The folks from the National Weather Service, Blacksburg have done some tabulating and found that, climatologically, there's a 17% chance Roanoke would have an inch of snow on the ground for Christmas. Here's their breakdown for other parts of the region.
LYNCHBURG 13%
NORFOLK 3%
RICHMOND 7%
ROANOKE 17%
VIRGINIA BEACH 0%
How about the snowiest Christmases?
Roanoke (1948-2006): 1) 14.6 inches in 1969
Lynchburg (1893-2006)1) 9.9 inches in 1969
Danville (1948-2006)1) 1.0 inch in 1976
Blacksburg (1952-2006)1) 6.0 inches in 1962
If you'd like to assure yourself a white Christmas, you could build a homemade snow machine like the ski resorts use. Or, you could hire a company to do it for you. Get this...
The folks at Magic Snow can make "Dreaming of a White Christmas" a reality. MagicSnow creates the illusion of a realistic snowfall, indoors or out.
The company calls it the "self-cleaning" snow that vanishes upon contact. Snow falls on cue and disappears like magic.
(Photo Left: MagicSnow falling at Dolphin Mall in Miami)
It's amazing the lengths people would go to to have snow on Christmas Day.
I know someone (I won't mention any names...Leo Hirsbrunner) who was going to buy their own snow-maker to cover the ground in white. Wouldn't that puzzle the neighbors. It only snowed at Leo's house.
Now that would be a great Christmas present!
Happy Holiday, --Brent
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