[at-l] Weather here in SWVA

[daveh at psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

I hope the SOBO who are behind the schedule are equipped / hunkered down /
zero daying / etc.



Thing in here SWVA are getting rough.





THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...  WESTERN
AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.



NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ010>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-WVZ044- 045-051100-
ALLEGHANY NC-ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-ASHE-BATH-BEDFORD-BLAND-
BOTETOURT-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-CARROLL-CRAIG-FLOYD-FRANKLIN-GILES-
GRAYSON-GREENBRIER-HENRY-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-PATRICK-PITTSYLVANIA-
PULASKI-ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE-STOKES-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-YADKIN- 645 AM
EST THU DEC 4 2003



.  DAY ONE...



A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT.  SNOW WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...CHANGING TO SLEET AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN
BY AFTERNOON.  MOST AREAS WILL HAVE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN.  THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MAY SEE
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.  THIS WILL
LEAD TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH.  THIS IS ENOUGH
ICE TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.

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Further south it is not as bad, but bad enough, if you are not ready for it.



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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.



.  DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...



LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF TENNESSEE AS COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHWEST FROM
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN
ONE INCH.  WARMING TEMPERATURES SHOULD CHANGE SNOW TO RAIN LATER THIS
MORNING.



.  DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...



A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  MOST OF THE
MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
HOWEVER THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WITH MUCH COLDER AIR
ALOFT A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

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