Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion

[migratingwx]

11 minutes ago, ldub23 said:

Hopefully that gets extended east by tomorrow AM. They extended the advisory to the  coast.

GFS had the next threat a week from now.

 

[migratingwx]

00z GFS

[ldub23]

1 hour ago, migratingwx said:

00z GFS

Nice

[TampaMan]

TWO SNOWS WITHIN ONE WEEK TWO WEEKS AFTER I MOVE TO TAMPA. That’s it. I was the bad luck charm for Richmond. Wow. 

[Conway7305]

Anyone in Richmond or West seeing flakes.  Nothing yet in Henrico

[SoCoWx]

Anyone in Richmond or West seeing flakes.  Nothing yet in Henrico

It’s lightly starting to snow in Bon Air.


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[Rhino16]

12 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

Anyone in Richmond or West seeing flakes.  Nothing yet in Henrico

I might have seen 2, could have been leaves though.

[Deep Creek]

Flurrying here in Midlothian/Bon Air

[eaglesin2011]

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 

[Rhino16]

Maybe another hour or so until better stuff arrives, if at all? I don’t see how this picks up anytime soon with radar the way it is.

[mikeeng92]

4 minutes ago, Rhino16 said:

Maybe another hour or so until better stuff arrives, if at all? I don’t see how this picks up anytime soon with radar the way it is.

NAMs dropped off precip but the HRRR maintains it gets cranking in the afternoon as the colder air drops in

[ldub23]

Very  windy  here. If  it does snow its going to be  blown around.

[ldub23]

12 minutes ago, mikeeng92 said:

NAMs dropped off precip but the HRRR maintains it gets cranking in the afternoon as the colder air drops in

I thought  they looked  better.

[Stormpc]

2 minutes ago, ldub23 said:

Very  windy  here. If  it does snow its going to be  blown around.

Sooo windy here on the immediate coast blowing from the NE. Not good for us obviously with the warmer waters but hopefully this afternoon when the cold front presses south we turn to the northwest or west. Otherwise there won't be much from Norfolk through Virginia Beach down through my area. It's all about the winds. Not expecting any flakes until around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. down this way. Up by you, you should start seeing something around 1:00 p.m. maybe sooner.

[ldub23]

10 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Sooo windy here on the immediate coast blowing from the NE. Not good for us obviously with the warmer waters but hopefully this afternoon when the cold front presses south we turn to the northwest or west. Otherwise there won't be much from Norfolk through Virginia Beach down through my area. It's all about the winds. Not expecting any flakes until around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. down this way. Up by you, you should start seeing something around 1:00 p.m. maybe sooner.

I think you will do well.

[ldub23]

14 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Sooo windy here on the immediate coast blowing from the NE. Not good for us obviously with the warmer waters but hopefully this afternoon when the cold front presses south we turn to the northwest or west. Otherwise there won't be much from Norfolk through Virginia Beach down through my area. It's all about the winds. Not expecting any flakes until around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. down this way. Up by you, you should start seeing something around 1:00 p.m. maybe sooner.

Some  heavier  precip moved  in and  im getting a few flakes  mixed  in. It must  be really  cold aloft.

[Stormpc]

1 minute ago, ldub23 said:

Some  heavier  precip moved  in and  im getting a few flakes  mixed  in. It must  be really  cold aloft.

Yes looking at the reflectivity bright banding shows some fatties to your southwest. I might cash in at the tail end of the event when it's pulling away. Keep us posted with some observations today please. Really can't ask for a better monday.

[chris624wx]

Sooo windy here on the immediate coast blowing from the NE. Not good for us obviously with the warmer waters but hopefully this afternoon when the cold front presses south we turn to the northwest or west. Otherwise there won't be much from Norfolk through Virginia Beach down through my area. It's all about the winds. Not expecting any flakes until around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. down this way. Up by you, you should start seeing something around 1:00 p.m. maybe sooner.

Yeah the longer the wind is onshore the worse we're going to do down here. Hopefully we'll see have a few good hours of precip when that wind shift finally happens

[Stormpc]

1 minute ago, chris624wx said:

Yeah the longer the wind is onshore the worse we're going to do down here. Hopefully we'll see have a few good hours of precip when that wind shift finally happens

Exactly.  We just need to watch the trends today. That colder dryer air is pressing between Fredericksburg and Richmond right now. We need that low to crank to pull that down into the system for us to make any hay. 

[ldub23]

4 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Exactly.  We just need to watch the trends today. That colder dryer air is pressing between Fredericksburg and Richmond right now. We need that low to crank to pull that down into the system for us to make any hay. 

Eric Webb says  coastal enhancement shuld occur

[Conway7305]

We got heavy precip in Short Pump, however it’s not sticking.  guessing that will change later.

 

[Conway7305]

HRRR is nice for RVA.  Showing 5”

[eaglesin2011]

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 

[mikeeng92]

9 minutes ago, eaglesin2011 said:

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 

Yep. 2 pm- 8 pm will determine how this storm does (for Richmond). HRRR brings in .2-.3" QPF with temps dropping into the twenties and sun going down. 

[rbrewbaker]

Been snowing moderately for at least an hour near Carytown but only slight hint of sticking on high roof of house - nothing any where else since still showing 36 as temp - don't think folks though temps were going to be an issue but sure are at this point

[iherebyresign]

Stuck at 33.9 in Mechanicsville with no sticking to any surfaces. Probably already wasted a good half an inch 

[DJnVa]

Traffic cams show it really coming down on I-64 northwest of Richmond, just past Gum Springs. As you get closer to Richmond, some flakes are starting to show on the cams in places like Short Pump.

 

[Conway7305]

Finally sticking  to Grass in Henrico.  

[Midlo Snow Maker]

Elevation was key to early stickage in Powhatan. Higher elevation tops at windy hill and  red lane hill where white, while lower areas around 288 and 711 had hardly anything, but this was an hour ago. 

[ldub23]

1 hour ago, Stormpc said:

Sooo windy here on the immediate coast blowing from the NE. Not good for us obviously with the warmer waters but hopefully this afternoon when the cold front presses south we turn to the northwest or west. Otherwise there won't be much from Norfolk through Virginia Beach down through my area. It's all about the winds. Not expecting any flakes until around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. down this way. Up by you, you should start seeing something around 1:00 p.m. maybe sooner.

Temp down to 36. More wet snow  mixing  in.