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Local Cherry Blossoms, Day 2
Yesterday, a huge number of cherry blossoms opened up for the first time this spring! In the evening, a band of heavy rain moved through and brought with it high winds and cool temperatures. Luckily, the blossoms did not appear to be negatively impacted at all!
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Cherry Blossoms Blossoming
Yesterday, we saw the first local cherry blossoms come out, just two flowers! This morning, what a difference! There are cherry blossoms everywhere! Although its not even close to peak here, the NPS just declared peak bloom for the Washington DC cherry blossoms, about a week earlier than predicted due to recent unseasonably warm temperatures.
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Spring Is Here
The temperature is getting warmer and signs of spring are everywhere!
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An Hour of Snow
There was snow forecast to the north this morning but it ended up heading down south a bit resulting in an hour or so of nice heavy snow! It was sufficient to lightly coat the ground and the trees as well as make the sidewalks rather slippery.
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Even More Snow and Ice!
It’s been a good year for snow. Not that we’ve really had any significant accumulation but its better than nothing! Yesterday, it snowed for a little bit but turned to freezing rain earlier than expected. This resulted in an accumulation of ice on top of the snow. And then it snowed a bit more this morning. Luckily, this combination of snow and ice wasn’t too bad. Most surfaces hadn’t really been cleared of snow yesterday and luckily were not slippery today!
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It Snowed Again!
We weren’t really expecting to get a good amount of snow today but we did! It was only a few inches, 3 to 4, but it stuck really nicely to the ground and trees! Definitely the prettiest snow this season.
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More Snow, More Ice
While yesterday morning was very icy with rather dangerous sidewalks, today was quite a bit different. Most surfaces had been cleared of ice by yesterday afternoon and were covered with a light layer of snow, perhaps an inch or two at most, overnight.
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Snow and Ice
Yesterday, it snowed about 3 inches in the morning and afternoon. Overnight, it transitioned to rain leaving everything encased in ice.
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The Great Conjunction of 2020
Yesterday, we tried and failed to observe the Saturn and Jupiter planetary conjunction due to clouds moving in around sunset. Today, we drove to Kerr Dam and Reservoir in Virginia near the border with North Carolina to get clear and dark skies.
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Winter in Shenandoah National Park
After consulting Astrospheric, we decided to head to Shenandoah National Park to see the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction that is currently taking place. Tomorrow is supposed to be the closest that they will appear in the sky but tonight’s forecast was more favorable. Also, today is the first day that any of Skyline Drive, the road through the park, was open after the storm a few days ago. We were hoping to see some snow!
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Here and there but not quite everywhere!