ROANOKE, Va. – Saturday Evening Update:
Tonight’s lows are looking bitterly cold where everyone will see freezing temperatures.
To go along with these cold conditions, a mix of snow and rain will come into the area overnight. Since this morning, the models have updated and indicated that the snow will come earlier and extend more towards the west.
That said, it will dry up sooner in the day and the precipitation should wrap up by the afternoon.
Accumulation amounts are still looking to be under an inch for most places, so not much has changed with that!
Once this system leaves we are still tracking a mostly dry week. Starting the week off, we will see below average temperatures and then finally warm back up by Wednesday.
We are currently tracking another upper-level disturbance that will arrive this weekend with more precipitation. Due to differing models, the precip. type is to be determined; so stay with your local Weather Authority for updates!
Saturday Morning:
A cold morning begins this day, but we will warm up a decent amount and see tempratures get into the upper 40s for most of us.
As we start this frigid morning off, a few of us are seeing some rain, snow, and wintry mix. That said, we are already seeing a big loss in that moisture.
In the next few hours, a brief dry period will take over and we will mainly be seeing overcast skies from this.
This dryness is with the exception of Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties, who could see a bit more snow come from this.
There will be yet another spread of winter weather early tomorrow morning that give everyone a short period of precipitation, whether that be a dusting of snow or some light rain.
Southside will see most of the precipitation from this event as they could see some dusting continue into the afternoon.
This system will start to wrap up tomorrow evening and be the start of a dry couple days.
As for accumulation amounts, next to nothing. Most areas will see a dusting, but will be less than an inch if more than that.
With this morning’s cold front as well as another one coming on Monday, we will see much colder temperatures as well as some hefty wind gusts, specifically in the New River Valley.
After today we will not see the 40s for our temperatures until Wednesday; and with today’s extra atmospheric moisture, it would be best to keep that jacket handy for the next bit!
Looking ahead at this weekend, some models are showing yet another chance for snow. That being said, there are differing scenarios and it is still a bit far out to determine the odds, so stay with your local Weather Authority for updates!
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