Snow no Snow

I cannot believe that Frederick County cancelled school the other day, and yet there was hardly any snow whatsoever. There was way more snow in Montgomery County and they had school. A delay I could see (Carroll County, good job). A complete Snow Day? What is this... Alabama???

Frederick YMCA

There was a "fire drill" at the Y today. Not sure what was going on, but in the middle of racquetball, there was announcement to leave the building. On the way out, I saw a couple firemen. No alarms were going off at the time, but they did start later. I don't know if it was a drill or something else that needed to be looked at. There were two fire engines I saw. One was out front and the other on the side street near the alley.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Here's wishing everyone a happy new year 2009.

Where's the snow???

Well, I was really hoping for snow on Sunday, but it's looking like not much snow is going to fall. Blah.

Winter Weather Advisory

The first Winter Weather Advisory was issued this morning using the new "Commuter Impact" rule discussed here.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER
649 AM EST FRI NOV 21 2008

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
EST TODAY.

AIDED BY COLD NORTHWEST WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MASON DIXON LINE FROM FREDERICK COUNTY
EAST TO NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...WITH CLOSER TO 1 INCH FURTHER SOUTH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Snowy Pattern

It looks like there will be more opportunities to see the white stuff over the next couple of weeks, including Thanksgiving week. Tuesday? Friday? Stay tuned. High temp today was only 35 degrees, which is very winter-like. I'd like some snow, but I have a lot of garden work to get done!

Nothing to Report Here

Black billowing smoke did not invade the northeastern Germantown sky early this morning. The Rockville fire department was not called to the scene to put out a raging dark fire on the roof at the Milestone Center school construction site. Hess construction crew workers were not spotted working on the roof later in the day.

Snow flurries were a mere figment of everyone's imagination this afternoon. It was a cosmic hologram similar to CNN's ridiculous Star Wars stunt on election night.

In other news, there was not a lengthy backup on I-270 northbound, just north of the scenic overlook, between 5:15 and 6:00 p.m. this evening.

Tomatoes

My tomatoes yielded very well this year. I've had so many that I take them into work. People there grab them up like crazy.

Hanna Banana

Today is a great day for ducks, with Tropical Storm Hanna bringing us major rainfall. It's been raining hard now for several hours.... hard enough to scramble our satellite TV.

For more info than you could ever have time to read on Hanna, click here: Hanna

Tropical Fest

The summer had been quiet in the tropics until recently. Now we have Gustav, Hanna, Ike and Josephine! The weather doesn't observe Labor Day. It's been quite dry since early August, so Hanna might be a good shot at rain locally towards the weekend.