Archive: Wx and the City
Feeling under pressure by air pressure?
Wx in the City * Rain at times today: Full Forecast * There is no doubt that weather affects our health and well-being -- think hypothermia, sunburn and that good old "nice day" feeling from a clear, warm spring day....
By Ann Posegate | November 19, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (11)
Hypothermia season underway for D.C.'s homeless
Wx and the city * Cool end to work week: Full Forecast | Tomorrow: Our winter outlook * Yvonne McKethan waits for a place to sleep at the John L. Young Catholic Charities Center in the District. (By Melina Mara...
By Ann Posegate | November 4, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (5)
Fall foliage update: peak conditions arrive
Wx and the city * Rain relents: Full Forecast | Autumn rain photos | Photo contest * The latest fall regional fall foliage update, courtesy the Foliage Network (this is a week old and we will insert new one as...
By Ann Posegate | October 28, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (3)
CWG's annual photo contest
Wx and the city Top 10 pick from 2008 CWG photo contest. By Bennett Lipscomb. Taken from Mt. Pleasant on June 7, 2008. The nice thing about weather is that it comes to you. Sure, you could chase a tornado...
By Ann Posegate | October 22, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Harvest Moon Shines over National Arboretum
Wx and the City * Relentlessly Raw and Rainy: Full Forecast * The Harvest Moon shines over the U.S. National Arboretum. Photo by Kristian Whipple. Last week, I had the opportunity to see the District in a new light ......
By Ann Posegate | October 15, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Attack of the Autumn Allergies
Wx and the City * Wind Advisory Today: Full Forecast | Winter Weather Hype is Here * Image of ragweed pollen. Courtesy American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Sniff, sniff (cough). Achoo! (Rub eyes.) Sniff, sniff (blow nose). Achoo!...
By Ann Posegate | October 7, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (7)
Cool Happenings for Cooler Temperatures
Wx and the City * Weekend Forecast | Redskins-Bucs Forecast | Amazing D.C. Sunrise * Foliage begins to emerge in D.C. last October. By CWG photographer Ian Livingston. Fall speaks of festivals, foliage and refreshing weather around the D.C. area....
By Ann Posegate | October 2, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (0)
Summer or Fall: Which Is It?
Wx and the City * Cooler for Now. Some Showers? Full Forecast | Weather Wall * * What Does an Inch of Rain Mean? | Joe Wilson, Civility & Climate * Fall foliage near Harpers Ferry, W.Va., Nov. 3, 2008....
By Ann Posegate | September 16, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (14)
Learn How Scientists Predict Climate Change
Wx and the City Next week, the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the National Environmental Education Foundation, is hosting a lecture on the "Emerging Science of Climate Change." Dr. Michael Winton, an...
By Ann Posegate | September 10, 2009; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (6)
Making Hotter Augusts Not Quite as Hot in D.C.
Wx and the City * Cool Down Is Here: Full Forecast | Hurricane Tracking Center * The abundance of paved surfaces in urban areas often leads to temperatures several degrees warmer than in nearby rural locations. The so-called Urban Heat...
By Ann Posegate | August 31, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (23)
To A/C or Not to A/C? That is the Question.
Wx and the City * D.C. Before A/C: A Weather Story | Full Forecast | UnitedCast * * Tropical Storm Danny | Hurricane Tracking Center | Weather Wall * Courtesy Wikimedia Commons From my observations, Washingtonians, like many Americans, are...
By Ann Posegate | August 19, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (32)
Sleeping Through Sunlight: Not a Success
Wx and the City * Real Heat? Full Forecast | NatCast | Rethinking Hurricane Forecast * Photo courtesy UCAR "This is getting ridiculous," I think, cursing the solstice as I awake around 5:30 a.m. when the first hues of orange...
By Ann Posegate | August 5, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (10)
Summer: A Good Time to Watch Clouds
Wx and the City * Showers Today: Full Forecast | Dangerous Encounter With Katrina * * Outside Now? Radar, Temps & More: Weather Wall | Lightning Map * What kind of clouds are these? Find out after the jump. Photo...
By Ann Posegate | July 29, 2009; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (10)
Local Farms Adjust to Challenges of Recent Rains
Wx and the City * Full Forecast | Does El Nino Mean Fewer Hurricanes? * Produce from a local garden. By Kristian Whipple. After a visit to a water-logged community garden in my D.C. neighborhood a few weeks ago --...
By Ann Posegate | July 9, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (7)
Local Students Do Their Share for Cleaner Air
Wx and the City * Full Forecast Through the Fourth * This past spring, students throughout the D.C.-Baltimore area were asked to create posters that addressed "The ABCs of Air Quality: The Air, the Bay and Climate Change." The contest...
By Ann Posegate | July 1, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (1)
New Climate Report Details Mid-Atlantic Impacts
* Summer Interrupted: Full Forecast | Outside Now? Weather Wall * * WaPo: Report on Warming Offers New Details | Green Section * Yesterday, the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released the most thorough report ever written on...
By Ann Posegate | June 17, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (12)
Are You a Severe Weather Junkie?
Wx and the City * Full Forecast | Storm Chase on I-95 | Wx and the City Archive * Clouds build over Adams Morgan in advance of Tuesday afternoon's storms. Copyright Kristian Whipple. Are you a severe weather junkie? There's...
By Ann Posegate | June 12, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (8)
Obama Proclaims Hurricane Preparedness Week
* Full Forecast | Congress Ponders National Climate Service * If you tend to avoid thinking about natural disasters, this is the week for you. In cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Hurricane Center, President Obama...
By Ann Posegate | May 27, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Scoop on D.C.'s New Wet Weather Fee
Wx and the City * Full Forecast | NatCast | UnitedCast | DHS Targets Hurricanes * Examples of impervious surface areas. Courtesy WASA. Click image to enlarge. If you own property in the District, you may be wondering what that...
By Ann Posegate | May 20, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (3)
Local Poets Slam on Climate Change
Wx and the City * Full Forecast | Heat Wave Numbers | Protest Not so Green * I am earth... In tune with her Nature From achy knees on rainy days to Mesopotamian clay colored hue Marking spring with swollen...
By Ann Posegate | April 29, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (12)
Making Severe Weather Less Scary for Kids
Wx and the City * How Hot This Weekend? Full Forecast | Niagara Falls in Spring * Thunder, lightning, tornadoes and other kinds of severe weather can put adults on edge... and can be downright scary for kids. A better...
By Ann Posegate | April 24, 2009; 11:45 AM ET | Comments (5)
Spring Happenings, Rain and Shine
Wx and the City * Sun, Warmth on the Way: Full Forecast * Planning outdoor activities during this "in-between" weather (warm and sunny days interspersed with cool and showery days) can be challenging. Yet, there are many great events happening...
By Ann Posegate | April 15, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (0)
Are You Prepared for Severe Weather?
Wx and the City * Showers on the Way? Full Forecast | Grading Our Winter Outlook * A tornado touches down seven miles south of Anadarko, OK, on May 3, 1999. Courtesy NOAA. It's that time of year again. Spring...
By Ann Posegate | April 10, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
Weather, Climate and Blossom Bloom Dates
Wx and the City * April Showers? Full Forecast | Cherry Blossom Poems * It's that time of year again: peak bloom time for Yoshino cherry trees around the city. This year, peak bloom is predicted to be April 1-4,...
By Ann Posegate | March 31, 2009; 12:45 PM ET | Comments (0)
Waxing Poetic on Cherry Blossoms
Wx and the City * March Exits Like a Lamb: Full Forecast | Cherry Blossom Guide * Cherry blossoms, just beginning to bloom, frame the Jefferson Memorial on Friday. By CWG photographer Ian Livingston. Spring speaks to me of poetry....
By Ann Posegate | March 31, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (6)
World Meteorological Day: The Air We Breathe
Wx and the City * Work Week Starts With Early-Spring Chill: Our Full Forecast * Today, meteorologists and weather and climate enthusiasts throughout the world will be celebrating World Meteorological Day, a holiday of the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization....
By Ann Posegate | March 23, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
Another Pothole in Paradise
Wx and the City * Will Today's Warmth Last? Our Full Forecast | The Iditarod * A driver's worst enemy -- a pothole. Courtesy D.C. Department of Transportation. As CWG's Ian Livingston noted last week, the D.C. Department of Transportation...
By Ann Posegate | March 18, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
Dueling Springs: Meteorological vs. Astronomical
Wx and the City * Slowly Cooling: Our Full Forecast | Later: The Moon & Hurricanes * A classic spring sunrise. By Capital Weather Gang photographer Kevin Ambrose. Similar to last March, this March has quickly transitioned from winter to...
By Ann Posegate | March 9, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (2)
Snowstorm Comments: Best of...
Record number of comments received * Warming Up: Full Forecast | Weather Checker Grades Snow Forecast * Over the three-day period 2/28-3/2, Capital Weather Gang received an unprecedented 1,895 reader comments. The comments reflected a roller coaster of emotions, especially...
By Ann Posegate | March 4, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (32)
Citizen Science & Global Change: What You Can Do
Wx and the City * Getting Warmer: Full Forecast | More Pathetic: Winter or Wizards? * A Missouri farmer and son collected hailstones in spring 1975 for Project Dustorm, a collaborative project to examine thunderstorms and hail formation. Courtesy University...
By Ann Posegate | February 25, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (5)
Which Rain Gear Did You Choose to Use?
Wx and the City * Mix to Rain Then Wind: Full Forecast | Snow Drought Getting Worse * Never in my life have I seen so many umbrellas as walking downtown during a recent rainstorm. Umbrellas? 49. Rain jackets? 2....
By Ann Posegate | February 18, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (15)
Poll: Warm Weather a Mood-Changer?
Wx and the City * High Winds Tomorrow: Full Forecast | Warmer Winters Shift Birds * I'm finding that Washingtonians either love the recent warmth or resent it (because it's not snow). I'm with the latter group. How about you?......
By Ann Posegate | February 11, 2009; 01:40 PM ET | Comments (14)
Warming Changes Where Birds Wait Out Winter
Wx and the City * Poll: Warm Weather Affecting You? | Windy Tomorrow: Full Forecast * The American Robin now waits out winter over 200 miles further north than where it did 40 years ago. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish...
By Ann Posegate | February 11, 2009; 11:05 AM ET | Comments (3)
Warm Weather: When the Ants Come Marching In
Wx and the City * Warming Up? Full Forecast | Backlash Against AccuWeather Hype * A carpenter ant, coming soon to a kitchen near you? From Wikimedia Commons, by Richard Bartz. Temperatures well above average are on their way for...
By Ann Posegate | February 5, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (9)
Deicer Dilemma: How to Choose and How to Use
Wx and the City * Our Latest Forecast: Showers Then Overnight Refreeze * An icy walkway. By David Stonner. Courtesy FEMA. Many Washington-area residents have been applying deicing products over sidewalks and driveways last night and this morning. This is...
By Ann Posegate | January 28, 2009; 04:00 AM ET | Comments (20)
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)
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)
Snow Lover's Lament: A Series of Poems
Wx and the City * Rain Tapers This Afternoon: Full Forecast | InaugurationCast * In general, I try to accept and embrace any weather. But with no significant snow in the D.C. area so far this winter, and cold rain...
By Ann Posegate | January 7, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (9)
Top Five Local Weather Events: 2008
Wx and the City * Full Forecast * Earlier this week, guest contributor Robert Henson ran down his selection of the top 10 (1-5, 6-10) U.S. weather events of 2008. But what about the year's most memorable D.C. area weather...
By Ann Posegate | December 31, 2008; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Give the Gift of Weather
Wx and the City * Weather Doesn't Stay Calm for Long: Full Forecast | Weekend Storm? * Do you have a friend or family member who just won't appreciate getting another pair of socks as a gift this holiday season?...
By Ann Posegate | December 17, 2008; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (1)
The Science and Wonder of Snowflakes
Wx and the City * Mild Showers, Then Cold Rain: Full Forecast | Weather Wall * Courtesy UCAR With the D.C. area's first dusting of snow this past weekend and the slight possibility of more flakes this week, I got...
By Ann Posegate | December 10, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (6)
Squirrels Achin' for Acorns, Attack Pumpkins
Wx and the City * Another Cold Snap Looms: Full Forecast | Politico's Climate Controversy * By John Mossesso Jr. Courtesy the National Biological Information Infrastructure digital image library. Two days after Halloween, while in Arlington, I happened to see...
By Ann Posegate | December 3, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (19)
Winter Weather Joke
Wx and the City * Redskins Forecast: A Giant Question Mark | Full Forecast * Yes, it's that time of year again. In the spirit of our Winter Outlook, here's a winter weather joke worth telling this holiday weekend... It...
By Ann Posegate | November 28, 2008; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (8)
Weather and Thanksgiving Dinner
Wx and the City * Were the Pilgrims Weather Wimps? | SkinsCast | Full Forecast * Maybe I'm obsessed with weather. But I am constantly noticing weather's connection to nearly everything. Take food, for example. Traditional Thanksgiving dinner. While you...
By Ann Posegate | November 27, 2008; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
Weather Gang Photo Contest Top 10 Picks
Creative snapshots of the sky * CWG's Winter Outlook and Q&A Transcript | Full Forecast * Photo contest top 10 pick. By Bennett Lipscomb. Taken from Mt. Pleasant on June 7, 2008. Our skies are constantly showing us the world...
By Ann Posegate | November 20, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (7)
Update on D.C.'s Stormwater Management
Wx and the City Yesterday, the Potomac Conservancy released a report (PDF) on the health of the Potomac River, in which it gave the national river a whopping D+ rating. The main culprit to this near-failing grade? Stormwater runoff. In...
By Ann Posegate | November 12, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (3)
Election and Weather Analogies
Wx and the City Like many Washingtonians this week, I have two major things on my mind: the changing weather and the election. In fact, there are many similarities between the two. Here are some comparisons (please feel free to...
By Ann Posegate | October 29, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
Earth as Art: Patterns in the Sky
Wx and the City Aleutian Clouds. Image courtesy of USGS National Center for EROS and NASA Landsat Project Science Office. More information about this image here. While visiting NASA's Landsat booth at a recent exhibit fair, I noticed what I...
By Ann Posegate | October 15, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
Monarch Weather
Wx and the City Monarch butterflies gather around a flower. Courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I love fall. Not just the crisp weather and full-blazed foliage, but also because it's a season of transition. For example, each fall, millions...
By Ann Posegate | October 9, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (4)
Weather and Baseball
Wx and the City Now that baseball playoffs are underway, let's talk about weather and baseball. Not just whether a game is cancelled due to weather, but how weather affects the ball itself. The best atmospheric recipe for a farther...
By Ann Posegate | October 2, 2008; 10:40 AM ET | Comments (1)
Pirate Forecast: Ahoy!
Wx and the City Ahoy me hearties! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Yer for'cast for t'day is partly-cloudy with a chance of rum...Blimey! I mean, today's weather will be more o' t' same: a lot o' sun,...
By Ann Posegate | September 19, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Wind Turbines and More at U.S. Botanic Garden
Wx and the City A vertical axis wind turbine that can power one-third of the annual electricity for a family of four. Courtesy U.S. Botanic Garden If you haven't had the chance yet, there's still time to check out some...
By Ann Posegate | September 17, 2008; 12:45 PM ET | Comments (3)
Stormwater and Sewage: The Fate of D.C. Rainfall
Wx and the City Pop Quiz: What is the minimum amount of rainfall required for sewage and stormwater to overflow into the District's waterways? Where D.C. rain drains: a Combined Sewer Overflow outfall. By Max Nepstad. a) 3.0 inches b)...
By Ann Posegate | September 11, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (10)
Talking to Kids about Hurricanes
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate Tropical storms and hurricanes can be both fascinating and frightening for kids, let alone adults. Watching an image on TV of a rotating white blob over a blue-and-green map might not translate in...
By Capital Weather Gang | September 3, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (2)
Free Radicals! (and Lung Cancer)
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate Free radicals! Free radicals! No, I'm not talking about the 100+ protestors who were arrested outside the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Monday. I'm referring to atoms and molecules that can cause...
By Capital Weather Gang | August 27, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (11)
What to Do With This Ideal Outdoor Weather
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate Wondering what to do with this unusually awesome late-summer weather? Here are some ideas... Check out a film at the Outdoor Film Festival at Strathmore any (or every) night through Sunday in North...
By Capital Weather Gang | August 21, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
Flood Stories
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate While there is no flooding in sight for the Washington area (and slim chance for much-needed rain in the forecast for that matter), I still can't help but have flooding on my mind....
By Capital Weather Gang | August 20, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
Haiku Forecast
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate Forecasts can be complicated and uncertain. So, here's your plain and simple weather report for the day: Goin' on a date? Bring an umbrella for two Thunderstorms likely. (It's ok to count the...
By Capital Weather Gang | August 15, 2008; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (14)
What Weather Are You?
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate We all know that weather can affect our emotions -- we feel grumpy when it's raining, happy when it's sunny, timid when it's cold, lazy when it's hot and humid, and anxious when...
By Capital Weather Gang | August 13, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (6)
Clean-Air Nightmare for Beijing Olympics
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate If I were an Olympic athlete with asthma, I'd be worried. With opening ceremonies just over a week away, smog has been covering the city of Beijing as of late, though recent wind...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 30, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (2)
Can You Take the Heat?
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate Squishy, gushy, ooey-gooey, slimy-whimy, and disgusting. This is how a group of fourth-graders described the process of dissecting clams on a field trip I helped to teach on the Anacostia River last year....
By Capital Weather Gang | July 24, 2008; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (10)
Newton's Revenge on Mount Washington
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate If you've never been to Mount Washington in northern New Hampshire, I recommend going at least once -- if not for the famed weather, then for the challenge of hiking, climbing, running or...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 16, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
Thunderstorms and Asthma: A New link
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate If you're planning on exercising outdoors anytime soon, you may want to do so in the morning. For one, air quality (particulate and ozone levels) is worse in the evening hours, after building...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 16, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (5)
How Humid's That Air? Ask Your Hair.
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate, Guest Contributor A hair hygrometer (date unknown). Courtesy NOAA. D.C.'s tropical rainforest-like summer weather has begun, and I know I'm not the only one out there with a frizzy hair problem as a...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 9, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (10)
Pigeon Weather
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate, Guest Contributor Graphic courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Have you thanked your local pigeon racer today? I recently learned that there is, indeed, a hobby called pigeon racing. And, pigeon races are...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 2, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
Lightning Myths Revealed
Wx and the City Lightning strikes in the nation's capital last summer. By Capital Weather Gang photographer Kevin Ambrose. By Ann Posegate, Guest Contributor For 50,000 points, here is this week's Lightning Safety Week question: By which number must you...
By Capital Weather Gang | June 25, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (0)
Sun Paradox: Getting Your Daily Dose of D
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate, Guest Contributor In a work-a-holic city of idealists and intellects (oh, and then there are the politicians) - it's tough to feel justified in taking a short break to head outside during the...
By Capital Weather Gang | June 18, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
