February 27, 2005
Say it ain't snow
At work on Friday one of my co-workers was trying to scare up a laptop to take home in case it snowed and she couldn't come to the office on Monday. She has a kid, so when schools are closed, she's pretty much stuck home, too. I wasn't paying too much attention to the weather at that point (more worried about my car)...I did consider going down to the office to pick up some work yesterday, but instead I got caught up in going to see Les Miserable and doing laundry and so on, and, well, I never did make it to work. And today I didn't really think of it until just now...half an hour before I leave for my nephew's birthday party (in the opposite direction from the office). And I thought, oh, yeah, I wonder if they are still calling for snow. So I checked the National Weather Service, and
whoa, I have never seen those colors on the weather map before.
So, apparently
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION FROM 100 AM
MONDAY THROUGH 100 AM TUESDAY.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID MORNING. AT
THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 1000 AM
AND 600 PM MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY TOMORROW...LEADING TO SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY
REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW.
BY LATE TOMORROW EVENING...AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ARE EXPECTED
TO SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING
THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.
Well.
I hope this is either totally wrong, like that weakass little snow on Thursday, or that it comes early, because I don't want to be leaving the office tomorrow in 6 inches of snow with greatly reduced visibility. (But at least I have awesome new tires!)
Wish me luck. If things really go my way, there will be lots of blogging time tomorrow.
Posted by Nic at February 27, 2005 03:56 PM