Oh boy.

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The News: There's  a pain-in-the-butt winter mix headed for the most meteorlogically inept section of the country (i.e., here).

Various emphases mine.

Winter Storm Watch

/O.CON.KLWX.WS.A.0001.070213T1200Z- 070214T1200Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY- HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH- FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON- RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE- CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK- FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD- SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE- MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON- HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON... HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG... COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS... WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...FROSTBURG... CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON... WAYNESBORO... HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL... CHARLOTTESVILLE...LEESBURG... CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK... FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...BAYARD... PETERSBURG... EMORYVILLE...HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER... FORT ASHBY 1111 AM EST SUN FEB 11 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES AND DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES WILL AFFECT THE MID ATLANTIC EARLY NEXT WEEK.

ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND... EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVER THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY...CENTRAL VIRGINIA FOOTHILLS AND LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND...PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. WHILE THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TIMING AND EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...A HIGH IMPACT WEATHER EVENT IS LIKELY.

 
The Bad News: This will probably screw up my parents' plans for driving back from Florida, as my mother will not drive in snow. Nor will she ride in snow. She pretty much refuses to leave the house or whatever shelter she's sitting in in snow, especially if my father's driving, because he's from Buffalo and pretty much, unless there's more than 4 inches on the ground, ignores said snow. She asked me to keep an eye on the weather for her, and I can't lie to her for crap. Not about something that I know she's going to be genuinely traumatized about. Fudge.

The Good News: Catholic U. and PGCC will almost certainly both be closed. Hee. (Husband's comment: "Bite me. I'll still have to go to work.") The Canadian Latin instructor pretty much shakes his head at the insanity of it all (re: last week's "snowfall": "So how hard are you laughing at us?" "Pretty hard."), but cannot thwart the will of the President (or, at least the ineptness of DC drivers in a wintry mix).

And the mantra begins: milk, bread, toilet paper....milk, bread, toilet paper...milk, bread, toilet paper...

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