Incoming snow

[geeknerd99]

Uh-oh... Big snow on the way...
With VCU on Wednesday!

"Snowfall Amounts By Late Monday Will Be 5 To 9 Inches."
Hopefully Richmond gets nothing, and we only have to trek 5 hours through the snow.

[TheMuffinMan]

As I live in the Greater Richmond area, we usually area part of the pocket that gets nothing it's depressing when every school around you is out, but your area has absolutely no snow, rain or anything falling. I think it'll be fine

[Joe Matt]

From the look of it, it'll be tonight and tomorrow, but even then, I don't think we'll see much.

[Goobergunch]

From the National Weather Service:

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST TO 5 PM EST MONDAY

Tonight...Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow late this evening. Snow and rain after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows in the lower 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.

Monday...Rain...Snow and sleet. Total snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches. Brisk with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph...Becoming north in the afternoon.

Monday Night...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening. Lows around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph...Becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.

Tuesday...Partly sunny in the morning...Then becoming mostly cloudy. Breezy with highs in the mid 40s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.

Tuesday Night...Mostly cloudy in the evening...Then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds around 15 mph.

Wednesday...Partly sunny. Highs around 40.

Wednesday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

Thursday...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

Thursday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

Friday...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

Friday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.

Saturday...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.

Saturday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.

Sunday...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecas...&city=Richmond

So it shouldn't be too much snow down in Virginia. However, NWS says we could get up to a foot of snow in the Philly area....*twitch*

[TheMuffinMan]

Also would like to make note, in Virginia, whenever they call for massive amounts of snow (ie 5+ inches) we never get it

Example was back like 2-3 years they had a 100% guarentee of like 3 gajillion feet of snow, and we got 100% nothing

[Koko Ed]

In the Rochester area we've had some of our worst storms in the first week of March and I was afraid that this would happen because not only is the storm a problem but the lake effect machine gets activated for days by the storm and keeps a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. Hopefully the storm will pass by Wednesday so teams can make it up here for Thursday.

[jrocket567]

Originally Posted by NOAA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
330 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
STORM NOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NE GULF OF MEXICO PROGGED TO TRACK
NORTHEAST UP THE COAST TONIGHT...THEN LIFT N OF THE AREA BY MON
EVENING. DYNAMICS AND LIFT IMPRESSIVE WITH THIS COASTAL SYSTEM...
WITH MODEL QPFS OF OVER AN INCH REASONABLE. BUT COLD AIR MARGINAL
FOR ANY SNOW...AND THAT ONLY FOR FAR N AND NW COUNTIES...EVEN WITH
THE COLDER GFS SOLUTION. ETA HAS BEEN TRENDING S AND E WITH LOW
TRACK...AND A LITTLE COLDER...SO DO HAVE SLIGHTLY BETTER MODEL
AGREEMENT THAN EARLIER TIMES...AND THINK A COMPROMISE BETWEEN
GFS AND ETA NOW REASONABLE.

BASED ON MODEL THICKNESSES OF THE GFS...SEE POTENTIAL FOR
A BAND OF HEAVY WET SNOW NEAR THE RAIN/SNOW TRANSITION...WHICH
MAY EFFECT OUR FAR NW COUNTIES...AND HAVE GONE WITH A WINTER STORM
WARNING THERE. FROM DORCHESTER...SE ACROSS THE NRN NECK...AND AREAS
IMMEDIATELY NW OF RICHMOND DOWN TO FARMVILLE...WITH A MIX WITH SLEET
AND RAIN EXPECTED...THINKING MORE LIKE ONE TO THREE INCHES. FOR
RICHMOND PROPER...AS IS OFTEN THE CASE...LOOKS LIKE A MIXED BAG WITH
A TRANSITION TO RAIN...WITH AMOUNTS OF ONLY AROUND IN INCH OF SLUSH.
THERE IS SOME DANGER SNOW MIGHT NOT MATERIALIZE EVEN WHERE FORECAST...
WITH PROLONGED PERIOD OF EAST FLOW THIS EVENING...AND THIS FLOW
ALREADY MODIFYING THE BOUNDARY LAYER...WITH SFC WET BULBS ALREADY
ABOVE FREEZING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA. SOME OF THIS
MODIFICATION WILL WORK ITS WAY FARTHER N TONIGHT AHD OF THE PRECIP.
PRECIP SHOULD END FROM S TO N MON AFTERNOON AS SYSTEM LIFTS N.

1. Well be in school tomorrow
2. Theres no problem about messing up VCU- or atleast in Richmond- those coming from Blacksburg might have a little bit of trouble tho.

[Don Knight]

Just another reason to pick the Arizona RegionaL

Tue
Mar 01 Sunny 72°/44°

Wed
Mar 02 Sunny 74°/46°

Thu
Mar 03 Sunny 73°/49°

Fri
Mar 04 Sunny 78°/51°

Sat
Mar 05 Mostly Sunny 77°/53°

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Don Knight

Just another reason to pick the Arizona RegionaL

Tue
Mar 01 Sunny 72°/44°

Wed
Mar 02 Sunny 74°/46°

Thu
Mar 03 Sunny 73°/49°

Fri
Mar 04 Sunny 78°/51°

Sat
Mar 05 Mostly Sunny 77°/53°

That's just plain wrong.

[jrocket567]

Originally Posted by Don Knight

Just another reason to pick the Arizona RegionaL

Id be glad to go to AZ- you want to pay for airfare??

[Katie Reynolds]

We got 12" last night, and are probably around 20" total for the last 24 hours. Some places (hopefully here!!) could see 2-3 more feet by Tuesday morning!!

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From NWS, for the next few days

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog between midnight and 4am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low near 20. East wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Monday: Periods of snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 22. Northeast wind between 10 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 7 inches possible.

Monday Night: Periods of snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 15. Wind chill values between zero and 8. North northeast wind around 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 7 inches possible.

Tuesday: Periods of snow. High near 19. Wind chill values between -1 and 4. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 23. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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It's been my observation that the NWS always underestimates by 3"-4" per day ... probably because it's unusual if we *don't* get that much in a day!! The past few days, the weather forecasts on TV have been like, "Well ... it looks like it's going to snow a lot in certain places. We don't know how much or where, because the snowfall totals keep rising. Soooo ... if you're in the UP, there'll be a lot of snow. Some places will get a foot, some will get three ... umm, keep watching!" They've upped the snowfall from flurries, to 1-2", to 4-7" in the last 12 hours!

[Bcahn836]

Uh oh, this snow can't possibly be a good thing. Team 836 leaves Wednesday morning to go to the BAE Systems regional in New Hampshire, but just one problem we are in Southern Maryland and that means we are flying, I hope our flight gets off the ground on time or even gets off the ground at all.

[JohnBoucher]

YEA.. Wednesday bus trip to Rochester.

[TheMuffinMan]

Curse you AZ and you're cheery 70+ degree weather, I love wearing shorts!

[Kyle]

Here in DE tomorrow we are maybe going to get 6-10 inches starting between 8am - 10am and then 2-4 more inches from 6-12 pm. So far this year when they have predicted snow we have gotten it, so maybe they will be wrong this time.
I hope there is no snow near the regionals this week, and good luck to all this attending them.