Around about 10-11am I had a 5-10 minute period of sleet with a handful of huge white snowflakes fall here in western Chesterfield County. Since then, though, it's been a freezing cold rain.
@DTWXRISK, what needs to happen with this system for the Richmond area to cash in on a little bit of snow? Any hope of a SE shift, or a more negative tilt? Or, should I just go book a hotel at Charlestown Casino for Tuesday - Thursday?
Yeah, I'm not giving up yet. Radar looks better than the NAM already. Lots of times the precip shield extends much further than the models show. At the very least, we should see some flurries, which will make this the 2nd best storm of the year!
I'm on the Henrico/Goochland line and we've had snow falling since about noon, but no stickage, not even on grass.
My wife is at work in eastern Henrico and the ground is white, even starting to stick to sidewalks and side roads.
I guess it was 3-4 years ago now, but do you guys remember a similar storm that dumped a ton of sleet on Richmond and surprised areas like Staunton with 20" of snow? I can remember the forecast being for hardly any frozen precip for RVA and only 3-4" of snow before flipping out West, but the CAD was much stronger than forecasted. We can hope for something similar this time around.
I had a forecasted high of 51 today, but only reached 48. Starting to drop now that the rain has started. Here's to hoping we get to see at least a little bit of snow before it all ends.
Heavy sleet now here in Midlothian. I'm hoping it means we're about to flip to snow for the final burst. My wife is dying for a day off tomorrow (Henrico public schools).
Just went out because I thought the heavier rates were coming, but it flipped to a snow/sleet/rain mix. I'm in Midlothian. Not a good sign. Was 30 degrees.