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.55" yesterday. 29 this morning, another freeze.

.30" of wonderful rain at 4:30. 48 degrees

We have had many. 5-10-83 27 degrees, 5-16-83 29 degrees, 5-16-84 30 degrees, 5-30-84 32 degrees, 5-25-88 33 degrees, 5-31-96 33 degrees, 5-30-96- 33 degrees, 5-27-91 31 degrees, 5-20-93 33 degrees....

16 yesterday morning will probably be the last teens for this spring but freezes will probably extend into early May.

Most of us just love the GFS, though we won't admit it, or realize it. A dull day is spiked with fleeting outrageous denial of expectation. Palm Sunday, 8 inches of snow!!! April 7, 1971, I had 9 inches at 1325 ft and Afton Mt. at 1850 ft. had 17 inches.....................................................

1.25 inches, moderate snow, 32 degrees.

Heavy snow and 33 degrees at 10:45.

80 degrees this afternoon to 32 with snow at midday Thursday??? At 10:1, GFS gives me 6 inches! WOW!! Not likely, but, snow can certainly fall.

75 degrees with sw wind 20 - 30 mph!!!

During the past 50 years those values have resulted in heavy snowfall winters............................

You must have looked at AIFS. I agree that we still have a few weeks, elevation adjusted. I don't consider my region out of the snow season until April 15. BUT, the tide is going out...................

The latest GEFS and Euro says generally warmer than normal the next 30 days with a brief cold snap mid- month. Snow chances are very limited other than western areas above 1000 ft.

Snow is beginning in this area................ The Blue Ridges from 2000- 3000 ft. are disappearing.

I did not say categorically over. I said "mostly" over.

We have been playing this stuff for years. How about, MARCH is HERE Below 1000 ft., it is mostly over.

Do you really believe that?

This is a piece of cake....................... South of 66 1-3 on Monday ...... South of 64 2-4 on Monday

Yeah, you and I both like to round off, but, that 37 ft. can be the difference between 6 inches and 15 inches........ Just joshing!!!! Yes, I rounded off Wintergreen to 3000 when actuality says 2512 - 3515. Holly River in central W.Va. that reported 22.5 inches Sunday is only 2211 ft. Have you ever hiked to the top of Elliot? That's quite a climb from 688. Not quite so much from Hite Hollow. Well, I gotta run and start brainstorming Mondays threat. I go to press at 4 pm. Gotta chase that 90% from 4 days out.

Your such a bore with your illogical tripe. 0% chance that an NWS report is accurate??? You just destroyed credibility for your "beating a dead horse" tirades about D.C. snowfall collapse. Can you please define "0% change"

I'm very sorry, but 4500 ft. mts. in northern and western Augusta County do not exist................. You goofed on that.

0000 I don't play the foolish games that your illk are obsessed with. You are illustrating a dismal start to life.. We need to be encouraging a reasonable start to life, not encouraging radical lunacy. Not today, but 10 years into the future, you will understand....................

AS I said earlier today, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the report because I did not make the measurement . You and I both want accurate measurement and reporting. I am with you 100% on that. We seem to have a mentally challenged intruder. Psu ,who is obsessed with global warming and a huge decrease of D.C. snowfall. Psu , I am very sorry to disappoint you, but I totally agree that earlier reported snowfall totals cannot be trusted.

Sunday plastered the Shenandoah Valley with a very unusual snow-event. Wide variations in accumulated snowfall occurred within short distances. Similar conditions occurred in W.Va and Md./ Del. The NAM Nest 700 mb. chart illustrated a sharp trough with extreme lift turbulence over Augusta County Sunday afternoon. I received a strong inch in a heavy band while a friend a few miles away had bare ground. Luray reported a half inch while a friend a few miles away up on Tanners Ridge at 2700 ft. near Big Meadows reported at least 6 inches with high winds. When I was preparing my Newsletter early Monday I looked at local snow totals. Stuarts Draft has 3 reporting stations on the west side within a couple miles apart. One station reported 0, another reported 1 inch while #3 reported 4.5 inches! I reported 2 inches for Stuarts Draft. In question, Wintergreen reported 3 inches at 7:30 am Sunday, 6 inches at 3 pm Sunday and 15 inches at 7:30 am Monday. Is this 100% accurate?? I don't know because I didn't take the measurements. If we deny snowfall reported by the NWS because we disagree , we are hopeless. I am currently working on the last 125 years of snowfall for the Valley. I am relying on Staunton Records, Dale Enterprise Records and 60 years of personal records with occasional cross-references. Many of the people who made those records have been dead for more than 50 years. How did they measure snow? Did they use snowboards? If so, how often did they clean the snowboards? West Virginia also had as you say, 'ridiculous" reports for Sunday. Holly River State Park reported 22.5 inches with a picture of measurement on social media. 10 - 15 miles away, Webster Springs only reported 6 inches. Md/Del. also had "ridiculous" reports with 4 - 20 inches within 10-15 miles of each other at midday Monday. I'm always interested in snowfall reports but I am keenly aware that we don't live in a perfect world regarding measuring/reporting snowfall or any other factors in our lives.

I am simply reporting what the NWS office out of Blacksburg is reporting. If you want to argue, then argue with the NWS at Blacksburg. Some joker wandering around in the mts. near Wintergreen on Sunday means nothing. This is not name calling! This is simply clarifying the record for some reckless challenging of the official NWS record.

This is from NWS Blacksburg. Argue with those people, smartboy. https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?sid=rnk