While Thursday will be very warm across the Commonwealth, with highs in the 60’s and 70’s, Friday will be even warmer with highs in the low to mid 80’s across Central and Southern Virginia! These temperatures are what we usually see well into the month of May! Temperatures will be a little cooler across the…
WINTER STORM WARNINGS are in effect for Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina from 3 PM this afternoon until 7 AM Friday morning. Strong high pressure to the north is helping to suppress the storm across Southern Virginia and into North Carolina. Dew points will be in the single digits across Northern Virginia, which is…
A weak disturbance will slide across the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia early Thursday morning and produce a burst of snow. Temperatures will range 29 to 33 degrees. The ground is cold and snow will likely accumulate on contact. There will likely be a little freezing drizzle mixed in. Elevated surfaces and untreated roads…
A wintry mix will develop between 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. across the area, likely in the form of light freezing drizzle and sleet, mixed with some snow early. A second batch of precipitation will move into the area late morning into early afternoon and will likely still fall as frozen precipitation across the Central…
Now that another weak Winter Weather event has passed, our progressive transient weather pattern shifts back to the warm side for the next 7-10 days (depending on the model you look at) with our next rain chances set for late Saturday afternoon into early Sunday. A strong Low pressure system (Great Lakes Cutter) will bring…
Across Southwest Virginia, precipitation will be moving into the area between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Some schools have already delayed class, but there’s a chance that some may end up closing, especially closer to the Virginia/West Virginia border, where more snow is likely. Across the New River Valley and far Southern Piedmont, a mix…
A area of low pressure will move from the Tennessee River Valley this morning, into the Mid-Atlantic region this afternoon. A surface low pressure system will develop off the coast. The axis of the moderate to heavy bursts of snow will be across the Highlands, Northern and Central Virginia Piedmont, and the Northern and Central…
SNOWFALL MAP – FIRST CALL (TUESDAY) A low pressure system will move across the Tennessee River Valley and into the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday. Cold air in place Tuesday morning will precipitation to be in the form of snow across Southwestern Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, and portions of the Virginia Piedmont. While this is a quick moving…
November was bitter cold and December was the exact opposite. Does that mean winter is over? The short answer to that is NO. First, the technical stuff: Taking a look at the Sea Surface Temperature anomalies, one issue is the position of the “warm blob” over the Gulf of Alaska. This IS and WILL be…
Thursday night will be cold and dry, with lows in the mid-20’s across much of the Shenandoah Valley. On Friday, high pressure will move off the Northeast coast, with light precipitation moving northward from the Carolina’s into Southwest and Southern Virginia. Classic cold-air damming event (cold air trapped at the surface) will result in a…
