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The D.C. split?
Some Washington weather watchers, including visitors of this blog, will swear to the existence of the "D.C. split". The split scenario occurs when precipitation seems on a collision course with the District only to break apart to the south and north as it closes in.
"D.C. split" adherents will definitely appreciate this comic (h/t Andrew Freedman), courtesy the blog xkcd:
Weather radar comic. Source xkcd.com.
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Jason Samenow
| December 9, 2010; 7:00 PM ET
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Posted by: FIREDRAGON47 | December 9, 2010 7:04 PM | Report abuse
xkcd is awesome. i related to that just a little too much...
Posted by: dinergirl1 | December 9, 2010 9:55 PM | Report abuse
Urban Heat Island Effect? :) a stable bubble of air over the Beltway?
Posted by: Camden-CapitalWeatherGang | December 10, 2010 12:08 AM | Report abuse
Haha, that is so true. Thanks for the laugh!
Posted by: oriolesfan2323 | December 10, 2010 7:18 AM | Report abuse
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Those radar images do look familiar.