snowstorm #3

[Jeff in VA]

early prognosis on this weekend's weather setting up for the mid-Atlantic, shows an even BIGGER storm than what we got this weekend. Still too early to lock in a precip forecast, but this one could be a doozey.......stay tunedparty1:

Jeff

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/mjeff87/outlook1_small.jpg

[Cnickgo]

Hmm I need an immediate reason to visit the Valley...

[xjtrailrider]

Its supposed to snow/sleet here again (Roanoke) tonight and tomorrow.

[bigalpha]

Yeah, it's a Miller A type storm and TN doesn't get squat. Good luck with it.

[Jeff in VA]

Yeah, it's a Miller A type storm and TN doesn't get squat. Good luck with it.

Most impressive, grasshopper......:cheers:

although this setup kind of gets it's bang going from more of a "B" scenario, there's a blocking low swinging down into the area tomorrow from the NW that's going to get pushed off the Atl coast as this low moves in. If things go as predicted, and the cold H pressure system drops down from the lakes area, that offshore L will steer the system right thru my backdoor.

Yeah, I'm a weather geek.....:looser:

Jeff

[bigalpha]

Oh snap. I'm on a local TN WX forum so I've been picking up on some stuff. Not as big of a geek as you seem to be, though, haha.

We got 5" with the last system so that's 5" more than we've gotten in two years.

I havent checked up on any chatter of the latest GFS runs, but it's doubtful mid TN gets anything but cold rain.

[xjtrailrider]

Oh snap. I'm on a local TN WX forum so I've been picking up on some stuff. Not as big of a geek as you seem to be, though, haha.

We got 5" with the last system so that's 5" more than we've gotten in two years.

I havent checked up on any chatter of the latest GFS runs, but it's doubtful mid TN gets anything but cold rain.

You just haven't been alive long enough! It snowed 18" in January 1995 in Nashville/Central 10-O-C. I was there and in college. NO one but us "outsiders" knew how to drive in it. I had a blast watching the locals get stuck in 4wd's while my Ford Fiesta went where ever I pointed it.

[bigalpha]

Well, I didn't move to TN until 1999, and before that I lived in places that had exciting snow e.g. Kansas, Germany.

Mid TN blows for snow.

Though, according to this map, some people will get hammered. http://www.twisterdata.com/index.php?prog=forecast&model=GFS&grid=3&model_yyyy=2010&model_mm=02&model_dd=01&model_init_hh=18&fhour=120&parameter=SNOWIN&level=SURFACE&unit=none&maximize=n&mode=singlemap&sounding=n&output=image&archive=false

[UNCC_99XJ]

Looks like mainly an Ice event for us this weekend...wonderful.

[thechief86]

i sure wish tn would get some more snow..... i would love to have to tunnel from the house to the jeep! not sure what i'd do when i got there, but yeah!

[xjtrailrider]

Pouring down snow here, it started around 6am and we now have about 3" on the ground. Thats a inch an hour rate!

They are calling on around a foot.

[Ghost]

You guys suck! We got a samll dusting twice last year. So far we are 0-3! :bawl:

[bigalpha]

Clarksville just went almost 5 years without a measureable snowfall.

[YJ-GENRAL]

its raining here in cleveland yay! :(

[xjtrailrider]

They are saying that Charlottsvile VA will get around 28". I'll bet there will be some snow wheelin going on at Crozet.

[Ghost]

They are saying that Charlottsvile VA will get around 28". I'll bet there will be some snow wheelin going on at Crozet.

Is there a web site for Crozet?

[xjtrailrider]

Is there a web site for Crozet?

I think this is it; http://rcpfa.com/index.php

[Ghost]

I think this is it; http://rcpfa.com/index.php

Sweet! Crozet is the city its in too right?

[UNCC_99XJ]

We didn't even get the ice event...been a cold, cold rain here the whole time. Was watching news reports up in Greensboro it turned over to a heavy snow unexpectedly and the roads were a mess for the morning rush hour. Schools up there made the call last night to close today in anticipation of ice, and they didn't re-open until yesterday from last weekends storm...so they got pretty much the whole week off....not fair!!!

They're calling 2 feet plus up around D.C. where my cousin lives...ohh how I wish I could drop everything and take a road trip :D

[flash2pablo]

The roads aren't really bad yet in Lynchburg. I have been out all morning and it just doesn't seem cold enough to stick to the roads.

[xjtrailrider]

Sweet! Crozet is the city its in too right?

Well, Crozet is more of a "One Horse Town" than it is a city LOL! But yes the park is less than 2 miles out of that town.

[xjtrailrider]

The roads aren't really bad yet in Lynchburg. I have been out all morning and it just doesn't seem cold enough to stick to the roads.

We are closing in on 5" here and its really snowing hard.

[Blue 97 XJ]

APP State is Closed we got a lot of ice and things are just plane nasty out. But hey it got me out of history test, but then again it means Monday is going to blow.

[Skreed]

CAn you weather guys explain to me why so many snow storms are hitting the more southern areas that usually don't see as much snow? I'm here in northern new jersey, I;m 28 years old and have never seen in my life southern jersey, Delaware, Maryland, northern va region get hit with tons more snow in a season then northern jersey, northeast pa, southern ny area. They are calling for only as little as 3 to as much as 14 for my area, but 20 to 30 inches in the more southern areas that i mentioned again same as last few storms.

Just curious.

[xjtrailrider]

CAn you weather guys explain to me why so many snow storms are hitting the more southern areas that usually don't see as much snow? I'm here in northern new jersey, I;m 28 years old and have never seen in my life southern jersey, Delaware, Maryland, northern va region get hit with tons more snow in a season then northern jersey, northeast pa, southern ny area. They are calling for only as little as 3 to as much as 14 for my area, but 20 to 30 inches in the more southern areas that i mentioned again same as last few storms.

Just curious.

Its global warming, Al Gore invented it:roflmao:

[UNCC_99XJ]

CAn you weather guys explain to me why so many snow storms are hitting the more southern areas that usually don't see as much snow? I'm here in northern new jersey, I;m 28 years old and have never seen in my life southern jersey, Delaware, Maryland, northern va region get hit with tons more snow in a season then northern jersey, northeast pa, southern ny area. They are calling for only as little as 3 to as much as 14 for my area, but 20 to 30 inches in the more southern areas that i mentioned again same as last few storms.

Just curious.

El Nino....we usually get a "wet" winter on El Nino winters, and this year the temps have actually been colder than normal..thus resulting in more snow than normal. We usually get ice.

[bigalpha]

I hear that some of you are going to get something like 30" of snow. Bastards.

[xjtrailrider]

I don't know how much we have had but its still snowing. I shoveled the driveway 4 times today and I still can't see pavement. I plan on doing some snow wheeling tomorrow after i do some welding on my axle.

[bigalpha]

Have you thought about buying a small torch end to fit a propane tank?

[xjtrailrider]

Have you thought about buying a small torch end to fit a propane tank?

I can shovel the driveway to the pavement, but by the time i get to the end of the driveway its already covered again:smsoap:

Its really snowing hard this morning again, I think we have about 15" of snow.

[YJ-GENRAL]

its raining like a blizzard here in cleveland i dont know if my house is under snow completely yet but when i looked out my window at work just a sec ago all i saw was gravel parking lot, thought i was snowed in ... man crazy weather we are having...

[jeepgeek2002]

i saw on Yahoo they said 2.5 feet of snow in Maryland/DC area. My brother lives there. They re asking people with 4x4s to help get doctors to hospitals.

Mark

[BruceB83]

i saw on Yahoo they said 2.5 feet of snow in Maryland/DC area. My brother lives there. They re asking people with 4x4s to help get doctors to hospitals.

Mark

I saw them relaying this message on Fox News a little while ago. What an awesome excuse to go play in the snow!

[thechief86]

that sucks so much donkey glue you don't even wanna know.... it's just been raining here for a porkin week straight! i'm movin to virginia.

[bigalpha]

I'm jealous. Pics, I need to live vicariously through you.

[xjtrailrider]

I went out and played in the trail rig but left my phone(on purpose) and forgot the camera.

Here are some pics from this am and this afternoon, look at my snow piles on each side of the driveway.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/xjtrailrider/commander/snow1-1.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/xjtrailrider/commander/snow2-1.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/xjtrailrider/commander/snow3-1.jpg

[Jeff in VA]

I saw them relaying this message on Fox News a little while ago. What an awesome excuse to go play in the snow!

Our local club has been out since yesterday afternoon running med staff in and out of one of the local hospitals. I got back in around 1AM this morning, got some sleep, and went back out around 8. Just came in now for some dinner and a shower (and a nap.....), and will probably be back out again in a few hours for the evening shift. Yeehaw.

Jeff

[xjtrailrider]

VDOT plowed our road a few minute ago, we threw snowballs at him for messing up our "block sledding party" tonight, we had hot chocolate and beer ready. I even went out got a new sled, a "Flexible Flyer", now there is no ice to sled on. Damn plow trucks:smsoap:

[xjtrailrider]

Our local club has been out since yesterday afternoon running med staff in and out of one of the local hospitals. I got back in around 1AM this morning, got some sleep, and went back out around 8. Just came in now for some dinner and a shower (and a nap.....), and will probably be back out again in a few hours for the evening shift. Yeehaw.

Jeff

We have C.E.R.T. people around here for that now. Our hospitals won't let us help out unless we have our CERT certification. It takes 8 Saturdays to complete the course but you are fully insured while transporting med staff.

[Jeff in VA]

sheesh.....CERT training....we're just neighbors helping neighbors:cheers:

Here's a couple pics from this morning's runs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/mjeff87/garage001-7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/mjeff87/garage002-7.jpg

[xjtrailrider]

I'm not CERT certified so I don't have to worry about it. I can't afford 8 Saturdays to sit in a class. My wife is a RN so I take care of transporting her.

[jeepgeek2002]

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/xjtrailrider/commander/snow2-1.jpg

holy crap dude.. 1 cherokee aint enough?

Mark

[xjtrailrider]

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/xjtrailrider/commander/snow2-1.jpg

holy crap dude.. 1 cherokee aint enough?

Mark

I have 2 more not in the pic

[UNCC_99XJ]

It ain't fair I tell ya! It just ain't fair!!!!

It rained like a mother all damn day yesterday....had it been snow we'd be up to our eyeballs in it!!!

[bigalpha]

Awesome. They called for us to get around an inch but we didnt get any.

[Wayne Sihler]

I normally post in the North Atlantic forum.
Check out my pics in the Holy Friggin snow storm thread.
Wife & sons XJ in the first pic,mine in 2nd pic
Wayne

[flash2pablo]

Snow in the driveway.

http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63243%3Enu%3D3289%3E246%3E969%3EWSNR CG%3D33%3C23683%3A%3A32%3Bnu0mrj

http://images5b.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6325%3B%3Enu%3D3289%3E246%3E969%3EWS NRCG%3D33%3C23%3A356632%3Bnu0mrj

THat is more than we have gotten in any of the storms this year.

[bigalpha]

I'm SO jealous of you snow people.

[xjtrailrider]

Wayne, I like snow but damn! Did you all get the 30" they were calling for?

My brother is in Alexandria but I havent spoke with him yet.

[Cnickgo]

I normally post in the North Atlantic forum.
Check out my pics in the Holy Friggin snow storm thread.
Wife & sons XJ in the first pic,mine in 2nd pic
Wayne


There are XJs in those pictures?

[Wayne Sihler]

There are XJs in those pictures?

Yep, wifes 98 is in foreground,stock 225 tires. Sons 87 behind 3" lift on his.
My 96 w/4 1/2" lift on 33,s down the driveway.

Come on up,only half way shoveled out.

Wayne

[Wayne Sihler]

Wayne, I like snow but damn! Did you all get the 30" they were calling for?

My brother is in Alexandria but I havent spoke with him yet.

Didn,t measure,but it is over 24" in driveway,that was clear of the 5" we had at the first of the week.

Wayne