Buddy1987 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, yoda said: Snowing in Radford, VA per poster in SE forum Yea that band is def the divider. I’m assuming that will flip us here shortly as well. About 20-25 min from Radford. Lost 2 degrees on the temp. Down to 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 If I was in N VA I would definitely stay up all night for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jebman said: If I was in N VA I would definitely stay up all night for this one. Can’t wait for the show. Precip def moving NNE and not E in our direction. Going to be a fun morning commute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 45/28 downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, pazzo83 said: 45/28 downtown. How is that possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Just now, jayyy said: How is that possible heat island is magical - in the absence of wind, the temperature does not drop here. NYC is even more insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 you get an initial drop around sunset of a few degrees and then it just holds steady - i remember plenty of mornings in NYC where we'd be around 30 and literally 20-30 miles west in NJ it would be near 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 35/27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnowdog Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 33/28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 34/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy1987 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Boy that first band was ultra disappointing. Was under bright yellows for easily over 30 minutes and I still have predominantly rain. Makes zero sense with all kinds of sleet and snow reports to my south and west. I hope that’s not a bad omen for peeps further north. Temp went from 39 to 35 however since that band came through. Really am going to need radar to fill in or the backend to over perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 42.6 down 3 degrees in 3 hours. Radar shows precip overhead but nothing reaching the ground yet. Weather channel's future cast shows rain here until about 7am followed by a short period of snow/mix. Disappointing but a pretty typical outcome here for borderline snow setups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 21 minutes ago, pazzo83 said: heat island is magical - in the absence of wind, the temperature does not drop here. NYC is even more insane. That I can attest to. Grew up 30 miles due north of NYC. There were nights we’d get 10-15 degrees colder than Manhattan. Didn’t think Baltimore/DC had such a big UHI effect. Much smaller cities. Wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, dman said: 42.6 down 3 degrees in 3 hours. Radar shows precip overhead but nothing reaching the ground yet. Weather channel's future cast shows rain here until about 7am followed by a short period of snow/mix. Disappointing but a pretty typical outcome here for borderline snow setups. Chillll my dude. Returns literally just hit your area. It’ll be precipitating within the hour. Yes, climo says you won’t fair as well as Baltimore, but a decent # of models show some good snow into your area. enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 My buddy in NW Roanoke is currently reporting SN+. Says there are literal meatballs falling from the sky. Temp was in the mid 40s there today and he said it took mere minutes for the snow to begin sticking to colder surfaces. Overall current OBS look good and the precip shield is both intensifying and coming right at us. I honestly see a Northerly movement to the swath of precip in NC SC and VA more than anything else. Also appears in the final frames of the latest radar loop that the two distinct areas of precip that were in VA/GA/Carolinas versus TN/AL/MS are trying to merge together as the SLP off the shores of GA/SC begins to get its act together. Pressure falls beginning to accelerate off the coast and the low SHOULD take a NNE track from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 You are right on track. Those that sleep and that get up about 8am should enjoy a nice white surprise! Heavy snow with accumulating, shovelable and plowable snow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Love the positivity @Jebman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Well, gotta stay positive, it IS coming but we are all gonna WILL this one in, we're gonna bring this home! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 39 minutes ago, Buddy1987 said: Boy that first band was ultra disappointing. Was under bright yellows for easily over 30 minutes and I still have predominantly rain. Makes zero sense with all kinds of sleet and snow reports to my south and west. I hope that’s not a bad omen for peeps further north. Temp went from 39 to 35 however since that band came through. Really am going to need radar to fill in or the backend to over perform. 2 things... aren’t areas to your SW higher elevation? They typically flip before you if I’m not mistaken. We don’t have that type of climo here further up north. Also... this radar is pretty spot on it appears. If you don’t flip to snow within 30 mins, I’d be shocked. You’re literally in a rain bubble. My buddy in Hollins right outside Roanoke city limits is seeing heavy snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 16 minutes ago, jayyy said: Chillll my dude. Returns literally just hit your area. It’ll be precipitating within the hour. Yes, climo says you won’t fair as well as Baltimore, but a decent # of models show some good snow into your area. enjoy. Lived here 35 years and well acquainted with this climo--my disappointment comment was wrt the future cast for mostly rain vs. the 3-6 forecast and WSW. It seems like it's been a tough year for forecasting. We might sneak in a couple inches here, we'll see, all good if we do, if we don't it will be a typical outcome for here. Looks like some more and maybe better chances later in the month too. Good luck. Temp now 43.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy1987 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, jayyy said: 2 things... aren’t areas to your SW higher elevation? They typically flip before you if I’m not mistaken. We don’t have that type of climo here further up north. Also... this radar is pretty spot on it appears. If you don’t flip to snow within 30 mins, I’d be shocked. You’re literally in a rain bubble. My buddy in Hollins right outside Roanoke city limits is seeing heavy snow It finally flipped to predominantly snow but it still doesn’t want to get its act together just yet. I’m by the S in Salem banked up against a mountain. Got about 1300ft of elevation over here. Seeing that ridiculous band over by Nashville makes me feel better and the fact of what you alluded to with the radar more or less congealing to my southwest. I just hope the temps cooperate up your way and to my north. Probably wasted .15-.20 qpf already. Temp all the way down to 34.3 from 39.9 just a couple hours ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 41.7/29.3. Not great. 43/29 DCA 43/25 IAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Don’t think westward extend of the precip will be a problem for our area. Precip spans from Ohio to the Atlantic Ocean and heading NNE. Looks like a nice wall of precip is headed our way. Nice batch of precip out west in WV. Now we hope for that magic to happen at 700mb as that SLP cranks up and passes our latitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Snow creeping up on front royal and Winchester. Snow showers being reported in Romney WV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 3k NAM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Juicy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mordecai said: 3k NAM LOL! 1” in central MD. Crazy. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that doesn’t verify. It does put a nice pink blob over my house though. Could be signaling 95 will be caught between bands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Initial p-type and OBS indicate places north of I-70 will start as snow. Downtown Baltimore should briefly begin as rain before the changeover. DC may need a few hours, however. Much warmer there than BAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, jayyy said: Initial p-type and OBS indicate places north of I-70 will start as snow. Downtown Baltimore should briefly begin as rain before the changeover. DC may need a few hours, however. Much warmer there than BAL I'm in NW DC. It 39 here. It's 39 in BAL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 minute ago, stormtracker said: I'm in NW DC. It 39 here. It's 39 in BAL. Nice! You guys are down to 39? Someone reported 45 around 1 am. Great to hear temps are dropping quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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