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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The second snowfall of 2012 is another small one and it came with ice. We have just about an inch of snow here in the West End.
Beautiful powder starting falling here around 10 p.m. last night. Sadly, by this morning, it was covered in a icy glaze. There is currently no [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Yesterday’s snowfall was surprisingly measurable. I took several readings with the same method I always use (a yard stick in one hand, camera in the other) and all came in over 1½ inches. I grabbed this photo (sorry for the blurry) as the median of the readings. Let’s go with 1.75 inches, [...]

Earlier in the week I posted about the tough times for Northeast ski areas. It isn’t just the Northeast — most of the whole country is suffering from a snow drought according to Capital Weather Gang:
The snow cover across the U.S. can be best described by one word: pathetic. Here it is January 6, and [...]

Accuweather: 2 to 4 inches of snow on the way to Centre County – CDT
Snow football aficionados like myself are thrilled that big snowstorm that is hitting much of the Northeast should hit State College for tomorrow’s Penn State vs. Illinois game.
The temperature on Saturday is expected to be around 32 degrees in the morning [...]

How much rain has there been this week?

If my memory serves, that is US 29/50 Fairfax Boulevard (nee Lee Highway) just east of University Drive.
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Now, I don’t think that quite reaches the level of a Darwin Award; I certainly would not do it, but I’m amused someone else did.

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — The first “big” snow storm of 2011 left 7 inches of snow in Tysons Corner. More may have fallen, but it appears there was some freezing rain at the end of the storm.
There are many abanndoned cars on area roads, but this morning’s commute required nothing more than more patience. [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first “big” snow storm of 2011 left 5½ inches of snow in Alexandria’s West End. More may have fallen, but it appears there was some freezing rain at the end of the storm.
Shoveling out of the parking lot took about 15 minutes and I helped push a Mitsubusi Eclipse out of [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The first snow storm of the 2010-2011 season dropped 2 1/8 inches of beautiful white power onto an already frozen ground in the West End. The early rush hour yesterday was not too bad, but getting out of Tysons Corner was a bit of a chore.

Every year, I celebrate the first snow [...]

I slam Minnesota for cultural misappropriation of Snowmageddon and post videos of Vikings meltdowns as revenge.

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — About a month ago, I was surprised to see some cherry trees in pretty full bloom at Halloween. Maybe at this point, I shouldn’t be surprised that they are still blooming at Thanksgiving. The trees are not as lush with their blossoms as they are in spring, but they have been [...]