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Monday, December 13, 2004

I laugh at your "severe" weather

Mwah ha ha ha ha ha!

(I realize that the gods are going to send one hell of a snowstorm to VA because of this, but I can't resist!)

From weather.com: {key phrases are highlighted}

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...ALBEMARLE VA-...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-...-PRINCE GEORGES MD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA- ...-SHENANDOAH VA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD- ...- 438 AM EST MON DEC 13 2004
... BREEZY AND COLDER WEATHER IS ARRIVING...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRESS EAST FROM THE APPALACHIANS EARLY THIS MORNING... REACHING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BY MIDDAY. WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... PERSISTING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL BRING MUCH COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION... ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON.
THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLACKEN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON... BUT WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY ENOUGH TO ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE... AND TO NEAR 20 DEGREES ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR INCLUDING DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE THROUGH THE 30S TUESDAY... WITH HIGHS ONLY ECLIPSING 40 DEGREES SOUTH OF FREDERICKSBURG TO ANNAPOLIS. WITH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ... IT WILL FEEL LIKE ITS IN THE 20S ON TUESDAY.
ON TUESDAY NIGHT... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS IN THE INTERIOR SUBURBS... LOWER 20S SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE... AND MID 20S IN TOWN. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
ALTHOUGH THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT UNUSUAL FOR DECEMBER... SINCE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COLD SNAP OF THE SEASON... RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE A FEW PRECAUTIONS UNTIL ACCLIMATED TO THE COLDER TEMPERATURES. MOST IMPORTANT WILL BE TO WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CLOTHING. AVOID WEARING COTTON CLOTHING... AS IT TENDS TO LET BODY HEAT ESCAPE. ALSO... A HAT AND GLOVES WILL HELP YOU STAY WARM.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

that's all I have to say.

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