WVclimo

Some flurries blowing around here this morning. 34°.

Legit snow squall now. Sheets of snow whipping through. Knocked the temp down to 37.

Sideways snow flurries blowing through on 40+ mph winds. 41°.

Just hit an inch of rain for the day, with heavier radar returns moving this way. Flood warning for tomorrow for the Opequon. Expecting other creeks in the area to be at bank full.

Over 0.50” already with moderate rain falling. 38°.

Forecast for here tomorrow shows a 22° drop in 6 hours, a 32° change in 9 hours, 38° in 12 hours and a 41° fall in 15 hours, from 3 p.m. through 6 a.m. Thursday. Windchills drop 55° in that time.

I am the farthest thing from a scientist, but I can't say that I can fully accept the suggestion that winters in our area have become so much warmer now that the likelihood of future snowy winters is past us. I go on LWX's site and look at temperature records for the past century, expecting to see a hockey stick-like rise recently that bears that out. And all I see are mean winter temps within the same range they have remained all of that time. Yes, the last 10 winters have been mild. Not as mild overall as 1930-39, or 1995-2004. But beyond the short-term cycles, what about this data leads one to subscribe to the idea that it's become too warm in our area to snow going forward? There is a trendline dotted on the graph after all.

I’m not in Winchester, but in my yard 5 of the past 11 seasons were >30” 2013-14: 52.4” 2014-15: 36.7” 2015-16: 40.8” 2018-19: 37.0” 2020-21: 31.6” long-term average is 26.5”

Rolling thunder here. Haven’t seen any flashes. Pouring rain at 37°.

I think we got about 10” from that storm in western Maryland. I remember turning on the DC area morning newscasts and the broadcasters were in shock. So was I. And very envious.

Lefty Driesell died

Picked up a quick quarter-inch.

A nice gusty snow squall just rolled in here. 32°.

Sunrise in my yard.

These totals are getting repetitive lol Dec 11 - 0.1” Jan 6 - 4.8” Jan 15- 2.7” Jan 19- 2.8” Feb 13- 2.6” Feb 17- 2.7” total - 15.7”