbowden]

Tomorrow was supposed to be one of those annoying minor events where we get a little snow and rain mix throughout the day. No accumulation.

They keep changing the intensity, duration, and accumulation expectations on us. Currently, we're looking at 12+ inches over a 40 hour period. Oh, and this storm is a nor'easter, so it'll be nice and windy on top of all this.

Yay, weather. My commute's looking like the fun will just never end tomorrow. Assuming I go in. It's set to start around midnight tonight.

Comments

[robeli.livejournal.com]

Won't be a terrible commute if you work from home - will just have to watch out for the toys on the floor....

[blueingenue.livejournal.com]

They keep changing the intensity, duration, and accumulation expectations on us.

I noticed that too. WTF?

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

As the event gets closer, the models are more able to accurately predict system behaviour. Weather is terrificly dynamic, and the models are really only accurate out to about 12 - 24 hours. After that, it's experience of the forcaster using the model as a guide and making educated guesses. A storm of this magnitude isn't the norm, so the models and the forecasts have been conservative up to now (did I mention, before I lived in NoVA, I worked at NASA LaRC in Atmospheric Sciences, supporting the very systems that recieve and preprocess the NOAA satellite data?) I suspect it's going to be in interesting couple of days.

[mdevnich.livejournal.com]

Noooooooo! I have my appointment with Household Goods shipping tomorrow morning! Please, no government closings...

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

Joy. I'd been hoping to finally make it out to the mall tomorrow to pick up some things I'd wanted (mostly books)... guess maybe I should just bite the bullet and order from Amazon. ^^;;

[prince-corwin.livejournal.com]

Twelve... inches... snow....
In Washington, DC.

(Pause.)
(Think.)
(Consider.)

BWAAA-hahaha!

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

We got around 18" over a two day period two winters ago. Took them a week to plow us out.

They've revised the forecast yet again though. Now it's starting around 3am, with totals between 5 and 9 inches. They don't have a fucking clue is the vibe I'm getting.