RIC Airport Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 Best METAR out of RIC in a long time. KRIC 031854Z 33018G26KT 1/8SM R34/2400V3500FT +SN FZFG OVC007 M01/M01 A3000 RMK AO2 PK WND 34029/1819 GSE54 PRESRR SLP163 CIG 005V012 SNINCR 1/2 P0010 T10061011 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Pretty cool storm after temps in the 70s. Took a little too long for the changeover to happen. Some snow is better than none. Next threat could be as soon as Thursday night but as of now that’s looking like a complicated setup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Fins Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Agreed, it's nice to have winter look and feel like winter once in a while. Wish I were home and could use some of the firewood up. Fingers crossed for more opportunities, they are always complicated setups for us. Once, I would like us to be in the bullseye a few days out and remain there or have the storm south enough so when it does inevitably trend north, we reap the benefits. Update, sun peaking through that clouds just a bit now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, RVASnowLover said: Pretty cool storm after temps in the 70s. Took a little too long for the changeover to happen. Some snow is better than none. Next threat could be as soon as Thursday night but as of now that’s looking like a complicated setup It's snowing here on the coast in Currituck NC. Just hours ago we had severe storms with intense lightning. A pretty impressive system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 9 minutes ago, JB Fins said: Agreed, it's nice to have winter look and feel like winter once in a while. Wish I were home and could use some of the firewood up. Fingers crossed for more opportunities, they are always complicated setups for us. Once, I would like us to be in the bullseye a few days out and remain there or have the storm south enough so when it does inevitably trend north, we reap the benefits. Update, sun peaking through that clouds just a bit now. Yes!! So hard to get big snows here. Hard to get the cold and precip to match up. Would be nice to be in the bullseye and it verify. Just to note too, the GFS did horrible with this storm. Wayyyyyy overdone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just now, RVASnowLover said: Yes!! So hard to get big snows here. Hard to get the cold and precip to match up. Would be nice to be in the bullseye and it verify. Just to note too, the GFS did horrible with this storm. Wayyyyyy overdone That’s because it counts sleet as snow on the maps right? Anyways, saying goodbye to the last band of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rhino16 said: That’s because it counts sleet as snow on the maps right? Anyways, saying goodbye to the last band of snow. Even on the Kuchera maps which is suppose to differentiate between sleet and snow was wayyy overdone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Fins Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Stormpc said: It's snowing here on the coast in Currituck NC. Just hours ago we had severe storms with intense lightning. A pretty impressive system. I love snow but would love to retire/live in that area more...I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Wakefield did get this one right. Their forecast was 4-6 for RVA. Got around 4 in Scotts Addition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcwahoo Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Yeah around 3-4 inches out by Libbie/Grove. An inch of ice covered by about 3 inches of powder. It’s beautiful outside. I will take this after that incredibly warm December! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Fins Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Still a little goodbye flurry downtown as blue skies proceed in west to east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Onto the next threat! Of course models are not in agreement. Right now the euro has it but it’s too far north. We get mainly rain here. Things will change of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesin2011 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Never officially measured here but I'd say a good 4 or 5 inches out there.. It's over now and here is the blue sky's coming 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inudaw Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 4.25" Snow total for East end of Henrico here. Most came in the last 2 hours of the storm. I think the wind was the most impressive thing with this storm though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnow215 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Worked for 13 hours today. The retail food place I lead was one of the few “games in town” haha w so many closed cuz of snow. Just now being able to catch up on this thread. Good storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 29 minutes ago, wasnow215 said: Worked for 13 hours today. The retail food place I lead was one of the few “games in town” haha w so many closed cuz of snow. Just now being able to catch up on this thread. Good storm. Soooo many places closed today because of the snow. One of my friends couldn’t even get their Instacart order. First world problems I guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Not upset about the 12z suite for Thursday night-Friday morning. I’m sure things things will change though between now and then 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 1-3" is a good call. Can't complain about getting two measurable events in the same week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, RIC Airport said: 1-3" is a good call. Can't complain about getting two measurable events in the same week. Hopefully the stuff we have stays around so it falls on snow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnow215 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 WWA tonight. Freezing drizzle 4a-9a 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesin2011 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Friday s storm is still up in the air .. If it comes in later that will definitely help.. Maybe still a dusting to 2 or 3 tops most likely. Looks like around the the MLK weekend could be a big one "Maybe" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Fins Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 37 minutes ago, eaglesin2011 said: Looks like around the the MLK weekend could be a big one "Maybe" Long weekend rule. Book it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1-2” seems likely for Friday morning. Maybe 3 if we can get some moderate rates. Will be a fast mover. MLK weekend bares watching 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, RVASnowLover said: 1-2” seems likely for Friday morning. Maybe 3 if we can get some moderate rates. Will be a fast mover. MLK weekend bares watching I wouldn’t be surprised to see only 1”, maybe slightly less. But let’s see what the 18z HRRR says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, Rhino16 said: I wouldn’t be surprised to see only 1”, maybe slightly less. But let’s see what the 18z HRRR says. Very possible. Well have to see if the precip can make it over the mountains. Usually drys up once it makes over the mountains. 18Z HRRR gives us about 2”. The 18z 3K NAM gives us very little because it’s warm and keeps most of the precip as rain. We’ll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, RVASnowLover said: Very possible. Well have to see if the precip can make it over the mountains. Usually drys up once it makes over the mountains. 18Z HRRR gives us about 2”. The 18z 3K NAM gives us very little because it’s warm and keeps most of the precip as rain. We’ll see. Has definitely decreased the totals this evening it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 I'm more interested in the LR. Euro has a storm next weekend and the GFS has one the week of MLK Day. At least the 12z suite. Still looks colder and active for a time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVASnowLover Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, RIC Airport said: I'm more interested in the LR. Euro has a storm next weekend and the GFS has one the week of MLK Day. At least the 12z suite. Still looks colder and active for a time. Agree. Next system does nothing for me. Mid January looks very interesting but again we’ll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesin2011 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Sux 3/4 of the storm is going to be rain/mix in this area... Already in the 50s here.. Gonna be painful with the radar Hallucinations and watch the storm head north right when we drop enough in temp. Really gonna need to get lucky and hit a heavy band to get anything of significance with this one, especially with the marginal temps while the main precip is in the area. Maybe one day we will get an all snow big event! Just allot has to come together at once to make that happen. Guess 2 events in one week is kinda cool...especially how warm it has gotten right before each storm. Anything more then a dusting is a bonus with this one, in this area IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Fins Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Agree. If we wake up to an 1" on the ground just to remind us it's still January, it's a win. Hoping that DT's woof MLK storm stays on the horizon and pans out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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