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Tysons, Va. March 25, 2013 snow fall total at 9:55 a.m.

But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
TYSONS, Va. — Just outside the Capital Beltway, 4 inches of spring snow have accumulated.
Travel between Alexandria’s West End through Arlington (Ballston in particular) to Tysons was fine. Slushy on occasion, but not icy.

PREVIOUSLY: Alexandria, Va. March 25, 2013 snow fall total at 8:35 a.m.

Alexandria, Va. March 25, 2013 snow fall total at 8:35 a.m.

But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Technically, it is spring. It has been since 7:02 a.m. on March 20. Yet, in this strange winter, “conversational snow” keeps falling down around the Nation’s Capital. Schools are delayed, even inside the Beltway.
As shown above 2 1/4 inches were measured at 8:35 [...]

Slushquester – another dud of a DC/Northern Virginia snowstorm

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Ever since the crushing storms of 2009-2010, Snowpocalypse and Snowmageddon BeltwayLand has been in a snow drought. Other than a nasty p.m. rush storm in 2011, we’ve had nothing significant. Despite lots of meteorological hype this week for Snowquester, the trend has continued. It may have snowed all day yesterday, but it [...]

Snowquester – Alexandria snow fall measurement at 10 a.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — At dawn, perhaps an inch of snow was on the ground here. Between 8 and 9 a.m. the snow intensified and at 9:30 a.m. it was sticking to concrete.
At 10 a.m. I measured 2 inches.
Capital Weather Gang coverage
Snowquester hitting its stride with heavy snow after slow start

2013 Skiing: Timberline

DAVIS, W. Va. — My annual ski trip with my friend Ryan took us to Timberline this year. While we had originally planned on going to Hunter Mtn. in New York State, a number of factors prompted us to choose a place close to home. The promising snowfall predictions for West Virginia, 4,000+ feet [...]

Tysons snow fall total

TYSONS, Va. — The last snow fall total for the day comes from Tysons. I’m calling this 1 ½ inches, the highest total I recorded.
PREVIOUS TOTALS
Alexandria
Ballston

Ballston, Arlington snow fall total

ARLINGTON, Va. — Around 9:30 a.m., I followed up my earlier Alexandria reading with one from the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington. I’m calling that 1 inch.

Alexandria, Va. snow total – 1 1/4 inches

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — For the first time in a year and three days, I went out to measure snow. Overnight about 1 1/4 inches of beautiful white powder blanketed the city of Alexandria. Elsewhere in the Washington, D.C. region, accumulations varied and I hope to get a reading from Tysons in about 2 hours.
Traffic volume [...]

Eastern Pennsylvania ski resorts hanging in there

Pa. ski resorts adapt to the mild conditions – The Inky
Another season of poor snowfall isn’t holding back the ski areas in Eastern Pennsylvania like as much as last year. Cold nights have allowed for
snow-making even though the days have been a bit warm. Just a new normal it seems.
Seven Springs and other Western Pennsylvania [...]

The 2012-2013 Mid-Atlantic ski season begins today

Over the weekend, a number of resorts within driving distance of Washington, D.C. have fired up the snow guns (DC Ski).
Snowmaking is underway at many Mid-Atlantic resorts! Check out their progress on the DCSki Resort Webcams page.dcski.com/webcams/index.…
— DCSki (@DCSki) November 24, 2012

EARLY OUTLOOK
The real stuff has been falling as well with about four inches [...]

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