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Forecast Clear for Obama Inauguration

by Karenke4 | January 13, 2009 at 11:09 am

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If you are planning on heading to DC this weekend for the weekend of inaugural events you may be checking the weather channel more than you check your email.

Seven days out, forecasters are expecting temperatures in the 30s ( 1-2 degrees celsius) with sunny, or partly sunny skies. Though this is not shorts and t-shirt weather, it certainly could be worse. Plus, with the estimated 3-4 million extra visitors to our nation's capital, won't some sort of collective body heat emitted increase the overall temperature by a few degrees?

So far, the forecast looks okay: Most agencies are calling for sunny weather, or partly so, with highs in the 30s.

But there is a weather system way out in the northern Pacific Ocean, according to AccuWeather, which might or might not come this way Monday and might or might not bring snow. "A lot of things could happen between now and then," senior meteorologist Tom Kines said.

How are you preparing for the inauguration? Check out NowPublic's Obama Inauguration Channel for information about events, transit information and member accounts.

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jwhokie

at 12:03 on January 13th, 2009

A worker hangs bunting on the 2nd story of a building on Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, D.C. in preparation of the Inauguration of Barack Obama.

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cvconnell

at 16:51 on January 13th, 2009

I parked in one of the forbidden spaces below the Capitol grounds Sunday Jan. 11 at dusk just long enough to fire off these two frames of the West Front, where preparations for the Inaugural are moving apace. For now, tourists still can roam the paths. On the big day, there will be five flags hanging between those pillars. The new president will take the oath on the balcony where the balustrade juts out (lower middle, to left of the photographers' platform). Chairs already are in place on the Capitol lawn

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Madison Avenue

at 17:04 on January 13th, 2009

Scaffolding around the Capitol Building in preparation for the inauguration of Barack Obama.

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shaunmdaniel

at 20:17 on January 13th, 2009

It was truly exciting to have the chance to see and hear Obama speak in Pendleton this past year. I was pleased that he would make a campaign stop in a rural town of less than 15,000 people and I was inspired by the amount of support he garnered from the locals. It seemed to show his holistic vision for a new America.

Though his speech wasn't necessarily one for the history books, it was a good one nonetheless and full of nuance that has been so uncommon in our politics of late. Now that Obama has won the Presidency I look forward to being able to tell my future children and grandchildren about the day I got to hear him speak. No doubt the memory of that day will stick with me for a long time.

It would be an amazing experience to be in D.C. for the Inauguration festivities, but I'll be viewing it from home this time.

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