Friday, February 22, 2008

Winter, Schminter

Winter Storm Warning
/O.EXT.KLWX.WS.W.0003.080222T0200Z- 080223T0300Z/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA- MONTGOMERY-HOWARD/MANASSAS PARK- FAIRFAX-ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- 851 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008...

WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FRIDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FRIDAY.

A STORM MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING PRECIPITATION INTO THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVERTHE REGION. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT SNOWOVERNIGHT...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW HAS BEGUN TO OVERSPREAD THE CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ON AND OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING...AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH... IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH THIS EVENT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Impossible? Impossible?? Traveling per da rules:
15. Thrower...4. 3. If a player speeds up, changes direction, or obviously takes more steps than are required to stop after catching a pass and before establishing a pivot, that player has traveled.

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