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Definitely impressive back building.. 

Stopped again.. really shows what the sun angle does .. wasn’t even snowing hard and still was accumulating.. looks like the final burst for the night will be pretty decent…

Yeah, definitely a little back building the back edge has held on out here…getting close to a whole 2 inches in 11 hrs!
 

May get to 3 inches after all if get lucky tomorrow morning… lol

Prob about a 1 1/2 here in my part of Glen Allen.. See what the Upper Low produces tomorrow.. A shame they couldn’t come together (another just miss for this area) owell still better than nothing …

Best rates since early this morning here in  Glen Allen .. starting to accumulate again 

4 minutes ago, RVAman said:

ULL looks like it is not happening anymore. 

Will happen just maybe a miss for this area and not be as strong as it looked like earlier… just about stopped here in Glen Allen look to be back in the dry air for the next hour again… bummer ..Time to be productive for my real job lol

In the next hour another dry sport is heading for this area .. Definitely right on the line for something decent.. Again if it’s snowing better then it is now at 3pm we will have a chance to get to 3 inches + … I’ll be happy to get to 2 here … The upper air low tomorrow look's like it may miss this area all together on the last run but we will see

1 minute ago, RVAman said:

3 inches is very much a decent event for RVA considering the last 5 winters. 

Agreed!  Still less the a half inch here… just can’t get any good decent banding up this way ..Almost has stopped a few times.. Hopefully later today & tomorrow over performs or will be another storm under 3 inches here.. 

14 minutes ago, RVASnowLover said:

Let's wait to see what the coastal does. It's still trying to take over and get going. You may be right but too early to make that call IMO

3 minutes ago, SoCoWx said:

The event is literally just getting started. I mean, sure it could bust. But we’re not in the bullseye. We have time. Let’s not get lost in our cynicism.

Who is doing that? . Just stating the facts and where I’m at now.. Hopefully it will backfill but it’s looking like this area will be just a bit too NW

Still just very fine light flakes here.. not sure if will get into any good rates here today … looks to be just to far north/west here to get  good results from the coastal…prob still not even a 1/2 inch yet…  

5 minutes ago, RVAman said:

Precip is incredibly light. We may have issues if that’s the case. Seems like it’s taking forever even for .5. 

Yep the cold air/dew points are low  &with the coastal taking over isnt helping this area but should help our southern folks .. rather have this then get it washed away or mixed with sleet

10 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

Latest HRRR.  That doesn’t include the ULL band that comes in tomorrow 

10 minutes ago, RVAman said:

This was always going to happen. 

I’m aware what was to happen .. I’m saying if the storm is to over perform out here…. The coastal will need to get going soon or most of the snow in this area will need to come from the upper low tomorrow .. I figured the whole time that’s where my area would get most of the accumulating snow from…

I’m taking about what would need to happen for  both parts of the storm over performing in this area . 

17 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

Energy is transferring to coast, if that can take over it will fill back in as HRRR suggests. 

It’s going to really need to start going quick or will be over by 3pm for anyone west of 95 especially the more north u  go.. hopefully the upper air dosnt fall appart tomorrow and over performs

12 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

How are yall able to post pics? It won’t let me and I cleared out my saved attachments. Says file is too large….

Easiest way if you do it with your cell phone is to

1. take a picture 

2 save your picture 

2 screen shot that same picture and cut it down a tad & re save..

3 add to files from your photo library 

A few quick early pics nice steady fuffly snow that is blowing around on the roads here at staples and 295 …main roads just starting to get covered 

Agree with everything is on schedule (maybe even a little ahead) with the storm still organizing it can form the dry air pockets & also rob the moister in the backend of the storm.. looks like it’s already doing . staying in the heavier bands are key to how much accumulation we all get

Storm is an unorganized mess right now .. Hopefully it can get its self together or this will be a storm of bands, where a few miles can make a big difference… if your in that Heavy band or not… It’s not snowing here in my  part of Glen Allen at the moment but we did get a dusting from the first band that came through… Next one seems to be the doorstep in the next 30mins or so

2 minutes ago, overcautionisbad said:

I promise you I dont want small snow. I honestly would rather it do nothing. Just enought to inconvenience me is really annoying. If I'm going to be inconvenienced, it better be exciting. Just how I am

Well it’s not like we are in a snow belt area here lol.. 3+ storms are rare around here .. enjoy it

4 minutes ago, overcautionisbad said:

Definitely not. We've already had 3 inches multiple times. The drought is 6. Anything less is just a minor nuisance to me. At this point I would just prefer it not snow.

Here you about the drought (is why I brought it up on how hard it is to get a 6+ all snow event here…Sorry but I don’t believe you for a second that you prefer it not to snow if it’s anything less then 6 …. lol

5 minutes ago, RIC Airport said:

Both 12z 3K and 12K had over a foot for RIC so that drew a lot of emotion and hope. 

lol You should know by now how hard it is to even get 6 inch storms around here… 

I’ll call it a win with anything more then 3 inches…

Please people!! stop with the over dramatics of the main thread it’s been 3 to 6 inches for most of this area for awhile now and that hasn’t changed… 

Key will be what we get from the upper low  & if it pushes us over the 4+ or not

This or that?