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Only take her in summer until you are ready to make your move for permanency

That 1022 thing to the SE isn't helping

I compromised when we built here, I had my eye on a lot on airport road at 3200 +- elevation. Ended up here at 1300 and, well you can guess the differences. That lot is for sale again, the guy that bought it never built on it. If I was planning on staying here I'd be in line to purchase.

I'm liking a lot!

I went back to 07-08 season (the CoCoRaHS period, as I call it) and these are the longest streaks of at least a T of snow reported daily 12 days 12/21/12 - 01/01/13, 3.7 inches total 11 days 12/31/09 - 01/10/10, 4.3 inches total 10 days 02/27/13 - 03/08/13, 5.1 inches total 09 days 01/21/11 - 01/29/11, 2.5 inches total 09 days 01/16/14 - 01/24/14, 6.3 inches total 09 days 03/07/18 - 03/15/18, 3.0 inches total 08 days 12/02/10 - 12/09/10, 2.7 inches total 08 days 01/12/12 - 01/19/12, 0.4 inches total the last is my favorite, ALL 'T' except one 0.4 recording.... so the 7 days is not as uncommon as I first thought... I am sure if I dug into the 'paper hard copies' from 80's 90's and 00's I would find more too. I need to spend a day or two on a vacation and get those into an Excel spreadsheet, it would be easier than what I am doing now, digging through years of paper records.

Just what kind of wind would it take to produce -120 WC with a 40 temp? 200 mph? EDIT- I checked, site won't give WC values for winds over 110 mph, but at that level the WC is only +21 F!!

Well, I caught the very northern part of that south slider, flurries past hour with a car/deck topper and currently 30.5/23.2. This after catching the very southern end of the snow showers yesterday morning. Currently at 6 days with flakes from the sky, tomorrow's report will be 7th. All light stuff, the grand total over those days is 1.0 inch, but least it looks pretty falling.

Time for a 3rd thread it appears....

Looks like I am going to penny, nickel and dime my way along here! 12/07 0.5 12/08 0.1 12/17 1.4 12/25 2.9 01/16 0.1 01/17 0.3 01/19 0.6 Total 5.9

Round two has gone thru here, I am up to 0.6" for the day. This is what NWS Blacksburg put out just as the 2nd round started falling... Special Weather Statement National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 959 AM EST Mon Jan 18 2021 VAZ018-019-023-WVZ043-044-507-181545- Botetourt-Craig-Alleghany-Summers-Eastern Greenbrier-Monroe- 959 AM EST Mon Jan 18 2021 ...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL GREENBRIER...NORTHEASTERN SUMMERS AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE CITY OF COVINGTON... At 957 AM EST, a snow squall was located along a line extending from near Callaghan to Lawn to 10 miles east of Bald Knob. Movement was east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this squall.

Had a snow shower roll trough in last 40 minutes, dropped 0.3". Least things are white lol! Still flurrying and 32.2/29.9. This past week feels more like winters past, flurries, snow showers, clouds and cool temps.

12/07 0.5 12/08 0.1 12/17 1.4 12/25 2.9 01/16 0.1 01/17 0.3 Total 5.3

12/07 0.5 12/08 0.1 12/17 1.4 12/25 2.9 01/16 0.1 Total 5.0

Well, surprise, surprise. Ground is white with snow continuing to fall here at a moderate rate. Temp is 28/27.2. Forecast has nothing this am and snow showers this afternoon. I'll take the bonus!

I'll take a 13 or 23 and call it a winter, thanks!

I looked out the doors a couple times today at work, I'd say we got 2 to MAYBE 3 hours of sun. Currently partly cloudy and 40.

Ha! I beat you, maybe had 20 minutes here! Still 20 more than I've had in what seems like a week.

It is the start of the Earth's new 'dark spot'

Hmmm.... everyday for past several the forecast has been 'clearing with PC skies in afternoon', maybe TODAY will be the day the yellow ball reappears here.

3-5 forecasted here night before, ended up with a bit over 20!

Thanks to you for putting the time in to allow us to play. I'll try to ride the roller coaster back to the top this year lol!

My numbers for December 2020 and year end 2020 Received 3.84 inches of liquid vs a normal of 2.96 inches, a + 0.88 above average. The wettest day was the 5th with 1.05 inches falling. There were 10 days with measurable, 8 days with a 'T' and 13 dry days. Had 4.9 inches of snow fall during the month vs a normal of 4.8 inches, a + 0.1 above normal. The largest snowfall was on the 25th with 2.9 inches falling. There were 4 days with measurable, 10 days with a 'T' and 17 with no snow. A total of 6 days had measurable snow on the ground at 7 am observation. The averaged high for month was 44.6 degrees vs a normal of 45.3 degrees, a - 0.7 below average. The warmest day was on the 13th with a 64.2 degree reading. The averaged low for the month was 26.1 degrees vs a normal of 24.5 degrees, a + 1.6 degrees above average. The coldest reading was on the 26th with 10.1 degrees. Overall average temp was 35.4 degrees vs a normal of 34.9 degrees, a + 0.5 degrees above average. The highest wind recorded was 42 mph on the 25th. Two new records for the month, both on the 25th. The 2.9 inches of snow is a new daily record and the 0.91 inches of rain on the date is also a new record. Total precip for the calendar year was 58.95 inches, which slides into 2nd most ever recorded here, with 2018's 59.41 inches beating it. Total snow for the calendar year was 8.3 inches, this is the 4th least amount of snow recorded. Records date to October 1979.

Or maybe a few bonus drinks to help wash out the memories of the past year's mess......

DCA: +1.6 NYC: +0.9 BOS: +0.8 ORD: +1.3 ATL: +0.6 IAH: +0.4 DEN: -0.5 PHX: -0.4 SEA: -0.3

At 940, she IS the crossroad.