My OperaOMG ... IT'S GONNA SNOW ... BUT YET IT WAS 75°F ONLY FOUR DAYS AGO !!!
Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:34:43 AM
SNOW TOTALS: BWI 6" | Baltimore 7" | Annapolis 5" | Westminster 8" | Bel Air 8" | Columbia 6"|
MONDAY: CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND RATHER MILD DURING THE MORNING ... SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN LOOK LIKELY BY EVENING ... THEN 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW LOOK LIKELY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THRU EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPS FALL THRU THE LOWER 30'S LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND LATER DROP INTO THE MID 20'S BY VERY EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING ... DUE TO THE RECENT WARMTH SOME ROADWAYS MAY NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF STICKAGE AT FIRST HENCE REMAINING ONLY WET ... THEN AS THE TEMPS LATER FALL INTO THE MID 20'S LOOK FOR 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SLUSH ON MOST ROADWAYS JUST IN TIME FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH LO: 36 HI: 52 (FALLING PM)
TUESDAY: CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND VERY COLD WITH SOME LINGERING SNOW EARLY ... FOLLOWED BY A CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND VERY COLD AFTERNOON LO: 24 HI: 34
WEDNESDAY: SUNNY AND VERY COLD LO: 16 HI: 36
THURSDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY BUT RATHER MILD EARLY ... THEN CLOUDY BUT RATHER COOL LATER ON WITH SOME LIGHT RAINFALL DEVELOPING DURING THE EVENING HOURS LO: 27 HI: 47
FRIDAY: CLOUDY BUT VERY COOL WITH RAIN AND WIND ... SOME THUNDER IS POSSIBLE AS WELL ... THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MAY ALSO END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW SOMETIME FRIDAY NIGHT ... IN SOME AREAS A LIGHT COATING OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE SOMETIME FRIDAY EVENING BUT THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE CASE CLOSER TO THE MASON-DIXON LINE LO: 42 HI: 55 (TEMPS FALLING BY LATE AFTERNOON)
SATURDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY BUT BREEZY AND MUCH COLDER LO: 32 HI: 47
SUNDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY BUT VERY MILD WITH AREAS OF RAIN DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT LO: 37 HI: 57
MONDAY: CLOUDY BUT RATHER BREEZY AND VERY WARM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY ... SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHILE SCATTERED AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS ... THE CHANCE FOR RAINFALL IS NEAR 90 PERCENT AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME LO: 39 HI: 69
MONDAY AND TUESDAY'S FORECAST WAS LAST UPDATED AT 11 AM EST ON MONDAY 02/21/11
"WEATHER OR NOT"
FORECASTER: SCHLEY
Joe Bastardi's Bio
Joe was born in Providence, R.I., on July 18, 1955. At the age of 5, Joe moved to College Station, Texas, where they stayed for five years until moving back East. From the age of 10 until he graduated high school, Joe lived in Somers Point, N.J.
After graduation, Joe enrolled at the Pennsylvania State University, where he was a member of the varsity wrestling squad. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in meteorology from Penn State on March 4, 1978; the very next day he started at AccuWeather, the world's largest commercial weather organization. Joe has risen steadily through the ranks, receiving promotions to Forecaster and Senior Forecaster for his excellent work. Today he is an Expert Senior Forecaster at AccuWeather, and he is heard daily on a number of radio stations. His daily weather column is the most extensive in the business and has helped establish him, along with his videos, as the internet's go-to guy for long-range and hurricane forecasting.
Joe married Jessica Jane Strunck in the summer of 1992. Jessica, a 1990 graduate of Penn State, is an assistant women's gymnastics coach at the university, after having captained the team before graduating. They have a daughter, Jessica Ann, born Dec. 7, 1998 and one son, Garrett Matthew, born on Feb. 5, 1996 - Weatherman's Day. Garrett has already shown a love for the weather...like father, like son.
Both Joe and Jessica are competitive "drug-free" bodybuilders. Joe captured his weight classes in the over 35 and over 45-year-old brackets in the United States Natural bodybuilding championships in 2001, then outdid that by winning the overall title in October of 2002. However, he can never match his wife's accomplishments. Jessica, won the 1996 Central Pennsylvania title exactly 8 months after giving birth to Garret, then won her division of the 1999 NPC Middle Atlantic National Qualifier, exactly 10 months after giving birth to Jessica Ann!
Joe has also trained many high school and college athletes in football and wrestling. In addition, Joe helped in a recent run for the Gold by Freestyle National heavyweight champion, Kerry McCoy, whom he still advises. He is the strength and nutrition counselor for former Penn State's head wrestling coach John Fritz's Keystone wrestling camp. John also happens to be daughter Jessie's Godfather,
Joe's videos are the Long Ranger, the Meteorological Map Discussion, the Tropical Outlook, the Winter storm outlook and Point-Counterpoint.
Joe Bastardi Resigns At Accuweather After 32 Years Posted On February 21, 2011 By Ryan Maue
From Joe Bastardi’s Fan Page at Facebook:
Farewell to Joe Bastardi who has left AccuWeather after a distinguished 32-year career. We appreciate Joe’s dedicated service to our clients over these many years and wish him luck with all his endeavors. In addition, a hearty congratulations to two great meteorologists who will both be taking on expanded roles — Paul Pastelok is now leader of AccuWeather’s Long-Range Forecasting team and Henry Margusity is taking an expanded role with the Pro site. We can answer any (reasonable) questions here (at the Facebook page). Thanks for your support over the years.
Further info from Examiner.com:
“AccuWeather.com community director Jesse Ferrell stated in the AccuWeather forums that he has not spoken to Joe [Bastardi] and does not know his reasoning, or what he is planning to do next.” And, in the comments section, Jesse Ferrell left a note: “Can definitively say that his stance on Climate Change did not have anything to do with his departure.”
[Addition by Anthony below]
“Can definitively say that his stance on Climate Change did not have anything to do with his departure.” I’ve been aware of Bastardi’s departure since early last week, and I can second that. It’s simply about economics and workload. Though, that doesn’t stop Joe Romm from spinning into a “climate related” issue, insinuating that Bastardi was “let go” over Romm’s idiotic postings about Bastardi’s views on climate change. Heh, it’s fun to watch the self delusion going on over there. No, this is all about new opportunity. Mr. Bastardi can forecast without a net, he doesn’t need Accu-Weather to perform the job, only data.
Joe Bastardi In Vanity Fair Posted On February 25, 2011 By Anthony Watts
This is a campy interview by Eric Spitznagel who runs “Awkward question time” at VF, is with our favorite forecaster, Joe Bastardi. Spitznagel was trying to make Joe look like some sort of WWF member (Not the fake wildlife crisis kind, but the fake wrestling kind). Still there’s some funny and serious moments.
The following photograph is courtesy of Joe Bastardi:
Joe Bastardi Explains Why the Cold Miser Is Winning the Climate-Change Showdown by Eric Spitznagel February 24, 2011, 5:00 PM
Before Joe Bastardi would agree to speak with me, he wanted to make one thing perfectly clear. “I am IN NO WAY A TV WEATHER ANCHOR!” he wrote in an e-mail, and you could almost hear the carotid artery throbbing on his neck as he typed. If you’re over the age of 18 and writing in ALL CAPS, it’s obviously something you feel quite strongly about. And if there’s one thing Joe Bastardi feels strongly about, it’s that he doesn’t belong in the company of Al Roker. He is, he reminded me in a subsequent e-mail, a “METEOROLOGIST FIRST AND FOREMOST AND ONE TRYING TO BUILD THE GREATEST LONG RANGE FORECASTING CENTER ON EARTH!”
Which isn’t to say he avoids TV entirely. Bastardi frequently appears on CNN and Fox News, arguing against anthropogenic global warming and looking as though he’s about to burst out of his shirt like Bruce Banner. He’s debated Bill Nye the Science Guy on The O’Reilly Factor and gotten into a “Science Catfight ” with Brenda Ekwurzel, a climatologist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, on The Colbert Report.
Until earlier this week, he was the “Chief Long Range Forecaster” for AccuWeather, a weather-forecasting service based in State College, Pennsylvania. But his bread and butter, he says, are his corporate clients, the names of which he won’t divulge, saying only that he’s “heavily involved in energy. Some of the companies that I work for were very happy that it snowed as much as it did this winter.”
Why should you care about Joe Bastardi? According to a poll conducted last summer by Yale and George Mason University, 56 percent of Americans trust TV weather reporters to tell them the truth about global warming. An impressive statistic, until you remember that 44 percent of Americans also believe that Jesus will return in their lifetimes. Americans watch a lot of TV, and Joe Bastardi (despite what he says about NOT BEING A TV WEATHER ANCHOR) is on TV a lot. While he may not be the only voice in the climate-change debate, he’s definitely the loudest. Why should you care what Joe Bastardi has to say? Because the guy across the street with the Michele Bachmann bumper sticker on his S.U.V. probably does.
I called Bastardi to talk about the historic winter that may or may not be behind us, depending on which groundhog you believe.
Eric Spitznagel: Last year on The Colbert Report, you claimed that you could bench 400 pounds. Is that still accurate?
Joe Bastardi: I can’t bench that kinda weight anymore because I blew my shoulder out. But yeah, for awhile my best bench press was 400 pounds, and I could squat 600. But you know, a bench press is a poor indicator of overall strength. I’ve been obsessed these days with pull-ups. The best way to make your chest big is to get your back big too. Because when you measure your chest, you have to put the tape around your back too. Your lats can be a powerful muscle.
When you’re doing an appearance on Fox News, have you ever been tempted to just rip off your shirt in the middle of a forecast?
Not at all. I can still remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger was on the Johnny Carson show, and Carson said, “O.K., Arnold, take off your shirt,” and Arnold was like [in a thick Austrian accent], “Johnny, I’m an actor now, I’m not a bodybuilder anymore.” I understand where he’s coming from. But I will tell people, “I don’t think you’ll find another 55-year-old man with calluses on his hands because he’s pounding weights so hard.” I think that says something about my ability to push myself very, very hard.
I will pay you $200 if the next time you’re on Bill O'Reilly, you tear off your shirt and stare straight at the camera and say, “Hulk mad!”
No, no. I used to do this thing just to goof around with people. I’d do like an impression of Randy “Macho Man” Savage. “What are you going to do when the biggest arms in weather run wiiiiiiiild over you?!” It’s kind of funny—I’m a volunteer strength coach for the Nittany Lion wrestling club, and some of the guys joke with me, “Damn Joe, why don’t you walk around with a real tight shirt all the time?” But that’s their generation. I don’t do things like that. I’ll only take my shirt off when I’m getting ready to compete.
The way you talk about the weather sometimes, it certainly seems like you’re competing.
That’s true, yeah. My wife is always telling me that whenever I’m on TV, I hunch forward. Look at The Colbert Report I did, and you’ll see that I’m hunching forward in the chair. It’s an attack position, or what we call in wrestling a crouch position. That’s just how I am. If I try to change who I am, I’m going to lose.
Among your weather-forecasting peers, who’s the biggest physical threat? Obviously Al Roker would go down like a sack of flour. But what about Sam Champion? He’s got some guns, right?
Yeah, I see where you’re going with this. A lot of people mistake me for Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel. I like him, he’s a nice guy, but he’s a small guy.
Oh, snap! Are you officially challenging him to a meteorology cage match? Bastardi vs. Cantore, mono y mono?
[Laughs.] No, I like the guy. He lifts a lot of weights. He’s a soccer player. It’s just that, you know, TV of course makes you look bigger. Most meteorologists never wrestle. I’m the only degreed meteorologist in the country to letter Division One N.C.A.A. in wrestling in the history of the sport. The sport is so demanding, and it makes you a little bit mentally tougher, I think.
Why didn’t you just stick with wrestling? Why go into meteorology at all?
Well for one thing, I was a terrible wrestler. At Penn State, I had a one-and-four record; one win and four losses. But the wrestling feeds into the weather. You’re using the same muscle. Weather can be a relentless opponent, and if you don’t compete as hard as you can, it will tear you apart. I’m obsessed with the idea of forecasting the weather, of just nailing the forecast. And wrestling at Penn State, we were taught that you have to prepare, prepare, prepare. If you want to win, you have to prepare.
You’re scaring me a little bit, Joe.
I’ve been obsessed with weather since I was a kid. They had to keep an eye on me ’cause I’d lie out the backyard and stare at the sun all afternoon. You can burn your retinas out that way. I was born on July 18, 1955, and I figured something out. My mom and dad were honeymooning in Atlantic City when Hurricane Hazel hit, in mid-October 1954. You do the math. I was conceived during Hurricane Hazel. The weather’s just in my blood. My father was a meteorologist; my son wants to be a meteorologist. My dad’s great-grandfather in Sicily, during the 1800s, he was the town weatherman.
Let’s talk about global warming. You don’t believe in it. How does climate change compare with professional wrestling?
Meaning what?
What seems more fake to you, the argument that carbon emissions are melting the glaciers, or when the Iron Sheik surprises Hulk Hogan with a camel clutch?
I couldn’t tell you, I’m not into professional wrestling. I watch it every once in a while. I’m more about collegiate wrestling and mixed martial arts and ultimate fighting. That’s as real as it gets. As far as the global warming goes, to me that’s just a big forecast. Who’s going to be right? There are guys saying C02 is driving the whole thing and making the world warmer. Well, for the last 30 years, since we started the satellite era, the globe has been stacked for warmth. Now it’s changing around, so if the global temperature falls over the next 20, 30 years, we’ll know it’s not C02.
My problem with the debate is, it always seems like the people saying climate change is a myth are the same ones who own Hummers.
O.K., hold on. Those kinds of generalizations drive me crazy. You know what kind of car I drive? A Prius. I always have an economical car. Why? Forty miles per gallon sounds good to me. I also have an S.U.V., but that’s because I have kids. Somebody hits the darn thing from the side, with an S.U.V. you have a better chance of living. But it’s not about common sense, it’s about demonizing the other side. Suppose I drove a daisy-mobile, that was fueled entirely on daisies. Somebody would yell at me, “You’re killing all the daisies!”
Not me. I would totally buy your daisy-mobile.
I will tell you this. If I’m wrong about climate change, I will be the biggest cheerleader for the other side. What I resent is the demonization and the shutting down of the debate. When did we get to the point where one side of the debate is shut down completely? When did this happen? I don’t understand it. It’s why I didn’t read any of the Climategate e-mails. You know why? Because it would bias me against these guys. Everybody’s up in arms about the darn e-mails. All I’m concerned about is their work, and whether their work is right or wrong. All of that other stuff gets in the way of the issue, which is a very simple issue.
Let’s make it a little simpler. Are you familiar with the Heat Miser and Cold Miser?
Yeah, yeah. From that Christmas claymation thing? [Sings.] “I’m Mr. Heat Miser, I’m Mr. 101.” What about it?
Explain your theory about climate change in that context. The weather is a competition between the Heat Miser and the Cold Miser. Which brother is winning?
Well, since the early 1800s, Mr. Heat Miser has been doing a pretty good job. Part of it is because of the sun spot cycle. Part of it is because the Earth was abnormally cold in the 1700s and early 1800s, so there was a reaction the other way.
And part of it’s because he just hates Santa Claus so very, very much.
Mr. Cold Miser, he was winning for a time in the 60s and 70s, when the Pacific turned cool. But here’s the thing. Before the 70s, we didn’t have the right referee.
You’re talking about Mrs. Claus?
We didn’t have the satellites! Now we have the right referee. Mr. Heat Miser might be getting more credit than Mr. Cold Miser—we’re going to find out over the next 30 years. I think the cold side of the equation, Mr. Cold Miser, is going to win over the next 20 to 30 years. The Pacific is already getting colder, and the Atlantic will be turning colder in 10 years, like it always does. You’ve got solar cycles getting involved. Some of my colleagues think that not only is Mr. Snow Miser going to win, he’s going to put Mr. Heat Miser out of business.
That’s just elf lies!
There are a lot of reputable people who think another ice age is coming. I go to conferences where there’ll be a thousand PhDs who don’t believe any of this stuff.
They don’t believe in the Heat Miser?
They think it’s all about the Cold Miser. Generally, I find the more in love with weather you’ve been since you were small, the less likely you are to believe in global warming. Because you’ve seen the power of the weather. Look at what happened in California this year. All that crazy stuff went on in December, and since then, nothing. What happened?
Al Gore seems like a big Heat Miser guy. He got a Nobel Peace Prize for being all, “Look out for Mr. Heat Miser!”
I believe Mr. Gore has the best intentions. But come on, how many weather forecasts has he made where he actually gets paid for them?
You’re saying he isn’t trustworthy because he doesn’t make Al Roker’s salary?
Listen, I don’t get paid for research. I get paid for the correct result of my research. You understand that? Nobody’s saying, “O.K., here’s a million-dollar grant to study this.” That’s not what I do for 8 to 10 hours a day. You get paid because of the result of your work, not because of your work. I do not believe that the means justify the ends; I believe that the ends are because of the correct means. I didn’t come to save the planet; I came to forecast the weather. I guess that’s the difference between Gore and me. I don’t have that burden of worrying about whether I’ve saved humanity. That’s a lot less pressure on me, even though being a weatherman is a high-pressure job. [Long pause.] That’s a joke there, get it?
I get it. But I’m trying to understand what you’re telling me about Gore. You think he’s a jerk because he believes he’s saving the planet?
No, not a jerk. I personally believe that Gore, after the disappointment of the election, he thought to himself, O.K., I can’t be president of the United States. How can I help out more? And he latched onto this issue. He really rattled me a few weeks ago, when he tried to blame snowfall on warmer weather.
You mean the Heat Miser?
Yeah, yeah, the Heat Miser. He said it was another one of the Heat Miser’s tricks. But that’s not right, and I’ll tell you why. We’ve had the third snowiest weather in Northern Hemisphere history, but moisture in the snow pack is below normal. Which means it’s not because there’s more moisture but because it’s been colder. He’s just not looking at the facts. With the global temperature collapsing, you can’t be saying, “Well, it’s getting colder because it’s getting warmer.” That’s the opposite argument they were using when the temperature was going up.
Forget about Al Gore. What about groundhogs? Can we trust them as weather forecasters?
Sure we can trust them.
The groundhog consensus is that we’ll have an early spring. Do you agree?
I absolutely agree. I was saying that long before the groundhogs. I predicted that back in mid-January. I said that for most of the country, south of the Mason-Dixon line, south of the Ohio River, winter is over.
Did your prediction have anything to do with seeing or not seeing your shadow?
Not at all! And I can give you more details than the groundhogs. I can tell you that the winter’s going to stubbornly hang on in the Great Lakes and New England, exactly the opposite of last year. In the South there are going to be a whole lot more tornados than there were last year. In the West, you’re going to have a hard time pulling out, but when you do it’s going to be a hot summer. It’ll be a very hot summer with a drought in Texas. But a cooler summer in the Great Lakes.
Why do we put so much faith in groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil when clearly you provide a much better forecast?
Well first of all, I love Phil. I’ve spoken twice in Punxsutawney, so I don’t want to insult their guy. But let me say this. We have groundhogs in my backyard, and I saw one of them just the other day. He was lying on his back, not moving at all, just staring up at the sky.
Just like you as a kid.
Right, yeah. He might’ve been hit by a car, I don’t know. I do believe animals have an instinctive way of figuring out what’s going on. The groundhog has its value. Who am I to challenge such a fur-bearing competitor? We actually have a lot in common besides accurate weather forecasts. As an Italian, I’ve got hair all over my body. In the right light, I kinda look like Punxsutawney Phil. I probably have some genetic linkage to the groundhog.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:08:16 AM
THE ASIAN FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY:
SHORT TERM FORECAST
Southern Baltimore
Issued - Feb 20 2011 9:12 pm EST
Update - February 20, 2011 9:17pm EST
Expires - February 20 11:30pm EST
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
912 PM EST SUN FEB 20 2011
.NOW...
AN AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS TO THE EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND CENTRAL MARYLAND
THIS EVENING.
THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT...BUT WILL TOTAL A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN
INCH IN MANY LOCATIONS. A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD EVEN
MIX IN WITH THE RAIN IN SPOTS...BUT NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND
SLEET WOULD RESULT.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S LATE THIS
EVENING.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:09:51 AM
Southern Baltimore
Issued - Feb 20 2011 5:57 pm EST
Update - February 20, 2011 9:17pm EST
Expires - February 21 5:00am EST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
557 PM EST SUN FEB 20 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
• DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE
MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC.
• DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYLAND
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT
HEADLINES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX...THEN SNOW MONDAY
NIGHT. BRIEF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
• SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:12:00 AM
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...MAINLY SNOW. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET IS
POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET.
* ACCUMULATIONS...A POTENTIAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...
DROPPING TO THE MID 20S BY TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTH-NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:12:32 AM
Southern Baltimore
Issued - Feb 21 2011 11:57 am EST
Update - February 21, 2011 12:21pm EST
Expires - February 22 7:00am EST
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1157 AM EST MON FEB 21 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY.
• PRECIPITATION TYPE...WINTRY MIX CHANGING OVER TO SNOW.
• ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.
• TIMING...WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE
OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND CONTINUE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT.
• TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S THIS EVENING...
DROPPING TO THE UPPER 20S BY TUESDAY MORNING.
• WINDS...NORTH-NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
JACKSON/WOODY
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:13:14 AM
Issued - Feb 21 2011 12:06 pm EST
Update - February 21, 2011 12:21pm EST
Expires - February 22 8:15am EST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1206 PM EST MON FEB 21 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
• DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MARYLAND FROM 7PM
THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA. PLEASE SEE
/WBCWSWLWX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE MARYLAND
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.
• DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER TUESDAY.
• SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE RELAY SLEET AND SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:15:21 AM
EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...THEN SNOW WHICH
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE
OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING... AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...
DROPPING TO THE MID 20S BY TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTH-NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:17:15 AM
NORTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ006
Areas Affected: Carroll; Central and Eastern Allegany; Extreme Western Allegany; Frederick; Harford; Northern Baltimore; Washington
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...LESS THAN
ONE TENTH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION.
* TIMING...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET EARLY
THIS EVENING AND QUICKLY TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVIEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
5 AM.
* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THIS EVENING. MID 20S BY
TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ALONG
THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:20:58 AM
NORTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ006
Areas Affected: Carroll; Central and Eastern Allegany; Extreme Western Allegany; Frederick; Harford; Northern Baltimore; Washington
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...LESS THAN
ONE TENTH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION.
* TIMING...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET EARLY
THIS EVENING AND QUICKLY TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVIEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
5 AM.
* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THIS EVENING. MID 20S BY
TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ALONG
THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:21:38 AM
PRINCE GEORGES MARYLAND MDZ013
Areas Affected: Prince Georges
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. TRACE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAWN. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE BETWEEN
1 AM AND 4 AM.
* TEMPERATURES...MID 30S THIS EVENING. UPPER 20S BY TUESDAY
MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET AND
ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:23:01 AM
27 hours for the storm that has been affecting our region.
Appreciation is extended to Highway departments... cooperative
observers... Skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This
summary is also available on our home Page at weather.Gov/Baltimore
********************storm total snowfall********************
Location storm total time/date comments
snowfall of
/inches/ measurement
Maryland
... Allegany County...
Eckhart Mines 3.0 1200 am 2/22 snow sleet
1 SSE Cumberland 2.5 1145 PM 2/21 co-op observer
Frostburg 2.0 1040 PM 2/21 trained spotter
1 ENE Mount Savage 0.5 714 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Anne Arundel County...
BWI Airport 0.7 1200 am 2/22 Airport
1 WNW Green Haven 0.5 1145 PM 2/21
1 NNW parole 0.2 1236 am 2/22 trained spotter
... Baltimore County...
Hunt Valley 3.6 130 am 2/22 28 degrees
Perry Hall 3.0 1135 PM 2/21 public
1 NE Kingsville 2.8 1200 am 2/22 moderate snow
Essex 2.5 1205 am 2/22 public
1 ESE Glyndon 1.9 1030 PM 2/21 trained spotter
1 W Hampton 1.7 1114 PM 2/21 moderate snowfall
2 NW Long Green 1.0 1006 PM 2/21 moderate snow.
2 se Rosedale 1.0 1023 PM 2/21 public
1 ENE Bentley Spring T 705 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Baltimore City...
2 ESE Arlington 2.0 1145 am 2/21 26 degrees
Pimlico 1.2 1100 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Carroll County...
3 WSW Lineboro 6.0 215 am 2/22 trained spotter
1 SSW Manchester 5.0 100 am 2/22 trained spotter
2 E Lineboro 4.8 100 am 2/22 co-op observer
... Frederick County...
1 E Walkersville 4.0 220 am 2/22 trained spotter
1 ESE Frederick 3.5 130 am 2/22 trained spotter
Point of Rocks 0.5 1030 PM 2/21 NWS employee
Frederick T 734 PM 2/21 Emergency Mngr
... Harford County...
1 NNE Bel Air 4.0 140 am 2/22 trained spotter
2 E Norrisville 0.2 830 PM 2/21 trained spotter
Norrisville 0.1 504 PM 2/21 Emergency Mngr
... Howard County...
Elkridge 3.0 210 am 2/22 trained spotter
1 SSE Simpsonville 2.1 130 am 2/22 trained spotter
2 N Columbia 1.5 1215 am 2/22 snow sleet
... Montgomery County...
Laytonsville 2.0 130 am 2/22 public
Montgomery Village 1.0 142 am 2/22 NWS employee
1 NW Damascus 0.5 1140 PM 2/21 moderate snowfall
1 W Rockville 0.3 1059 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Prince Georges County...
1 NW College Park 0.2 1125 PM 2/21 trained spotter
1 SW College Park T 905 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Washington County...
2 SW Warrenton 1.0 847 PM 2/21 trained spotter
Virginia
... Arlington County...
Reagan National airp 0.1 1200 am 2/22 Airport
1 NNE Westover 0.1 1030 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... City of Alexandria...
1 E Alexandria T 955 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Loudoun County...
Lovettsville 2.5 245 am 2/22 County official
3 NW Dulles internat 0.4 1200 am 2/22 NWS office
Dulles international 0.4 1200 am 2/22 Airport
Lucketts 0.2 1036 PM 2/21 trained spotter
3 WSW Ashburn 0.1 900 PM 2/21 NWS employee
2 WSW Oak Grove 0.1 852 PM 2/21 on grassy surfaces
2 SW Ashburn 0.1 907 PM 2/21
1 N Purcellville T 930 PM 2/21
... Prince William County...
2 WSW Catharpin 0.2 1215 am 2/22
Gainesville 0.1 1034 PM 2/21
West Virginia
... Berkeley County...
2 N Falling Waters 2.3 1130 PM 2/21 trained spotter
2 E Martinsburg 1.5 1100 PM 2/21 trained spotter
1 WNW Bunker Hill 0.5 1019 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Grant County...
2 NE Kline Gap 0.2 1046 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Hampshire County...
1 WSW Capon Bridge 2.5 1050 PM 2/21 trained spotter
Romney 0.4 903 PM 2/21 trained spotter
4 E Romney 0.2 742 PM 2/21 public
... Jefferson County...
Shepherdstown 0.7 922 PM 2/21 trained spotter
***********************storm total ice***********************
Location storm total time/date comments
ice of
/inches/ measurement
Maryland
... Allegany County...
Eckhart Mines T 1200 am 2/22 snow sleet
... Anne Arundel County...
1 NNW parole T 1236 am 2/22 trained spotter
... Frederick County...
Point of Rocks 0.08 920 PM 2/21 trained spotter
Frederick 0.02 734 PM 2/21 Emergency Mngr
... Howard County...
Elkridge 0.10 1103 PM 2/21 trained spotter
2 N Columbia T 930 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Montgomery County...
Four Corners 0.01 934 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Washington County...
Williamsport 0.04 623 PM 2/21 trained spotter
Virginia
... Arlington County...
1 NNE Westover 0.02 1030 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Fauquier County...
Opal T 911 PM 2/21 NWS employee
... Loudoun County...
3 WSW Ashburn T 900 PM 2/21 NWS employee
1 N Purcellville T 930 PM 2/21
West Virginia
... Berkeley County...
2 E Martinsburg 0.06 1100 PM 2/21 trained spotter
1 WNW Bunker Hill 0.02 830 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Grant County...
2 NE Kline Gap 0.01 1046 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Hampshire County...
Romney T 903 PM 2/21 trained spotter
... Jefferson County...
1 W Charles Town T 658 PM 2/21 trained spotter
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:00:50 PM
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...FRIDAY 11 AM TO 7 PM.
* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
POSSIBLE.
* IMPACT...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES...AND
DOWNED TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES. ENSURE LOOSE OBJECTS ON YOUR
PROPERTY ARE SECURED OR BROUGHT INSIDE.
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:55:25 PM
Southern Baltimore
Issued - Feb 24 2011 1:41 pm EST
Update - February 24, 2011 1:53pm EST
Expires - February 25 7:00pm EST
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
141 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM
FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
• TIMING...FRIDAY 11 AM TO 7 PM.
• WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE.
• IMPACT...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES...
AND DOWNED TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES. ENSURE LOOSE OBJECTS ON
YOUR PROPERTY ARE SECURED OR BROUGHT INSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:55:56 PM
Southern Baltimore
Issued - Feb 24 2011 11:32 am EST
Update - February 24, 2011 1:53pm EST
Expires - February 25 6:45am EST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1132 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
• DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS
TODAY...THEN ACROSS THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND CHESAPEAKE BAY
TONIGHT.
• DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING FRIDAY.
IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND...
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN VIRGINIA LATE FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO WBCNPWLWX
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
ON FRIDAY...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UPGRADES TO A GALE WARNING OVER THE
TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY NIGHT. MARINERS SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
• SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 1:59:39 AM
NORTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ006
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST
FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM EST
FRIDAY.
* TIMING...FRIDAY 11 AM TO 7 PM.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BECOMING WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH DURING MID-AFTERNOON. NORTHWESTERLY BY
EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACT...POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED.
WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE
ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR PROPERTY.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 2:03:23 AM
NORTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ006
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EST
FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM EST
FRIDAY.
* TIMING...FRIDAY 11 AM TO 7 PM.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BECOMING WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH DURING MID-AFTERNOON. NORTHWESTERLY BY
EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACT...POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED.
WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE
ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR PROPERTY.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 6:56:14 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 01:02pm EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 01:30pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Carroll; Howard; Montgomery; Southern Baltimore
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT CARROLL...HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...
ANNE ARUNDEL AND SOUTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTIES...
AT 102 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORM OVER ROXBURY MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ELLICOTT CITY...OELLA...DANIELS...
BEECHFIELD...WOODLAWN...CATONSVILLE...ILCHESTER...UNION SQUARE...
CARROLL AND CANTON.
STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING...AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP
RAPIDLY. REMAIN ALERT...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED.
HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE
AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN LARGE TREE BRANCHES.
TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 6:58:20 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 01:19pm EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 01:45pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Howard; Montgomery; Prince Georges; Southern Baltimore
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...ANNE
ARUNDEL...PRINCE GEORGES AND SOUTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTIES...
AT 120 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM SIMPSONVILLE TO GARRETT PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ILCHESTER...NEW CARROLLTON...GREENBELT...
BELTSVILLE...MORRELL PARK...WOODMORE...GLENN DALE...SAVAGE...BOWIE
AND LOCUST POINT.
HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE
AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 7:00:56 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 10:53am EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 02:00pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Calvert; Carroll; Charles; Frederick; Harford; Howard; Montgomery; Northern Baltimore; Prince Georges; Southern Baltimore; St. Marys
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...TODAY 11 AM TO 7 PM.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.
* IMPACT...POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE BRANCHES AND
POWER LINES.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY
DAMAGE. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR PROPERTY.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 7:04:05 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 10:53am EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 07:00pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Calvert; Carroll; Charles; Frederick; Harford; Howard; Montgomery; Northern Baltimore; Prince Georges; Southern Baltimore; St. Marys
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...TODAY 11 AM TO 7 PM.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.
* IMPACT...POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE BRANCHES AND
POWER LINES.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY
DAMAGE. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR PROPERTY.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 7:06:27 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 12:17pm EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 04:00pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Baltimore City; Calvert; Caroline; Cecil; Charles; Harford; Howard; Kent; Montgomery; Prince Georges; Queen Anne's; St. Marys; Talbot
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 19 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
MD
. MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANNE ARUNDEL BALTIMORE CALVERT
CAROLINE CECIL CHARLES
HARFORD HOWARD KENT
MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES QUEEN ANNE`S
ST. MARYS TALBOT
MARYLAND INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
BALTIMORE CITY
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 7:11:10 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 01:48pm EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 02:15pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Baltimore City
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR BALTIMORE CITY...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE AND
NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTIES...
AT 148 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MILLERS ISLAND TO SEVERNA PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERWOOD FOREST...
SILLERY BAY...
PINEHURST...
BODKIN POINT...
GIBSON ISLAND...
CAPE ST. CLAIRE...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, February 25, 2011 7:14:07 PM
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MARYLAND MDZ011
Effective: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 01:48pm EST
Updated: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 02:15pm EST
Areas Affected: Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Baltimore City
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR BALTIMORE CITY...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE AND
NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTIES...
AT 148 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MILLERS ISLAND TO SEVERNA PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERWOOD FOREST...
SILLERY BAY...
PINEHURST...
BODKIN POINT...
GIBSON ISLAND...
CAPE ST. CLAIRE...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Monday, February 28, 2011 3:00:23 PM
Southern Baltimore
Issued - Feb 28 2011 7:34 am EST
Update - February 28, 2011 9:57am EST
Expires - February 28 10:00am EST
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
734 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MARYLAND
AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY THIS MORNING. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 10 AM.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Monday, February 28, 2011 3:01:55 PM
HOWARD MARYLAND MDZ010
Effective: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 08:54am EST
Updated: Sun, Feb 27, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 04:00pm EST
Areas Affected: Allegany; Carroll; Charles; Frederick; Howard; Montgomery; Prince Georges; Washington
TORNADO WATCH 32 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
MD
. MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGANY CARROLL CHARLES
FREDERICK HOWARD MONTGOMERY
PRINCE GEORGES WASHINGTON
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Monday, February 28, 2011 3:05:23 PM
HOWARD MARYLAND MDZ010
Effective: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 09:40am EST
Updated: Sun, Feb 27, 2011 07:00pm EST
Expires: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 10:30am EST
Areas Affected: Allegany; Carroll; Frederick; Howard; Montgomery; Prince Georges; Washington
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST
* AT 938 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF SLEEPY CREEK TO LARGENT...AND MOVING EAST AT
65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALLEY HIGH...
SPRUCE PINE HOLLOW...
SLEEPY CREEK...
HIGHLAND RIDGE...
INWOOD...
WILLIAMSPORT...
LONG MEADOW...
HAGERSTOWN...
MARTINSBURG...
RANSON...