I'm happy to learn that we "got almost nothing" from a professional meteorologist 47 years ago back in Feb of 1977 when we should have "gotton buried up to the second floor of our houses". Some on this board seem to believe that severe snow droughts have only occurred in recent years.
76-77 was very cold with the up-slope mts. to our west getting buried while we often came up frigid and DRY.
The US Geological Survey at 3:15 pm gives the following data for the D.C. Little Falls Pump Station on the Potomac. Gage height 3.90 Ft. 24 hrs. ago gage height 3.55' . Up about 5 inches.
Downstream from DC runoff I would guesstimate a 1 ft. increase. But strong s and se winds are producing a backswell rise from the bay. High tide at Alexandria is coming at 6 pm. This exacerbates the problem.
My lifelong fascination with the weather and 60 years of observations tell me that Jan. 15 - Mar. 15 will produce. This winter is removed from recent crap. Just please be patient and give it a chance.
A WWA has been issued for western areas: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=VAZ025&warncounty=VAC015&firewxzone=VAZ025&local_place1=3 Miles WNW Dooms VA&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory&lat=38.1291&lon=-78.9004
12z 1-16, Euro gives the Central Valley .50" of new ice with a surface temp. of 24 degrees. Welcome to the skating rink!! 850 temps have dropped from +4 to - 9 in 6 hrs! Temps. fall all day to 12 by 7 pm.
The same can be said of the GFS, Euro, GEM. None of the models predicted how much we would warm overnight upstairs after the HP moved offshore. Especially western areas. This threw everybody and everything including the NWS for a loop.
Hello out west! I'm well aware of what you say. The HRRR brings the 850 freezing line to the west city limits of Staunton at 11 am, backs it up to Todd Lake at noon then Reddish Knob at 1 pm.
Good luck!
I'm reporting obs. 33.1 degrees w/ Lt.rain