Fog Update

The Dense Fog Advisory has expired for most of Central Virginia, but does remain in effect for the counties highlighted in orange until Noon. This does include the cities of Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, and Staunton. A Ground Stop program is still in effect for DCA, BWI, and IAD, and will likely remain in effect until late morning or mid-day. Click here for the latest on those airports.
Elsewhere in Central Virginia, patchy fog will linger until late-morning, when visibilities should be much improved.

Dense Fog Advisory Thanksgiving Morning

A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. for all of Central Virginia this Thanksgiving Morning. Northern Virginia into the D.C.-Baltimore areas will remain under the Dense Fog Advisory until Noon. The combination of damp ground from days of drizzle and showers, clearing skies overnight, and calm winds has led to many areas of dense fog developing. Visibilities widespread are below a half-mile, with many spots reduced to a quarter-mile. Conditions should improve mid-morning. Please use extra caution traveling this morning, allowing extra time to get to your destination, and also keeping your headlights on the low-beam setting. Here is the Richmond view from our Dominion Cam downtown. It looks more like San Francisco than Richmond!
And here's the view from downtown Petersburg.

If you're flying out this morning, be sure to check for flight delays at airports across the country here.

Here's a fog shot taken this morning by Ed Jones in Rawlings:

Be safe! And Happy Thanksgiving from the CBS 6 Storm Team!

November Rainfall Update

We already know that Richmond International Airport has recorded the wettest November on record (see previous blog entry), but we've continued to add to that rainfall tally yesterday and early Wednesday morning. As of 7 a.m., November 2009 at RIC has 8.11" of rainfall. We've surpassed the old record-holder of 1959 by about half an inch! That's pretty significant for breaking a record. And, there's still that persistent drizzle this morning, which will keep adding to that monthly total.

So where do we stand for the year?

Year-to-date precip: 38.67" (through 7 a.m. Wednesday)
That's -1.52" departure from normal for year-to-date precipitation.