Ali Reid is in Washington, D.C., where this morning's snowstorm has the downtown area covered in snow. The DC Snowball Fight Association shares when and where they will be hosting their annual event.
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00:00outside. We go right now to Allie Reed as she's been covering the snow this
00:05morning and she's been enjoying it. Allie, it is great to see you there out
00:08in your element each time we check in with you a new shot. Of course, things
00:12look so majestic there in D. C. Covered in snow.
00:18Good morning guys. We are live from DuPont Circle. Really exciting people
00:22out and about enjoying the morning today. A crisp 27 degrees here in our
00:27nation's capital. That's snow still coming down. Not nearly as much as what
00:31we saw a few hours ago earlier this morning. But it is that beautiful
00:35picturesque type of snow. I have the yardstick out. I want to show you
00:39something really quickly. It's not the best area to read, unfortunately,
00:43because we're not by the main roadway here. But what I can do is at least show
00:47you how much snow has accumulated. And right now my yardstick is showing about
00:525.5 inches. We are getting very close to what those numbers were looking like
00:57back in January of 2022. Six inches. Then will we surpass it in D. C? I
01:03think we're getting very close to it. I'm sure other areas have already
01:06passed the six inch mark. Now, 17 inches. We saw that back in January of
01:102016. I don't think we'll hit 17 inches today, but certainly a great day for
01:16snowball making snowball fights. All of that. Michael, come on in here on in
01:21here this morning. How are you? You're a part of the D. C. Snowball Fight
01:26Association. Did I say that right? Yes, you did. It's a thing. Yeah, it's a
01:29thing that you and your friends started 15 years ago. Pretty impressive. And
01:34we're still at it. I don't know how that happened. It's a miracle. By the
01:37way, we've been talking to people all morning. Many people have gotten word
01:40that this snowball fight is happening. It's not gonna be here at DuPont
01:44Circle, but it's gonna be at Meridian Hill Park. Is that how you say it? 11
01:48o'clock today. Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park. Uh, 11 a.m.
01:53this morning. We're excited to get, you know, hopefully a couple 100 people
01:57together for some good fun in the snow. And you want to make a perfect snowball
02:01if you can with one of these things right here. Okay, yeah. Show me how
02:04it's done. Give me a little of the low down here. Just scoop. And here you go.
02:08Now, you said if you want to be the most popular person at the party, show up
02:12with one of those. I know. Yeah, this is this. This will make you friends fast.
02:16Absolutely. But it could also maybe ruin friendships if you help the snowball
02:21at someone. Now I know. Now I know. I started the snowball fight here. Go
02:25ahead. Yep, you saw it here first. Okay, so what I've noticed over the last
02:30couple of hours is that earlier this morning it was very powdery and almost
02:35very difficult to create a snowball. We've seen unless you have that right
02:39over the last hour, you hear that pelting noise. That's sleet. It is a
02:44wintry mix right now. A nice wintry mix, which is great. So because of that,
02:48it's making it a little bit easier to form those snowballs. Exactly. You want
02:52you want just the right combination of, you know, white stuff to make it easy,
02:57easy enough to pack. Not hard enough that's gonna hurt people and leave a
03:01bruise, God forbid. But yeah, it's looking good. Like we got good
03:05conditions. You usually need at least three or four inches of snow on the
03:08ground for us to actually call an event. And, you know, it's happening here
03:12today. We got it. So we're we're on for today. And I just wanted to tell people
03:16if you want to know exactly when and where we're doing things can follow us
03:20on social media. D. C. S. F. A. Is our facebook page. We're also on twitter
03:25and or X and instagram at D. C. Snowball. And we have an official
03:29charity partner, the Special Olympics Special Olympics D. C. They're doing a
03:32polar plunge in Navy Yard on February 22nd. You can donate money or even take
03:37the plunge. I love it. I love all of it. And we love the Special Olympics.
03:40They're a great organization. So I'm happy to hear that you guys are
03:42partnering with them really quickly before we send it back to studio. Uh,
03:4615 years ago when you guys kicked things off 2000 people, if you can
03:51imagine right here, you were a part of that snowball fight. And then you said
03:57we need to do it from here on out. 15 years later, you've been trying to do
04:00it every year. Yeah, I mean, to get a snowball fight here, you need at least
04:04a foot or a foot and a half. And that's very, very rare. That's why we're not
04:08gathering here today. But this was our birthplace and we will come back here
04:12someday. Just not today. Not enough snow for that. Unfortunately, I think
04:17many people are counting their blessings that we're seeing snow. You
04:19said that there's been a number of years over the last 15 years, at least
04:22five that you could remember where there was no snow at all. Did you have
04:25to bring that? I'm so sorry. So traumatic. We had a few just snowless
04:30winters and it's hard to get over. We're back and better than ever, baby.
04:34That's right. I love it, guys. We're live from DuPont Circle. We'll
04:37continue to check in with you. We're getting close. Six inches of snow. I
04:42think we will end up beating January of 2022. Look at that. That is the
04:47most beautiful snowball. That's nice. I gotta get myself. Gotta get one of
04:51those. You throw it at the camera. Should I do it? I don't know. It's not
04:55my equipment. I don't wanna get in trouble. He tried. The good news is
04:59that Ellie's not a good aim. Thanks, Ellie. You're doing great out there.
05:04All right. Excellent. That was such a fun report. Appreciate breaking that
05:07data. Just, you know what the snow means to people.