22 early this morning.
11 years ago this morning was a winter wonderland at my place! 6.5 inches of snow and 28 degrees. 3.5 inches fell on Palm Sunday afternoon and 3 more inches Sunday night. Mar. 25, 2013.
.83" total.
As I suspected yesterday afternoon the Icon was out to lunch with only .53". The GFS nailed it at .82"
I have discovered an astonishing relationship between March rainfall and previous winter snowfall during the past 8 years. More on this when March welcomes April.
March has been very dry across the Central Valley. I have received a total of 1.38" compared to a normal on March 21 of 2.31". This is only 60% of normal rainfall.
This reality has resulted in a rash of wildfires aggravated by high winds.
22 at 7 am.
A soaking rain will really help with the very dry conditions, smoke and wildfires.
A 5 model blend gives D.C. 1.65" and Augusta 1.02". All important Luray receives 1.23".
Oh well, I'm more interested in a soaking rain. Waynesboro has declared an outside burning ban because of how dry we're getting.
My latest 4 model blend gives Waynesboro .89" Friday night/Saturday. Nice!
28 early this morning is a lot better than 12F at the summit of Spruce Knob. Rt. 250 is covered with snow at the Va./W.Va. state line at 4332 ft.. Looks like maybe an inch.
Elliot Knob 20 miles west of Staunton is 4463 ft. and expecting 4.4 inches of snow Friday night. Hike to the summit. Reddish Knob about 20 miles north on the Augusta/Pendleton county line at 4398 ft., has a narrow paved road to the summit with large potholes.
On Sat. morning I can drive to 4400 ft. withing 20 miles of my place. A lot better than 95 miles to Cannan for 3400 ft.. , 1000 ft. lower. Of course that would be 70 miles n.w..
Thanks Cape. We both know this is not likely to happen. The 18z GFS has dropped from 5.0 to 2.9" for Augusta.
But, during a slow week, it gives us something to chat about.
Wow! the GFS increased from 1.38" to 2.04" qp for Augusta!!!