
Brittany Ward
Weekend Weather Anchor at DC News Now
Weekend Weather Anchor at WDCW-TV (Washington, DC)
Weekend AM Meteorologist @dcnewsnow 🌪| Temple U ‘19 🍒⚪️ |MSU’ 24
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Nov 17, 2024 |
dcnewsnow.com | Brittany Ward
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — As we head into the winter season, you will notice a few new cold alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS) as well as some alerts that are under different names. Here is the breakdown. Last season we saw an extreme cold watch and a wind chill watch. Those two alerts have now been consolidated to be just an extreme cold watch. The NWS will issue this watch when dangerously cold air temperatures or wind chill values are possible.
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Nov 9, 2024 |
dcnewsnow.com | Brittany Ward
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Lately, we’ve been seen a rollercoaster of weather across the DMV. Some days temperatures are cold and other days the temperature is warm. Sometimes we see lots of flooding and other days we see no rain. But how does this affect the weather? When we see lots of dry conditions during the summer months across the area, this can have a real impact in leaves. During dry conditions, the leaves can take longer to change colors or be muted.
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Oct 26, 2024 |
dcnewsnow.com | Brittany Ward
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Now that fall is in the DMV leaves will continue to change across the area. But what is the science behind the leaves changing? Leaves have three main ingredients: sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. Leaves have something called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the green pigment in the leaves that helps trap sunlight that provides plants/trees food during the growing season. During the summer months, the sun is at its highest peak in the school.
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Oct 19, 2024 |
dcnewsnow.com | Brittany Ward
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — During the day, the sun heats the earth’s surface, and heat is released back into the atmosphere at night via radiational cooling. According to the National Weather Service, traditional cooling is “the cooling of the Earth’s surface.”But have you ever noticed that some nights are cooler than others? Well, sky cover plays a huge role in why some nights are warmer than others.
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Oct 12, 2024 |
dcnewsnow.com | Brittany Ward
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — During the day, the sun heats the earth’s surface, and heat is released back into the atmosphere at night in a process called radiational cooling. According to the National Weather Service, traditional cooling is “the cooling of the Earth’s surface.”The Earth suffers a net heat loss to space at night due to terrestrial cooling, which is more pronounced when the sky is clear. Radiational cooling is greater when we see clear skies and light winds across an area.
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Make sure to take your time if you are heading out. Patchy fog is seen across the DMV. Visibility has gone down across much of the DMV. 🌫 https://t.co/5fCjsrx0Xe

It's a warm and muggy start to the day. Temperatures are sitting in the 60s. https://t.co/kOmU7n8rlU

Radar check: Grab the umbrella before stepping out. Most of the showers are moving through NOVA.. A few showers will enter DC within the next few minutes. 🌧 https://t.co/7cLtCnLPF9