I’ll just say it: Arlington doesn’t get enough good thunderstorms. And when storms do approach, too many times it seems we get a “close call” — like last night, when we caught the edge of a storm and then were forced to watch as lightning flashed in the distance.

C’mon, weather gods, give us some legit wind and hail (without destruction of property or other bad things happening, if possible, although a short power outage would be fine by me).

In any event, it’s with this in mind that we present an image from Flickr pooler Philliefan99. It’s a composite — meaning it’s a combination of multiple shots from last night’s storm — but it’s still cool nonetheless. Something to savor while waiting for the next storm system to fire up (this weekend, perhaps?)


Crystal Drive during the 2009 SnowpocalypseYesterday forecasters were predicting an inch of snow for Saturday. Now the Capital Weather Gang is predicting 2-4 inches of snow and warning that precipitation totals could reach even higher. Check back with us tomorrow as we program the brand new arlnow.com police scanner and monitor the snow’s impact on the community. The announcement from Arlington County Alerts is after the jump.
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