Well, it looks like Punxsutawney Phil was right, at least for D.C. February, a mostly mild month for the area, is going out like a lion. Last week’s moderate snowfall foreshadowed the “weather event” coming toward us tonight. Jason Samenow of Capital Weather is predicting that we’ll be hit with 6-10 inches of snow beginning tonight and going well into Monday. Weather Underground agrees, as does The Weather Channel. These late-season snowstorms, though surprising,…

If you haven’t already noticed, there’s lots of the fluffy white stuff outside. The snowfall has made for tricky going in most areas of the city: WMATA has announced Metrobus will only be operating on “major streets,” but Metrorail service will operate as normal. Our friends at CapitalWeather.com are providing periodic weather updates. Weather Underground is predicting snow continuing tonight with total accumulation of 5 to 9 inches….

With Inauguration Day fast approaching, temperatures in D.C. have taken a dive. According to the Weather Underground, temperatures today will have highs in the low 20s, and snow is likely Wednesday. There is currently a wind chill advisory in effect. Hotel Strike Averted: The union representing nearly 5,000 hotel workers in the Washington, D.C., area that had threatened a strike during inauguration week has announced they have reached an agreement with the hotel owners. According…

Last Sunday’s Post profiled local site CapitalWeather.com, the first D.C. weather blog:While an earlier generation of “weather weenies” will be stuck in front of the TV, Samenow will not be idle. No, a storm hits and he drives toward it, from his apartment in Van Ness to the maelstrom in Virginia, to collect evidence for his weather blog. He checks out Doppler radar, dew points, jet stream winds, satellite images, vorticity maps and convective parameters,…