Richmond Metro/Hampton Roads Area Discussion

[rbrewbaker]

1 minute ago, CentralVaGirl said:

I never expected to be so grateful for sleet. FR holding off west Richmond so far, 2-3" sleet. Expect to see ice on shrubs soon, but so far they are dry and clear. Weather Underground app calls for precip to end around 8 PM. We can hope! 

agreed - perhaps the heaviest band of sleet I have seen all day going on now

[Rhino16]

Measured 1/8” of ice here, think the temp is dropping in the area but hard to tell. 

[eaglesin2011]

Looks like about an hour break until the last push around 6-8

[Ephesians2]

Unfortunately the slug of precip from the west just started here (Lynchburg, VA) and it is Freezing Rain. 

[overcautionisbad]

Nothing falling in North Chesterfield currently. Trigged a migraine with aura walking

[rbrewbaker]

Light freezing ran now near Carytown with the first part of the final line ..

[Sernest14]

This ice is no joke- Left to go pick up brownies for my daughters birthday about 400 yards away- this was when I got back in my car to comeback after I had just cleared it

[chris624wx]

18z Euro has our weekend storm again! 

[benjammin]

Aleet!

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[DownS.EasternVa]

Winter Weather Advisory Back up for Hampton Roads outside VB 

Freezing Rain... Is falling in Portsmouth as well 

[eaglesin2011]

Getting bad quickly.. Heavy freezing rain at 2&5/Short Pump

[wasnow215]

It's pouring right now at 22° here in Ashland-I wonder if harder rain makes it tougher for accretion. Does anyone know?

[chris624wx]

4 minutes ago, DownS.EasternVa said:

Winter Weather Advisory Back up for Hampton Roads outside VB 

Freezing Rain... Is falling in Portsmouth as well 

Deck already ice here in Norfolk from that batch that just moved through! 

[wasnow215]

4 minutes ago, wasnow215 said:

It's pouring right now at 22° here in Ashland-I wonder if harder rain makes it tougher for accretion. Does anyone know?

I just read that it actually is tougher if it's raining more than moderately that a long duration event is more effective to cause issues which I hope this is true

[benjammin]

There are different thoughts on this. It accretes more efficiently at a lower rate but actual accretions may be similar.

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[Sernest14]

it’s pouring - getting really bad out

[wasnow215]

2 minutes ago, benjammin said:

There are different thoughts on this. It accretes more efficiently at a lower rate but actual accretions may be similar.

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This makes sense 

[Rhino16]

The SPC MD says 0.05-0.1”/hr.
The precip ahead of it seems to have beefed up a bit too, which I don’t like.

The crust is nice and shiny though!

[PortsmouthWeather]

Yeah nice glaze here developing,  down to 29 degrees 

[eaglesin2011]

Wow! I just tried to flip a empty soda can into my outside recycling bin…I missed and the soda can slid all the way into the neighbors yard because of the new ice rink out there…

[JB Fins]

A little like curling without the little brooms

[mikeeng92]

Crazy how fast that ice built up since the start of that batch