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Currently 25/24 here with a HEAVY frost on all objects and freezing fog, under 0.2 visibility. All elevated objects slicker than, well, you know. Skies stayed cloudy all day yesterday with a light NE to E wind, only topped out at 39.7 degrees. Forecast was MILES off, had sunny skies and mid to upper 40's for highs, they kept lowering highs and increasing cloud cover thru day with each update lol. 

Currently 34.5/27.7 and cloudy on a NE breeze at 3-5 mph at 10:30. PERFECT day to put up the Christmas stuff in and out. Only fell to 28.7 overnight as the clouds banked up against us after midnight.

My TV ended up on an NFL game for the first time in probably 3-4 years with all the folks here. THAT was a horrible performance by TWFU's....

2 hours ago, mappy said:

Happy Thanksgiving friends! Spending ours at home with just us three, not hosting, didn’t have to clean, will make a small feast, in my pjs, drinking all day with no stress whatsoever. Fantastic 

Well, we'll end up with 14 or 15 here, so some clean up and preparing going on here, but it has now become tradition for family to come here in last three years. I don't mind, super nice to see all the family. Wishing all a super and safe Thanksgiving out there in forumland!! 

1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Yes. Last night was a step in the right direction. Let's see if this holds. I would rather have a bunch of small to medium size events than one big event. I want to be home with my wife and enjoy snow, not locked in a windowless operations center for days on end.

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

I want a lot of events as well, but this is a sacrifice I’m willing for you to make.

1 hour ago, TSSN+ said:

He must never leave the operations center. 

Yep. Step up and take one (or a bunch) for the team!!

Down to 39.4 here, we'll see if this comes to fruition in the morning, especially up high. Had a couple rounds of drizzle and sprinkles in last two hours. 

VAZ019-020-WVZ507-508-230600-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge, Covington, Hot Springs,
Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, Alderson, Quinwood, Duo,
and Rainelle
551 PM EST Wed Nov 22 2023


...LIGHT WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

A wintry mix of rain, snow, and freezing drizzle is expected to
occur along the higher ridges tonight. The patches of freezing
drizzle or snow will most likely be confined to the highest
elevation, west facing ridges.

Slow down and use caution while traveling as slick spots could
form on roadways.

4 hours ago, aldie 22 said:

anyone still planning to mow this year?

I usually mow at least once, sometimes twice in December just to pick up and shred whatever leaves I can.

1.79 inches for the daily here, new record, beating 1991's 1.14 inches. First 1"+ 24 hour rainfall since 7/14 (1.42) and last time I received a greater amount was way back on 11/12/22 with 2.49 inches. 

Over an inch (closer to 1.10") since 7 am here, MUCH needed. Temp still hasn't hit 40, but close at 39.4/38.2. 

Between the 7 am ob (0.06) and what I can eyeball in the gauge now from the back window, about 0.40 has fallen so far here.  37.3/36.5 currently. Another 5 degrees this would have been interesting, at least the front end. 

3 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

I’m declaring a SEVERE LEAF DROP WARNING for the entire region for the next 48 hours. 

What leaves? They've been off the trees 10-14 days here lol. 

3 hours ago, Jebman said:

We got 3 inches snow near Thanksgiving in 1989. I think.

Yep, 3 on the money here, and it hung around for a few days as temps were in the 30's for highs and teens for lows. 

1 hour ago, stormy said:

You need a Cyclone Rake!  Mine makes short work of leaves and holds 44 bushels before you have to dump. Price is reasonable for the work they do.  Several sizes ranging from $1500 - $2000.

LOL, I can barely use the rider on 75% of the yard, I'd likely flip one of those. Don't think I haven't thought about trying one though  

Picked up 0.11 here, not much but after last 60 days I'll take it as a win. 

Nice to have a bit of rain falling. HOPE it helps even a little with the fires. 

I've been gone a few hours, anything different on the medium to long range models??

13 hours ago, dailylurker said:

I'm going to hold off on raking my leaves. I'll just wait for my brush fire to sweep through. 

In all seriousness I have spent last two days trying to rake and haul off as much of them as I can! 

16 hours ago, Stormfly said:

Specs or it's BS!

Sent you a PM.

Not sure where the fire is, but it has to be close. Started smelling smoke about 3 hours ago, and now visibility is under a mile. Traffic cam about 2 miles away on VA511 in Low Moor I 64 Exit 21

EDIT- nope, looks like the smoke from fire on the Blue Ridge Parkway has found its way here. Lexington looks just as bad on traffic cams. 

Virginia 511 Web (511virginia.org)

25 minutes ago, Stormfly said:

Super cheap then.

Average residential main supply isn't adequate for snowmaking.  A pond and good centrifugal pump or irrigation system can fix that.  A Hale fire pump can work in a pinch as long as the head isn't too high.

Disagree 100%. I know, we did it. 

49 minutes ago, H2O said:

I am going to sound like a serious Debbie and I apologize to everyone. 
 

But the last few years have jaded me so much wrt models and snow. Yeah yeah, I live in a snow hole. MBY sucks for snow. Micro climate they rivals DCA for pathetic snows and marginal events. 
 

That said, the amount of hopium already in the LR with it being only Nov just makes me sigh. I just can’t buy in anymore to 180+ hour maps. It literally has to be inside 5 days now to get hype. I wish I wasn’t so jaded. I got a 4x4 in 2021 and I’ve had ONE, one snow event worth using 4 wheel drive. 
 

Until I see radar lit, temps under 32 up the column, WSWs hoisted I can’t buy into the drooling that gets most fired up. 
 

I still appreciate all the thoughts and knowledge our Mets and veteran posters give us. I learn a ton from y’all. But man, it’s hard to see what the models spit out at times and not say “ain’t falling for this shit again”

Definitely understand, MAYBE this year will break your way  

5 minutes ago, Stormfly said:

Hope you got a pond nearby LOL!

http://www.torrentee.com/pdf/Snow-water_conversion_chart.pdf

 

 

We ran $300-$400 water AND power bills for D/J/F for several years when he was making snow.

EDIT- and that was 18-22 years ago.

4 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

We could solve this problem right now... I've always wanted a snowmaking machine...  someone wants to donate...I could have a few inches on my lawn the next below freezing night!  

*Raises hand*

Umm, I'm pretty far away, but I still have all my son's snowmaking stuff in the shed...

Well, at least the fog machine stayed turned off overnight.... currently PC (high cirrus) and 33.1/24.3.

High of 62.5 degrees here today with a mostly sunny sky, just a few clouds. However, ruined by 20-25 mph gusts in afternoon. Currently 57.8/26.7, very dry air. Wind WNW at 9 gusting to 19 mph at 5:40 pm.