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  1. 2 hours ago, Amorphous Iodine said:

    image.thumb.jpeg.526e5f9fe8d34c8037e374ed18d44480.jpegTwo years ago today south of Fredericksburg.  650 power poles broke and had to be replaced.

     >>A strong band of frontogenetic forcing around 700 mb, along with plenty of slantwise instability (as evidenced by negative EPV and model cross sections). In addition there was even a little bit of elevated CAPE in the area where it was snowing during the morning. This led to intense banded snowfall that produced rates in excess of 1-2" per hour at times. While the best frontogenetic forcing generally stayed just to the NW of the Richmond Metro (and extended into Dorchester County, MD) through much of the morning, it gradually moved into the metro area during the late morning-early afternoon, allowing for some areas to pick up a quick few inches of snow. The bands of snow weakened as they moved into SE VA as the low pressure system quickly exited to the northeast. The weight of the heavy, wet snow downed several trees across the NW portion of our area, resulting in widespread power outages. There were several counties where 70-90% of residents were without power. At the peak of the event, nearly 450,000 residents were estimated to be without power in the state of Virginia. For many parts of our area, this was the largest snow event since 12/9/2018. In Louisa and Goochland Counties, the tree/infrastructure damage was on par with what occurred during Hurricane Isabel. The excessive amounts of heavy, wet snow were largely responsible for a closure of a portion of I-95 from Caroline County to north of the CWA border that lasted over 24 hours.

    This storm came up in my FB memories today. I worked a county park in the Annapolis area and they got about a foot of heavy wet snow. It was really scenic but caused some extensive tree damage in the area. Spent the next week chainsawing a lot of down trees!

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  2. Anyone have any experience with the Logia 7-in-1 Wi-Fi Weather Station? I started using it in May and it stopped working in September (been busy and keep forgetting to do something about it) and it isn't measuring the rainfall any more. Temp, Dew, Wind, Wind direction, etc. are all fine. 

    Not sure if it is still has a warranty or not. Anyone have any thoughts of how to fix it? I tried new batteries, nothing appears clogged in it, and I re synced it.

    Thanks!

  3. Some decent color this year but it was pretty hit/miss. Last Friday/Saturday probably was peak in Northern AA. Went on the shore yesterday to Tuckahoe State Park & Wye Island hoping for some colorful fall foliage but even those locations were post peak/muted colors. 

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