Bases covered (in 4 to 14 inches)

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Gene

I just don’t get it: is it so impossible to predict snowfall amounts, or does the National Weather Service just want to cover their asses to avoid the usual “it didn’t snow as much as predicted” or “they never predicted this much” complaints?
The NWS forecast for the approaching snowfall in DC is four to fourteen inches. That’s a spread of ten inches.
Hell, they might as well just say…

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1021 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2006

MDZ013-014-016-VAZ025>031-036>042-050>053-055>057-WVZ050-055-
112200-
/O.CON.KLWX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060212T1100Z/
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-
FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-STAFFORD-
SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-HARDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...STAUNTON...
WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...
CHARLOTTESVILLE...WASHINGTON...LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...
MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...FREDERICKSBURG
1021 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2006

...IT MIGHT SNOW TODAY OR TOMORROW AND IT COULD BE A DUSTING
OR IT COULD BE A WALLOPING BLIZZARD

FOR LATEST CONDITIONS, LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW

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