uvageek » Northern Virginia http://uvageek.net The legends, stories and tribulations of a UVA Physics Grad... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 An unexpected snow storm… http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/ http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:39:00 +0000 Dan http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/ For those of you that live in the Northern Virginia area, you might have been startled to wake up on Saturday morning, 30 January 2010 to find your front porch covered in snow and the roads a unplowed with a few inches of snow piling up.  It was to be a weekend like any other that we’ve had recently… bitterly cold and overcast. Weather forecasters had stated all week long that there was a very minute chance of snow but that the air masses would drive the snow south toward Richmond and that we would only get a dusting.

Well, there was definitely a little more than a dusting by mid-day and it would seem as though Northern Virginia got caught with their pants on the ground.

Fortunately the snow seems to be melting and it wasn’t too hard to plow since it was light and fluffy… next time we may not be so lucky ;-)

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]]> http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/feed/ 0 Just another day in sNOwVA http://uvageek.net/2009/12/20/just-another-day-in-snowva/ http://uvageek.net/2009/12/20/just-another-day-in-snowva/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:12:11 +0000 Dan http://uvageek.net/2009/12/20/just-another-day-in-snowva/ Yes folks that’s right, it’s that time of the year where the weather forecasters and meteorologists get giddy when they see pressure systems pushing one way and moisture pushing another.  To me it’s all just one big wave equation with several thermodynamic variables at play – adding in the whole presence of trees and other obstructions on the ground that cause different turbulence within the clouds… :-)   Anyway, just a little check in this evening / morning for those curious as to what’s up and going on.

And no, please don’t fret, I made ground turkey chili with medium grain rice – nice and low fat and with a lot of protein and starch to fill you up so that you’re not tempted to just eat everything in the house while trapped for a few days.

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