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Nice! So we’re pretty much at or slightly above climo now? Would’ve never guessed that going into a La Niña winter. .

What’s Richmond’s snow for the season at after today? .

Arguably the prettiest snow Richmond has had all season. Also, let’s appreciate this rarity—we achieved moderate snowfall from a frontal passage. That almost never seems to happen anymore. Usually it’s cold air chasing moisture and they never link up. .

Doesn’t seem like there’s much chance that’ll happen until we get the fabled moderate, west based El Niño again. .

I’ll never forget that storm last winter, not only because of how insane it was to watch it snow nonstop for 12 hours and Richmond somehow only picked up like an inch while Norfolk had a blizzard warning, but also how DT was practically cussing out the whole 757 that day. [emoji28] .

I’m also just getting kinda crotchety the older I get because the over the last few years, cold weather has started causing me significant bone pain. I still love a good snowstorm IF it happens, but this kind of cold can kick rocks. [emoji23] I’m looking forward to it being in the 40s next week. .

I’m glad you took that away from my past comments. For me, I just find it frustrating the way that people in certain regions complain about “never” getting snow, when they’ve had multiple monster snowstorms in the last 10-15 years. That’s all. It’s a fiction that persists. And if they get another one, I’ll be happy for them. But don’t then go saying you never get anything the following season. .

I promise you it’s not as heartbreaking as the possibility of Norfolk and Virginia Beach getting yet another monster storm while Richmond gets scraped. They all complain, every year, how they “never get snow” there, and yet, they’ve had numerous big storms there in the last several years while Richmond hasn’t cracked 7” since 2018. .

I don’t know what it is about Richmond and whatever’s going on with our micro-climate, but years of getting teased by storms on literally every side of us has made me thoroughly hate winter here. I hope after the threat this weekend that we can just start to move on, and all this ice melts away. The average temperature does start to go up every week beginning in February, so there’s at least that to look forward to. .

This would be how many times in a supposed La Niña that the 757 has gotten a major snowstorm that misses Richmond to the south? [emoji28] .

Randomly getting a very snow globe-esque snow shower in Richmond right now, Fan area. .

Literally was about to say that. If we’re in the jackpot right now, another ice storm is coming in a week. Any weather but pure snow is virtually a guarantee in central and eastern VA. .

Those are significantly lower than what the Euro and GFS were saying? .

Still kind of a somber vibe in here, so I’ll focus on the silver lining. I know there’s several hours of storm left, but it looks like Richmond may have escaped a pretty significant ice storm thus far. Roads will still be tricky for a few days, given the cold temps. But the trees and power lines seem okay so far. Hopefully we can hold onto power (and by extension, water). .

Shit, light rates could save us from the dark ages once it flips to ice. [emoji2371] .