eaglesin2011

street/Car/deck dusting.. light/steady snow.. Glen Allen 295 staples mill

23 minutes ago, eaglesin2011 said:

,Kinda surprised by that... Dry air is always hard to beat around here....

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Got some flakes now out here in Glen Allen VA....... Very, very... very light flakes at the moment that is

13 minutes ago, SoCoWx said:

Still nothing in Richmond, but we were just upgraded to a WSW.

Kinda surprised by that... Dry air is always hard to beat around here....

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Well its finally cloudy out here in the West End Richmond...  So that's the first step!  HA

Yeah this is usually the time when the D.C. folk are complaining about not getting the big fantasy storm that was modeled "the week before" and start to give up all hope. For the Richmond area, I believe we are still in a good spot at this time.. I don't think we are going to get the 1,2 hit that was forecast earlier but the 2nd wave around the 29th is what we need to keep an eye out on and could turn out to be a decent snowfall for the area.. I rather have one decent hit then snow/sleet/rain/ snow anyways.. we shall see but definitely not time to give up yet..

4 hours ago, SoCoWx said:

Most of the model guidance was near unanimous that Richmond would be under the heavier amounts even as it was snowing yesterday. Personally, I’d call that a bust at this point. I understand why it happened. Dry air, too warm, no phase. But still.

It happens almost every storm here even when it's cold the dry air seems to win out ha.. hard to get a perfect storm here... For this early in the season I'll take it.. Too bad the energy coming down from the lakes didn't happen a little sooner.. could of really helped intensify everything .. Will help a little here at the end .. owell

47 minutes ago, SoCoWx said:

So, when do we call this a bust on the low end for Richmond?

Not really a bust..the real cold air just never made it here. But if u wanna say we could of got 9 and ended up with 1-4 in most of the area that's true .. Most places should see a nice burst of snow right before this storm ends and around the start of the army /navy game... That should be fun to watch... 

About 3.5 here in glen allen coming down steady now but dry air coming in from the west so we will see if it makes it here 

Watch the airport will prob still only report officially to have 1 to 2 inches total snowfall... While across the street will have 6  ha

(of course in this storm the decent snow to no snow may not be that far from each other)

Winter Storm Warning
VAZ075-076-512-513-515-517-519-521-090415-
/O.UPG.KAKQ.WW.Y.0004.171209T0000Z-171209T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.W.0001.171209T0000Z-171209T2100Z/
Westmoreland-Richmond-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield-
Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-
Western King William-Western King and Queen-Western Essex-
Including the cities of Mechanicsville, Bon Air, Midlothian, 
Richmond, Aylett, and Tappahannock
309 PM EST Fri Dec 8 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Expect a mix of rain and snow to change to all snow this
evening. Rain may briefly mix back in late tonight. Moderate to
heavy wet snow expected. Plan on slippery travel conditions. 
Total wet snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches are expected 
tonight into Saturday.

* WHERE...Portions of central and east central Virginia.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 PM EST Saturday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Be prepared for significant reductions in 
visibility at times.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Warning for wet snow means severe winter weather
conditions are expected. If you must travel, keep an extra
flashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an
emergency. The latest road conditions for the state you are
calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
 

38 and Wet rain snow @ va commons mall .rt 1

Always gotta worry about the temps/dry air around here... We could end up with that famous wet rain/snow for hours or sleet fest!

2p-5pm will give a good idea  of surface/air temps , hopefully they start dropping off around that time.. 

13 hours ago, Cobalt said:

 

Winter Weather Advisory issued December 08 at 6:06AM EST until December 09 at 4:00PM EST by NWS WakefieldCaroline; Cumberland; Eastern Louisa; Fluvanna; Goochland; Powhatan; Prince Edward; Western Hanover; Western Louisa...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO4 PM EST SATURDAY...* WHAT...Wet snow expected. Plan on slippery road conditions.Total wet snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are expected.* WHERE...Portions of central and north central Virginia.* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 4 PM EST Saturday.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Be prepared for reduced visibilities attimes.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A Winter Weather Advisory for wet snow means periods of wet snowwill cause primarily travel difficulties. Be prepared for snowcovered roads and limited visibilities, and use caution whiledriving. The latest road conditions for the state you are callingfrom can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

1 hour ago, RVAman said:

I think we all know the locals will boost totals tomorrow morning and/or 4 hours before the storm. They always do! 

Yeah they def wait it out for sure most times.. Around here that isn't the worst thing to do.. most of the storms lately we have gotten lucky with the back end moister and I wouldn't expect this storm to be any different .. Temps def going be an issue and the longer it can hold on the better...

So looks like this one is still very much up on the air for this weekend ....A dusting to a few inches? What's everyone think ..