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Storm over RIC

VERY Heavy Snow

Weather Event 3/25-3/26

Well, the storm didn't quite pack the punch I thought, it did drop around .75-1" of rain across metro RIC. Here in western C'field, I got .84" total. The rain moved in around 3am and was showery with local downpours around 4am and 10am. The pressure bottomed out at 999 mb. The temps fell all day, from 59 at 1am to 39 at 5pm. One interesting note, some local mets called for clearing and sunshine by afternoon! Were they crazy? Any amateur could look at the movement and radar and see the precip filling out fast...

A few notes about the graphs: look at when the temp starts dropping, the winds shift, and when the pressure bottoms and then skyrockets.

This Week

Yesterday's system was a bit of a bust for me. In western Chesterfield, we got .98", which I did call for. The rest of the area averaged .3-.5". Still not bad.
As a side note, Atlanta and points south saw snow showers!
The next system moves in Thursday. I think it will bring more widespread rain to the area, with .5"-1" around here. The temps will drop from 62 to 32 by night, a big drop!
Word of the Day: Virga: Precipitation aloft that does not fall to the surface because the dry air evaporates it. That is why the radar shows some light showers overhead occasionally, but nothing is falling.  
More on the storm and maps soon. Stay tuned!

Weather Event for 3/21-3/23

Well, looks like we'll get a substantial rainfall event, with higher amount in the embedded t-storm. A side note: just east of Dallas has 6 inches of snow!

 Here is the system as of 5pm Sunday. We'll get initial banding from the south until it bombs out off NC. The we'll see the t-storms. I say .75 to 1.25 of rain. 1 inch being the norm across metro Ric. More updates as the event starts.