Snowstorm hits my backyard amid widespread weather of lesser importance

Today’s Retort is late and abridged because of local weather news. It snowed again in D.C.! I measured more than half a foot. Jim Cantore stopped by. It’s a nice sticky snow that will be gone quite soon as another storm plastering the Midwest sends rain our way.

Weather Watch

Snowstorm Number 2. Snow is falling from Kansas to the Lower Great Lakes on Wednesday morning as the second in a pair of winter storms moves eastward. This one is centered a good deal northwest of the one that just hit the Mid-Atlantic, with 6-12 inches of snow expected for parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and surrounding spots including the cities of Chicago, Detroit and Green Bay.

Rain and storms on Gulf moisture. Across the South, a lot of rain is on the way. Today it comes with a Level 2 of 4 flood risk and the potential for severe weather including tornadoes.

Atmospheric river ahead. A Level 3 of 4 flood risk has been hoisted for Thursday in Southern California. A general 1 to 3 inches is forecast, beginning Wednesday, with isolated totals as high as 6-plus inches. Following historic January fires around Los Angeles, “the primary concern is the potential for damaging and potentially life-threatening burn scar flash flooding and debris flows,” the Weather Service wrote.

WxDog Wednesday

My polar bear pal Max enjoyed the snow, as usual.

I measured 6.5 inches from our latest snowstorm as I wobbled off to grab coffee at 5 a.m. The D.C. area has now cemented a snowier than normal winter following a stormy January and first half of February. It’s the first time we’ve pulled that off since 2018-2019.

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