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Richmond Metro/ Hampton roads obs/disco winter thread


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23 here this morning

There's some December 1973 talks around so I decided to take a look at what that month featured for C VA. I was actually surprised at how great of a month it was. Richmond officially recorded 9.9" and two decent early season snowstorms....one on the 11th (4.9") and the 16th-17th (4.3"). The 16-17th event looks to have been the biggest, but it's apparent that the airport didn't fare too well when you look at numbers north and west of town. I'll have to take a look at the historical hourly observations to see what happened at the airport, but it looks like it could've been due to IP or ZR during the height of the event. Anyway, the piedmont of VA had a significant snowstorm.

December 16-17, 1973 storm totals

Charlotte Court House: 15.7"

Palmyra: 14.5"

Louisa: 14.0"

Farmville: 13.5"

Buckingham: 13.0"

Ashland: 13.0"

Brookneal: 10.3"

Gordonsville: 8.5"

Fort Pickett/Blackstone: 7.5"

Clarksville: 6.5"

Lawrenceville: 5.0"

Richmond: 4.3"

BTW, Reagan National Airport received 10.2" while Dulles got 9.5".

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I'll have to take a look at the historical hourly observations to see what happened at the airport, but it looks like it could've been due to IP or ZR during the height of the event.

It actually looks like the storm started off as rain after midnight on the 16th and struggled to changeover during the early afternoon hours. After a few hours of ZR, it finally starting snowing around 5pm. After that, it switched back and forth from SN, IP, and ZR for most of the night. Most of the day on the 17th featured light snows with just a couple of inches. So, I guess it just took a while to get the changeover east of town while the north and west scored.

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It actually looks like the storm started off as rain after midnight on the 16th and struggled to changeover during the early afternoon hours. After a few hours of ZR, it finally starting snowing around 5pm. After that, it switched back and forth from SN, IP, and ZR for most of the night. Most of the day on the 17th featured light snows with just a couple of inches. So, I guess it just took a while to get the changeover east of town while the north and west scored.

Looks like the Euro and GGEM are on board for a storm around the 8th-9th. GFS suppresses everything then turns warm :arrowhead:

Should be an interesting next few weeks with the -NAO block setting up and cold lurking nearby. My guess is someone is gonna have to cash in on this. Whether its the 40N crowd, or a little further south remains to be seen.

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Getting pretty cold out there tonight!

I went to Busch Gardens last night for their Christmastown celebration - I actually enjoyed it a lot! Riding the Griffon in 40 degree temps is cold.gif

Went last night. Didn't seem to be as many lights as last year. Last year was in the 20s when we went. Too cold to run Griffon.

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WWUS30 KWNS 010710

SAW1

SPC AWW 010710

WW 761 TORNADO NC SC VA CW 010715Z - 011400Z

AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..

45N RIC/RICHMOND VA/ - 20WSW CRE/MYRTLE BEACH SC/

..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /39N RIC - 45SSE FLO/

HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.

MAX TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21050.

LAT...LON 38137601 33567804 33568047 38137859

THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS

FOR WOU1.

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VA

. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALBEMARLE AMELIA BRUNSWICK

CAROLINE CHARLES CITY CHESTERFIELD

CUMBERLAND DINWIDDIE ESSEX

FLUVANNA GLOUCESTER GOOCHLAND

GREENSVILLE HANOVER HENRICO

JAMES CITY KING AND QUEEN KING GEORGE

KING WILLIAM LANCASTER LOUISA

LUNENBURG MECKLENBURG MIDDLESEX

NELSON NEW KENT NORTHUMBERLAND

NOTTOWAY ORANGE POWHATAN

PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE RICHMOND

SOUTHAMPTON SPOTSYLVANIA STAFFORD

SURRY SUSSEX WESTMORELAND

VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

CHARLOTTESVILLE COLONIAL HEIGHTS EMPORIA

FRANKLIN HOPEWELL PETERSBURG

RICHMOND WILLIAMSBURG

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183

WWUS30 KWNS 010710

SAW1

SPC AWW 010710

WW 761 TORNADO NC SC VA CW 010715Z - 011400Z

AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..

45N RIC/RICHMOND VA/ - 20WSW CRE/MYRTLE BEACH SC/

..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /39N RIC - 45SSE FLO/

HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.

MAX TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21050.

LAT...LON 38137601 33567804 33568047 38137859

THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS

FOR WOU1.

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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 761

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010

TORNADO WATCH 761 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

VAC003-007-025-033-036-041-049-053-057-065-073-075-081-085-087-

095-097-099-101-103-109-111-117-119-125-127-133-135-137-145-147-

149-159-175-177-179-181-183-193-540-570-595-620-670-730-760-830-

011400-

/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0761.101201T0715Z-101201T1400Z/

VA

. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALBEMARLE AMELIA BRUNSWICK

CAROLINE CHARLES CITY CHESTERFIELD

CUMBERLAND DINWIDDIE ESSEX

FLUVANNA GLOUCESTER GOOCHLAND

GREENSVILLE HANOVER HENRICO

JAMES CITY KING AND QUEEN KING GEORGE

KING WILLIAM LANCASTER LOUISA

LUNENBURG MECKLENBURG MIDDLESEX

NELSON NEW KENT NORTHUMBERLAND

NOTTOWAY ORANGE POWHATAN

PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE RICHMOND

SOUTHAMPTON SPOTSYLVANIA STAFFORD

SURRY SUSSEX WESTMORELAND

VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

CHARLOTTESVILLE COLONIAL HEIGHTS EMPORIA

FRANKLIN HOPEWELL PETERSBURG

RICHMOND WILLIAMSBURG

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