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This makes me wonder then, why the NWS actually ticked down the ice amounts for Richmond this morning? Their local office down here reduced the forecasted freezing rain amounts to between a quarter and a half inch. That much would still be crippling, but not as deadly and destructive as nearly an inch (or more) like the Euro keeps saying. .

The NWS ticked down the ice totals for Richmond, down to a range of .25”—.50”. That’s not for nothing, and could be the difference between a few days of recovery in the city and a week. Hoping that’s a trend that continues now that we’re basically in nowcasting mode. .

Listen, if we can manage 10 inches and some sleet on top, we’re golden. I feel genuinely bad for whoever gets it, but that ice storm ish can stay the f*** away. Especially after ice knocked out the city’s water infrastructure last January. .

But seems to be significantly raising the threat of ice in Richmond, and we don’t want that ish either. Not after ice took out our water infrastructure last year. [emoji52] .

Seconded. The incessant negativity this early in the game is rather draining, and ultimately, it isn’t going to change the eventual outcome at all. .

Y’all all need to take a chill pill, respectfully. .

I hope you’re right. I usually hang out in the Mid-Atlantic forum because I’m in Richmond, and the D.C. and north crew are honking about it trending north. .

You would think we’re getting nothing but ice down here the way the DC and north crew is talking about it. Is it bad that I want it to abruptly trend sharply south into a Hampton Roads snowstorm just to spite them? [emoji28] .

It would certainly be easier to shovel. Luckily, for now at least, that model (the Canadian) seems to be on an island by itself showing a near perfect phase that makes the storm so amped it pulls hard north and west and brings the mixing and freezing rain much further into the Commonwealth. .

Figures the folks to our north are talking about the Canadian a lot, given it seems to pull the storm so far north that the heaviest snows are around DC, with Richmond getting several inches of sleet. I guess we’ll see, huh? .

Getting some visible snow mixing in with the rain here in Bon Air. .

It’s snowing something pretty out there in RVA! .

Could you imagine? RVA getting to its annual average snowfall in the span of only two weeks of meteorological winter, ESPECIALLY in a La Niña, would be insane! .

Almost 10 pm and still snowing in Richmond. Crazy. And a really great storm! .

Well, I guess a watch pot truly never boils because I laid down for a nap, and it looks like things picked up a bit while I was asleep. And it’s still snowing! .