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Here are our Key Messages for Monday (3/16).

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BIG NEWS! We're projecting cherry blossom Peak Bloom to arrive between March 29 – April 1 this year. Extraordinary warm or cool temperatures have resulted in Peak Bloom as early as March 15 (1990) and as late as April 18 (1958). 🌸🌸🌸 #CherryBlossom #BloomWatch

Historic Northeast Blizzard -- the final numbers While it just brushed DC, this was a remarkable storm. With 37.9 inches, Providence, Rhode Island shattered its all-time snowfall record and also set a Rhode Island state record for snow. So many places in eastern New England and Long Island with over 2 feet and dozens of reports of 30-40 inches. The winds were also impressive. Still about 300,000 customers without power from Delaware to Massachusetts. Our area just sat too far to the southwest for this storm. All of the big cities to our north now have above normal snow (Baltimore, Philly, NYC and Boston) this year but we're a bit below normal (hat tip to @ttasselWBAL) Providence received more snow in one storm than we have in the last four winters combined (hat tip to @MikeTFox5 for this stat)

“We got it again!” Watch the iconic moment @JimCantore sees thundersnow live in Plymouth, Massachusetts, during Winter Storm Hernando. It’s the exact same location where he experienced the rare phenomenon 11 years ago.

Tribute to @TJOshie77 and @usahockey legendary performance in the 2014 Olympics. Still gives me chills. 🥶 2026 squad let's gooo! 🇺🇸

The snow & sleet continue to stick around on the ground despite the slow thaw over recent days. With that said, Dulles tied their respective record for 18 consecutive days of 4" + snow depth while BWI sits in 2nd place at 18 days & DCA tied for 15th at 9 days. #MDwx #VAwx #DCwx

I meant to look this up earlier! Nice work Mike and what a record. 2010 was after 2 Blizzards, this time it’s 7” of snow and ice and then frigid temps for weeks. Wow

Sonny could drop it in the bucket.

Here's a summary of the winter storm that recently impacted the Southern Appalachians, Southeast, and southern Mid-Atlantic with heavy snow and gusty winds. If shoveling today, be safe by dressing warmly, staying hydrated, and taking frequent breaks! ❄️

A ‘Jurassic Park’-themed #SuperBowl ad for Xfinity has been released. Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum all reprise their roles.

This pretty much sums it up this morning on the Outer Banks. Near-blizzard conditions and extreme cold with highs in the mid-20s, 30° below average. We're live on @foxweather #OBX

Snow ❄️ + sleet 🧊 + prolonged deep freeze 🥶 = snowcrete

A rapidly strengthening low pressure system offshore of the SE United States will result in a surge of gusty winds and very cold arctic air into our region late Saturday into Sunday Morning. The graphic below shows the origin point of the forecasted airmass over Miami on Sunday.

A winter storm will bring a multitude of significant impacts this weekend across much of the Carolinas, the southern Appalachians, and parts of southern Virginia. Travel will become extremely treacherous in areas of heavy snow along with considerable blowing and drifting.

Here is a look at the sleet/snow reports we received from the storm this weekend, both locally and statewide. Thank you to everyone who contributed! weather.gov/akq/Jan26-2026…

LaGuardia airport reopened late last night, but has cancelations again today. More than 12,585 flights nationwide got cancelled yesterday.

@NWSSPC meteorologists issued 26 winter mesoscale discussions (MDs) in the past 48 hrs. The most winter MDs for any 2 day period in our database (2008-present). Previous record: 20 (Feb 21-22, 2011) Nearly 8000 winter storm reports issued by @NWS offices during the same period.

Significant snow is expected across the entire area late tonight-Sun. Most will see between 5-10" of snow with more north & west of Baltimore/Washington DC & less across southern MD/central VA due to mixing. More snow & ice info: weather.gov/lwx/winter. #MDwx #VAwx #WVwx #DCwx

❄️The latest Key Messages describe a lengthy & highly disruptive winter storm for much of the southern & eastern U.S. starting Friday & lasting throughout the weekend. From significant snow to treacherous ice, expect numerous travel impacts in affected areas. Here's the latest-