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Here are snow totals for Tue.’s storm
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More snow, much colder temperatures move in
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The D.C. area looks to be on the northern edge of a storm system sliding by to the south late Thursday night into Friday morning. While precipitation is expected to be light, temperatures falling into the upper and mid-20s will be cold enough for whatever falls to be snow, and to stick to roads and sidewalks.
Early-season snowfall has been sparse and infrequent, but Steamboat is forecast to receive 30 inches from Friday through Sunday, with other northern mountains receiving a foot or more. The central mountains can expect 6-12 inches, while the southern mountains should receive 3-8 inches.
Tuesday's heavy snowfall led to crashes, parking bans and hundreds of closures. Now, an arctic air mass is headed for the state, bringing potentially record-setting cold Thursday and Friday.
Welcome to cwg.live, updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists. Happening now: Highs today are mainly in the mid-40s ahead of a strong cold front. Winds whip out of the northwest by later afternoon.
The two periods of light snow also will affect two different areas. The first snow shower burst will roll across northern Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula Friday night into Saturday morning. This snow should just be a very spotty light snow as it moves into southern Michigan. I would say it runs out of gas heading south.
A winter weather advisory is in place for multiple central North Carolina counties, including Durham and Orange counties from midnight Thursday until midnight Friday. Meteorologists are expecting mixed wintry precipitation, with total snow accumulations up to 1 inch and a light glaze of ice.
The D.C. area may experience its first snow of the season Friday — at least technically. A storm system sliding across the Southeast may throw enough moisture north into cold air entrenched over the D.
For Taniai, protecting the Juhyo means passing their legacy to the next generation. "They are called snow monsters because nothing else looks like them," she says. "I want the world to see them, and to feel how special Japan's nature is."