Almost Done!
February 6th, 2010 at 6:40 pm by Jeremy Wheeler under Weather
We’re almost done with the snow. Here was the view from Super Doppler 10 at a little after 6pm.
Super Doppler 10
We had about 5″ reported from Gloucester Courthouse (weather watcher Pam). Jan in Reedville reported 6.75″. We had some commenters on the latest blog report 4-5″ in Williamsburg, 4″ in York county, 1′ in Virginia Beach (?), and a half inch around the Bay View area of Norfolk. I don’t have a reading from the Peninsula yet other than that one in York county.
The low is well offshore now and the upper level low is also moving offshore this evening. Winds have been gusty, but not as bad as last night. The next high tide between 2-4am will be a couple inches higher than this afternoon’s with minor tidal flooding possible. Ice will be forming on the roads. So watch out for black ice and snow blowing onto icy roads north of the metro.
Here are some photos from today:
Kathy Jo Garett sent in this photo from Croaker (northwest of Williamsburg):
Snow 2010 Croaker, VA
This next one was from Metompkin Bay near Parksley on the Eastern Shore:
Snow 2010 Near Parksley
This was sent in by Robert Coniglio.
Finally, this last photo was from the Gloucester area. Thanks Melinda Dunlap:
Snow 2010 Gloucester
Tomorrow highs will be in the lower 30s. There should be sunshine. So that will melt some of the snow/ice. Especially where only light amounts of snow fell today. Roads should be ok overall for travelling to Super Bowl events tomorrow night. However, there will be some areas north of the metro that will still have snow on the secondaries.
Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler
WAVY/Fox 43 Meteorologist
Wow I have never seen so much ice on the roads since the big ice storm many years ago here in Williamsburg. It is B-A-D. Anywhere you see black on the roads, it is pure ice.
We recived a “dusting” to MAYBE one inch near Grandview in Hampton. Strong winds off the water seemed to keep it from accumulating too much.
So late tonight (around 1-1:30AM) Virginia Beach should be fine for travel or should we expect more ice? I work 4pm-1am and am just wondering if we should be ready for more. Thanks Jeremy!