Entries Categorized as 'weather'

Sneak preview of spring

Date March 14, 2007

As anyone in Northern Virginia already knows, spring has made an early, but temporary appearance this week. Today’s high will be in the mid 70s (20 degrees above normal), and it’s a perfect day for working out on the balcony at work with a wireless laptop. Let’s enjoy it while we can, since it will [...]

Let it snow…

Date February 25, 2007

This morning we were hit with a surprise snow storm. It’s been snowing steadily (and heavily) for the last three hours or so. At least this is a very pretty snow, unlike the last couple that were mainly sleet, freezing rain, and ice pellets (yuck!). Saturday’s side effects continued about as expected, but today I [...]

Snowed In (50%)

Date February 16, 2007

Well, it’s been almost a week since I’ve posted an update, and that can only mean one thing… I’m feeling better! We got a heck of a winter storm this week – lots of sleet, some snow, and then a really thick layer of freezing rain on top. The end result is that our yard, [...]

Snow Wii

Date January 23, 2007

We weren’t really expecting snow yesterday (forgot to check the forecast for a couple days), or we would have taken the SUV instead of the Acura when we went out for the day. The roads were snow and ice covered by the time we were on our way home, and we ended up having a [...]