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15 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
An absolutely serious and incredible situation in Texas--2.7 million customers without power due to excessive cold and surging energy demand. While snow and ice have shut down airports in Austin and Houston. wapo.st/3s8VTDt (1/x)
This cold snap is exceptional and historic. Look at all of the records from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian border: (2/x) Image
Texas is almost entirely snow-covered (though some of what is shown in this image is clouds)... Never seen this before.... (3/x) Image
Winter storm warnings for snow and ice, while they have been lifted in NW Texas, cover all of Arkansas, and most of Louisiana and Mississippi, thru Tennessee and Ohio valleys and into interior Northeast. (4/x) Image
Just a few examples of how cold it is:
* Wind chills dipped to minus-40s and minus-50s in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colo
* Record low wind chills of minus-29 in Oklahoma City
* Wind chill of 10 in Houston
* Sea smoke and ocean-effect snow over Bays on Gulf of Mexico
Just crazy (5/5)

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17 Feb
THREAD - on winter storm headed to DC area. Snow moves in predawn and may become HEAVY at times sunrise into the morning. But, the question is WHEN sleet mixes and takes over. Mid-morning currently best estimate. (1/x)
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9 Feb
JUST IN: Our detailed look at the winter storm expected to bring two bouts of snow to the DC area between Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning. Complicated forecast, lots of variables. Read the briefing to understand the maps: wapo.st/3a1Qk3l
Important to understand the event will come in two waves. Here's our snow forecast for the first wave, Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning: (1/2)
Here's our snow forecast for the second wave, Thursday afternoon to Friday morning: (2/2)
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7 Feb
Forecast update! Our call for 1-4" of wet, slushy snow is on track for Sunday morning. Rain to develop between 1-4a and should switch to snow by sunrise and then taper off by early afternoon. Detailed update-write-up here: wapo.st/3aAg6L6 (1/x)
We'd lean more toward 1-2" than 2-4" near downtown DC due to mild temps and better chances for 2"+ in hilly areas with more elevation, but so much is dependent on where any heavy precip sets up. (2/x)
Most snow accumulation on grassy area but some on paved surfaces not impossible during heavy bursts. Snow can stick at 33-34 degrees if it's heavy enough. Temps - frankly - are pretty marginal for a meaningful snow event here but sometimes weird stuff happens. (3/x)
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15 Dec 20
Sound the sad trombone snow lovers, we've lowered predicted totals slightly one more time. Wednesday's storm will be a mess. Detailed briefing: wapo.st/3akwBfX (1/x)
Huge range in conditions from east to west in DC region Wednesday. Flood watch east of I95 for 1-2" of rain. Winter storm warning for I81 for 6-12"+ snow. (2/x)
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30 Sep 20
A historic and devastating onslaught of wildfires has ravaged the West since mid-August. @NASAEarth satellite imagery has captured the punishing blazes which have devoured over 3.9 million acres in California alone.

Details: wapo.st/36mOloW (1/x)
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24 Sep 20
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