Winchester VA
A record cold Thursday morning for 3 stations in VA, but finally the
artic blast has left. From the co-op & AWOS reports, these stations had
snow on the ground at 8am Wed. Bayard WV 2.5", Keyser WV .1", Frostburg
MD .4". In addition these stations had a trace of snow on the ground 8am
Thur: Bayard WV, Frostburg WV, Gore VA (about 8 miles west of me). See
the complete reports at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VA_StormNet/message/11842 .
The record cold was tied at 2 stations & broke at a third: Dulles
Airport, 27º (tie from 1990)
Richmond 29 (30 in 1936)
Ronoake 28 (tie from 1936)
Here, despite a clear sky & calm wind over night, temperatures in town
stayed near freezing Thur am.
The low was 30.7º at 6:47am, the high was 62.2º. The PWG was 14mph
was at 3:43pm. The pollen count was 25, for trees.
A sunny sky till 10am, then a thick mantel of FW cumulus formed. Skies
were mostly cloudy 11am to 4pm, slowly clearing afterwards. The NWS
called for a mostly sunny sky.
Photo: at about 6:30pm, as clouds thin before sunset.
http://attach5.casi-internal/group/weatherpics/attach/429973/1458/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-147/Image=JPEG/snapshot.jpg
And this storm report was received from Hopewell VA [Richmond area] at
4pm Thur:
NON TSTM WIND GUST DUST DEVIL HIT FRONT OF STORE... BLOWING OUT AN 8
BY 10 FT WINDOW TOSSING GAS
CANS AND CEILING TILE 150 FT. REPORTED BY OTHER INNES
These tulips & the daffodil closes to the camera surived the 80 degree
swing in apparent temperature the past 10 days. Most of the others did
not.
http://attach3.casi-internal/group/weatherpics/attach/429973/1459/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-147/Image=JPEG/snapshot.jpg
However, the fruit crop lives on. The local newspaper did not have a
story on the near disaster, so this is from the WINC radio station
website:
NEWS: Updated Thursday 04/19/01 2:00 pm
Despite subfreezing temperatures last night, the Winchester area's fruit
crop was spared. Horticulturist Ross Byers says there was some very
minimal damage done to peaches in low-lying areas but nothing that will
prevent a full crop from being harvested. He says apple trees escaped
the cold unharmed. [WINCFM]
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