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The best part should hit us (Southside/NENC) between 11-3am. Atlantic and Gulf moisture is just beginning to get entrained into the system south near Wilmington.  That will enhance the coverage for a while before it starts sliding further east off the coast. The western precip push appears done and is retreating back southeast but it should slow around somewhere from the lower Peninsula through Hampton Roads for a few more hours. We're going to need some good rates to get to the higher end of those forecasts.

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Here's a few pics from outside. I have about 0.7" two miles SW of the W&M campus.

I dont think I'll reach an inch based on radar. It's a very fluffy snow and too bad I'm too far north and west of the main action. But always a beautiful site, especially at night. Seems like every accumulating event this winter has started around 7 or 8pm.

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30 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

The best part should hit us (Southside/NENC) between 11-3am. Atlantic and Gulf moisture is just beginning to get entrained into the system south near Wilmington.  That will enhance the coverage for a while before it starts sliding further east off the coast. The western precip push appears done and is retreating back southeast but it should slow around somewhere from the lower Peninsula through Hampton Roads for a few more hours. We're going to need some good rates to get to the higher end of those forecasts.

I hope that happens but it just feels like the window is closing earlier than it was supposed to looking at that NW edge

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6 minutes ago, chris624wx said:

I hope that happens but it just feels like the window is closing earlier than it was supposed to looking at that NW edge

Yeah that's looking scary. Next hour or 2 is time to cash in.

I got lucky and was in that initial band for about 2 hours. Before I went out, I thought there was probably only about an inch or 1.5. I was wrong. But I just looked at the updated NWS forecast and now they have my area at 2-4. I may be in a narrow jackpot area for now. 

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Just now, Stormpc said:

Yeah that's looking scary. Next hour or 2 is time to cash in.

I got lucky and was in that initial band for about 2 hours. Before I went out, I thought there was probably only about an inch or 1.5. I was wrong. But I just looked at the updated NWS forecast and now they have my area at 2-4. I may be in a narrow jackpot area for now. 

Yeah, I just came in from walking around. It looked like maybe 1.5'' here near Downtown Norfolk. 

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Nice enhanced band dropping South through the peninsula now. Might be the last hurrah up there but it's going to finish with a bang. Hoping the coastal moisture gets entrained to slow that crashing precip field a bit. Probably won't happen but we might see a few enhanced bands before it kicks off shore in a few hours.

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3 minutes ago, RIC Airport said:

Ending here now, finished with 0.8". But certainly more than I anticipated when I woke up this morning. 

Not bad at all. We take whatever we can get and enjoy it. That's the fun part. The beaches along the Outer Banks are going to have a fun few hours between now and 3:00 a.m.

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5 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Nice enhanced band dropping South through the peninsula now. Might be the last hurrah up there but it's going to finish with a bang. Hoping the coastal moisture gets entrained to slow that crashing precip field a bit. Probably won't happen but we might see a few enhanced bands before it kicks off shore in a few hours.

Going to enjoy it as it moves through. Hard to be upset with it ending earlier than modeled when this was OTS 36 hours ago

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7 minutes ago, Stormpc said:

Not bad at all. We take whatever we can get and enjoy it. That's the fun part. The beaches along the Outer Banks are going to have a fun few hours between now and 3:00 a.m.

4 minutes ago, chris624wx said:

Going to enjoy it as it moves through. Hard to be upset with it ending earlier than modeled when this was OTS 36 hours ago

You guys enjoy the rest of this event. We remain below freezing for highs tomorrow so we get another day to enjoy what fell. 

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