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AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

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Reagan Dulles BWI

Reagan Dulles BWI

Today’s tides (High tides in Bold )

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com ; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s -sunny, pc -partly cloudy, c -cloudy, r -rain,

sh - showers, t -thunderstorms, sf -snow flurries,

sn -snow, i -ice

Moon Phases Solar system

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

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Normal

Total this year

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Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

Charlottesville

Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Ye sterday's National

Snow, past 24 hours

Snow, season total

67° 2:29 p.m.

38° 5:04 a.m.

51°/34°

77° 19 72

13° 1925

66° 2:00 p.m.

33° 6:29 a.m.

51°/29°

77° 19 72

12° 1967

67° 2:00 p.m.

27° 6:00 a.m.

49°/30°

80° 19 72

13° 1980

Washington 1: 47 a.m. 8:07 a.m. 1:51 p.m. 9:21 p.m.
Annapolis 5:02 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 6:15 p.m. 11:21 p.m.
Ocean City 1:20 a.m. 7:48 a.m. 1:42 p.m. 7:50 p.m.
Norfolk 3:08 a.m. 9:43 a.m. 3:35 p.m. 9:41 p.m.
Point Lookout 12:35 a.m. 7:28 a.m. 2:47 p.m. 7:41 p.m.

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46 ° 62

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40 ° 56

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41 ° 50

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36 ° 50

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32 ° 60

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42 °

Sun 6:37 a.m. 6:03 p.m.

Moon 11:37 a.m. 1:46 a.m.

Venus 8:21 a.m. 9:47 p.m.

Mars 3:28 a.m. 12:51 p.m.

Jupiter 4:00 a.m. 1:35 p.m.

Saturn 4:30 a.m. 2:16 p.m.

Mar 9

Full

Mar 16

Last

Quarter

Mar 24

New

Apr 1

First

Quarter

0.00"

0.00"

0.19"

6.00"

5.71"

0.0"

0.6"

0.00"

0.00"

0.18"

6.57"

5.69"

0.0"

2.9"

0.00"

0.00"

0.22"

6.09"

6.27"

0.0"

1.8"

Blue Ridge: Today, cloudy, mild, few showers. High 50–54.
Wind southwest 10–20 mph. Tonight, cloudy, a shower. Low
30–36. Wind west 10–20 mph. Wednesday, mostly cloudy,
breezy. High 44–48. Wind west 12–25 mph. Thursday,
partly sunny. High 40–44.

Atlantic beaches: Today, cloudy, a few showers. High
56–69. Wind south 7–14 mph. Tonight, cloudy, a little rain.
Low 46–50. Wind west 7–14 mph. Wednesday, partly sunny.
High 56–64. Wind west 10–20 mph. Thursday, partly sunny.
High 48–52.

Pollen: Moderate

Grass Low

Tr ees Moderate

Weeds Low

Mold Low

UV: Low

1 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Particulates

68/ 48

69/50

57 /46

59 /45

60 /45

55/ 46

61/ 44

65/45

64 /39

66/50

63/51

57 /42^60 /45

60 /41

54 /32 64 /46

42°

45°

45°

48°

Waterways: Upper Potomac River : Today, cloudy, a few showers.
Wind southwest 6–12 knots. Waves around a foot. Visibility reduced
in rain. • Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay : Today, cloudy,
showers. Wind south 7–14 knots. Waves around a foot on the
Potomac and 1–3 feet on Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages : The stage
at Little Falls will be 3.8 feet today, holding steady around 3.8 feet
on Wednesday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 54/39/sh 47/32/pc

Albuquerque 59/35/c 62/37/s

Anchorage 15/1/pc 13/–1/sf

Atlanta 68/52/sh 58/47/r

Austin 78/60/sh 69/48/r

Baltimore 61/44/sh 60/37/pc

Billings, MT 57/36/s 56/27/c

Birmingham 71/53/t 57/49/r

Bismarck, ND 41/27/sn 50/31/pc

Boise 57/37/pc 59/36/c

Boston 60/45/c 53/37/pc

Buffalo 48/34/sh 40/28/sn

Burlington, VT 46/35/c 42/31/c

Charleston, SC 71/59/sh 67/52/r

Charleston, WV 63/38/t 61/35/pc

Charlotte 63/47/r 64/46/r

Cheyenne, WY 50/27/s 54/27/s

Chicago 50/33/pc 49/33/c

Cincinnati 59/36/c 57/33/pc

Cleveland 51/34/r 45/28/r

Dallas 67/51/c 55/43/r

Denver 55/30/s 61/29/s

Des Moines 54/35/pc 54/40/s

Detroit 48/32/c 44/27/pc

El Paso 53/44/r 59/38/s

Fairbanks, AK –2/–24/c –6/–30/pc

Fargo, ND 36/16/c 38/27/pc

Hartford, CT 58/41/c 52/33/pc

Honolulu 82/71/pc 82/70/t

Houston 80/67/sh 75/53/r

Indianapolis 56/35/pc 55/31/s

Jackson, MS 74/56/r 59/50/r

Jacksonville, FL 82/64/pc 75/62/c

Kansas City, MO 62/41/s 63/40/s

Las Vegas 71/50/s 72/50/s

Little Rock 67/49/c 58/45/r

Los Angeles 79/53/s 73/52/s

Louisville 62/40/r 63/40/pc

Memphis 65/50/r 61/47/c

Miami 83/71/pc 87/75/pc

Milwaukee 46/32/pc 44/31/c

Minneapolis 40/26/c 42/33/s

Nashville 66/41/t 64/42/c

New Orleans 78/67/r 77/61/r

New York City 59/44/sh 54/38/pc

Norfolk 69/50/sh 64/46/c

Oklahoma City 66/44/c 60/35/pc

Omaha 59/35/s 60/39/s

Orlando 85/64/s 88/68/pc

Philadelphia 60/45/sh 57/38/pc

Phoenix 72/51/s 73/52/s

Pittsburgh 56/35/r 47/30/r

Portland, ME 53/41/c 50/33/r

Portland, OR 57/43/sh 56/35/c

Providence, RI 59/43/c 53/34/pc

Raleigh, NC 65/48/sh 66/47/c

Reno, NV 60/31/s 69/34/s

Richmond 68/48/sh 65/39/c

Sacramento 76/43/s 77/46/s

St. Louis 60/42/s 60/38/s

St. Thomas, VI 83/74/sh 84/75/pc

Salt Lake City 48/33/pc 55/36/pc

San Diego 70/53/s 67/53/s

San Francisco 69/48/s 70/50/pc

San Juan, PR 83/74/sh 85/74/pc

Seattle 52/41/c 52/39/c

Spokane, WA 53/37/pc 48/30/c

Syracuse 49/36/r 42/30/sf

Tampa 79/67/s 82/70/pc

Wichita 63/38/s 63/37/s

Addis Ababa 82/56/pc 81/56/pc

Amsterdam 47/39/pc 47/38/sh

Athens 67/56/c 62/50/r

Auckland 76/69/pc 77/64/sh

Baghdad 72/47/pc 75/50/pc

Bangkok 94/80/pc 94/79/pc

Beijing 48/23/s 47/22/s

Berlin 46/34/r 45/32/sh

Bogota 71/48/c 72/45/pc

Brussels 47/35/pc 47/40/pc

Buenos Aires 84/73/s 85/72/s

Cairo 75/55/pc 81/63/pc

Caracas 74/65/s 74/66/s

Copenhagen 43/38/r 44/37/c

Dakar 85/70/pc 82/70/pc

Dublin 46/35/pc 44/35/r

Edinburgh 48/30/pc 45/31/pc

Frankfurt 48/34/pc 48/35/pc

Geneva 46/30/pc 48/39/sh

Ham., Bermuda 66/63/pc 70/68/c

Helsinki 39/34/r 38/34/sn

Ho Chi Minh City 98/75/s 97/76/s

Hong Kong 74/66/pc 73/61/pc

Islamabad 78/54/pc 68/54/sh

Istanbul 65/51/pc 64/51/pc

Jerusalem 63/49/s 70/50/s

Johannesburg 73/55/pc 78/54/pc

Kabul 61/40/pc 49/37/r

Kingston, Jam. 85/76/sh 85/77/s

Kolkata 86/69/t 84/68/t

Lagos 92/80/t 91/81/t

Lima 80/73/pc 79/73/pc

Lisbon 64/55/r 64/53/sh

London 49/33/pc 48/40/r

Madrid 57/49/pc 64/47/pc

Manila 91/74/s 90/72/s

Mexico City 80/53/s 81/53/s

Montreal 40/33/pc 40/30/sf

Moscow 40/36/r 45/38/c

Mumbai 85/72/pc 84/74/pc

Nairobi 81/60/pc 81/61/pc

New Delhi 82/59/pc 83/61/pc

Oslo 37/32/pc 36/21/c

Ottawa 38/30/r 38/28/sf

Paris 47/34/pc 48/42/r

Prague 44/31/r 44/29/pc

Rio de Janeiro 80/73/t 80/72/t

Riyadh 76/48/pc 79/52/pc

Rome 57/40/sh 59/37/pc

San Salvador 89/66/pc 89/66/pc

Santiago 90/57/s 92/60/s

Sarajevo 55/37/r 41/28/sh

Seoul 51/33/pc 42/25/pc

Shanghai 55/44/c 54/39/c

Singapore 89/78/pc 89/78/pc

Stockholm 41/35/r 39/31/r

Sydney 73/69/sh 77/72/r

Taipei City 77/65/pc 71/58/r

Tehran 53/36/pc 56/39/pc

Tokyo 59/46/pc 52/48/r

Toronto 38/31/c 40/27/c

Vienna 50/36/r 51/30/c

Warsaw 54/39/r 47/32/c

Today

Showers

Wednesday

Partly sunny,

windy

Thursday

Partly sunny

Friday

Rain

Saturday

Sunny, windy

Sunday

Sunny, milder

Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th

through 5 p.m.yesterday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +3.4° yr. to date: +5.5°

High: McAllen, TX 92°

Low: Clayton Lake, ME –15°

World

High: Kolda, Senegal 109°

Low: Mould Bay, Canada –48°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND: SSW 7–14 mph

HUMIDITY: High

CHNCE PRECIP: 65%

FEELS*: 60°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 59°

W 10–20 mph

Low

25%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 60°

ESE 4–8 mph

Moderate

0%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 42°

WNW 8–16 mph

Moderate

55%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 42°

NNW 12–25 mph

Low

10%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 60°

WNW 6–12 mph

Low

0%

Late-day storms

We could see more than one round of
rain during the day. The first would
be midday to early afternoon a nd
then a few thunderstorms roaming
late d ay into the evening, any of
which could be strong. Highs range from near 60
to the mid-60s. Winds are from the south about 5
to 10 mph.

The Weather

WASHINGTONPOST.COM/WEATHER. TWITTER: @CAPITALWEATHER. FACEbOOK.COM/CAPITALWEATHER

BY RACHEL CHASON

AND OVETTA WIGGINS

Maryland Del. Jay Walker was
arrested early Sunday outside a
cigar bar in Charles County and
charged with drunken driving, of-
ficials said.
Walker (D-Prince George’s) at-
tended the legislative session in
Annapolis on Monday night. He
maintained his innocence and
said he looks forward to his day in
court.
Earlier Monday, Walker tempo-
rarily stepped down as vice chair
of the legislature’s alcoholic bever-
ages subcommittee, a move en-
couraged by House Speaker Adri-
enne A. Jones (D-Baltimore Coun-
ty). He has served in the legisla-
ture since 2 007
Walker, 48, was arrested just
before 1 a.m. outside the Tinder
Box in Waldorf, court records
show. A spokeswoman for the
Charles County Sheriff’s Office
said he was pulling his car out o f a
parking lot onto the 2700 block of

Crain Highway when he drove in

front of a sheriff’s patrol car.

The patrol car had to take “eva-

sive action” to avoid striking Walk-

er’s v ehicle, said the spokeswoman,

Diane Richardson. The sheriff’s

deputy stopped Walker, adminis-

tered “standardized field sobriety

tests” and charged the lawmaker

with driving under the influence.

“Over the past several years, the

Maryland General Assembly has

tried to send a strong and clear

message that driving while intoxi-

cated b y anyone i s unacceptable i n

this state,” Jones said.

She said initial reports about

Walker were “concerning” but

called him a “valued member of

the House” and an “important

voice for Prince George’s County.”

Walker said he decided to step

down from h is subcommittee post

because “there’s no need for dis-

tractions.”

“Everybody knows I’ve been a

huge supporter of law enforce-

ment over the years, that won’t

change, and public safety has al-

ways been my number one issue,”

he said. “That being said, however,

it’s unfortunate the incident that

happened. And I look forward to

proving my i nnocence.”

Walker listed Del. C .T. Wilson

(D-Charles) as his attorney, ac-

cording to court records. He was

released on personal recogni-

zance. A trial is scheduled for

April 16.

A Howard University graduate

and f ormer chairman of the Prince

George’s County House delega-

tion, Walker has been a major

booster for historically black col-

leges and universities and a vocal

advocate in the push to settle a

lawsuit those institutions have

filed a gainst t he state.

He lives in of Fort Washington

and is a former professional foot-

ball player who works as a sports

analyst for ESPN. Walker is mar-

ried to Prince George’s County

Council member Monique Ander-

son-Walker ( D-District 8 ).

W alker represents a portion of

southern Prince George’s and

serves on the Economic Matters

Committee. Last year, he was vice

chairman of the House Ways and

Means Committee.

Walker was in an Annapolis ci-

gar bar last year when he wit-

nessed a Harford County delegate

using a racial slur to describe

Walker’s majority-black legisla-

tive district. Del. Mary A nn Lisanti

(D-Harford) told another white

lawmaker who was at t he bar with

the group that when he cam-

paigned in Prince George’s on be-

half of a candidate the previous

fall, he h ad b een d oor-knocking in

a “n----- district.”

Walker, who is African Ameri-

can, initially declined to discuss

the incident with The Washington

Post but later confirmed it hap-

pened and said he had expressed

his concern directly t o Lisanti.

“I was leaning on my time in

football,” he said then. “It was

something I had to handle inside

the locker room, and I handled it

appropriately. I made my disap-

pointment known. When she

apologized, I told her how disap-

pointed I was.”

The drunken-driving charge

against Walker comes nearly three

years after another Maryland

state lawmaker, Del. Richard Im-

pallaria (R-Harford), was ordered

to spend two days in jail after

being convicted of driving while

intoxicated i n Ocean City.

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MARYLAND

Democratic Prince George’s state delegate charged with drunken driving

LINDA DAVIDSON/THE WASHINGTON POST

Del. Jay Walker (D-Prince George’s) in 20 17. He has stepped down

temporarily as vice chair of the a lcoholic beverages subcommittee.

BY MATT ROGERS

AND JASON SAMENOW

For meteorologists, who define
winter as December through Feb-
ruary, t he season is over. In Wash-
ington, it’s debatable whether it
ever arrived.
February yawned quietly to a
close this past weekend, ending
up 4.8 degrees warmer than nor-
mal, while ranking as the sev-
enth-warmest since records be-
gan in the late 1800s. It was the
third unusually mild month in a
row, capping a stretch beginning
in December that averaged
4.6 degrees above normal.
Six of the 10 warmest Febru-
arys and meteorological winters
on record in Washington have
occurred since 1990.
Washington’s temperatures
over the past three months most

resembled typical winter condi-

tions in the Virginia Tidewater

area, according to the Southeast

Regional Climate Center.

For the first time on record,

between December and February,

the daytime high temperature

was never any lower than 35

degrees, and the nighttime low

never dipped below 22.

The abnormally mild tempera-

tures and lack of acute cold have

helped many flowers and leaves

emerge three weeks ahead of

time, according to the USA Na-

tional Phenology Network, which

tracks the seasonal timing of

plants and animals.

The dearth of cold has led to

most precipitation falling as rain

rather than snow.

No measurable snow fell dur-

ing February, for just the 20th

time on record. The few flurries

observed Feb. 21 constituted just

a trace during what is, on average,

Washington’s snowiest month.

The last time Washington wit-

nessed only a trace of snow in

February was 2017.

In Baltimore, for the first time

on record during February, not

even a trace of snow was ob-

served.

For the entire winter, just

0.6 inches of snow accumulated

in Washington, ranking as the

fourth-least on record and the

least since the winter of 1997-

1998, when just 0.1 inches had

fallen through February.

Despite the lack of snow, pre-

cipitation overall was slightly

above normal. February’s

3.21 inches of rain was 0.59 inches

above normal, nudging the win-

ter precipitation total to

9.28 inches (including rain and

melted snow), 0.8 inches above

the average of 8.48 inches.

To rnadoes proved more perva-

sive than snowflakes. On the

morning of Feb. 7, five twisters

touched down in the region, the

most on record during any winter

month.

February extremes

February’s temperature ranges

were broad, with highs as warm

as the 60s and the coldest lows in

the low 20s.

Ye t only a few daily records

were set at the area airports.

Washington experienced one

record-warm low temperature

Feb. 4, when the low of 49 degrees

broke the record of 48 from 1952.

Baltimore set two records. It

reached a record high of 67 on

Feb. 3, breaking the record of 66

from 1932. Then it posted a re-

cord-warm low of 48 on Feb. 4,

breaking the previous record of

47 from 1952.

Dulles also set two records. The

high of 67 degrees on Feb. 3

bested 1991’s 66. Then it logged a

record-warm low of 53 on Feb. 4,

breaking the old record of 40

from 2016.

Explaining the mild winter

The story behind this warm

winter involves the prevailing

conditions over both the North

Pole and the Indian Ocean.

The Arctic Oscillation re-

mained strongly positive during

all three winter months, confin-

ing the most frigid air to the very

high latitudes with far less distri-

bution into the middle latitudes.

At the same time, conditions

over the Indian Ocean helped to

speed up the jet stream, which

was already running faster than

normal thanks to lingering El

Niño influences. A fast jet stream

tends to reduce the distribution

of cold air from the northern

latitudes. Nearly the entire Lower

48 states was warmer than nor-

mal for the winter.

Conditions in February pro-

duced a few colder spots in the

middle of the United States, but it

was quite warm in much of the

East.

How was our forecast for

February?

Back on Jan. 31, we predicted

that February would run warmer

and wetter than normal with be-

low-normal snowfall. All three

expectations were correct, so it

was one of our better month-

ahead calls.

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CAPITAL WEATHER GANG

Did winter even happen? Snowless February closes out season with a yawn.

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