WHFS & Snow cancellations January 23rd, 1987

January 22nd, 1987 approx. 11 PM at night. 

Hope this morning tape upload greets some of you like the overnight snow in MD did when we were young. Expecting school and getting sometimes only a dusting but knowing school would be delayed or cancelled b/c of those few impassable roads in the rural parts of the county. Never understood why they just couldn't go school by school or maybe even city by city rather than county by county. Man, sitting there waiting for your county to be called out on radio, "Howard, Prince Georges, Montgomery...". MONTGOMERY!!! NO SCHOOL!!" What to do now is the question...Not enough snow to go sledding. Football? Yeah, that's always fun. But Mom usually would say great day to get some chores done around the house. Really, the best thing about those snow days where being able to go back to sleep for a while longer. Then to have a nice long hot breakfast, one you are not scarfing down as you hear echoing off the walls "You're going to miss the bus!!!"

Ahhhh....relax, go back to a time when your day was derailed in a good way because of some snow.

I didn't know WHFS also did school closing announcements. Did anyone listen to 'HFS in high school? I would have tuned into 105.5 or 107 back then while living in College Gardens in Rockville.

Songs prior to the weather report are from Jan. 22nd 1987: 
The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
The English Beat - Tenderness
Wire Train - In the Chamber of Hellos
Vigil/Here Today - Whistle in the Yard 
Dance Society- 2000 Light Years 
U2 - Into the Heart
U2 - Out of Control
Station break
The Venetians - Let it all go
Grace Jones - Walking in the rain
Bob Marley - Coming in from the cold
Rolling Stones - Just my Imagination
Weather report 

Here's that weather report from around 11 PM the night before. Nothing like being glued to your radio in your room waiting for them to say your County.  The January 23rd, 1987 date in the Farmers Almanac for the DC area says the low was approx. 20 degrees with 10 inches of snow on the ground  at National airport.

Does anyone remember that snow day? How about that week? According the tidbit  below it was one heck of a week! 

Here's an interesting tidbit from NOAA.gov site.

MARYLAND'S HISTORIC WINTER EXTREMES:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/Historic_Events/md-winter.html

January 22-28 1987:   Two significant snowstorms struck within 3 days of each other and were followed by a cold wave that dropped temperatures below zero in some areas. The first storm struck on January 22 and dropped 12 inches of snow at Baltimore and 11 inches in Hagerstown and Washington, DC. Like other nor'easters, this one was accompanied by strong winds and drifting of snow. The second storm struck just 3 days later on January 25 dropping an additional 9 to 10 inches on top of what had already fallen in the Baltimore and Washington areas and more over southern Maryland and the Lower Eastern Shore. On the morning of the 27th, stations were reporting the following snow depths: Salisbury 18 inches, Easton 17 inches, Baltimore 19 inches, Waldorf  23 inches, Washington DC 18 inches, Frederick 16 inches, Hagerstown 16 inches, and Frostburg 15 inches. Morning temperatures were in the single digits and by the morning of the 28th, below zero. Pikesville was -5F, Bel Air and Hagerstown -4F, Easton -3F, Annapolis -1F, Washington-Dulles Airport was -17F and Martinsburg WV was -7F. A third snowstorm hit on February 22 dropping another 10 inches on Washington and Baltimore.Hagerstown reported 13 inches and thunder-snow. Power lines and trees were damaged by the weight of the heavy wet snow.

Here's the entire tape with the songs documented above.

Leaving this information below up so I can find that tape and figure why I have some mixed information. 

More from Tape 5 side B (download links are now dead) 
Enjoy!

Early morning upload Tape 5 side A (download links are now dead) 
These three tracks are from 1982 -1983 so this tape may be '84 since it's January.  
Maybe Side B which could have been from WHFS 102.3 and 1984, 1985. 

Echo and the Bunnyman - Higher Hell
The Mothman - One more Weapon
Toylets - It's like a daydream exploding again
A great weather report with gusting winds - check it out
Tape continues on with some great music