eaglesin2011

Yep definitely missed that first band . dosnt look like it really gets started until after 8Pm in my area still

Nice went to the 2008 World Series.. Then unfortunately to saw them get hit vs the Astros in game 4 in 2022 .. Went to all 3 parades… Anyway back to this storm or lack of on my area (not even a flurry yet) lol Hope these grauple reports aren’t sleet mixing in already .. That wouldn’t be good

Yes, Eagles fan .. Originally from up that way…. Still being shut out where I am.. What a under-performing storm so far lol

Starting early (smoking) that is lol

Hmm definitely no sign of flurries yet where I am.. Short pump not even totally cloudy here yet…dew -4 30% cloudy

Let me clarify myself… The computer models aren’t in agreement with the total amount of snow in our surrounding area… It’s clear they are in agreement that it wont be all snow. (In the RVA area)

lol allot of people can’t imagine it.. It’s why many are so wrong & the computer is right. Again, it’s what is going on aloft… (not just the temperature at the surface) Cold air damming (between the mountains & our area is what we want to rout for.. The longer that happens the less chance we have in getting a prolonged freezing rain event… Sleet is 100% certain in this area at this point… How long we have the (just sleet) is the million $ dollar $ question?

That’s a real boneheaded thing to say.. Your “losing interest “ in a storm that could change how half the country operates for at least a week. The time it’s flipping has nothing to do with the (time of day ) it’s going to depend on how much it develops on the coast & how much cold are gets pushed away or remains … Hell nobody really knows what will exactly happen happen yet .lol

Let’s hope that South trend continues.. I’m going out to get a generator today (if they aren’t already gone) just in case… Unfortunately where I am the power lines are not buried underground so good chance the power goes out even if it’s just a big snow

Seriously dude… If you’re going to keep posting something like this, goto the banter thread. Ice storm or not… This is still going to be a major storm and will affect millions of people.. Stop posting nonsense!

Well said… If you do post at least mention where your from.. Allot of differences .. Richmond is on the line but my belief is that it will be sleet not frz rain in this area… Closer to Hampton Roads /south its definitely a different story there with the precip type.. Hopefully the cold air wins out…

^ Please stop posting..

I find it hard to believe with the temperatures that have been shown that there will be a major ice storm (freezing rain) in the Richmond area… Down south & the VA Beach area… is a different story … Do I think it may mix for an extended period sure it could but I think it’s going to be mainly sleet (in the Ric area) .. This actually could be a good thing (if its not hours of mixing) it should limit the snow on power lines and trees… Roads & un blocked gutters are another story when the even colder air moves back in…

If anyone really believed 24+ inches then they really are an RVA rookie .. lol Anything over 6+ with sleet is gonna be around here for awhile… 4-8 is just about a lock at this point anything more is a bonus imo…

The hours and hours of sleet & Freezing rain is down right scary wherever that sets up… I’m expecting some changeover to sleet in our area it almost always happens in big storms around here .. Let’s just hope it dosnt turn over to freezing rain for an extended period of time… 4 to 8 seems almost certain (crazy to say this far out)

If it’s even half of that outcome grocery stores shelves are gonna look like it’s Covid again for a few days … If you can actually get to any that are open after Sunday nights freeze…

There is almost always some mixing / sleet in big storms around here.. Or dry air makes it in somehow…lt is why it’s so hard to get 8+ inch storms around here… Good thing with this storm if there is any mixing for few hours that prob will just end up making the total accumulation stick around longer once it freezes. The temps are going to be down right cold almost all next week…

Well one thing is for sure.. Its going to be cold this weekend! Let’s just hope the cold high doesn’t suppresses the whole system too far to the south…(that seems the way things have trended the past few years) If this thing starts to bomb out I can see some sleet/ freezing rain mixing in for awhile & a big ice storm the more south you go… Hopefully this area can avoid the dry area curse and get a nice 4-8 inch storm with some sleet mixing in at times … With the cold air in the forecast, It will definitely stick around a few days whatever we get…Still too early to predict how this will go, but we know how it normally turns out when we are in the bullseye this early…

Big difference from Powhatan to Glen Allen HS prob about 2.5 inches in Powhatan I’d say an inch on the streets .. Glen Allen HS about an inch on deck maybe .5 on the street.. Temps& elevation in the shaded areas are making a big difference

Short pump on off ramps now snow covered .. heading to Powhatan bridge starting to be snow covered 288 ok for now .. heading back in 30m

If you look at the traffic cams I posted earlier it’s still not cold enough to even have snow on the main roads all the way into UVA Charlottesville currently.. https://511.vdot.virginia.gov/ I wouldn’t expect this area(Richmond/Short pump) to have any issues with the main roads at least until after 1pm or so .. This is going to be a mainly grass event in this area for the next few hours at least

here are the traffic cams and ram cam from VCU https://511.vdot.virginia.gov/ decent snow just out side UVA https://ramcam.vcu.edu/compass-plaza.html Very light snow showing up ^ wouldn’t expect much here until after 11am temp needs to drop

https://www.12onyourside.com/weather/closings/ Almost all of the major public school districts are closed already in the Richmond area

About the same here at Glen Allen HS

The airport will probably report a trace to .5 lol