2008.03.24
The last flakes of the season?
About 6:30 this evening I drove through a brief but rather intense snow shower in Southwest Roanoke County. A weak disturbance aloft allowed some puffy clouds to pop up as slight surface warming rose into cold air aloft ... almost like miniature versions of the random summer thunderstorms we get ... and these kicked out some spotty showers of rain and snow.
I think these may very well be the last flakes the lower elevations see until late next fall -- higher ridgetops often see some snow into May. The upcoming couple of weeks looks pretty mild overall with occasional rain systems. Even if we get another run of cold air from Canada, it will be so late in the season that snow will be hard to come by anywhere below about 2,500 feet.
It's spring, but it's a pretty slow-springing one.
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Maybe if I wish hard enough...?
Comment by Jordan — March 25, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
Take a road trip to somewhere snowy or wait 'til next year, Jordan.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — March 26, 2008 @ 2:58 pm