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Radar is playing tricks right now. Still under moderate snow down here despite the meager returns above

This happened with the early January 2022 storm. If high rate bands start training over 95, the crews will almost never be able to keep up. So then you get drivers coming either direction going at speeds appropriate for somewhat/mostly cleared conditions suddenly encountering a highway that's completely covered. Yeah.. good drivers would know to anticipate it but it definitely adds to the chaos. Also, 95 in NoVA is FILLED with MD drivers so don't be so quick to point a finger

Snow has taken over again in Charlottesville after about an hour and a half of mixed snow/sleet. holding steady at 28/27 since 2:30pm, 5mph NNE wind

And two more of the Corner

As requested @NorthArlington101 @WesternFringe The Rotunda The Lawn and a bonus shot of this old gal sitting victoriously on the top of O-Hill. Absolute monster in the snow except for that bumper clearance..

Heaviest snow I've seen since the 2016 blizzard when I lived in NW DC. Just awesome.

>40dBZ reflections inbound

Wow, already not an accurate depiction. Roads have completely caved in the last 30 mins. @adelphi_sky

Was looking at that earlier. Scared to flirt with it but I kind of need to know..

ripping fatties

Sidewalks starting to cave, a few slushy spots forming on pavement. Temp holding steady at 29/27. Heavier bands on the way in from the West. One thing to remember for those of you refreshing radar every 30s.. LWX has significant blindspots to the West, especially for low level stuff like this. The worst area is WSW pointing towards Harrisonburg and Staunton. In the summer it's not nearly as noticeable with higher cloud tops. You need to check the Roanoke and Charleston radars to get a better idea of what's headed over the mountains into NoVA.

I think that might've been Ji flavored sarcasm

This forum could be part of a case study about mass hysteria events

15z HRRR is improved for the northern crew

haha I'll get over there later once it's piled up a bit more. I can't remember, did you typically do night shots or day? or both?

Wet-bulbing has gotten us down to 29F in Albemarle after a high of 34F around 9am, 2 degrees colder than the 15z HRRR initialized at for this area. That seems like a good sign for us down here later, maybe not a great sign for those way north. 29/26, SN, ~2" otg, visibility fluctuating between 1-0.5 mile

The HRRR has been getting colder each run. Sleet line looks to stay south of CHO until at least midnight now. It came through around 9/10pm on some earlier runs this morning. 30/25, moderate snow, ~1" on the ground so far

wololo

And we do have a full moon in 2 days... uh oh. hope the models are taking this into account

This is pretty locked in. Not worth putting much weight on the SREFs or GEM output

every damn time. I mean I hope not but..

lol I do the same to some extent, never diagnosed but I've got plenty of the signs and signals