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  3. DeniseVelez

    snow tomorrow and Monday – the forecasters can’t make up their minds about how bad it will be.

    As it stands now:

    East: An initial round of light snow (sleet and freezing rain, also) moves into the Northeast Sunday. Heavier snow builds into the Northeast overnight Sunday night continuing into much of Monday, before tapering off late Monday afternoon and evening. Six inches of snow is possible from the New York City metro area New York state and extreme southern New England to Delaware, northern Virginia and West Virginia. Within this swath, a few spots will pick up over one foot of total snow through Monday afternoon. Accumulating snow is possible as far south as southern Virginia, or even a few areas in North Carolina.

    East travel impact: Road conditions will deteriorate quickly overnight Sunday night, with treacherous travel likely on Monday from extreme southern New England at least to northern Virginia, if not farther south. Major impact on Northeast airport hubs with numerous cancellations/delays are likely Monday.

    http://www.weather.com/news/we…

  4. anotherdemocrat

    Eating breakfast, watching Up. No New Jersey for the whole 1st hour — Arizona & marriage equality. Going to a plant sale this morning, then a doctor appointment. And I swear I’m going to exercise.

    It’s supposed to get up to 80 here. And tomorrow is supposed to be warm, until a front comes through — and the highs early next week will be around 50. This weather is exhausting.

  5. Diana in NoVa

    where it nearly always seems to be warm. Austin has a lot going for it. Enjoy your day, anotherdemocrat!

  6. Diana in NoVa

    Our Saturday is getting off to a very slow start. We’re still in dressing-gowns and slippers! It’s so cold I just don’t feel like going out.

    Yesterday Miss Pink Cheeks demanded silence during morning drive-time to day care so she could take a nap. While she pretended to sleep in her booster seat in the back, I thought of a plot idea for an 800-word short story. I’ll have to get the story written today as the contest deadline is tomorrow.

    Felt a bit better yesterday afternoon so I took Nora’s favorite book, The Toddlers’ Bible, to day care to read to her and the other students. Nora thinks Mr. and Mrs. Noah look like Grandma and Grandpa and that Adam and Eve look like Mommy and Daddy. The children were so adorable!  One little girl knew her Bible, all right, and was able to identify the baby sleeping in the reed basket right away.

    Today will be a day of work interspersed with shopping to lay in stores for “It.” “It” is evidently coming on Monday morning, but our forecasters keep saying they don’t know whether it’s going to be snow or a wintry mix. The Washington, DC area is situated in The Weird Zone, so blizzards frequently bypass us; on the other hand, one of the worst snows I ever remember was in March. One memorable year–1990, that was–the temp. rose to 90 degrees F.! Went for a three-mile walk that day, perspiring happily and thinking that summer had come early. 🙂

    Hope everyone will have a good weekend!

  7. princesspat

    More snow is in the forecast for this weekend though so I’m still not planting the primroses. My old camellia is finally more upright so if it does snow again I hope it’s just a flurry before the spring rain settles in.

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