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We’ve cleared out here in central Shenandoah Valley. Some flurries here and there but most of snow over the ridges in West Va. It’s now 32 with west winds gusting up to 28 as temp falls into mid 20s overnight. Better calmer weather by Thursday.
Mountains have done a good job of busting up the squall line. Most severe stuff now east of Blue Ridge. In the Shenandoah Valley, we now wait for the chill down heading our way and the white stuff stays along the Alleghany front. We will welcome the return of “normal” 60 & 70s!!
Our first storm just blew in from the southwest in Augusta County VA with heavy downpour, lightning & winds gusting to 25 with a mild 65 degrees. Tornado watch just to south of the area and more stormy conditions in SW Va.heading this way. Nothing too severe just yet.
Same here, 80 yesterday and today a few hours of snow at 33 degrees in Va’s central Shenandoah Valley (10-1 pm) with clearing skies about on us to cause our 3/4” snow that whitened the grass to disappear. Bizarre stuff!
In the central Shenandoah Valley of Va. we have those big ole “lard flakes” but it all melts on the roadways and most areas that gets direct insolation at 34 degrees. Dry when you get down around Roanoke.
Folks, be careful what you wish for. Any time SEVERE winter weather happens, someone could die from traffic accidents, hypothermia, etc. Ice storms, like what they got in Tenn. & Miss. created terrible damage to trees and utility lines. Our snow & sleet plowed here in the central Shenandoah Valley has created Cement “icebergs” that are unf…Read More
Interesting item found:
Confidence is increasing that a winter storm will develop over the far southern Appalachians Friday and possibly move up the Mid-Atlantic Coast Saturday. The weather prediction center held a conference call with the southern Mid-Atlantic NWS offices this afternoon, and consensus was to digest more data from the 18Z…Read More
A tip of the hat to the VDOT road crews and their independent contractors for a terrific job keeping Interstates 81 and 64 easily passable with caution in the central and southern Shenandoah Valley. Sunshine should help visable pavement dry somewhat Monday. They had a huge “snowblower” also clearing back the shoulders on the interstates from the…Read More
4” snow 10F now sleet here at 1,400’ elevation in east-central Augusta County Va.
This setup looks more like a gigantic overrunning situation instead of a specific low (storm) center until one forms later tonight off Delmarva. The cold dry atmosphere is so massive (and rare) that upper level troughs dominate and produce precip but not overly heavy.
This situation reminds me of a time in the early 1990s when we got 4-6” of fluffy snow then 4” of sleet that mashed it all down and we drove fairly easy with caution on “white asphalt” for a few days as it was in the teens and 20s for several days in Va’s Shenandoah Valley.
Snowshoe Mtn. Ski Resort is 70 miles due west as a crow flies from my place and there are blizzard warnings for Wed. PM out along the Alleghany front in WV while here in the Shenandoah Valley, we are supposed to have some sunshine, breezy conditions and temps (hopefully) in the 40s to help melt our 4” minor snowfall. Those Appalachian m…Read More
In just a few hours, temp has fallen to 23 deg, winds north at 6 mph for a wnd chill of 18 here in Augusta County Va. at 1,400 ft elev. some flurries still falling and roadways are tricky with mainly bare pavement but black ice extremely possible. Have about 3 “ snow just like in our last minor event. North down the valley past New Market, no s…Read More
And I refer to main roads & interstates 81 & 64
About 2.5” snow in central Augusta County Va. and still steadily lightly snowing at 1:30 pm. Roadways mostly wet as plenty of salt and brine was spread after our last 3” on last Fri. AM had already melted.
Once again we have been starved for legitimate rain in the Shenandoah Valley of VA. Just some drizzly breezy conditions today. Basically, it was just an immediate coastal problem and not quite the doom and gloom inland forecast of old. Maybe the accuracy will increase as we head into winter.
Coming up on 11 pm EDT in Augusta Co. VA it is still 49F 9C. 64% Humidity and calm winds. temp obviously needs to drop a lot to reach low 30s. Will be interesting to see what happens over the weekend regarding our rain chances. Coastal areas may have Nor’easter conditions.
A solid 1-2 inches is likely due to time frame of 24-36 hours and strength due to phasing with upper- level system dropping down from the lakes. NOAA says 80-90% chance of it lasting through Monday afternoon.
Our first frost/freeze advisory looks set for Fri.. AM in central Shenandoah Valley depending on if a breeze sets up.
Getting chilly at night here in the central Shenandoah Valley … getting that fall feel. We had some light rain last weekend but it is still so dry as we head into wildfire season.
We received some decent rain today in the central Shenandoah Valley of VA but not enough to dent a pretty significant drought. Now, no influences expected from Imelda next week (assuming it actually forms). Leaves have turned color and beginning to drop.
Future to be Hurricane Imelda may possibly bring needed remnant rain (2-3”+) Mon. Evening into Wed. AM for the parched central Shenandoah Valley of Va. Worried a bit for the mountains of Western NC. Decent model consensus at the moment. We’ll see how accurate.
