Snow Forecast For Virginia

Fxfymn413 · Jan 2, 2022

The weather liars are all astir that we are going to have snow tonight and tomorrow morning. Since this could be the first snow of the season they are in the full "abandon your car now" frenzy even though it is not predicted to arrive until morning and it is currently 60 degrees F outside.

For those folks who might be concerned I can assure you that now that I have put the "it will never snow when this blade is put on the tractor" snow plow we are safe and you can plan on a beach day tomorrow.

Rustyiron · Jan 2, 2022

I hope that you have a nice, plowable snow.

Fxfymn413 · Jan 2, 2022

Rustyiron said:
I hope that you have a nice, plowable snow

Thanks!

As is very typical for our area the forecasters are now upping the amount from 3 to 6 to 6 to 12 and they are already closing the schools. The most likely outcome will be no snow and the forecasters telling everyone how hard it is to forecast the weather in this area.

groundcover · Jan 2, 2022

Waiting for the pictures!

Thomas · Jan 2, 2022

One thing for sure you are ready for old man winter.

CADplans · Jan 2, 2022

Thomas said:
One thing for sure you are ready for old man winter.

No chains,, yet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Root Cause · Jan 2, 2022

I am just south of you and bought a blade 3 summers ago. I religiously put it on in November and took it back off in March. No snow since I bought it. I didn't bother putting it on this fall but think between the two blades, we are safe.

Wagtail · Jan 2, 2022

What's the "Bread & Milk" panic buying situation?

MossyDell · Jan 2, 2022

Our Kroger is cleaned out of bread and milk and more! I put my new blade on as insurance against actual snow . . .

lman · Jan 2, 2022

If it's like what we got last night, you won't need your blade.

CADplans · Jan 2, 2022

lman said:
If it's like what we got last night, you won't need your blade.

When our snow comes from the Gulf of Mexico, we get "obliterated",,
then, when it travels north past us, in New England it is called a "Nor easter",, IIRC,,

Recently, this is a LOT for us,,

That much hardly needs moved,,

s219 · Jan 2, 2022

It was 70F here today and I was sweating as I blew out some water lines (since it will be 18F tomorrow night). That's a 52 degree drop in just over 24 hours.

Calling for 4-6" of snow here tomorrow during the day, but I have a hard time believing any of it will stick, as warm as it's been lately. If it does stick I imagine it will be slush. Whether that hardens up tomorrow night when it's 18F is anyone's guess. The ground is very warm right now.

Betting my daughter won't have school or be delayed on Tuesday either way. Some school systems here already canceled for Monday which seems like a major overreaction to me. The modern day attitudes here in Virginia are so different than when I grew up in New England. Back then it seems like they tried to keep school open. Now it seems like they look for an excuse to close.

TMGT · Jan 2, 2022

The over reactive school closing is a more recent thing in my part of VA(guessing liability fears?) I remember the busses chaining up when it snowed, now they close even if there is a chance of flurries.

In this areas defense, we do get a lot of ice and have some pretty bad back roads, I've watched "northerners" get stuck or wreck because they don't understand how slick it can get here with the ice.

When I was in Michigan I could drive my old civic anywhere no problem as long as the snow wasn't soo deep I couldn't push it. Here I'm lucky to get out if the driveway in a 4x4 with good tires a lot of times. Different kind of snow conditions, snow is easy to drive in, ice ice/snow not so much.

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TMGT · Jan 2, 2022

Oh and for good measure I put the blade on the tractor and the snow blower in the Sunstar, lift cylinder hose started leaking on Sunstar so hopefully that doesn't negate its anti-snow abilities!

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newbury · Jan 3, 2022

s219 said:
The modern day attitudes here in Virginia are so different than when I grew up in New England. Back then it seems like they tried to keep school open. Now it seems like they look for an excuse to close.

In Vermont we knew how to drive and when NOT to drive in the snow. And we could sort of depend on others to know also. In mixed Northern Virginia I can't depend on the driver in front of me.

Fxfymn413 · Jan 3, 2022

s219 said:
The modern day attitudes here in Virginia are so different than when I grew up in New England. Back then it seems like they tried to keep school open. Now it seems like they look for an excuse to close.

As a fellow New England expatriate I agree completely. But then again I fear the "crusty old Yankees" that were around then must be disappearing as well since the MA governor ordered all drivers off the roads before a storm a few years ago. That never would have happened when I was growing up there in the 60's.

Here is the difference: A few years ago we were in MA in February when it started snowing on Sunday morning and by dark it had accumulated to about 2 feet. By Monday morning the sidewalks and streets were clear and the kids were on their way to school. In VA the the snow inches to days off ratio is about 3 to 1 so they would have been off 7 or 8 days.

As a young driver I couldn't wait to get out in the snow and play around. Its what teaches you how to handle it, not fear it. By the time I was 18 I had my own Jeep and a plow route to pay for it.

CADplans · Jan 3, 2022

At 04:20am it was RAINING hard!!
at 07:00am,, we had 1" of snow on grassy type surfaces (and cars)

It is still coming down,,,,, hard!

Hay Dude · Jan 3, 2022

Fxfymn413 said:
As a fellow New England expatriate I agree completely. But then again I fear the "crusty old Yankees" that were around then must be disappearing as well since the MA governor ordered all drivers off the roads before a storm a few years ago. That never would have happened when I was growing up there in the 60's.

Here is the difference: A few years ago we were in MA in February when it started snowing on Sunday morning and by dark it had accumulated to about 2 feet. By Monday morning the sidewalks and streets were clear and the kids were on their way to school. In VA the the snow inches to days off ratio is about 3 to 1 so they would have been off 7 or 8 days.

As a young driver I couldn't wait to get out in the snow and play around. Its what teaches you how to handle it, not fear it. By the time I was 18 I had my own Jeep and a plow route to pay for it.

Aka “the wussification of America”

Fxfymn413 · Jan 3, 2022

Well I guess I have to eat my words on this one..

It started around 6 this morning and this pic was taken around 8:55. We just had "thunder snow" as well.

Diggin It · Jan 3, 2022

One thing we forget 'now' is that there are a lot more people on a lot more roads and everybody wants to get every where right now. Another thing is the vehicles. My 68 Fury III was a tank ... literally. I forget what it weighed, but it would go though 10" of snow with little effort. I won't put my '95 wagon on more than 2-3 inches.