The extreme heat has just led to a concrete section of I-97 in Maryland buckling north of Benfield Boulevard. The concrete blowout extends across the travel lanes from shoulder to shoulder. @ianlivingston.bsky.social

Everything you ever needed to know about the typical DC 100-degree day (100 or plus) in one chart. Somewhat interestingly, the hourly average never hits 100 but there are obs in between hourly reports as well. Only June days may have a bit different structure will try to check. #dcwx #vawx

I received a WEA tornado warning at 37,000 feet for this storm today.

Per VSP, 5 dead and 34 people sent to hospitals following I-95 bus crash near Quantico. The southbound lanes remain closed near the Stafford/Prince William County line.

In DC, a big slab of concrete fell off a bridge/retaining wall onto I-395 under 7th Street SW earlier today. Similar occurrence in NYC on the Trans-Manhattan Expressway earlier this month.

The soothing sound of government waste to lull everyone to sleep @ianlivingston.bsky.social

What?

All avenues and streets around the Lincoln and WWII memorials closed for a presidential tour of the not so blue Reflecting Pool. The motorcade just drove down into the empty basin.

Auto enforcement warning: An illegally driven, lane-splitting, no plates motorcycle passed between my car and this speed camera, generating a ticket for my plate even though I was below the speed limit entering a left turn lane. How many others have been wrongly cited and forced to cough up a fine?

Two army air taxis just went down the Potomac River, forcing several DCA arrivals to circle back. Close to one hundred of these military helo flights lollygag low over the DC area every day. 💸💸💸💸💸💸

The USAF is very excited to play with their toys today. 11 AM was Helo Attack Hour.

🌍 More than 50 countries are meeting now in Colombia to discuss how to phase out fossil fuels — outside the gridlock of UN climate talks. Additional focused discussions about heat deaths, air pollution, hunger, strained health systems & energy insecurity. @iea.org @gchalliance.bsky.social 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏

Some midnight pollution from a USAF air taxi

Anything but blue sky over downtown Washington. Large bus fire in the 9th Street Tunnel. The expressway under the National Mall is closed. Unsettling scenes given police activity and protests on the western side of the Mall.

Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.

"Finally, some good news..."

I convinced my family to gather for a spectacular sunset hours ahead of time. These clouds never, ever disappoint.

All kinds of military aircraft flying dark over DC tonight. Not normal.

An update on these two: a neighbor put out rat poison and killed one, a cruel and painful death. It's partner found the body and keep returning even after I removed the body.

It's named that way because Queen Elizabeth II took a stroll there in 1991, so it should be the middle one. dcist.com/story/22/09/...

Three different spellings for one block… the most DC thing today

For the last few weeks, rush hour hasn't been normal. This time of year volumes should be surging. Instead, it's been flat, like mid-winter. Daily backups and congestion… yes. But trip counts on major corridors don't match March averages. (1/4)

The nice thing about the daily Air Force loop-de-loops is that they're done late at night, at lower altitudes than any other helicopters, and in war Hueys which are the among the loudest invented. Thanks.

Bypassing the "it's different and I don't like change" phase... inland products are an important and overdue enhancement. It's a bit busy. Maybe eliminating one product like wind field would help?

There was a lightning strike at 10:49 PM, waves from vertical bolts hit your eardrum at once, thunder is known to be louder in winter/early spring... yet here we are again ignoring the overwhelming evidence and playing dumb on the internet because it's 2026.

The military's way of saying good night to Falls Church is with loop de loops from 800 ft at 100 db, a peaceful way to drift to sleep.

It’s kind of embarrassing how many journalists still use X as a primary source. That place fries your brain.

From listener Vlad Karasik. This was among the few significant traffic and weather disruptions today. Outer Loop at the American Legion Bridge.

This is the correct take. But it's a reaction to media coverage, both legacy and influencer hype, so there's some culpability here. We also live in a performative timeline in which many are looking for a reason to overreact.

( #NWSSPC): Here at the Storm Prediction Center, we dig deep into the data to do the best possible analysis of the storm threat. Even in 2026, this sometimes involves putting pencil to paper to do hand surface analysis. This is what the morning map looks like today. #USwx #wx #wxsky

The Storm Prediction Center issues Day 2 Convective Outlook (Max Risk: Moderate) at Mar 15, 6:07z Link

Circumzenithal arc, cirrus, side lit tennis ball

People are so desperate to bring meaning to what they see that they end up inadvertently sabotaging an expert to get there. This is exactly what answering the traffic tip line during rush hour is like these days—any useful calls are buried in BS, conjecture, or small town nonsense.

Choose your own adventure

Live Nation employee mocks customers as ‘so stupid’ in internal messages released in court case

Spring is coming

Long way to go

Last time this year?

Air Force is treating everyone to some late night pollution

Reminder for spring honeymooners: pollen allergies followed by invasive mosquitoes coupled with daily back sweat, recurring heat exhaustion, and occasional sunburn. But, no, you don't need a jacket.

Remember all that snow that fell from the Carolinas to Boston? I bet you assume this has been quite a snow season overall. Well, for the Lower 48, this is the least snowy season (through February) for any year since at least 1940-41 when looking at all years through February. Thanks humans!

500 mb standardized departures for the Dec-Feb period. There's a +3.5 std. dev. contour over the 4-Corners region.

We are not a smart society

There isn't enough doom here... so I'm adding the tire-eating deck puncture on the Capital Beltway Inner Loop at the aging American Legion Bridge. Emergency work zone badly bottlenecking rush hour traffic for the past 3 hours.

Happy spring, everyone!

Proudly anti-elevator and going strong. Without baggage, my floor limit is about 10. Under 5, I run all flights.

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

The space saving is a little out of control in DC these days