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Richmond Metro/ Hampton roads obs/disco winter thread


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<br />They can't now as all the buses are out and there are some kids already in school. This happened last year and You'd think they learned their lesson. Apparently not. A delay was warranted here.<br />
That wasn't CFields error. CFields error was sending the kids home IN the snow band. They're doing the prudent thing I think. The kids that are already there should stay in place. obviously, it does nothing for the kids like those outside my window that are standing around waiting for the bus, but it would be far worse to do anything but press on now. It'll be fine by 10-11 am. I'm still utterly confused as to why schools called snow days today. Anyway, quite a nice little band we squeezed out this morning. The Nam showed this as far out as Saturday morning but (speaking for myself) I disregarded it as typical wraparound (which is anything but typical for the Metro). Going back to the HRRR as Brandon said, and looking at Bufkit data last night, it was there for the seeing. I'm glad we caught it with the forecast update this morning...but I have to admit I'm still kicking myself over this one. Oh well....enjoy it guys. I'm going to bed <img src='http://www.americanwx.com/bb/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
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That wasn't CFields error. CFields error was sending the kids home IN the snow band. They're doing the prudent thing I think. The kids that are already there should stay in place. obviously, it does nothing for the kids like those outside my window that are standing around waiting for the bus, but it would be far worse to do anything but press on now. It'll be fine by 10-11 am. I'm still utterly confused as to why schools called snow days today. Anyway, quite a nice little band we squeezed out this morning. The Nam showed this as far out as Saturday morning but (speaking for myself) I disregarded it as typical wraparound (which is anything but typical for the Metro). Going back to the HRRR as Brandon said, and looking at Bufkit data last night, it was there for the seeing. I'm glad we caught it with the forecast update this morning...but I have to admit I'm still kicking myself over this one. Oh well....enjoy it guys. I'm going to bed <img src='http://www.americanwx.com/bb/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

yea i am out now roads are a little slushy but no big deal. the time school is over the roads will be fine

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That wasn't CFields error. CFields error was sending the kids home IN the snow band. They're doing the prudent thing I think. The kids that are already there should stay in place. obviously, it does nothing for the kids like those outside my window that are standing around waiting for the bus, but it would be far worse to do anything but press on now. It'll be fine by 10-11 am. I'm still utterly confused as to why schools called snow days today. Anyway, quite a nice little band we squeezed out this morning. The Nam showed this as far out as Saturday morning but (speaking for myself) I disregarded it as typical wraparound (which is anything but typical for the Metro). Going back to the HRRR as Brandon said, and looking at Bufkit data last night, it was there for the seeing. I'm glad we caught it with the forecast update this morning...but I have to admit I'm still kicking myself over this one. Oh well....enjoy it guys. I'm going to bed <img src='http://www.americanwx.com/bb/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Last year was a bigger error than this year. This year, I can't really say they made the wrong call here in Henrico. Last year, I thought they did.

I was just expressing a little surprise that after last year's debacle they didn't delay just to see how things played out. Of course, it was almost 7:00 by the time my wife woke me up to tell me she was stealing my car, so I don't know what it was like at 5:30 when the call has to be made.

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1/2 mile vis :snowman:

ASUS41 KAKQ 131410
RWRAKQ

REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
900 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010

Note: "fair" indicates few or no clouds below 12,000 feet with no
significant weather and/or obstructions to visibility. * = Denotes
station may not report precipitation (e.g., rain,snow,etc.),
thunder or fog.



VAZ048-049-060>072-079>083-131500-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
RICHMOND       SNOW      30  28  92 NW17      29.40R VSB 1/2 WCI  18
PETERSBURG     LGT SNOW  30  30 100 W9        29.41R VSB 1
CHESTERFIELD*  CLOUDY    30  23  74 NW7       29.40R
HANOVER        SNOW      30  27  86 NW6       29.42R VSB 1/4
TAPPAHANNOCK*  LGT SNOW  32  32 100 W3        29.39R VSB 1
CHARLOTTSVILLE MOSUNNY   30  12  47 NW7G21    29.40R
ORANGE*        CLOUDY    30  22  69 W5        29.41R
LOUISA*        CLOUDY    30  23  74 NW5       29.39R
FARMVILLE*     CLOUDY    28  21  74 W5        29.40S
SOUTH HILL*      N/A    N/A N/A N/A W8        29.48R
EMPORIA*       LGT SNOW  28  12  50 SW8       29.43S
ROANOKE RAPIDS CLOUDY    30  23  74 W10G18    29.45R WCI  21
RALEIGH        MOSUNNY   30  17  58 W8G17     29.49R
$$

VAZ088>098-131500-
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
NORFOLK        LGT SNOW  33  32  96 W9        29.36R FOG
VIRGINIA BEACH LGT SNOW  34  30  86 W13       29.36R VSB 3/4 WCI  25
NORFOLK NAVAL  LGT SNOW  33  31  92 W12G17    29.38R FOG     WCI  24
WEST POINT*    CLOUDY    34  30  86 NW8       29.40R
NEWPORT NEWS   FLURRIES  33  29  85 N12       29.37R WCI  24
LANGLEY AFB    LGT SNOW  34  32  93 NW14      29.37R WCI  24
FORT EUSTIS    LGT SNOW  33  33 100 N9        29.37R
WILLIAMSBURG*  CLOUDY    36  34  93 N9        29.39R
FRANKLIN*      CLOUDY    30  30 100 W10G16    29.41R VSB 1/2 WCI  21
WAKEFIELD      LGT SNOW  30  27  88 SW7       29.40R FOG
$$

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