Saturday, February 24, 2007

So remember the snow/ice event we had here a week or so ago? We never really cleaned off my car of the snow/ice because I rarely go out. I did venture out on Wednesday, though, and I had to chip away about a 3 inch block of ice that had accumulated through thawing and refreezing over my windshield wipers. In the process I broke my long handled ice scraper/brush.

I asked Beau to see if he could get a new one for me when he went to Walmart on Friday. No go - the winter gear has been replaced by summer gear. He said it was no big deal since we wouldn’t need it until next winter. I laughed and said that with my track record I would need it.

I was right.

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER THE MISSOURI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.

AT THE SURFACE COLD CANADIAN AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AT TIMES THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANGE BACK TO ALL FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

Lovely.