DownS.EasternVa

Winter Weather Advisory Back up for Hampton Roads outside VB Freezing Rain... Is falling in Portsmouth as well

Yeah I think this could be a pretty cool event, thunder sleet or thunder graupel isn't something you get often.

Too bad all our snow got washed away, but it seems as though the 2nd round of precip is trending colder for Hampton Roads. My temps in Portsmouth have dropped from 41 to 35, since winds have flipped. The HRRR now has sleet or freezing rain pushing back into Norfolk, and the 12z GFS also have a small amount of measurable frozen precip fall between 7p-1a. Maybe I'm just wish-casting at this point but maybe something interesting....

Sleet in Portsmouth

Heavy snow on the Southside of Hampton Roads, Portsmouth closing in on an inch. Radar returns look very good

Portsmouth was forecast to be 29, we hit 23. It's pretty cold also, seen light flurries on 64 between Richmond and Williamsburg.

Yeah Portsmouth Va is ALL SNOW absolutely ripping pushing 5 maybe 5.5 inches.

Portsmouth, Va absolutely pouring ALL SNOW closing in on 5 inch probably.

Nice band moving North toward Northern half of S.Hampton Roads should pick up accumulation fast.

That's just the way things go in Hampton Roads sometimes, it is always great to see it come down. With that said HR usually never score big on the 1st snow of the season, just an observation from being here my whole life. It is encouraging to get snow early on though, and we usually pull a rabbit or 2 out the hat when it's especially cold on the east coast. Overrunning system are always tricky around here too, the warm nose is always on the table with those set ups, even when it's 28 degrees unfortunately. We never get good snow if both Richmond and NOVA are receiving anything (sorry not sorry) even 1 in amounts. Another observation for HR peeps on overrunning events, always look to Raleigh, 10 out of 10 if Raleigh is have mixing issues we're having mixing issues. Storms got to be way south, Wilmington,Charleston area for good overrunning event around here. With that said 12z guidance is pretty intriguing for HR, pressing artic cold and Miller A's are our wheelhouse.

GFS trending colder for Hampton Roads as well, 32-33 the entire event.

GFS just dropped a bomb on all of Eastern VA

It'll torch, at the wrong time as usual. Like late December thru mid-March. Then we'll have a pseudo winter in Spring that delays the good spring days. Been this way for about a decade now SMH.

Sleeting in SE VA