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Photo by Lance Cpl. Jahn R. Kuiper
Rain, shine and snow, Marines get the job done. Marines race to clear snow in front of the Headquarters and Service Battalion building on Jan. 30.
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Published predictions called for a light dusting of snow beginning Friday night. It started in the wee, small hours of Saturday morning and, by the time it stopped in late, large hours of Saturday night, Quantico and its neighbors were ‘‘dusted” with six inches of surprise snow. Tuesday evening brought another two to four inches to the area while regions west of the nation’s capitol collected six-and-a-halfinches, according to weather.com.
This winter looks like it may be a record setter. The average winter snow total, according to the National Weather Service, is 16.6 inches. Add December’s 21 inches to the nearly 10 inches of snow the region has received since Saturday and it’s clear that records may be eclipsed.
The greatest amount of snow for a single month was 28 inches in Jan. 1922. The snowiest month on record is 35.2 inches in Feb. 1899.
The National Weather Service forecasts heavy winter weather for coming weekend. Their Hydrometeorological Prediction Center continues to warn of ‘‘a heavy precipitation event” for the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday and well into Saturday, and ‘‘very possibly into Sunday. A significant winter weather threat is possible.”
Mark Twain wrote: ‘‘Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it.” The best course of action is to take a page from the Boy Scouts: Be prepared.
— david.m.white@usmc.mil
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