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We had close to 30 inches of snow that winter. It snowed from 4 or 5 separate events including Dec 2009 and Jan 29/30, 2010.

Great story. Fuck cancer indeed- it took my mom in 2014.

No, but they were in my final 3 lol. I'm actually a marlin of Virginia Wesleyan University. Sadly, we are changing names soon because of a rich donor.

2009 I was in VA Beach at college/with my ex gf and missed it unfortunately. 2010 Christmas storm was nice. Last big snow we had I got to enjoy with my mom.

Its not a true upslope event

Models keep hinting at an upper feature setting up near the Blue Ridge Monday could be a nice surprise

Like you have said, it could be too much of a good thing. Reminds me of a couple winters ago when it got almost record cold around Christmas then the rest of the winter was a torch.

You are probably right. The mountains have a better shot though.

Pretty much a bust for everywhere south of Chatham VA.

Models are a little more bullish on the energy coming down from the northern stream being stronger and interacting with a low off the coast. GFS, ICON and Canadian how something small for western nc/Va and some of the Piedmont. Its not huge right now but something to watch

Sunday night/ Monday is looking interesting again

Had a few sprinkles. Its 41.

I thought you would start with snow way up there.. sad.

DC went from 0 to maybe 3 inches of snow

24 hours makes a big difference!

If you went to Danville I think you would have been disappointed. I lived there for 4 years and they tend to bust low with these type of storms. I think they get an inch maybe 2 max and end up mixing or turning over.

Yep 3 of our 6 biggest December snows the past century have been in the past 16 years

Not a bad choice. Roanoke was probably a bit far

Yes that was a less snowy period, and so was the late 90s but this one is the longest lasting here at least. Since 2019 we have had 1 winter storm that met warning criteria.

As I perused through NCDC data, NC State data and Webber weather data, I noticed a lot. 1. We used to get a lot more small events per year. 2 to 4 inch snow/mix storms happened 2 to 4 times per year most winters. 2. Its now feast or famine. Really since 2010, its either been big snowstorm or nothing. Very few 2 to 4 inch type storms in the past 15 years. 3. There is no true set of conditions that will lead to snow for us. MJO, NAO, PNA, QBO, AO? Of course if all of these are optimal that helps but some of our best storms have occurred in the "bad" phases of each. In my amateur opinion, something isn't right with the atmosphere in relation to snow across most of our area. Is it because of the solar max? Is it because of the warmer oceans? Is it because of the crazy Active Pacific? Arctic Sea ice? Global warming? Too many cows farting in the Midwest? I'm not completely sure but I do know it takes absolute perfect conditions for it to snow here now.

Still a bit of ridge causing the storm to lift north late

Its 44/36 here. Cool drizzle incoming

One thing I have noticed is the Hi Res models have very little precip here period. .2 or less mostly

Exactly how I feel. 2 hr delay for cool rain tomorrow

Yes it's 50 now Iol