Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 249 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2014 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-061>064-069-071>078-083>086-099-020400- /O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.A.0004.140303T0900Z-140304T0300Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN- HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- ACCOMACK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...LOUISA...GOOCHLAND... ASHLAND...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA 249 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL VIRGINIA TO THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...THEN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE. * HAZARDS: PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIAL FOR 4 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH A LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. * TEMPERATURES: STARTING IN THE 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH INLAND...AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH NEAR THE BAY AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE. * TIMING: LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: ANY RAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO A BRIEF WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDDAY...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL RESULTING FROM ICY THEN SNOW COVERED ROADS IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING MONDAY...WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Daily Archives: March 1, 2014
March 3, 2014: Rain to Significant Snow?
A major winter storm is shaping up for the Ohio Valley and Northeast that will come through Central Virginia on Sunday into Monday. Trends now indicate that Richmond could even see some significant snowfall, per the NWS forecast this morning:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 434 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>064-066>078-080>086-090-091-099-100-020945- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX- MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-YORK-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 434 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END MONDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.