WVclimo

Currently 9° coldest of the season.

High of 22 here.

Best squall of the day hitting here now. I might double my storm total from this morning. This is a great ob for a mid December afternoon: Snow and blowing snow. Vis 0.5 miles. 17°. Winds 23 G 38.

Another snow squall blowing through here with sideways snow. Pavement covered quickly. 19°.

Sun was out much of the morning. Now a decent squall has moved in. 23° with winds gusting to 33. Windchill of 9.

12/2 - 0.7” 12/14- 0.4” total- 1.1” climo = 26.5” 2024-25: 17.2” 2023-24: 15.7” 2022-23: 5.3” 2021-22: 15.2”

0.3” total. Colder air is sweeping in now.

Special weather statement for the counties to the west of the WWA: ...QUICK HITTING PERIOD OF SNOW TONIGHT... Precipitation will overspread the area through the late evening and overnight. While some rain is possible at the onset, a changeover to snow is likely. Bands of snow with brief moderate to heavy rates are possible, which could provide quick accumulations of a coating to an inch and reduce visibility to less than one half mile. By the time snow ends early Sunday morning, some localized totals of 1 to 2 inches are possible. Overall, precipitation may only last 2 to 4 hours at any given location. Temperatures will drop below freezing by daybreak, so any areas that are wet could freeze, especially on untreated and elevated surfaces.

First flakes reaching the ground. 34°

Clouded up here in the past 30 minutes, but not before the temp hit 47. Warmest all month. Expecting a cartopper tonight.

That whole evolution from day 12 on is just wacky. Would love to see it play out like that lol

Forecast low tonight is 19. Already down to 17 under clear skies.

Looking like Sunday may not be a weather fun day for us.

Gusty winds and flurries here this morning. Peak gust was 41. Saw that Camp David gusted to 53 overnight. 32°

The cold stayed wedged in here today. Forecast high was 46. Currently raining and 37.

Big Alonso fan. He brings it every day. Has played in 1008 of the Mets 1032 games the past 7 years. Great add to that clubhouse.

10° is my low so far.

Last time would be December 2010. Haven’t had as cold a start to a December since then, until now.

Very nice ! Is that two 5” snowfalls for you in the past week ? In early December ? Awesome. I’ve had two 5”+ storms total in the past 4 winters on this end of I-81.

Overcast and 28/3 with a N wind at 13 G23. Coldest day of the winter so far.

A week later, from the same run. 40 to 50° below normal across the upper Midwest.

That’s the point where my memory block kicks in lol. I’m a glass half-full guy so I prefer to look forward to the late Jan 2011 event redux.

When I was guessing what kind of winter to expect, to make a forecast in the seasonal snow contest, I leaned on a blend of 2010-11 and 2000-01. Dec 2010 had a lot of clippers that snowed on SWVA, S WV, and the Smokies of NC. I think Roanoke had at least 3 accumulating events that month, including one on Christmas. A pattern that left my part of WV cold and dry.

Everything earlier today stayed south of here. First snow of the day now. Decent shower with big flakes. 28°.