Thank you CBS 6 Viewers

I want to send a quick thanks to all of our loyal viewers that took their time to send weather pictures to us here at CBS 6. We had literally over a thousand snow photos submitted to us over the past few days. We were only able to show a small sample of these in our newscasts, with many others going to our slide show on the CBS 6 homepage. It was one of the biggest winter storms in recent memory, and you captured it well. In addition to the photos were hundreds of snow depth reports, giving us a great idea of snow accumulations across all of central Virginia. Thanks again!

Ice A Danger Tuesday & Wednesday

After the snowfall, ice has become the primary concern for Tuesday and Wednesday in Central Virginia. As evidenced by this photograph taken this morning by viewer Ed in Rawlings, VA, icicles have formed on eaves of houses, trees, and power lines. Please be aware of these icicles.

Also, black ice continues to be a problem on many roads, as temperatures plunged into the low teens Tuesday morning, and remained there through mid-morning. Highs today will remain below freezing in much of Central Virginia Tuesday, and temperatures are expected to drop into the teens again Wednesday morning. Any snow that does melt or become slush today will refreeze again overnight, meaning round two of the black ice Wednesday morning.

--Carrie

OFFICIAL: Record Low 11 at RIC

The official report is hot off the presses from the Richmond International Airport with a new record low for March 3rd of 11 degrees. This temperature occurred at 6:48 a.m. Tuesday, which broke the old record low for this date of 14 degrees from 1925.
--Carrie

Virginia Snow Visible From Space

The snow still blanketing much of the Commonwealth Tuesday morning is visible from space. We have clear skies across the region, which is allowing an unobstructed view to the surface from space of the snow-covered ground. Below is a snapshot from this morning taken at 8:45 a.m., from the government aviation weather page. The dark grey in the image is ground that is not snow-covered, whereas the white you see on land is snowfall from the March 1-2, 2009 snowstorm from the Deep South through the Northeast. The white you see off-shore in the Atlantic is cloud cover from the exiting storm.

--Carrie--

Bottomed Out At 12 Degrees Tuesday Morning

The temperature has risen back up to 14 degrees at the Richmond International Airport after bottoming out at 12 degrees this morning for more than three hours around sunrise.
--Carrie

12 Degrees In Richmond, A New Record

As of 7:30 a.m., it is still 12 degrees in Richmond, with other temperatures in the region in the low teens and even dipping into the single digits in Western and North-Central Virginia. So far, 12 degrees is our low temperature today, which is a new record for March 3rd.
--Carrie

Winter Storm Summary Issued

For a complete summary from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center of the snow totals from this winter storm, click here. This includes totals from the Deep South all the way up the Eastern Seabord into New England.
--Carrie

It feels like ZERO degrees in Richmond

As of 6:30 a.m., the temperature at RIC is still 12 degrees, but the wind chill is ZERO degrees right now. Wind chill values are in the single digits across much of Central Virginia at this time, with air temperatures in the low teens.
--Carrie

NEW Record Low March 3

As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, the temperature at Richmond International Airport is 12 degrees, which officially breaks the record low for March 3rd of 14 degrees previously set in 1925.

But it feels even colder outside right now, with wind chills in the low single digits across much of Central Virginia.
--Carrie

Tied Record Low Tuesday

As of 4 a.m. Tuesday, Richmond International Airport officially has tied the record low for March 3, which is 14 degrees previously set in 1925. Our temperature may drop several more degrees this morning, and I will post updates to this record then!
--Carrie