WINTERS LAST GASP TO CREATE TRAVEL HEADACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA… APR 4 2013
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT…
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF COAST STATES WILL MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING AND OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST OVERNIGHT.
THE COLD AND DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE HAS ALLOWED PRECIPITATION TO MOVE IN AS SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
DESPITE THE WARMER GROUND…INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE SLICK SPOTS AROUND THE AREA… EXPECT WARMER AIR TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN BY EARLY EVENING.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BLAND…PEARISBURG…WYTHEVILLE… RADFORD… PULASKI… BLACKSBURG… FLOYD… NEW CASTLE… ROANOKE… SALEM… FINCASTLE
* LOCATIONS…ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.
* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY WET SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.
http://www.weather.gov/rnk/
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link
