Archive: Inauguration
Inauguration Contrails
Wx and the City * Mild, Only for a Day: Full Forecast | Inauguration: How Cold Was It? * Contrails in the D.C. sky on Inauguration Day. By CWG's Ann Posegate. I was probably the only one in a crowd...
By Ann Posegate | January 23, 2009; 12:45 PM ET | Comments (9)
Inauguration Weather: How Cold Was It?
Wx and the City * Winter Returns Tomorrow: Full Forecast | Later: Inauguration Contrails * Being outdoors for long hours in cold temperatures and bitterly cold wind chills on Inauguration Day led to some strange, random, and out-of-the-ordinary behaviors one...
By Ann Posegate | January 23, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (2)
Standing, Watching, Waiting, and Freezing
* Pomp, Circumstance & Chill: Full Forecast | Many Treated for Hypothermia * In anticipation of the inauguration ceremony, spectators on the Mall stand, watch, wait, and freeze around sunrise this morning. By Jason Samenow. So I ventured to the...
By Jason Samenow | January 20, 2009; 05:00 PM ET | Comments (10)
Inauguration Weather Forecast: Blustery for Obama
A few flurries possible Capital Weather Gang Full Forecast INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 19-23F 26-30F Mostly cloudy 15% 11:35 a.m. update: Some of the latest guidance suggests we could see a...
By Jason Samenow | January 19, 2009; 11:35 AM ET | Comments (5)
Inauguration Weather: What to Wear
Wx and the City * Inauguration Day Forecast * There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. -Mark Twain With the Inaugural balls and numerous outdoor events nearly upon us, I got to thinking: How does one look...
By Ann Posegate | January 17, 2009; 02:30 PM ET | Comments (5)
Inauguration Weather Forecast: Freezing Cold
CWG's Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 19-23F 26-30F Partly cloudy 20% As we've been discussing for many days now, it's going to be cold. The difference between...
By Jason Samenow | January 17, 2009; 05:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
Inauguration Weather Forecast: Count on Cold
CWG's Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 20-25F 27-32F Partly cloudy 20% There's little doubt left it's going to be a cold day (but nothing like today in...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 16, 2009; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (1)
Inauguration Weather Forecast: Cold, Flaky?
CWG's Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 21-26F 28-33F Mostly cloudy 25% There's little doubt left it's going to be a cold day. Temperatures will probably start the...
By Jason Samenow | January 15, 2009; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (6)
Inauguration Forecast: Cold in the Cards
CWG's Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 23-28F 29-34F Partly Cloudy 25% Confidence continues to rise that temperatures will be on the cold side for Inauguration Day. It's...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 14, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Inauguration Weather: Record Cold for Reagan
* Full Forecast Thru Weekend | InaugurationCast | Stop the Scaremongering * In a swirling snowstorm, police and security inspect the podium where President Ronald Reagan was supposed to have been sworn into office for a second term, Jan. 20,...
By Kevin Ambrose | January 13, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
InaugurationCast: The Cold Should Hold
CWG's Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 24-29F 29-34F TBD 25% Confidence is growing, but not quite high, that colder than normal conditions will prevail on Inauguration Day...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 13, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Inauguration Weather: Stop the Scaremongering
Sure it may snow, but no need to sensationalize yet * Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend | InaugurationCast * Capital Weather Gang received in its inbox this afternoon a release from AccuWeather.com with the following headline: Snow Possible in D.C....
By Dan Stillman | January 12, 2009; 07:00 PM ET | Comments (18)
InaugurationCast: Will Cold Stay or Will it Go?
Testing the limits of long-range forecasts * The Calm Before the Cold: Full Forecast Through Inauguration Weekend * Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive Since Jan. 2, Jason Samenow and Dan Stillman have provided dueling forecasts...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 12, 2009; 09:50 AM ET | Comments (2)
InaugurationCast: Can Cold Blast Last?
Testing the limits of long-range forecasts * Wintry Mix Tomorrow? Full Forecast | Capital Weather Gang Turns 1 * Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive What's better than one Inauguration forecast? How 'bout two? Through Jan....
By Capital Weather Gang | January 9, 2009; 05:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
Inauguration Weather: Swearing-In Date Switcheroo
* Wintry Mix Saturday? Express & Detailed Forecast * By Robert Henson Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Latest Inauguration Forecast InaugurationCast Most of our nation's presidents have taken the oath of office on March 4. It...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 8, 2009; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (4)
InaugurationCast: T-Minus Two Weeks
Testing the limits of long-range forecasts * Rain Tapers This Afternoon: Full Forecast | Later: Snow Poems * Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive What's better than one Inauguration forecast? How 'bout two? Through Jan. 13,...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 7, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (5)
Inauguration Weather: The Case of Kennedy
A soldier from U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Inaugural Snow Removal Force prepares to move a car abandoned from the snowstorm on the eve of John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Image courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Inauguration Links...
By Jason Samenow | January 5, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (9)
InaugurationCast: Critiquing Predictions
Testing the limits of long-range predictions Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive Today's Local Forecast Through January 13, CWG's chief and lead meteorologists -- Jason Samenow and Dan Stillman, respectively -- will provide dueling forecasts...
By Jason Samenow | January 5, 2009; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
InaugurationCast: Weather Gang & El Bombo Battle
Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive Today's Local Forecast Through January 13, CWG's chief and lead meteorologists -- Jason Samenow and Dan Stillman, respectively -- will provide dueling forecasts for Jan. 20, Inauguration Day. We'll...
By Jason Samenow | January 4, 2009; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (10)
InaugurationCast: Dueling Predictions
Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive Today's Local Forecast What's better than one Inauguration forecast? How 'bout two? Through January 13, CWG's chief and lead meteorologists -- Jason Samenow and Dan Stillman, respectively -- will...
By Jason Samenow | January 3, 2009; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
InaugurationCast: Let the Forecasts Begin
Testing the limits of long-range predictions Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive Today's Local Forecast What's better than one Inauguration forecast? How 'bout two? Jan. 2-13, CWG's chief and lead meteorologists -- Jason Samenow and...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 2, 2009; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
Share Your Inauguration Weather Predictions
* Express & Detailed Forecast | Top 5 Local Weather Stories of 2008 * Inauguration Weather • Features• ForecastsInauguration Central On Tuesday, you had a chance to vote in our poll (and you can still vote) on inauguration weather conditions....
By Jason Samenow | January 1, 2009; 05:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
Can You Predict Obama's Inauguration Weather?
* Latest Inauguration Forecast | Full Local Forecast * Inauguration Weather • Features• ForecastsInauguration Central President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration is exactly three weeks away. From now until then, the Capital Weather Gang will be providing regular inauguration weather features and...
By Jason Samenow | December 30, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (12)
History of Inauguration Day Weather
Courtesy whitehouse.gov Inauguration Day is Jan. 20, and the hype is well underway. We here at Capital Weather Gang haven't refined our 69-day forecasting tool to the point of perfection -- yet. But until we get closer to the event,...
By Dan Stillman | November 12, 2008; 01:30 PM ET | Comments (1)
