Snow Depth Thursday Morning

Even though much of yesterday's snowfall melted overnight in central Virginia, there was still just enough of it left on the grass and other elevated surfaces to see this Thursday morning. Here's the snow depth analysis for our region after yesterday's snowfall:

Here is a selection of submitted snow totals from central Virginia:
Haynesville (Richmond Co): 2.8"
Corbin (Caroline Co): 2.0"
Sandy Hook (Goochland Co): 2.0"
Newland (Richmond Co): 1.5"
Bon Air (Chesterfield Co): 1.2"
Midlothian (Chesterfield Co): 1.0"
City of Richmond: 1.0"
Cumberland Co: 1.0"
Mechanicsville (Hanover Co): 1.0"
Farmville (Prince Edward Co): 1.0"
Bumpass (Louisa Co): 1.0"

And here is the updated map of northern and western Virginia of the highest snowfall totals in our region:

Snow Totals & Storm Recap

The last band of light to moderate snow is now moving east of I-95 and should be out of the state by 11-11:30PM. Western and northern Virginia got the lion's share of the snow today. Here is a glimpse of some of the totals as of 9:30 PM:



Totals were much less in Central VA. Here are some of the totals reported on our weather chat in the Storm Room:

1.0" Hanover
1.0" West Henrico
1.0" Louisa
1.0" Buckingham
1.0" Appomattox
0.8" Woodlake
0.5" Powatan Courthouse
0.5" Tappahannock
0.3" Brandermill

Temperatures will drop into the upper 20s tonight, so untreated roads could become slick. You can find the latest road conditions at http://www.511va.org/. We're expecting temperatures to climb above freezing from 9 to 10 AM Thursday morning.

Mapping Out The Next 12 Hours

Here are some maps to help you plan the next 12 hours. The shades of purple represent snow, pink is a mix, green and yellow are rain and gray is cloud cover. You can see that most the the wintry weather will end just after midnight.