Henrico Weather

Agree. It's gimmicky but it's definitely an eye catcher and, as you said, makes for a great billboard. Couple of weeks ago we were returning from Winston Salem and passed by the one just off I-40 in Greensboro at night. Impressive and glitzy, especially at night. A lot of places you'd definitely NOT want one, but in the right place it's not too bad.

Yep. Without these, we are a Lynchburg or a Roanoke.

Arby's closing their location in Three James Center due to remodeling of the atrium area. Just a chain, but having worked down in that part of town, it was always good to have this option if you needed something quick and reasonably tasteful. For the number of folks that work in that area, there are very few options for a quick lunch. https://wtvr.com/2019/11/04/james-center-arbys-bizsense/

Ha! I don't have to use too much imagination to guess what they called it!

Went to Winston-Salem last week, and found I am extremely jealous of their Wells Fargo Center building. I wish we had something that distinctive on our skyline. The way it was lit at night made it look even more striking. Sure beats boxes. https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/north-carolina/winston-salem-forsyth-county-11283 Compare: Wells Fargo Center 34 floors, 460 feet James Monroe Bldg 29 floors, 449 feet New Dominion Tower 20 floors, 417 feet Federal Reserve 26 floors, 394 feet Winston-Salem center city population is just a little larger than Richmond's (244,605 vs 227,032), but Richmond's metro population is much larger (1,263,617 vs 676,673). Seems like we should be able to support something bigger than Winston-Salem. But, I know, preaching to the choir.....

First night in the 30s since Spring. Finally feels like Fall around these parts! Last night's low in Short Pump/Wyndham was 37 degrees.

I don't know that I've ever seen such stuff before! Whatever it was, it left 1.6 inches of it in my gauge out here in the Short Pump area.

Looking like voluntary water restrictions may be going into effect shortly. http://cordpu.blogspot.com/2019/10/city-of-richmond-and-regional-partners.html?m=1

Richmond has tied or set new record high's, for their respective dates, 4 out of the last 6 days in a row (if today's projected high plays out.) Wednesday's high marks the hottest October temperature ever recorded in Richmond, and that record may be broken today, with a high near 100 expected. High/low records are usually broken by a degree or two. Yesterday and today will not even have been close, blowing past the old records by 4 to 6 degrees. September went on record as both the 5th hottest AND 5th driest September ever recorded in Richmond, a combination that has resulted in some pretty serious drought-like conditions around the area. Some much cooler temperatures (translate that to near normal) will be coming in on Friday through the weekend with highs in the 70s. However, dry conditions will persist for the next couple of weeks. There may be some showery weather on Monday or Tuesday, but nothing near what is needed to alleviate the drought. No water restrictions have been applied yet, but when it gets to this point, I always like to self regulate and try to use water sensibly.

So, ummm... This is kind of like cleaning out the litter box and replacing it with used litter. https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/10/02/arbys-on-broad-to-make-way-for-wawa/

Also... Drought conditions are forecasted to continue and intensify in October. Central and southwestern Virginia will see the worst of it.

We are headed into uncharted territory this week, folks.

The city's new parking convenience abatement plan.

Drought conditions continue to build in the Richmond area and across the state. This map shows that September rainfall was only about 10% of normal in the Richmond metro. With no significant rain in sight for at least the next 2 weeks, and temperatures WAY above normal for this time of year (80 to 90) don't be surprised if you start seeing water restrictions around the region in the near future. Twitter - @HenricoWxGeek

For most in the area, if they were aware of it at all, it sounded/felt like thunder. If you were asleep you probably wouldn't have even been woken by it. The epicenter was less than a mile from my house. This activity is related to the same deep fault that triggered the Louisa quake that caused damage throughout the region several years ago. Small shakes like these happen fairly regularly in central Virginia.

These look a little.... institutional. https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/09/20/eagle-construction-breaks-ground-on-first-development-in-the-city/

Current US Drought Monitor shows most of Richmond area as "Abnormally Dry" with areas just to the west as "Moderate Drought". With no significant rain in the extended forecast through the end of the month, these conditions could be expected to worsen.

This event is for job seekers in the Richmond area. This is the largest job fair in our area. While sponsored by the Richmond Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, it is open to the entire public and is FREE. It is being held at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center on Friday, October 4. See link below for details.... https://richmondhokies.org/careerexpo

As promised, here is the information for the next meeting of the Central Virginia Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. All local AMS meetings are open to the public and FREE. You do NOT have to be a member to attend. Meetings are held about every two months, and a speaker or topic of interest are always on hand (last meeting we had NBC12 weatherman Jim Duncan). The next meeting will be October 19th at the Henrico Math & Science Innovation Center. See announcement below for details.... Come out to the next meeting of the Central Virginia Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) at 1:00 pm, Saturday, October 19th at the Henrico Math Science Innovation Center (MSIC), 2401 Hartman Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23223. Our host will be Carroll Ellis, Geoscience Educator and Flight Director of the Challenger Learning Center. Park in the main parking lot. The meeting will start in Room D-9. Meeting agenda, subject to change: Welcome/Introductions Reminder: Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon 2019 - Saturday, October 26th, 9-5 pm, Science Museum of Virginia, great list of speakers, tickets now on sale at Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon 2019. The Central Virginia Chapter of the AMS is manning the registration table. We need several volunteers to assist! Please email me if you can help out. Meeting Host: Carroll Ellis, Geoscience Educator and Flight Director of the Challenger Learning Center, MSIC. Tour of the Weather Emergency Operation Center Tour of the Challenger Learning Center Discussion of the "War on Earth Science" Tornado Fujita Scale Activity Tour of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's extensive air quality monitoring site Next meeting: Chapter Holiday Party, Thursday evening, December 12th. Reminder: Please take the time to fill out this short Central Virginia AMS Chapter survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T6JYZL9 All Central Virginia Chapter AMS meetings are welcome to all with an interest in meteorology/weather (professional meteorologists and weather enthusiasts). Although encouraged, chapter members do not need to be members of the AMS. If you know anyone who would like to be included in chapter email notifications or if you would like to be removed from the email notification list, please let me know. Please feel free to invite others and distribute this email. Thank you. Dan Salkovitz Meteorologist Virginia Department of Environmental Quality [email protected] Secretary, Central Virginia Chapter AMS

700 units in my neck of the woods will certainly impact the schools in my area. Many of them are at/near/above capacity. There is some redistricting being done right now. I wonder if this was part of that consideration, or if it will just need to be adjusted down the road again later on.

Richmond tied a record high for September 12 yesterday, of 98 degrees. The last time it was that hot on this date was 119 years ago on 9/12/1900.

9/12/19 Update: There are currently 2 tropical features that could potentially affect the Richmond area. The one shown in red will not directly pose any threat to the immediate area, since it will most likely enter the Gulf and threaten coastal interests in TX, LA, AL, MS, FL. There is always the possibility that the remnants could ride up the Appalachians as a low pressure system and (hopefully!) give us some rain early next week. The second feature, shown in orange, has some potential to develop into something more substantial than it is currently exhibiting. The current projected track takes it into the Caribbean sometime mid next week. It is way too early to determine the full track of this storm, or even if it fully develops. There is always the potential for significant effects from a tropical feature like this, but it could also just as easily turn out to sea before it gets this far. I'll post up further developments as these two features evolve.

I hope you folks will indulge me in allowing the creation of a new topic “Richmond Area Weather”. It’s a topic interesting to me, and I’d love to be able to share that interest if you’ll allow. I feel the topic is germane to this forum because one of the attributes that businesses and individuals often look for when relocating or starting up in an area is climate desirability. The climate also often dictates the type of construction that is suitable in an area. If you’re interested in keeping this as a rolling topic, I’d be happy to provide updates and insight into current happenings in Richmond area weather. I would generally drop a comment or two each week, and leave the filler discussions to you folks. (For daily updates and weather chatter, feel free to follow my weather bloggy-thingy on Twitter at @HenricoWxGeek .) I am a National Weather Service trained spotter for the Wakefield NWS office, and a member of the Central Virginia Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. I also run the Twitter page for that organization - @CentralVaAMS. We have meetings about every two months, and anyone who is interested in weather can attend. I will post the times for those as they become known. So, to kick things off, I just thought I’d post some general climate data for the area. Hope you folks find this interesting! Thanks. Summary of the Richmond area climate: Richmond’s climate is temperate and typical of the middle-Atlantic region where the summers are hot and humid, and the winters are cold and wet. It can be generalized as partly cloudy year round. Annual temperatures typically vary from 29 degrees to 89 degrees and are only occasionally below 16 or above 96. (Wikipedia) The area is situated geographically as to where it is on the battle lines between continental air masses that flow over the mountains from the Northwest, and maritime air masses (including hurricanes, nor-easters, and basic low pressure systems) which frequently approach the area from the southeast and southwest. Consequently, the area alternates between cooler/dryer air and warmer/moist air. The clash can set up significant snow and rain storms and also prolonged droughts, depending on which air mass is prevailing at any given time. The area’s altitude is not a significant climate factor, except that there are some moderate temperature gradients between the lower end of the metro area (around 100 ft), and the far western suburbs (around 350 feet). This is just enough to sometimes make the difference between just rain and several inches of snow from east to west across the metro area. The listings below give an overview of the area’s climate with Richmond data being taken from the lower eastern end of the metro at Richmond International Airport, as well as from the higher western end in Short Pump. Some comparisons have been made to other US cities with similar climates. Average Annual Rainfall Richmond 44 in Short Pump 43 in Average Annual Snowfall Richmond 11 in (similar to Knoxville, Oklahoma City, Seattle) Short Pump 13 in (similar to Asheville, Lexington, Wichita) Average High/Low for Hottest and Coldest Months Richmond July 90/68 Jan 47/28 Short Pump July 87/67 Jan 46/26 Average Number of Days Where Temperature Falls Below Freezing Richmond 81 Short Pump 89 Overall Average Annual Temp Richmond 59 (similar to Louisville, Nashville, Washington) Short Pump 57 (similar to Baltimore, Kansas City, St Louis) Average Elevation Above Sea Level Richmond 167 feet (similar to Boston, Washington, Newark) Short Pump 312 feet (similar to Memphis, Fairfax, Harrisburg PA)

Norfolk's Nauticus might be a good illustration of how to build a large building in a flood plain/tidal zone.