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Jan 22, 2016

Holy Shit. This Is What The Blizzard Looks Like From Space

NASA and NOAA satellites have a bird’s-eye-view of the storm.

Aug 28, 2013

NOAA Thinks a Virus Is Killing Dolphins

According to the NOAA, 291 dolphins have died since July. The NOAA sadly reports that there is “no way to currently stop the spread of the virus.”

May 14, 2011

Coastal Flood Advisory Issued for D.C., Suburbs

Well, I’m getting mixed messages. While some weather sources report that there is some 50 percent chance of scattered showers, the National Weather Service has opted to naysay and release a coastal flood advisory for the D.C. metropolitan area, including Southern Baltimore, the counties of Prince George’s, Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William, Calvert and St. Mary’s, and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Manassas. The advisory, which is on until 8 p.m. tonight, calls for…

Dec 27, 2010

The Weather From Above

Satellite image from earlier today. Image credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project I know, we’ve been a little photo heavy today. But what are you going to do when the most exciting things happening are the weather and people Monday-morning quarterbacking the egregious bad call on the weather by D.C. meteorologists? Most everyone is either trapped in their Christmas vacation locales or staying inside for one reason or another. Either way, I always look forward to…

Dec 27, 2010

D.C. Had Its Snow Shields Up Yesterday

Image from December 26 from NOAA We have to give credit to the Capital Weather Gang for noting this hilarious image of yesterday’s snowstorm from NOAA. Yes, that’s a big blanket of white stuff coating the hundreds and hundreds of square miles over the entire northern half of the United States … everywhere except the tiny pocket around Washington, D.C….

 
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