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Richmond Metro/ Hampton roads obs/disco winter thread


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I dont see how RIC could handle 2' of snow. City would be a disaster.

Somewhat fortunately, this looks to track just off the coast burying Cent. & Eastern VA much more so than Western VA. I can assure you that if it looks like this will verify, come Sunday there will be a lot of ferrying of assets by VDOT from the western half of the state to the eastern.

To give you some idea: in January 1996 we received 3 feet plus in Augusta County. At the time, I lived on a cul de sac so, granted, I was the last to see a plow. I didn't see a plow for almost a week.

If 2 feet falls in Richmond, this city WILL shut down for a week. Henrico county will be shut down for 3 or 4 days, minimum.

I want the snow as much as the next guy, but budget-wise, this is going to put a tremendous strain on resources here in Central Virginia.

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If the 850 0 line approaches norfolk as stated in the other threads, it would potentially affect everyone southeast of a accomack to newport news suffolk line IMO.

The mixing issues on the Euro... do they just affect coastal areas like ORF and VA Beach .. or are the more inland parts of Hampton Roads (Chesapeake, Suffolk, etc.) affected too?

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I think it is safe to say that we will see accumulating snow upwards of an inch at this point. For those of us in HR, especially the southside, temperatures are going to play a HUGE role here. If I were a betting man, I'd say williamsburg ends up the big winner here, close enough for high qpf yet far enough away to sustain snow

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3.29" QPF ORF!!! AND LOOK AT HOUR 120! OMFG!!! Low right off VA BEACH and 850 0 line is wayyyy out to sea. With high ratios i dont even want to guess what would happen. WOW WOW WOW

if we get 3+ of liquid the low is too close. not good at all. we need a se trend now. any further west and it will be 1993 here again.

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Well.. it's way too early to be nitpicking and taking models verbatim..

the bottomline is the potential exists for anywhere from 1-3 inches to 20-30 inches of snow to fall in the major Hampton Roads cities.. this is a very big deal, especially given the time of year.

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I think it is safe to say that we will see accumulating snow upwards of an inch at this point. For those of us in HR, especially the southside, temperatures are going to play a HUGE role here. If I were a betting man, I'd say williamsburg ends up the big winner here, close enough for high qpf yet far enough away to sustain snow

upwards of an inch? talk about a kick in the rear end when raleigh is getting ripped with snow.

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I still like yesterday's vid reaction to the Euro.. if anythings its about the same today.. :X

XD

OMG, that brings back memories. I'm a huge soccer fan and, while I'm not in that video, I was certainly emulating it within the confines of my own house. My steel front door probably even has a few dents in it from me banging on it.

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As Tina Fey would say - what the what? Here's an interesting project. Can anybody find an example where anything close to this has happened this far south on the east coast. The blizzard of '80 might be but I don't even think that storm could hang with what the Euro is showing here.

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As Tina Fey would say - what the what? Here's an interesting project. Can anybody find an example where anything close to this has happened this far south on the east coast. The blizzard of '80 might be but I don't even think that storm could hang with what the Euro is showing here.

Yeah, I am not sure. WxJunkie is the central and southeastern VA weather historian but the only thing I can compare to in size is 1996, that was a slow mover. I think most mets locked in on that forecast earlier as I can only guess there was model agreement but I think the Euro called it first. That being stated, if the Euro verfies verbatim, this will go down as historic. I was 9 in 80 so I should remember it better.

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As Tina Fey would say - what the what? Here's an interesting project. Can anybody find an example where anything close to this has happened this far south on the east coast. The blizzard of '80 might be but I don't even think that storm could hang with what the Euro is showing here.

that was all snow here. i dont think 1980 can ever be topped here.

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