El Nino-Induced Rainfall Triggers Severe Flooding in Lake Anna Area, with Water Levels Soaring to Tenth Highest in Over 50 Years

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Yesterday’s rainfall event was another in a series that started in late November 2023. Most of the Lake Anna area has received 12-13” of rain in the past 6 weeks. El Nino is responsible for these systems and the rapid turnaround from severe drought to flooding in the Lake Anna Area. Another storm is expected to impact the area Friday …

[1-9-24] Weekly Weather & Storm Update

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The big storm for Tuesday is on track. Very warm for January with temperatures (Tuesday) rising from around 30 in the morning to around 60 during the evening. Rain developing around sunrise (there could be a brief period of freezing rain at the start, but it won’t last long) and continuing through the day. Heavy rainfall likely during the afternoon …

Lake Anna 2023 Weather Roundup: a Year in Review from Michael Eckert

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Photo courtesy of Aaron Burden. The big story for the year was the drought that developed late spring and worsened over the latter half of the summer into the fall. We are still on the edge of slight drought conditions, but that should disappear by mid-January. We had spurts of big rainfall amounts to dampen the drought in early summer. …

The Sky is Falling: Preparing for Storms, Snow, & Grid Reliability

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Now that we’ve settled into winter, taken our Christmas trees down … and officially started the countdown to Spring, it’s time to focus on something that many of us might try to avoid: preparing for severe power outages and getting “snowed in”. There isn’t one of us here in Virginia who doesn’t remember what they were doing on January 3rd, …