12/06/2023: T (brief light graupel (~2:25pm))
12/11/2023: 0.9" ( Fairly heavy wet snow overnight... heaviest between 2:45 and 3:35am)
2023-2024 winter total as of Dec 11, 2023: 0.9"
Don't be too surprised to hear thunder this morning. Quite a bit of lightning, relatively speaking, with the activity near Charlottesville. Some limited elevated CAPE is available.
Tonights sunset was the earliest of the year. The sun set at 4:47pm est at IAD (time at which 100% of the sun disappears beyond the horizon). Starting tomorrow the sun will start slowly setting later giving us more evening light.
Eh. I'd at least wait until Cinco de Mayo. We were not too far from an event in early May of 2020 when a wave tracked just off to our north followed by some flakes and graupel pellets flying in northern zones on the 9th of that month.
Unsolicited fact: Last December in the area was generally slightly BN temp-wise and AN precip-wise.
(Yes. Luck was about as bad as possible in multiple ways that month. Our luck will be better this year.)
Yeah. I wouldn't be too surprised if it got slick out there especially in colder spots N and W by morning. Lots of low-level moisture, clear skies, light to calm winds...