Sandy slowly unwinds; maybe something to watch on the horizon near Election Day?
Superstorm Sandy is slowly unwinding and drifting north to northwest. It will take its sweet time doing that, which means we’ll continue to get some wind gusts — 30-40 mph — unseasonably cold days (lots of 30s/40s), and still maybe a few stray snow showers sneaking over from glacial West Virginia, where 10-30 inches of snow is common in 
the much of the central and eastern parts of the state and more will be falling. Sandy’s very slow exodus means the pattern is stuck, and cold air will be held in place into next week, moderating slightly by the weekend, which means 50s for highs (maybe some low 60s) and 30s for lows. Forecast models are latching onto a disturbance moving through the jet stream flow around the ever-widening Sandy circulation (yes, some semblance of her may be floating around eastern Canada) early next week and possibly blowing up another coastal low to our east or southeast. Don’t worry: Superstorm Sequel is not on the way, the ingredients aren’t there, and the low as modeled would be fairly weak. But the track and pattern should be a little tantalizing to snow lovers, because they are very similar to what often brings us some snow in mid-winter. Being early November, and with no extreme Arctic push, the cold air will of course be marginal, but this is worth keeping an eye on around Election Day for showers of … something. At the least, its counterclockwise flow will likely reinforce the cold air early to mid next week — and probably set off yet more accumulating snow squalls in West Virginia and the higher elevations of far western Virginia.
October 30, 2012 - 11:05 PM
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Here’s an opinion piece about how the European forecast model is kicking U.S. model’s rears, and why.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/10/28/why-america-has-fallen-behind-the-world-in-storm-forecasting/
Temp is 40* at my house, but the wind makes it feel like the lower 20s. Temps around New England right now: Boston is 53, Burlington Vermont is 57, and Bangor Maine is 63. It looks like New England is the only warm location (maybe the eastern edge of upstate NY …. don’t know) in the USA east of the Mississippi River and north of Tenn/NC
Massachusetts and eastern Maine were highlighted for a while today with a small severe storm/tornado risk. No tornadoes occurred, but interesting how this storm turns some normal assumptions on their head.
RE my yesterdays comments about Mt Washington NH…
They had 8 continuous hours of over 100mph winds and zero visibility.
How would you like to be a weather observer there?
http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/sandy/hurricane_sandy_on_mount_washi/884668
It would sure be interesting to be up there a couple of days. But I probably wouldn’t be the type to park it for a whole season.
I actually think I could do it Kevin..In fact I was just pondering
it just before opening this blog.
Im kind of a solitary sort anyway.
But then again..I think I could have been persuaded to jump
out of the helium balloon at 128000ft.
Call me crazy , call me a child of the 60-s, but most definately call me
if you have something interesting to do.
The guys at the summit have something they do to indoctrinate first timers. I cant remember what the wind speed has to be..but one has to walk the perimeter of the observation platform and walk around it (I think in the dark) without touching the handrails. I might be a little sketchy on that part….(sketchy = fainty)
Has anyone seen/heard about what the snow totals were in Grayson Highlands? I have not been able to find any NWS reports from Whitetop. Would guess they got 1-2 feet.
Joe: It’s not the solitary part that would be the problem for me. I’d just get the urge to wander from one spot sooner or later.
NWS-Blacskburg site remains down, but you can access local forecasts and such by entering in the zip code on the Eastern Region’s backup page that’s available on the Blacksburg site’s URL.
This site also gets you to some text information by state.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/states.php
Blacksburg Mike: I don’t have a number for that area yet. I’m guessing toward the lower part of the 1-2 feet just because the moisture flow didn’t get down there as much as it did far SW Virginia and West Virginia, and similarlity to NW NC high-elevation reports.
Here are some new snowfall reports for Blacksburg’s forecast area.
NORTH CAROLINA
…ASHE COUNTY…
CLIFTON 14.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WEST JEFFERSON 4.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
GLENDALE SPRINGS 2.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
…WATAUGA COUNTY…
BOONE 11.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DEEP GAP 6.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WEST VIRGINIA
…GREENBRIER COUNTY…
QUINWOOD 29.0 530 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
CRAWLEY 13.0 530 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
…MERCER COUNTY…
PRINCETON 15.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1 SW BLUEFIELD 2.5 300 AM 10/31 COCORAHS
…SUMMERS COUNTY…
2 NNW CLAYTON 33.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HINTON 5.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Doug,
You were so right about the recent wind chills being a “shock to the system”, especially with the 80 degree temps of last week. Don’t know about you, but this old body takes a while to get acclimated to it just like the summer heat.
0Z Euro on “Son of Sandy” nor’easter about the time polls close next Tuesday:
http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/euro/00zeuro850mbTSLPUS168.gif
And for the winter lovers, here it is swinging off the coast with cold air (blue colors) inundating our region behind it 24 hours earlier.
http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/euro/00zeuro850mbTSLPUS144.gif
Right now the precip charts don’t show any snow in our area (and I mean nowhere close, even WVa) with this system. May come together just a bit late.
For next week’s system, how close would the low have to be to the coast before we got some form of precip, Kevin? Or is there even any moisture for it to work with?
You know Kevin that could be a problem..
but I knew one fellow who worked there (may still)
He got out often and scouted the area (probably on snowshoes)
tracked animals and such. I guess you get out when there no blizzard,
or your eyeballs freezing..or at least the wind dying back to 30 kts
or so. Whether or not they have a “WILSON” ball to talk to I dont know.
This guy had some incredible frost and horizon photos..and it may have gotten him in a little trouble.
The storm is actually swinging below us through the Southeast before firing up the coastal low. There will most likely be some Gulf moisture it will tap. Right now it appears it will be rain showers ahead of the low and it will wrap up a bit late for more. But if there is better cold air damming than we’re seeing now, it could get interesting. So I would say pre-existing cold air that the low can fling moisture into would be more of a key to any wintry precip than where it tightens on the coast, though a stronger low near the coast would definitely mean a better chance of deep cold air and backlash precip.
Power out Mon. evening. Still out. Generators earning its keep. 39.6 high gust. No as bad as I would have figured.
Blacksburg’s high of 36 on Tuesday was by far coldest for Oct. 30. Previous record “low maximum” for the date was 41 in 1968. Roanoke barely missed its record at 44 — previous mark was 43 in 1954.
Joe: You’ve sold me. Let’s go.
I’ve heard the old radar site on Apple Orchard Mountain north of here can be an interesting enough experience closer to home. I did hike on the AT close to there during drifting snow once a couple of days after Feb. 28, 2005 snowstorm. It was pretty wild up there.
Good to hear from you WD. Your top gust was about the same as the maximum sustained wind at the Roanoke Regional Airport — 40 mph — which qualifies as “tropical storm force.”
Here’s a pic from Grayson Highlands State Park on Twitter. Doesn’t look extremely deep, but it is very wind-blown up there.
https://twitter.com/vspamy/status/263641517858639872/photo/1
Biggest snowfall report I’ve seen so far is 34 inches at Mt. LeConte NC.
Joe and Kevin: You may also want to check out the station on Mt. Evans in Colorado.
Big question is will there be blocking early next week.
Just wondering. I realize that there is still a LOT of uncertainty about a storm next week. But as the models show now, would it play out to be similar to sandy? (lots of snow in WV, trace in NRV)Or, would more accumulation work its way into the NRV and possibly Roanoke Valley?
For those who want to know if the blocking will be in place next week…
Looks like the NAO will slowly weaken over the next 2 weeks but will still be -. AO going +. The PNA on the other hand will take a nose dive next weekend allowing a HUGE Pacific Storm to the West Coast and Rockies.
Here’s the teleconnection link from Allan Huffman:
http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/12zlinegraphs.html
As for next week, it will still be cooler than normal. Models are all over the place as far as any “coastal” event happening.
Gonna be a chilly night for ghosts and goblins here in Galax,tonight…never got above 41 degrees here today with a steady northwest breeze and occasional gusts…looking for low 30′s tonight.
So Kevin, how will Sandman be offically designated by the NWS, NOAA and the NHC at the time it came ashore. Huge implications for the insured policy holders.
Our peak wind gust at the house was just 17 mph, but it appears that terrain and trees force a lot of the wind up and over our house, because the tree tops were roaring and swaying, but at ground level it was substantially calmer…to my chagrin, the leaves didn’t blow away! I guess I’ll still be raking and mowing and leafblowing after all…
Jason: Some degree of blocking is there, or there would be no chance of the track shown on the models. What ISN’T there is a really deep source of cold air ahead of the storm’s approach. The cooler-than-normal air we’ll have is that circling around what remains of Sandy, slowly modifying. Some chance of a little cold air damming, but because Sandy circulated tropical air into Maine and southeast Canada, and there’s not much snowpack up that way (heavy, widespread snowpack in central/western Canada) I wouldn’t expect that to be very cold. Somewhat colder than normal air mass with this storm track in early November usually means cold rain, with backside mountain snows. And maybe not a lot of either one.
Brayden: First off, next week’s system will be NOTHING like Sandy. Doubt anyone near us gets heavy snow out of it. Think there may be backside upslope snow showers/squalls coming out of WVa.
Other John: Wind did a beautiful job of blowing the leaves at my place. Piled it up in drifts, mostly in ditches, almost as if they’re already raked. Same at my mother’s half a mile away. Plan to get on it this weekend.
WD: All indications are that Sandy will remain classified a “post-tropical cyclone” upon landfall in New Jersey. From Hatteras south, tropical storm warnings were in effect; no tropical watches/warnings of any kind issued farther north. I’ve been told what kind of warning was out often means more for insurance purposes than the actual meteorological classification.
I can remember plenty of tropical storm/hurricane borderline cases. Don’t ever remember a storm of this magnitude on the cusp of tropical/nontropical status at landfall.
Happy Halloween all you weather bloggers – “Trick or Treat, I am sweet, give me something good to eat!” Stay warm while you are out and about tonight.
Got up to 42 briefly today but it is down to 35 now and there is still a breeze. I think Sandy kidnapped Mr. Sun and is holding him for ransom. Have not seen him in a couple days. Let’s see if we can’t get him back real soon.
Bit of a disturbance sliding around the circulation through eastern Ky and southern WVa this evening. Don’t be surprised if you see a Halloween evening flurry or sprinkle.
Here is the latest snow cover map for our general region provided by teh National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. WVa covered except for its panhandles …
http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/snow_model/images/full/Eastern_Coastal/nsm_swe/201210/nsm_swe_2012103105_Eastern_Coastal.jpg
So, I reckon we can assume the type of designation given to a particular storm means NOAA, the NWS and the NHC are in bed with the insurance companies all snuggled up warm and compy. Is that a reasonable assumption?
I’ve been told on here by multiple commenters on here that the deductibles are HIGHER if a region is under a hurricane warning, meaning the homeowner pays less of their losses if there isn’t one, not more. So if this is the case, it’s the insurance companies that stand to pay more by a non-hurricane designation.
Is this correct, someone with insurance industry knowledge?
New snowfall numbers from NWS-Blacksburg:
NORTH CAROLINA
…ASHE COUNTY…
CLIFTON 14.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LANSING 9.0 1100 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
WEST JEFFERSON 4.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
GLENDALE SPRINGS 2.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
…WATAUGA COUNTY…
BEECH MOUNTAIN 12.0 1100 AM 10/31 4 NEW SINCE YESTERDAY
BOONE 11.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
4 NW SUGAR GROVE 7.0 345 PM 10/30 SKYWARN SPOTTER
1 WSW ROMINGER 6.0 342 PM 10/30 SPICE CREEK RD
DEEP GAP 6.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
VIRGINIA
…BATH COUNTY…
INGALLS FIELD 3.0 100 PM 10/30 BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
…BLAND COUNTY…
BLAND 7.0 1030 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
ROCKY GAP 4.0 1030 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
…CRAIG COUNTY…
PAINT BANK 3.0 1100 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
…GILES COUNTY…
MOUNTAIN LAKE 7.0 945 AM 10/30 PUBLIC
NARROWS 3.0 900 AM 10/30 PUBLIC
PEMBROKE 2.0 900 AM 10/30 PUBLIC
…GRAYSON COUNTY…
GRAYSON HIGHLANDS ST 10.0 1030 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
3 SE FLATRIDGE 5.0 1000 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
…MONTGOMERY COUNTY…
1 E NEWPORT 2.5 500 PM 10/30 NWS EMPLOYEE
1 NNE LAUREL RIDGE 1.5 500 PM 10/30 NWS EMPLOYEE
…ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY…
3 ENE IRISH CREEK 2.0 1030 AM 10/30 PARK SERVICE
…SMYTH COUNTY…
1 W MCMULLIN 5.0 1130 AM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 ESE THOMAS BRIDGE 4.0 1200 PM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 WSW PAGE HOLLOW 1.0 1130 AM 10/30 LOTS OF BLOWING SNOW
…TAZEWELL COUNTY…
TAZEWELL 10.0 1000 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
RICHLANDS 9.0 1000 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
TANNERSVILLE 3.0 1000 AM 10/31 STORM TOTAL
…WYTHE COUNTY…
1 SSW COLLIER 2.0 1200 PM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
WEST VIRGINIA
…GREENBRIER COUNTY…
QUINWOOD 29.0 530 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
CRAWLEY 13.0 530 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
RONCEVERTE 3.0 1000 AM 10/30 PUBLIC
WHITE SULPHUR SPRING 2.0 700 AM 10/31 SNOW TOTAL AS OF 7AM
…MERCER COUNTY…
FLAT TOP 28.0 700 PM 10/30 STORM TOTAL AS OF 7PM
PRINCETON 15.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LASHMEET 12.0 1000 AM 10/30 11 TO 12 INCHES
BLUEFIELD 11.0 700 AM 10/31 SNOW TOTAL AS OF 7AM
ATHENS 9.5 1000 AM 10/30 PUBLIC
2 N ATHENS 9.0 800 PM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
…MONROE COUNTY…
UNION 4.5 900 AM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
MONCOVE LAKE STATE P 4.0 400 PM 10/30 PUBLIC
SWEET SPRINGS 2.0 900 AM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
…SUMMERS COUNTY…
2 NNW CLAYTON 33.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
PIPESTEM 6.0 1000 AM 10/30 PUBLIC
HINTON 5.0 600 AM 10/31 DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
I had several gusts over 70 mph (during)according to my weather station thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was actually more. Just got our power back on a bit ago(thanks AEP). It felt like the house was being moved. Still windy up here tonight at 2700′
Mike
Where you at Mike M? Put it in you log in data.
If that’s the case, I’ll have to crawdad. Will check with my agent in the AM.
Models still seem to be all over the place regarding the election day possibility. Euro goes offshore while the GFS develops it too far north and east, but the 18z GFS (which is unreliable this far out) tries to get something going, but not enough in time to mean anything here.
At this point I don’t think there’s much to worry about. And at absolute worst case scenario, we’re talking 2-4 inches of snow. Nothing that would stick at the valley level even at that.
Of course, voting would be interesting, but I’d go through just about anything to cast my ballot. Never missed an election, I’ve even never missed a primary.
Glad this storm is over!Was chilly this morning low was 38,some sun today but most of the time it was cloudy.High was 52.Can`t believe Ingalls Field only received 3 inches of snow as there close to 4000 ft. Elevation.Kevin whats up with that?Mike
Best moisture didn’t get to Hot Springs area. It wrapped more southward through WVa into far SW Va and then down toward the western slopes of the Smokies.
@ 39
Hey Wd I’m on Poor mountain. My Internet connection is not consistent enough to provide an upload from my weather ‘thing’ though. And beyond that I’m not sure I would know how to set it to provide data on its own.?
Mike
mike m: Would love to continue to hear reports from Poor Mtn through the winter. I’ve been known to drive all the way up to 3900 right with the antennas to check out the weather. Went up there when Ivan was coming through in 2004 … and then got back down very quickly! Scary wind up there then … and I’ve been close to lots of tornadoes.
Kevin…
Have you driven up to Hot Springs Mountain??
That is a cool place too…good vis over into WVa..
You’re on sometime for Apple Orchard.
I used to climb the face of Tinker…and it was a hair raising experience.
Not especially scary…but the power lines were so close
the hair on your arms would stand up…and your skin would tingle..
Probably the reason I’m still a little scrambled.
Once again we were truly in the dry slot with Snowicane Sandy. Had the precip been all snow and been cold enough to stick, Blacksburg would have only ended up with 3″ and Roanoke 1″ at a 10:1 mid-winter ratio. This is something to remember as we all get caught up in the models and fantasy DGEX snow totals later this winter: rarely, if ever, does our corner of the world truly cash in on big snows. Save for March ’93, January ’96, January ’98, and December ’09, the reality simply is, no matter what the models may show the big snows will allude us.
I guess “Significant Waves” from the HPC is for the election day noreaster?
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/hazards_d3_7.png
Later models caught the dry slot really well, Mike. Twice a decade for Roanoke, three times for Blacksburg is about the average for foot-plus snows historically. And we don’t get them without a heaping helping of Gulf moisture — not Atlantic moisture, even tropical, trying to circulate back over the mountains.
Remember we went all the way from 1969 to 1983 without a foot-plus snow … and those were some of the coldest years of the last century.
MERLE!!! Great to hear from you again! Thanks for the praise. That is one of the most important things about weather that has really been drummed into me because of my postal career. What the weather has been like for the previous week can (scratch that) DOES have a big effect on how cold or hot a big change can feel. Take the winds we have been having, too. Today was much windier than normal, and if we had this weather last Friday or Saturday we letter carriers and everyone in general would be commenting on how windy it is today. But after Monday afternoon and especially Monday night and yesterday, this was windy but “not too bad.”
I just saw the most amazing 5 minutes on TV. O’Reilly of Fox Network News had two meteorologists/scientists on to debate whether Sandy is an isolated event or a signal of the effects of increased global warming/climate change. For the latter was a Diane Ekwurzel (I am pretty sure that was her name) of the “Union of Concerned Scientists.” For the opposite point of view, that Sandy is a sign of the much warmer than normal Atlantic (one of the oscillations, something like the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation) that is in a warm phase for 10 to 15 more years, was ….. drum roll, please …. Joe Bastardi of Weatherbell!!!! Joe got extremely “animated” presenting his point of view, citing that Hurricanes Carol and Diane were extremely destructive back in the 1950s, also a period with a warm AMO (or whatever it is called). Also said that the highest wind gust of the 1938 hurricane was 184 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory just SW of Boston, and that if that hurricane had come ashore 60 miles west of where it did, he claimed that the Battery Park would have had a surge of not the new record of 13 feet, but 20 feet.
Then Joe REALLY got animated. I really don’t want to start a discussion of such stuff here, but it was something to finally see him on tv.
12Z Euro is close with a snow track here:
http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/euro/12zeuro850mbTSLPUS120.gif
But snowfall output only a small area near I-64, mostly in WVa. Low is weak and doesn’t get organized till offshore and northeast of us.
Whatever happens with this next system, looks like a November warmup may be on the way afterward, with an active pattern in the central U.S.
http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/euro/12zeuro850mbTSLPUS240.gif
wd, sorry to hear that your power from AEP is out. But you sure were ready for it …. congrats. Has the AEP power come back on?
No doubt the models were on top of it very well for the NRV/RNK. Also, great point about the Gulf. Our best storms usually start in the Gulf south of New Orleans, and ride across the Florida Panhandle and then turn up the coast. When they start off on the Atlantic side, we usually mis the big snows. The great thing about living where we do is even though we may miss the big one’s right here, we are only a short drive to Whitetop, Flat Top, Quinwood, etc!
joe, I have a friend Alan Macintosh (brother of Bob, who was the star of the Albany NY television interview almost exactly one year ago) who lives in Newburyport MASS. Alan would once in a long while send me a little cutout from the Boston Globe, which used to carry the weather conditions from Mount Washington as of 8 PM the previous day. Once back in one of the colder winters of the 1980s (Jan 21st of 1985? Or 1986?) he sent me one that had information that was literally hard to believe. Temp was something ridiculous like 30 below F, but with a wind speed of something like 140 mph. That is not a typo. I called him and he said that the conditions the next night were almost as severe.
Kevin, thanks very much for posting the big list of snow totals in your 6:24 comment. Did you notice which border county in Virginia is absent? Highland. I doubt if even the western edge of that county got close to the 10 inches that Tazewell and Grayson Highlands got and the 12 that Channel 7 showed for one Virginia location (I thought it was Mountain Lake, but maybe it was Bluefield, although the Bluefield that 7 showed was for Bluefield WV), but we will never know.
Highlander, where are you?!?! Please come back here and make a comment ….
Highland County is not in Blacksburg’s forecast area. Let me snoop around somewhere else and see what I can come up with.
Mike M, I am going to add three words to the beginning of Kevin’s 8:18 comment inviting/asking you to continue to post comments throughout the winter. “All of us” would love to continue to hear reports ….. Thanks very much for commenting.
Reports turned into Sterling NWS out of Highland County aren’t that impressive:
…HIGHLAND COUNTY…
5 NW HIGHTOWN 4.0 550 PM 10/29 PUBLIC
2 WSW MONTEREY 1.5 127 PM 10/30 TRAINED SPOTTER
But that doesn’t mean someone didn’t get some big amounts there that weren’t reported. No fresh totals from today.
Also, wondering about that Shenandoah National Park blizzard warning …
…MADISON COUNTY…
BIG MEADOWS 12.0 1025 AM 10/31 PARK SERVICE
Blacksburg Mike, I agree with your 8:41 comment. I have lived here in Roanoke for 15 years now, and have seen only one snowfall of ten inches or more, but that one was an epic. I guess Blacksburg got hammered big time with one in January 1998, too.
Yes Doug…things have settled down in NH a bit..
here are todays numbers…zero vis most of day..]the set of numbers after
the date time group (010154z) are the wind direction)…no gusts the last 4 hours..
at 2158z winds 170 at 32kts gust 35 0 vis freezing fog…m02/m02 is temp c and dewpoint.
010200 010154Z 18025KT 1/16SM FZFG VV001 M02/M02 RMK VRY LG¶
010057 010050Z 18031KT 1/16SM FZFG VV001 M02/M02 RMK VRY LG¶
010002 312352Z 17031KT 0SM FZFG VV000 M01/M01 RMK FZRAE15 V¶
312258 312247Z 17028KT 0SM -FZRA FZFG VV001 M01/M01 RMK ¶
¶
312158 312148Z 17032G35KT 0SM FZFG VV001 M01/M01 RASNE25 VR¶
312100 312053Z 15035G39KT 0SM -SNRA FG VV001 00/00 ¶
311958 311951Z 15034G49KT 0SM -SNRA FG VV001 00/00 ¶
311858 311850Z 14040G53KT 0SM FG VV001 01/01 ¶
311809 311757Z 14049G64KT 0SM FG VV001 01/01/ RMK SHRAE00 ¶
311711 311549Z 13038G48KT 0SM SHRA FG VV000 02/02 RMK ¶
311402 311351Z 14044G51KT 1/16SM -SHRA FG VV000 03/03 RMK ¶
311234 311152Z 14044G54KT 0SM -SHRA FG VV000 04/04/RMK 6004¶
311137 311047Z 13048G56KT 0SM -SHRA FG VV000 04/04 ¶
311037 310956Z 13046G50KT 0SM -SHRA FG VV000 04/04 RMK ¶
¶
310858 310851Z 13048G56KT 0SM FG VV000 04/04 RMK RAE20 ¶
310800 310756Z 14035G49KT 0SM -RA FG VV000 04/04 RMK ¶
310700 310656Z 14045G57KT 0SM -RA FG VV000 04/04 RMK ¶
310602 310552Z 13034G39KT 0SM RA FG VV000 06/06 RMK 60082 ¶
310459 310452Z 13048G53KT 0SM -RA FG VV000 06/06 RMK ¶
310459 310454Z 13048G53KT 0SM -RA FG VV000 06/06 ¶
310358 310354Z 14047G57KT 0SM -RA FG VV000 05/05 RMK TSE02 ¶
310320 310252Z 15055G65KT 0SM TSRA FG VV000 06/06 RMK ¶
Wow, could see the mountain was very white, but had no idea there was a foot of snow dropped on Big Meadow! Hopefully we can get a few of those this winter down here in the flat lands as I call it. Figured Pembroke wouldn’t get anything because of its proximity to the New, but was surprised Mountain Lake didnt top a foot.
Doppler Carol, you commented appropriately about how Sandy gal has hijacked the sun. Robin Reed thinks that down here in the valley we will get partly sunny by tomorrow PM. I am skeptical. Friday looks like a sure bet, however. Temp will creep above 50 (maybe) at RRA for first time since Sunday, I think. Yesterday’s normal high for Roanoke was 65! A week ago tomorrow ROA reached 80.