System likely comes together too late for much snow
There has been some mention on here for a nearly a week about a potential weekend storm system that could bring snow to Southwest Virginia. It appears likely that storm system will develop, and it may bring some snow, but it probably comes together just a little too late for widespread accumulating snowfall in our region. The Hydrometorological Prediction Center shows a surface low-pressure system likely to develop about Danville or so, with computer model projections (the little orange squares) starting it in various locations across Virginia and a few in North Carolina. This will develop as upper-level energy rounds a trough — or southerly dip in the jet stream — that will re-introduce Arctic air late Friday into the weekend . The arrival of the front, the disturbance and the surface low formation may result in a period of showers or snow showers Friday afternoon into Saturday morning in our general region. Obstacles to significant snowfall for the Roanoke and New River valleys, and most of our region east of Interstate 77 and south of Interstate 64, include: (1) limited moisture with no direct Gulf of Mexico connection, (2) surface temperatures likely starting well above freezing, in the 40s and 50s, so early precipitation may reach the ground as rain, (3) northwesterly winds behind the front quickly drying out the moisture with downslope flow in much of our region; (4) the lateness of the developing surface low, which is more favorable for precipitation to our north and east. The HPC has re-introduced a solid-white dry slot in its 1-inch snow probability map from about Roanoke southward, and thin 5-30 percent chances for most surrounding areas. Snowfall chances pick up to the west of Interstate 77, largely because of a prolonged upslope snow 
period with northwesterly winds behind the storm, and to the northeast in central and northern Virginia, where the developing surface low may have more impact and draw in some Atlantic moisture as it moves northeast. Upslope snow squalls will continue in West Virginia, high ridges near the Virginia-West Virginia border, and locations west of Interstate 77 through Saturday night and into Sunday, with some of the typical upslope snow belts getting several inches. A few of these snow squalls may squirt eastward into the New River Valley with some whiteness coating the ground in spots on Saturday evening, and a few snow showers and flurries may fly in cold northwest winds even into the Roanoke Valley. High temperatures likely don’t get above 40 in Roanoke and struggle to make freezing in the New River Valley and points west this weekend, with lows dipping into the teens to lower 20s many spots by Sunday and Monday mornings.
As has been commonly the case this winter, the Arctic air will not stick around, but swing eastward quickly, and we’ll warm back up into the 50s next week. More than anything, next week looks to be a wet one for Southwest Virginia and much of the East, with storm systems Tuesday and then again about 3 days later. The second one in particular may be very strong, with widespread weather mayhem of many types in the central and eastern U.S. There is some chance its moisture will catch wedged-in cold air for some mixed wintry precipitation over us at the start, but my early bet is that the storm system is just too strong and easily scours out the cold air. Flooding is more my concern next week, not wintry precpitation.
February 14, 2013 - 5:58 PM
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I’m heading to Whitetop mountain
Projected 7-day rainfall through next Thursday PM:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p168i.gif
The heavy rain centered over Mississippi will be spreading northeast after this map ends.
Turkeycock Kevin – Saturday mid-day is your best bet to hit Whitetop. Snow will have accumulated from Friday night, and it should still be squalling mid-day Saturday when you arrive, so you can enjoy it in full affect. Make sure you have 4WD, especially if you are driving up the
Forest Road to the summit, or bring snowshoes and hike up. One last thing, don’t get discourage if you get off I-81 at Chilhowie and don’t see any snow. Many times I have seen nothing in Chilhowie, and drove into blizzard conditions at about the 4,000′ contour driving the road up towards Elk Garden and Whitetop. Enjoy!
My post in the last thread wasn’t a towel throwin in post. Was meant for this weekend. The pot jest ain’t got right the whole winter, ceptin for a clipper or two. Way too much time left to giver up yet.
Well., I am ready to write this winter off. With itty bitty snows that don’t stick around for more than a day, sleet, freezing rain, interspersed with spring like days I think I’d just as soon take spring. *grumble grumble*
Thanks Blacksburg Mike from where i live i go straight down 58 thru Galax to see my Dad…me and my wife like to hike all through that area….i wonder how much they will get?
Lots of storminess coming out of the Pacific across America next couple of weeks, whipping the jet stream up and down like a garden hose. Sometimes it’ll get in the right spot for a late February/early March winter storm in our neck of the woods. Sometimes it won’t. Will be interesting to watch — but also a lot of trouble, with flooding, severe storms and extreme winter weather (ice storms, blizzards) in parts of the country.
Sunny and high of 68* here in Vegas today…cool to see snow on the mountain tops just west of the city…
Like I said Kevin, too early.
Yep, I don’t think winter is over just yet. There is still time for it to snow one more time.
Yes, I think this winter has been more windy than other winters. We always get the strong winds but this year seems like it happens more.
I have a link to this blog on my iphone…for the past several
days, it is coming up with all black links to posts
And no titles..Just wondering if any of y’all are
Experiencing the same thing, and if RT has been
Made aware of this problem….ps….let it snow
Kevin, what are your current amounts for Bluefield, WV
Just looked at the drought monitor. Surprisingly, it keeps those same 7 or 8 counties as last week (Botetourt, northern half of Bedford, and 5 or 6 counties north of them) in the D-zero level.
Bluefield, probably 2 or 3 inches total by Sunday.
Kevin how long do you see the potential for the short blast of cold air that has been this years pattern so far lasting into the future?
Hey, snow lovers, at least those of you who have not given up on winter, guess what has just appeared on the teleconnections? These are not earth-shaking but still …. both the NAO (translation is North Atlantic Oscillation) and AO (Arctic Oscillation) are negative and going to stay that way for at least another week. This calls for links.
The NAO. Ensemble Outlooks: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao_index_ensm.shtml (note that I was slightly wrong about the current level of NAO, ‘cuz it is slightly positive but almost certain to go neg in about 2 days)
GFS NAO outlook: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao_index_mrf.shtml The GFS outlook is one of the few not predicting a nosedive into negative levels for the NAO. AO links in a separate comment.
The Ensemble Outlook for the AO/Arctic Oscillation: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/ao_index_ensm.shtml
And for the GFS AO outlook: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/ao_index_mrf.shtml
Jay in post 11…I had the same issue earlier in the week of the black links…but is OK tonight for me. Iphone 4S.
The less-than-great news is that the Canadian polar vortex receded a bit on today’s map. But what Dave Tolleris mentioned on his website earlier this week is perhaps also showing signs of appearing, a 50-50 low near Newfoundland. Right now it is only two tiny circles of shades darker blue than the colors around them. At least I think that may be indicating a low. KM, please correct me if I have things wrong. If that is a low and if it grows, then the Quagman may be shouting here next week.
I am surprised that we have not heard from El Senor French about the higher chances of snow in his area of Virginia in the next two days than here in ROA/BBurg.
New NAM suggests the Outer Banks may be the place to be for snow on Saturday:
http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?model=nam&area=namer¶m=850_temp_mslp_precip&cycle=00&image=nam%2F00%2Fnam_namer_051_850_temp_mslp_precip.gif
Doug: A 50-50 low can help guide a storm system more southward. The Euro has showed that developing on a few runs. We’ll see.
Doug, pretty much written this winter off! Can’t believe how pathetic the last 3 winters have been. Did you read the link I posted on the last blog topic of how bad its been in northern Virginia and DC area? Its almost like a cruel joke from mother nature.
I’ve never commented before but I stalk this blog a lot! Thanks for all the weather info Kevin. But for the people with the iPhone trouble with the Roanoke times webpage…if you have it bookmarked it doesn’t work. You need to type it back in to the address bar to get it to work.
I’ll pass on the iPhone problems to our technical folks and see what may be happening with that.
BTW … take a look at this split on the 0Z NAM “clown map” for snowfall:
http://wxcaster.com/gis-snow-overlays.php3?STATIONID=FCX
Yes, Jared, your snow totals for these past 3 winters have been WAY below normal/average. WDBJ7 went through the snow totals starting in 2009-10 for the cities of Blacksburg, Lynchburg, Danville, and probably Roanoke (which was the one city I did not see) on its early morning weathercast. I knew that Bburg was by far the biggest, and that Danville would be tiny. But I was surprised at how little L-burg has received compared to ROA. Lynchburg only got 28 inches in the big 09-10 winter, compared to ROA’s 43 and Blacksburg’s close-to-60 (58?). And either last winter or this one they had received only 3 inches. I think that they were in the single digits for each winter starting in ’11, but maybe they squeezed out a bit more than that two years ago.
Blacksburg was 54 inches in 2009-10.
Lynchburg is 3.3 inches this winter to date, compared to 9.2 for Roanoke. Main difference is more on Jan. 17 and Feb. 7-8.
Hey, I don’t WANT to write winter off yet, but I’m weary of the slush, sleet and skimpy snowfalls. I’ll take what I can get and I’ll gladly cheer on any chance that comes our way!
Great KM, thanks for adding insult to my snow starved injury! That’s all I needed to hear is the outer banks may be the place to be for snow while DC ekes out another dusting to an inch… For the 8th time this winter!!! The outer banks!!
Jared French, heres a good stat for you related to the snow drought in NOVA/DC, “Central Connecticut, only about 300 miles to the NE, received more snow in 45 minutes between 12:00 and 12:45 this past Saturday morning than DCA has seen over the past nearly-two seasons…” That actually is rather remarkable. Do you now understand my angst?!?!
Just thinking of how the old timers talk about deep snow and really cold air back in their younger days. Where is that now? I guess the storm track must have been more from the gulf and up the coast back then, doesn’t seem like that ever happens in the last 20 years except for 09-10. I think that and the Blue Ridge is what us responsible for our pretty much snowless winters from Charlottesville to DC.
33 absolutely clear degrees here. Negative wind. Kevin, you know who created that clown map that you linked at 11:21 last night, don’t you? ….. Bruce.
Weather Channel says 1 inch for Martinsville what has changed Kevin
Nothing has changed significantly. Martinsville to Roanoke corridor is a long shot for an inch of snow. Not impossible, but not likely at all.
HPC has nudged the chances up to 5-10 percent through Saturday morning, and then 20-30 percent through Sunday morning.
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf_24hr/prb_24hsnow_ge01_2013021512f048.gif
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf_24hr/prb_24hsnow_ge01_2013021512f048.gif
NWS-Blacksburg has a big black hole on its snow accumulation map between upslope-driven snow to the west and that associated with the developing low to the east.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rnk/emer/emer.php
Kevin mentioned our chance for a snowstorm on the 22nd or 23rd. Well, the HPC sees something big moving into the midwest a couple days before that, and maybe that will head our way?
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/hazards_d3_7_contours.png
Sorry, should have said CPC, not HPC in the note above.
Does anyone know if this afternoon’s asteroid close-call is to be visible from our region?
Kevin, if there had been longer shots of Arctic air this winter, would we still have gotten as much precipitation? Or would the deep cold alter the weather and limit the moisture to some extent?
Yes, Jared but those “old timers” also walked to school up hill both ways in all that snow… Im still a bit skeptical about that personally… I think youre right about the Blue Ridge “protecting” us to the east. Every system that has had ANY eastward movement from the SW, W, NW has fizzled as it crossed the mountains. Anything that has come from the S has either been too far east or changes us to rain. Makes 09-10 (over 5′) that much more amazing IMO.
RP unfortunately it will not. However parts of Australia and Asia will be able to but only with powerful telescopes.
Speaking of asteroid did anyone hear about the meteorite explosion over Russia?
Long-lasting Arctic air would have definitely changed the pattern these past few weeks. Probably would have suppressed some storm systems, but might have forced a couple into more typical winter storm tracks. Total moisture would have almost definitely been much less.
Late next week remains very interesting. It looks like a big wet storm will be headed our way. How much cold air it encounters banked east of the Appalachians is very much in question … a lot, a little that’s pushed out, or not much.
Mr. Winter Rocky Mt. – yes I saw video and read about the meteorite in Russia – amazing.
I’m in DC – I love the beach and love snow – maybe I should buy a place at the beach and I could enjoy both! LOL
Tina – yes, I am still holding on to hope that we will get one more snow this winter but – - -
Nice and sunny and very little wind up here on Doppler Ridge. A good day to be outside getting fresh air and sunshine.
I don’t know, Im in DC. Here is a pic of VMI cadets ice skating on the Maury River in 1905:
http://www1.vmi.edu/archivephotos/Details.asp?ACCNUM=561&rform=list
Can’t imagine that kind of sustained cold around here these days, certainly not for the ice to be thick and consistent enough to safely ice skate. Farmers around here (Rockbridge) used to make a business of harvesting ice from ponds and lakes in the winter to use for refrigeration. Can’t quite imagine that one either, but the cold must have been more consistent to sustain that type of business.
Kevin, I don’t suppose that reliable temperature records go back that far, but it would be an interesting study to piece together local winter averages for the past couple of hundred years.
NOAA just posted their list of all time top 5 snowstorms! Guess which 2 storms lead the list. Yep #1 is March 93 and #2 is January 96. I would have to call it a toss up for #1 because I think both storms were similar, however I think 93 had more wind and drifting and 96 had more snow. The others were #3 March 1960, #4 February 2003 and #5 was February 1961. Dont remember the 2003 storm at all and wasnt alive in the 60s.
SteveH, your comment at 10:59am made me remember something I heard from a VDOT old-timer when I started working for them a decade ago. He took me out to Parrott in Pulaski County, on the New River, during a run to replenish gravel on one of the roads up there. Along the way, he pointed out the remnants of a building he said used to be an ice house, and that the ice was harvested from that section of the river. Not sure if they cut it from the river itself, or if there was a diversion to a shallow pond where they could freeze the water easier, but I found that interesting.
Jared: If you were still in Giles in 2003 that storm would have been just a bunch of ice and sleet. Not sure if Greene County was quite far enough north to get into the 2-3 feet snow in 2003, but would have been more than Giles.
@ #45, Jefferson had an ice cellar or pit at Monticello. They would fill it up from the Rivannah River back in the day and one of his notes stated it lasted until October 15 1815. I doubt that river has frozen over in quite awhile
Kevin, can you enlighten me more on the term “lee trough”? I saw this in brief terms on another website.
Late 40′s/early 50′s, I remember Dad and his brothers gettin ice outta Blackwater River in Callaway and puttin it in an ice house for Granny.
I have read somewhere, maybe here from Kevin?, that the 1800s were the end of a “mini ice age”. It went on to explain that our current images of Christmas, sleigh rides, white christmas, etc. date back to this period when even in SC there were ponds freezing over sufficiently to skate on them.
Shanon: When winds blow over a mountain range, the air column stretches as it descends the downward side. This can trigger a weak cyclonic rotation (stronger for the Rockies). This is a lee trough, on the lee side of the mountains, relative to wind direction.
Thanks Kevin! This particular met was using it in regards to the possibility of snow for the weekend in central NC and VA. I just hadn’t heard the term used before.
In summer, we sometimes see a squall line fall apart moving through the Appalachians and then re-form out east somewhere, skipping over the Roanoke Valley, Blue Ridge, New River Valley, etc. That’s what happens when it re-forms in the lee trough. This weekend’s snow situation may provide something of a winter version of that.
Ok, now that makes sense. I noticed DT had gotten on board with the possibilities of some east coast snow also in the VA and NC areas. I was a little surprised to go out about 1 hour ago and it was 54 and sunny.
DT is hyping the potential for a devastating ice storm. Of course he also has to point out in every post the exact moment he started predicting it could happen. This blog is so much more enjoyable.
There are stories too about the Rappahannock River and parts of the Chesapeake Bay freezing over in the 1910s, keeping the steamboats from reaching the Northern Neck with mail and supplies. Seems pretty hard to believe now.
If the cold air damming is there late next week and the low doesn’t sufficiently sweep out the Arctic air, there is potential for a very large winter weather event of some sort in our region and/or very nearby. It would be the irresistible force of abundant Gulf flow hitting the immovable object of dense Arctic cold. Model runs this far out are remarkably similar in the evolution of large central U.S. low, but bouncing back and forth in details related to the highs to the north, level of Arctic air in place, and what the low does once it advances east or northeast.
Long week ahead watching details on that. Everything from heavy snow to flooding rain and everything in between is on the table.
The one thing we can say about the weather is this: If you don’t like it today, it’ll change tomorrow. Too bad we can’t say that about other things in life LOL.
Ridgeway Snow, I’m not a big fan of DT or anything. I follow him on facebook and like to see his breakdowns on events. Just another angle to add into the mix of weather predictions is all.
I grew up in tidewater Virginia. As a child back in the early 40s, I noticed a barnlike structure near one of our freshwater lakes. The thick walls were filled with sawdust. My dad explained this was an “ice house.” They formerly sawed ice off the lake and stored it there for summer use. I never saw that lake freeze over.
WWA just hoisted for Ashe County, NC (just to the SW of Whitetop). Looks like at least 4″ above 4,000′ now through Sunday 12pm. Whitetop has picked up about 60″ of snow so far this winter, way below their average.
I just watched the PBS science show, NOVA “Earth From Space” on WBRA. It is a fascinating show about how satellites are used to forecast weather, climate change, track lightning, wild fires….well you get the point. If any of you get a chance see it you won’t be disappointed.
That asteroid in Russia was caused by Global Warming. ALL scientists say so. PLEASE !! Save our planet. Stop driving a motor vehicle. Stop breathing !! We are all going to die !!
How do those people have any credibility??? ! !
49, cloudy and breezy and a few drops of rain. Just a tad chilly outside to me.
Yes, Dolly Madison at Montpelier had an ice house and she enjoyed serving ice cream to folks.
Speaking of the Russian meteorite, here’s a link to numerous videos of it:
http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place
Not a weather event … not a climate event … but extremely interesting phenomenon in the atmosphere today.
Scroll down to snow accumulation map on this link, and you’ll see projected upslope snows to west/left edging into New River Valley, and projected lows with developing low near coast to east/right … and Roanoke right in the black hole in the middle.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rnk/emer/emer.php
KM-I think that is actually Jared’s house right in the middle of the black hole.
Good. As long as they ain’t callin for any here, we got a chance.
HPC has raised its 1-inch probabilities — lots of 30-40 percent in our region.
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf_24hr/prb_24hsnow_ge01_2013021600f024.gif
That makes sense, since the Weather Channel took away any mention of accumulations in their forecast… Lol
Mike, were so supposed to be buried in Flurries tomorrow! Not sure if we can survive this storm! It is funny how the tidewater is going to receive its 2nd decent snow of the year while northern Virginia is left out again!
Moderate snow with large flakes and 39 degrees.
Almost 6 pm and the temperature is down to 41. An hour and a half ago it was 49. Still raining – can hear it running in the gutters.
The snow comes and goes and mixes with rain……….down to 36 now.
Only media outlet showing any snow accumulation (should be rather light according to them) tonight is Channel 10…already snowing in the NRV and Highlands!! Accumulating (half an inch or so) at my cousins house in Highland Co. HUH? At least one station may get it right.
Rick/DC, keep us posted. Being in the ECT time zone, I doubt if I see it tonight, but will see it plumb early in the AM.
I don’t really see anything surprising yet. Current rain/snow showers and temperature range well handled on the models. Would expect 3,000+ elevations and locations west of I-77 and near West Virginia border to whiten up next few hours.
If we hadn’t started out so warm this afternoon (60 Roanoke, 53 Blacksburg) this would be a much different situation.
There are really 3 different rounds of precipitation to watch.
(1) The initial rain/snow showers with the frontal passage, as we are experiencing now.
(2) Possible development along the western edge of the shield of precipitation that will develop behind the coastal low on Saturday.
(3) Upslope snow showers on northwest winds, peaking Saturday night with some support aloft.
None of the three looks likely to dump a lot of snow on anybody in SW Virginia (aside from some higher elevation areas, especially west of I-77), but any of the three could bring a little snow to anybody.
Getting some reports of snow falling around Blacksburg now.
7 pm and lightly sleeting up here on Doppler Ridge – it is 36 F.
It was in the upper 50s when I left home around 1pm. I got home to 37 and snow around 6pm. The snow made an appearance from Pembroke west. It seems to be mixed in with rain or just be a really wet snow and isn’t sticking.
I don’t doubt that here on da Knob but what snow will fly before first light. Problem with it amountin to much were the temps today, lack of water supply and wet ground. 39* now. The temps will get there but the system is starved for a drink.
If the showers keep rolling in, I think you’ll see flakes next couple of hours, WD.
37 in Hokieburg and snow splats on the windshield coming home at 7 PM, following some light rain.
I’m in DC (who is now in Richmond haha), I lived in metro DC from 1980 through 1997. We had some big snowstorms, mostly in the 1980s. Within roughly 4 weeks from about January 20th, 1987 through February 20th or so, DC got hit with three 10+ inch snowstorms, the first time that had ever happened in DC weather history (at least, that is what they were saying at the time, by a meteorologist …. Bob Ryan to be exact). Pretty big snowstorm was occurring when the Air Florida plane went down in the Potomac River (Jan. ’82, I think), and there was that Feb. 11th, 1983 biggie that a few of us yakked about earlier this month. Then there was a Veteran’s Day snowstorm (also in 1987!) that hit my neighborhood big (south of Old Town Alexandria, right beside the Potomac R.) with 14 inches. Dulles got about half of what we did, in a real oddity. Then there was the Superstorm of March 1993, although that only really affected the western suburbs of DC in a substantial way. And then again, the HUGE snowstorm of early January 1996. And those are just the ones that I am sure of, and only for those years. Oh yeah, in February 1979 there was a Presidents’ Day BOMB that dumped over two feet. My wife was living there then.
So YES, there were plenty of 10+ inch snowstorms in the DC area from 1980 through 1997. I think there were some decent ones in the early 80s other than the two I mentioned, also. And one in 1984, ’85, or ’86.
Jared, TYVM for calling attention to that NOAA list. Did they put any restrictions on the time period that was covered? Reason I ask is that once I googled the immense snowstorm that buried New York City, in 1888 I believe (might have been called the Knickerbocker Storm), and the descriptions were astounding!! City was truly crippled for weeks. I just may go google it again and see what it says. I would certainly put that in one of the top 5. But maybe it was relatively small in terms of land area affected.
The yard is getting white, with light snow and 34.
Hey, Nurse Snow, how is Smyth County? 54* this afternoon? Pretty good. “7′ says it reached the big 6 OH here. Better bundle up tomorrow if you are going to be outside there for any prolonged period. Robin Reed showed the forecast highs for Saturday throughout the viewing area as always, and Marion (!!), not Hot Springs nor Bluefield nor Lewisburg, had the coldest high, 27*!!
Peppers Ferry, I greatly enjoyed your comment 64. TYVM
Hey, Jared, do you and others consider Greene County to be part of Northern Virginia? I remember that folks in Charlottesville considered themselves to be central Virginia, and I thought that is what Greene County would be.
I don’t know if I have ever seen an ice-covered lake or pond in Virginia more than 25 miles south of DC, but I did see the Potomac River frozen solid right at the 14th Street Bridge on December 31, 1989. Then the oscillations skyrocketed and January and February 1990 were blowtorch months. Before that, I never thought I would see either of those things happen.
I remember the Air Florida crash into the Potomac in 1982, and seeing the rescues on TV through blocks of ice on the water. There’s some old archived video of that on YouTube.
I just went outside. I can see the moon. Uh Oh. Models for all their inaccuracy got THIS dry slot precip thing pretty close so far.
Kevin and everyone: my wife was on the 14th Street Bridge while the Air Florida crash happened (Jan. 1982). She was on the southbound bridge …. the plane tweaked the northbound (downriver) bridge. She remembers seeing the tail of the plane sticking up while the snow was coming down. Traffic was creeping along …. it had been snowing pretty hard for more than 3 hours.
I just googled, and I had the wrong year for the Knickerbocker. It happened Jan. 28-29, 1922. But there was also a tremendous snowstorm/blizzard that buried the Northeast in 1888, too (pretty sure).
Just started snowing
The Great Blizzard of 1888 had the exact same dates (month and days) as the Storm of the Century in 1993. March 11-14, 1888. According to Wikipedia, snow depths of 40 to 50 inches were recorded in NY State, New Jersey, Mass. and Connecticut. Winds of 45 mph. In some places people were confined to their homes for a week. And that storm was not one of the top 5???!!
And as a fellow blogger e-mailed me the other evening ….. “March can be rough.”
One more thing about the 1888 storm: the weather preceding it was unseasonably mild. The precip started as heavy rains. But then the temp nosedived and they had the biggest, worst snowstorm of that era.
Happy for the extra moisture next week. Always good to have more water in storage for the likely spring and summer droughts. I say likely because these past few springs and summers from April 2010 have been just outrageous! It just annoys me that it has gotten ridiculously hot in March or April. Way too early to be getting 80s and 90s! Just ridiculous. I hope it doesn’t happen this year!!
On the flip side, let’s actually have one of these storms pull through for us. Seriously, these snow teases and near misses are obnoxious.
Left Abingdon around 5 pm with snow and sleet mixing into the rain. Got home around 5:45 and temp was 36 with mixed precip. Went to workout and it snowed going and coming with some sticking. Snow was wet. Snow has now about stopped with some coating on cars and elevated surfaces. Temp is now 31.
Finally home after playing globetrotter again. Looks like 1-2″ down this way for Saturday’s snow with a 50/50 bust potential. Still not convinced this will be anything big for this weekend. Late next week looking better than before. Will get a good night’s sleep and update QWC in the morning.
I am here in Pulaski, and we have got a good bit of snow this winter. But I really would love to get another BIG snow! Is there any chance of this happening before the winter is over ?