Comments on: Happy New Year! Warm 2012 ends; 2013 begins with light precipitation

By: Doug G, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft

Doug G, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:40:44 +0000

Kevin …. major league WAGOT above. I must admit I would probably be right there with them if I were an avid snow lover.
Mr. Brand, thanks for the nice praise. Mark Twain allegedly once said that there are 3 types of lies: Lies; Damned Lies; and Statistics. But give me a list of statistical stuff in an area that I am interested in and I am as happy as a pig in mud. Besides, I think rainfall/rainfall equivalent is pretty straightforward; what it lists is what you/we/they got.
Mike in Marshall, the following may be wrong, but I think your area may be experiencing a bit of the cold snap that is hitting NY State, north-central PA, and New England. You are about 200 miles NNE of Roanoke.

By: Mike from Marshall

Mike from Marshall — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:09:16 +0000

Coldest high of the winter today only made it up to 35 here.Low this morning was 30.Back down to 29 now.Scott Saunders i know where your coming from I`m a snow lover too,but not as much anymore after the 2009-2100 winter when we had close to 80 inches of snow up here in Northern Fauquier County.I had my share of shoveling in the cold windy conditions.I still say its been much colder this winter than 2011-2012,at least up here in Marshall.Keep the faith Scott winter has just begun.Hopefully u will get snow down your way soon.

By: Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:08:26 +0000

The main difference this winter to last: Last winter NO ONE in the U.S. was getting much snow and cold. Even parts of Canada were mild with little snow cover. This winter, we have 60 percent snow cover (granted, a lot of it will melt next week) and extreme cold banking in Canada. In the big picture, it’s very different than last winter. That may or may not mean much to what happens outside your window in Virginia … time will tell on that … but the cold and snow aren’t so much “getting pushed back” as hitting someone else other than you.

By: Jared French of Greene county

Jared French of Greene county — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:59:04 +0000

This winter is eerily similar to last winter in that the cold and snow keeps getting pushed back and now everyone says the last week of January it will finally get cold. DY is acting crazy, one day he says warm for weeks and the next he says cold around the corner! He is the one that said January was going to be very cold and snowy! So Scott, old snow buddy hang in there and in the word’s of Frosty “he will be back again someday” even though I haven’t seen enough snow to make a snowman since winter 09-10. LOL

By: Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:40:58 +0000

This map brings it into perspective — we’re not close to being “dry slot central” in this particular time period. Lots of folks are far drier than us:

http://www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Just reading an article for tomorrow’s paper about Nebraska farmers hoping against hope they’ll get blizzards this winter, or their crops are toast come spring.

By: scott saunders

scott saunders — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:33:57 +0000

Just re-read my last comment and it sounded sarcastic as Hades, but wasn’t directed at you Kevin or Quagmire. I guess I’m just frustrated with the lack of snow and cold we have received this winter so far. I know it’s early, I sure the heck know it’s nobodies’ fault like people can snap their fingers and produce a big un’, it’s simply the waiting and frustration that just doesn’t materialize and all the chances that miss us! The winter of 2009-2010 was a jackpot, rare bonus, that may not happen again for many a year. Roanoke is generally DRY SLOT CENTRAL it seems and that big ol’ dry windy bowl is always on the rain/snow/muck line unless you get a bonus year of colder upper atmosphere with moisture from the gulf!

By: scott saunders

scott saunders — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:04:23 +0000

Oh boy Jared….have ya heard, it MAY FINALLY get cold the last week of January…WOOHOO…by then, if it even happens, the winter will be half way over and it will probably be another deal like the entire month of December was being put off with the cold and it simply got cooler and seasonable…NO true cold. We did NOT even get in the 20′s as lows but 3 nights…28-23-28 and NO highs the entire month in the 30′s or below. I think the 30th had a high of 40. Our night time lows in November were colder than December with upper 20′s and lower 30′s persistent, BUT naturally of course, very dry air mass and too mild to snow during the days in our immediate area. I have quit looking at Accuweather and DT’s site as they make my heart sink seeing how mild it will be! At least we have had some rain to help with the drought some!

By: Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:50:55 +0000

For once, I agree with you, Jared. I would call it a thaw for Floyd County or other higher elevation areas that got iced up pretty good last week (I drove up on Bent Mountain on Sunday, still pretty wintry looking up there). For the rest of us, it’s just a warmup.

Doppler Carol: That is the disturbance that could have been part of that “late-week” storm we talked about a few days ago. A few flurries or some freezing drizzle is probably about all that will fall around here, more in NC than in SW Va.

By: kevin from turkeycock mtn

kevin from turkeycock mtn — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:44:21 +0000

Personally i enjoy listening to what you fellow bloggers have to say…i have family all over these mountains and was born in laurel fork…its nice to here bout life from others…love this blog keep it going…bring on the snow;)

By: Doppler Carol (Floyd County Doppler 2546 ft)

Doppler Carol (Floyd County Doppler 2546 ft) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:30:20 +0000

So radar is showing this mass of green coming out of Texas and then going into Georgia – any chance it will head this way?