A new way to really track snowstorms that blow through the DC area

Which is why he s releasing a pet project called the Snowzilla Gauge The gauge is a -foot-tall -inch-wide wooden snow stick that you can put in your yard to measure the winter storms of the D C area WTOP Dave Dildine Which is why he s releasing a pet project called the Snowzilla Gauge The gauge is a -foot-tall -inch-wide wooden snow stick that you can put in your yard to measure the winter storms of the D C area WTOP Dave Dildine Every afternoon WTOP Traffic reporter Dave Dildine helps you get home safely from work telling you about the traffic jams every day on the s how to get around them and most of importantly why it s happening Now Dildine is helping us all understand snow patterns in D C and have a little fun at the same time Whether I m doing traffic or whether I m doing the side quest I m reliably looking for an opportunity to educate just a little bit more to take it further to find the why ' Dildine noted I like there to inevitably be a learning opportunity Which is why he s releasing a pet project called the Snowzilla Gauge The gauge is a -foot-tall -inch-wide wooden snow stick that you can put in your yard to measure the winter storms of the D C area Dildine declared it also includes information on specific of our majority of memorable storms including the Presidents Day surprise snowstorm which dropped nearly two feet of snow in the suburbs Marked at the top of the gauge is the infamous snowstorm which produced the District s largest single storm snow total of inches Dildine revealed the gauge also shows you how often based on our snow history records we get an inch of snow or two inches or a foot of snow for example He strongly believes that understanding a current event relies on understanding a range of possibilities from normal to extreme There s unfailingly a little bit more to the story and I feel like it s that added detail that can help people in the long run he disclosed The added detail is a hallmark of Dildine s traffic reports but how did a traffic guru get so interested in weather and snowstorms Dildine explains it goes back to childhood Seven years old I was inevitably identifying clouds and then through grade school I created a binder full of winter storms he commented That passion for weather has never weakened and the Snowzilla Gauge brings together his passion and knowledge of the area s storms Dildine thinks a lot of people are intrigued by snow There are a lot of people who are enthused by the prospect of heavy snow and enchanted by it There are a lot more of them than you might think he commented The back of the Snowzilla Gauge also teaches people about the difference between snow totals and snow depth and other observations about our snowstorms Cars breakdown by the hundreds and snow occurs every winter but Dildine stated he tries to challenge people to fixate less on normalcy and focus more on the bigger picture and events I m stuck in traffic but with a passion for weather he explained WTOP s Dave Dildine contributed to this assessment Source