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The temperature at my location has been on a slow decline since sunrise. Currently 30.4/29.9 with freezing mist/drizzle.

31.6/30.9 Coudy Light glaze of a few hundredths of an inch on elevated surfaces.

32.0/31.4 Drizzle and freezing drizzle with a light glaze on elevated surfaces.

For those who live in the western piedmont along the NC/VA border, northwest NC, and southwest VA it appears radar coverage is going to be limited for this upcoming event and whatever may take place much of next week. EQUIPMENT... The KFCX radar will be down for an extended period of time beginning Feb 11th through about Feb 18th for a generator replacement, and replacement other electrical components associated the utility to generator powering of the facility.

Ended up with just 1/2" at my location on the west side of Eden just outside the city limits which all fell within the past 90 minutes. Almost not post worthy. Lowest temperature during the event was 32.5. Current temperature 32.7.

@Disc I would estimate I had up to around .10" by mid-morning yesterday. Most of the rain that fell was run off due to marginal temperatures and intensity. I noticed when driving to Reidsville this morning Wentworth and the western Reidsville area had more icing than I received at my location. Probably in the .10 to .15 range between yesterday and what fell last night.

There wasn't much of a range in the temperature today at my location just west of Eden. I had a high of 32.7 and a low of 31.5 which also happens to be the current temperature. The current dew point is 31.2. There has been some intermittent sprinkles and light freezing rain for the past 30 minutes or so. The pictures below were taken earlier today showing the glaze from the freezing rain that fell this morning.

Very light snow just west of Eden. The dew point went up from 22.8 to 27.0 in the past 45 minutes. Current temperature is 35.6

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After a nice coating of snow earlier, I now have light rain and a temperature of 34.2 in Eden.

Fairly heavy snow falling at my location just west of Eden. The temperature has dropped to 32.9.

Despite having good returns overhead for the past 30 minutes or so, only a random flake or two has been making it to the ground so far. Current temp: 38.3 Dew point 30.1

Starting to see some flakes mixing in just west of Eden.

Special Weather Statement National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 855 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 NCZ003>005-020-VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>045-250315- Rockingham-Surry-Stokes-Yadkin-Botetourt-Patrick-Floyd-Amherst- Carroll-Rockbridge-Pittsylvania-Alleghany-Bath-Henry-Franklin- Montgomery-Campbell-Craig-Roanoke-Bedford- 855 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW... At 851 PM EST, a cold front was located along a line extending from near Burnsville to near Lone Hickory. Movement was east at 30 mph. Temperatures will drop 10 to 20 degrees in less than 2 hours and winds up to 40 mph are possible with this cold front. As the temperatures drop rain will change to snow. A brief period of sleet is likely during the transition. Wet roads and sidewalks will become icy and slick. Locations impacted include... Roanoke... Lynchburg... Danville... Salem... Christiansburg... Eden... and Reidsville. Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra time when traveling. A rapid drop in temperatures will lead to the rapid formation of black ice on area roadways. Black ice is nearly impossible to see and will be covered by snow in some locations. Please use extreme caution, especially on bridges, overpasses and around curves. Allow plenty of stopping distance and avoid braking suddenly.

Looking back at my records the low on the 24th came at 11:45pm, so the low for the 24th and the 25th occurred within 8 hours of each other during the same overnight period. I recorded a low of -1 on the 24th (PM), -4 on the 25th (AM), and +2 on the 26th. We had a nice icing event on the 27th with a low of 18 and a high of 29, then there was another cold front that went through on the 29th that resulted in a low of +6 on the 30th and a high of 23. The following morning (31st) the low was +4. Christmas 1983 is in my top 10 weather events I have experienced. The pictures below are of the Smith River in Eden taken on January 1, 1984 where the Ice was between 7 and 9 inches thick and safe enough to walk across.

The coldest Christmas in my lifetime was 1983 in Eden, NC. A cold front moved through on Christmas Eve that dropped the temperature from 34 degrees at midnight to 15 by noon; by sunset the temperature had fallen to +4. The low on Christmas morning was -4 and the high only reached 14 with bright sunshine.

Here's a link to a good site for rainfall estimates that allows you to zoom in to street level. https://www.iweathernet.com/total-rainfall-map-24-hours-to-72-hours It shows 3.96" for my location from this most recent event and I measured 4.07", so it can be used to give a pretty good estimate as to how much rain has fallen. Looking at the rainfall estimates at the link I provided, much of the Dan River Basin in Stokes and Patrick Counties received between 4 and 7 inches of rain. As a result, the Dan River is projected to reach 32.4 feet tomorrow morning in Danville, VA which will become the highest crest ever recorded in Danville if that occurs.

Had a wind gust at my location just NW of Eden of 57mph at 6:10pm as a line of storms moved through.

I suppose it could be hail then. It was textbook graupel up this way. I also measured a 39 mph wind gust around the same time the shower was passing through.

It's graupel. We had a shower pass through Eden about an hour ago producing the same.

I ended up with around 2" at my location in Eden. It wasn't until a couple hours after the snow had tapered off before I could get a final measurement, so some compacting and melting took place, it may have been slightly higher. I'm currently watching an area of snow that has developed in East of Roanoke over the past hour that is drifting to the south. Several of the models have been showing some additional accumulations for the northern Piedmont from this feature, so it will be interesting to see if that will be the case.

I'm closing in on 1 1/2" in Eden. I'm not sure if I'll make it to two or not with the lighter returns on the radar to the west. The snow rates have become noticeably lighter over the past 30 minutes and the temperature has went back above freezing to 32.4.

Starting to see a slushy accumulation on the road in front of my house. HRRR looks encouraging, but looking at radar things will probably start winding down soon in my area, at least the heavier rates of snow anyway.

Seeing some pretty good snow rates at this time. The temperature has just dropped below freezing. Currently 31.8 with a dew point of 30.9.

It's been just over an hour since the snow started here at my location just NW of Eden and I'm just now starting to see some accumulation in the grass with the temperature just above freezing at 32.7. The dew point has come up to 30.3 from the low 20's this morning.