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I had a very mild morning low of 45.9° after a high yesterday of 66.2°. This morning was the first since January 14th that the temperature didn't fall below freezing overnight in my backyard. Yesterday was a big snowmelt day and in its wake, I have noticed a few patches of snow mold.

If you look at the ensembles, you will notice there's also a lack of cold air at the surface and aloft to support snow in south-central Virginia.

There are only a handful of ensemble members showing snow in south-central Virginia. Of those, there are a few outliers showing significant amounts of snow, and they are skewing the snowfall mean.

Light to moderate snow just west of of Eden. 38.8°/27.5°

My morning low just west of Eden was 4.1°. There were several other locations in Rockingham County that were colder. The coldest temperatures I could find were in the Madison area, where two personal weather stations, KNCMADIS60 and KNCMADIS38 dropped to -4.5° and -3.5°, respectively. KSIF dropped to 2.3° at 7:35am. Both the Dan and Smith rivers are frozen over in several locations. The first picture is of the Dan taken from the Hwy 87 bridge, and the second, the Smith taken in North Spray. I've only seen this much ice on the rivers a handful of times over the years. In January 1985 Eden saw temperatures fall well below zero a couple of nights, and highs only reached the mid-teens during the day. This is also when I recorded the lowest temperature in Eden since I first began keeping records in 1981. I had a morning low of -11° on the 21st and -6° on the 22nd. I was much younger and foolish back then, and my friends and I walked across the Smith River during that cold spell. The pictures below were taken on January 23, 1985 and are of me standing in the middle of the river and my friend Robert as he was walking across.

I've measured 8.6" just west of Eden. Snow has tapered off to just a few light flurries, so this will likely be the final storm total. 16.0°/14.1°

7.7" just west of Eden. Moderate to heavy snow right now. 17.1°/16.1°

4.1" of snow so far just west of Eden. Light to moderate snow continues. 15.4°/13.8°

2" on the ground just west of Eden. Light to moderate snow continues to fall. 15.1°/13.4°

Light snow continues just west of Eden. Measured 0.5". 23.7°/21.8°

Very light snow just west of Eden. 27.7°/19.8°

Very light snow just west of Eden. 20.4°/2.5°

Wow.

This turned out to be a nice little event IMBY. The snow fell at a decent rate for around an hour. This, along with the temperature quickly dropping below freezing, allowed for a light accumulation. Currently sitting at 31.6°/29.3°.

Light snow just west of Eden. 37.4°/28.9°