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Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Flurries here. Nice sized flakes. If this keeps up for 365 days we might scrape 0.5 inches out of it. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
I couldn’t believe it’s still showing those crazy snow amounts this afternoon. 8 members for RIC in the 17-26” range….bitch please! Like you said, def entertainment value. I will say I refer to it for non-winter storms to get an idea for its qpf depiction. For straight rain storms, I feel like it’s usually in the ballpark. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
The extra 4 hours are devoted to making all the incomprehensible intersecting lines on his forecast maps. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
We’ve had multiple accumulating snows here this (meteorological) winter. Parts of the RIC metro are just about at average for our climate. We’ve had more than one season of being shut out or close to it in the last 10 years. The “big dog” snows just keep getting rarer. We do have ways to win with them, but I think this winter shows what our expectations should be. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
I’m intrigued to see this evolve today! One thing is for sure…whoever is just to the north of the cutoff is going to be screaming at the radar returns to no avail. That actually might be us in RIC lol but we’ll see. -
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Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Still mostly sleet here, but starting to see some glaze accretion on mailboxes and shrubs. -
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Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Hopefully we’ve dodged the bullet with the worst case ZR amounts. Just went outside here in N Chesterfield and it’s still sleet. Temp at 19. That slug of moisture to the west is somewhat worrisome with temps only getting to the mid 20s if it is indeed ZR by then. -
I’m sure that’s probably in jest, but don’t. Keep at it. This world needs more passionate people!
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Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Yep. I can hear the pinging outside the window. Not even gonna get out of bed to see what’s going on. At least you got some accumulation! I checked the 511 cam near Brandermill just to get an idea and it looks paltry. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Flurries here as well -
Same for RIC. Forecast was 24, and currently sitting at 20/-3.
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Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Ha, yea. I’m showing 20/-3 here in North Chesterfield. NGL, while I’m nervous about the freezing rain potential tomorrow, I’m kinda excited about not really knowing how tomorrow will play out and just seeing what falls… -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Being burned so many times in the past, I’m thinking 2-4” snow before we change over to sleet and then freezing rain. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
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Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
lol, definitely a study! Makes you really appreciate the good storms we’ve had. Like 12/8/18. Looked to stay south of us up until about 24-36 hours before go time and then we got a foot easy. One of the nicest, cleanest surprises. Otherwise, here it’s just “here we go again”. -
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Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Just saw the long range maps posted. Ughhh can we not be in the jackpot more than a week out lol. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
While the GFS has been consistent, I recall a storm we got last Jan or Feb (pretty sure it was Feb but can’t get locate the screen shots) where for like 12 or 14 straight runs it showed the heaviest band over us and then come game time…poof it went well north and we got 1-3” in Richmond metro. Anything is possible and other models being close is good and all, but in these types of setups it’s best to rely on our weather history and err on the side of mixing issues. -
Does it? Asking seriously because the snow and qpf map just posted wouldn’t indicate that. RIC at about 17” of snow at 1.35” qpf…where in the world is any qpf left for ice? edited to say that does the snow map include sleet? Just seems like it would be way overstating snow if there was significant ice as well.
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Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
This. While I’m trying not to hyperventilate over the insane snow totals being shown, I think it’s worth remembering that in Central VA, with a storm track moving to the OBX, sleet is a real possibility here. As you said, its happened repeatedly. While I’d love to stay all snow, I’m curious if the short range models start to pick that up better as we get closer to Saturday. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Absolutely! Staying cautiously optimistic, but that would be fantastic if any of those threats came to fruition. -
Right?! Yeesh
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It was a joke on DT’s frequently contradictory maps that have lines going every which direction. His precip onset time maps are also difficult to read.
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Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
One of the nicest snows in a long long time. Just a beautiful snow, and an all-snow event to boot! 12 hours straight and still going! None of that snow to sleet to rain crap lol. Measured 5” here in Bon Air. -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Flurrying here in Midlothian/Bon Air -
Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion
Deep Creek replied to RIC Airport's topic in Mid Atlantic
Crazy right?! 10 hours of constant snow, albeit some light throughout, but 2 inches to show for it. We’ll take it I guess!
