PM Update: Saturday trends milder
Considerable clouds and a gusty breeze from the northwest have made for a chilly early March-like day. Highs have fallen short of 50 for the most part. After a chilly a Friday night, a somewhat milder regime settles in for Saturday pushing temperatures about 5-10 degrees above today's levels.

Radar & lightning: Latest regional radar shows movement of precipitation and lightning strikes over past two hours. Refresh page to update. Click here or on image to enlarge. Or see radar bigger on our Weather Wall.
Through Tonight: An evening shower (between 5 and 10 p.m.) is not out of the question (20% chance), especially in the northern and western suburbs. Later at night, clouds decrease some with seasonably cold overnight lows which range from near 30 in the colder suburbs to the mid-to-upper 30s downtown.
Tomorrow (Saturday): We'll have a mix of sun and clouds with probably more sun in the morning and more clouds in the afternoon as a weak system passes by to our northwest. With winds from the west instead of the north and northwest, it's milder, with highs reaching the upper 50s to low 60s.
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Yesterday's rainfall totals: Around the metro region - rainfall totals from generally ranged from 1.5-3" - which was consistent with what was forecast. The heaviest amounts occurred north and northeast of town in Howard and Baltimore counties, where 2-4 inches were recorded. The National Weather Service has a nice aggregation of regional totals.
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Jason Samenow
| March 11, 2011; 4:10 PM ET
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Posted by: egengle | March 11, 2011 4:40 PM | Report abuse
@egengle
You're right. Any pre-midnight totals may be low, but most of them were reported this morning -- so I think the 1.5-3" range is about right for most spots.
Posted by: Jason-CapitalWeatherGang | March 11, 2011 4:45 PM | Report abuse
Thanks for posting that NWS link. It's always interesting to see the different totals across the region. I got about 1.5" which was the same as DCA (arlington). I only went by a glass jar measurement, though. Need to replace my rain gauge that cracked during a freeze this past winter.
Posted by: jojo2008 | March 11, 2011 7:17 PM | Report abuse
2.5" in the bucket out here in the Blue Ridge east of Front Royal
Posted by: spgass1 | March 11, 2011 7:54 PM | Report abuse
Note: You have to click on Version 3 to get the NWS rain totals
Posted by: spgass1 | March 11, 2011 9:26 PM | Report abuse
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Rain totals are interesting, but is the time of measurement accurate? Alexandria was measured at 6 PM, and it poured buckets and buckets (so loud on the roof, you had to speak up to be heard) from about 6:30-10:30 at my house last night. I would bet we got at least an inch in that time period.