Thanks DonnaT!
Lots of things can go wrong between now and then, BUT things seem to be coming together. Tracy seems to be okay with it, as long as Alice is unaware of what her Papa is doing. It would appear my worst obstacle could be the weather. I'll include the latest forecast at the bottom of the message with Saturday highlighted in red. Imnsho, the wx will probably be fine. It's 5 days until Saturday, and there are probably so many errors in Saturday's forecast at this point as to be unreliable.
Will let you know my impressions on TGEA, including a view on how I remember it from 7 years ago. Didn't you go to their Christmas/Holiday party? How was that?
Cheers!!!!
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Weather Conditions at 09:11 PM EST on 28 Feb 2005 for Washington, DC.
Temp(F) Humidity(%) Wind(mph) Pressure(in) Weather
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32 93% NNW at 8 N/A light snow showers mist
Forecast for Washington, MD
330 PM EST Mon Feb 28 2005
...Winter Storm Warning in effect until 1 am EST Tuesday...
.Rest of this afternoon...Snow. Several inches of snow accumulation
possible. Temperatures in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15
mph.
.Tonight...Snow...mixing with sleet east of Interstate 95...before
tapering off to light snow and freezing drizzle during the late
evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. Lows in the
upper 20s. North winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming west 10 to 15 mph
after midnight.
.Tuesday...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs around 40. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph...with gusts up to 30
mph in the afternoon.
.Tuesday night...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds
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.Wednesday...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 40. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.Wednesday night...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.Thursday...Partly cloudy. Highs around 40.
.Thursday night...Partly cloudy. Lows around 20.
.Friday...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
.Friday night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Lows around 30. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.Saturday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
around 50. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.Saturday night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
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.Sunday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in the
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.Monday...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
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230 PM EST Mon Feb 28 2005
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...Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 1 am EST Tuesday...
Moderate snow will continue this evening. A total of 3 to 6 inches of
snowfall is expected along I-95...including the Washington DC and
immediate Baltimore City Metro areas. Across the outlying areas north
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