{"id":2293,"date":"2010-02-05T19:21:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T02:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2010-02-25T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:12:14","slug":"washington-d-c-set-to-be-walloped-by-record-setting-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/washington-d-c-set-to-be-walloped-by-record-setting-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington D.C. set to be walloped by record setting storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">A major winter snowstorm has begun in the nation\u2019s capital and forecasters are warning that by the time it is over, it may amount to Washington D.C.\u2019s biggest snowstorm on record. Much of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States was bracing for blizzard conditions and snowfall amounts that could exceed two feet.<\/div>\n<p>The National Weather Service warned of \u2018extremely dangerous\u2019 weather conditions that will winds that will turn the snow into a blizzard. \u201cTravel is highly discouraged tonight and will be very dangerous,\u201d the service said. Winter Storm Warnings have been posted from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and from Indiana to Delaware.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examinerslideshow.html?entryid=984586\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>In pictures: The Mid-Atlantic braces for potentially record setting winter storm<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which oversees the National Weather Service took the unusual step of issuing her own statement prior to the storm arriving. \u201cAn epic snowstorm has the mid-Atlantic region in its crosshairs. At this time, personal safety must be first and foremost,\u201d Lubchenco said.<\/p>\n<p>Travel across the region began to come to a veritable halt Friday as airlines canceled flights and trains stopped running. Delta, Southwest and other airlines were stopping flights out of Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore and were unsure when they would resume service. Amtrak canceled most train service from Washington southward.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-25803-Natural-Disasters-Examiner~y2010m2d5-Washington-DC-set-to-be-walloped-by-record-setting-storm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"There's more to this story on Examiner.com!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/examiner-more.jpg\" alt=\"There's more to this story on Examiner.com!\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/examiner-more.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/examiner-more-150x36.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-25803-Natural-Disasters-Examiner~y2010m2d5-Washington-DC-set-to-be-walloped-by-record-setting-storm\">Get complete details on this potentially historic winter storm in the nation&#8217;s capital on the Natural Disasters Examiner.<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major winter snowstorm has begun in the nation\u2019s capital and forecasters are warning that by the time it is over, it may amount to Washington D.C.\u2019s biggest snowstorm on record. Much of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States was bracing for blizzard conditions and snowfall amounts that could exceed two feet. The National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/washington-d-c-set-to-be-walloped-by-record-setting-storm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Washington D.C. set to be walloped by record setting storm<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[160,323,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}