WVclimo

My 6th grader opted for the "BRICK" option to attend school at the beginning of Fall. Lasted 6 weeks, until our state's county color code reached orange and then red and schools were shuttered. Now, 6 weeks of virtual learning later and with 90% of WV counties meeting the closure metric, it has been decided to abandon color codes altogether and resume school, except for high school. He is thrilled to get back to a classroom. My high school senior who opted for the "CLICK" choice and who is also working full-time has had a stable year of virtual education. She has also been accepted to a college next Fall, but who knows what that will look like by then ? It really feels like here they have just been making it up as they go along, regardless of the incidence of cases. I'm sure the teachers feel as twisted as the kids at this point.

25th anniversary of that storm this week. Maybe the UK can nail another one.

I wonder how differently Philadelphia might have approached tonight’s game if they had played in front of a stadium full of rowdy Iggles fans ?

I chased the January 2017 event also. Picked Virginia Beach as they were under a blizzard watch. Found a great cabin at First Landing State Park and 55 mph gusts on the beach across the road. Hiked the cypress swamps in pouring snow. Beautiful trip.

Only 0.05” of precip this morning. Up to 35 degrees.

45/37 after a high of 51. With the clouds it’s gonna be tough to get cold enough here for accumulation. Elevation event, I’m guessing ?

Ice falling from the trees as the sun tries to poke through the fog. Briefly hit 33 degrees overnight but back down to 31 again now. 0.94” storm total.

A few seconds after I took the photo, a head-high wave came over the 3’ high ledge the ocean had carved and the sand gave way under my feet. I was able to jog out of the drink without going down. But a town official who was yelling at folks to get off of the beach got pretty upset with me lol. We decided to get out of Bethany and went to the state park beaches instead, where we found a much more adventurous crowd.

Trees are really icing up the past hour as the sun angle drops. Steady rain at 32 degrees.

Isaias on the beach in Delaware. Recorded a 65 mph wind with a hand held anemometer at Indian River Inlet. 12-15’ waves, blowing stinging sand and drifting sea foam. Winds sustained at 55-65 for over an hour. Beach erosion. Was great luck to get a healthy tropical storm while on vacation.

Light freezing rain. 30.8 degrees

Low temp was 21. Up to 27 now with a DP of 22.

A few snowflakes mixing in as the rain ends. 38°

WWA’s just issued from the Blue Ridge west.

Forecasted high temperature here today is 41. Currently 47.

I spent some time this morning looking at my snowfall measurements since moving to WV in 2006 I'm in a pretty good spot to get wintry weather relative to the rest of the forum. I have verified WSW criteria at least once a calendar year for 12 years straight. I have had accumulating snow as early as 10/29 and as late as 3/29, so call that the "season" when I can see snow on the ground. Even with my location, I have only seen accumulating snow on 9% of the days during that snow "season." Only 4% of those days have seen an inch fall. Only 2% has seen 3". And only 1% of days has had a 6" snowfall. You really need a lot of patience to wait for snow in our region.

I watched it over the long Christmas weekend. It held my attention for 2 hours, which is a long time for me to (mostly) sit still. I enjoyed it, but I am partial to George Clooney flicks anyway. The white-outs are awesome !

The metro area did better than here for that 1/12-13 event in 2019. I finished with just under 7". I think Baltimore got shafted though.

He was probably the worst QB the WFT ever gave 13 starts to. Worse than Heath Shuler and that’s saying something. Pretty sure they could justify the move based on performance.

That was an above-average snowfall season at DCA-BWI-IAD. A really nice winter in western Md. too I measured 45” in the valley near CBE.

Maritime polar air masses crossing the country. Really need a ridge out west to shunt that for awhile and tap into the cP and cA stuff up north. Would be a loaded pattern if we get any PNA assistance with that kind of blocking.

My high of 28 today matched 12/16 for the coldest high temperature here since 2/1/2019.

Temp struggling to get out of the mid-20s today with limited sunshine. It’s been quite a prolonged stretch of cloudy weather the past 10-11 days.

Light snow blowing around at 26 degrees. Merry Christmas !

2.13” storm total