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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States."

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• Brandon R.: Temperature has risen to 32 degrees here in Roanoke. Sun is still poking through the clouds and you can...
• Keith: Ok I made a post and see a new post. What I had commented was about the wind coming up. 2/10/2008 was the date...
• Ben: Kevin, I see the warm air surge pushing up through SC and NC…but wouldn’t the cold front moving our...
• Keith: 2/10/2008 was the date of that crazy big wind storm of 2008. I just hope we don’t have another like that...
• Henry: I think/hope we are going to get dry-slotted here in Montgomery County. I think I see a trail through the...

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Recent entries

• Window for pure snow closing; sleet more likely
• UPDATE 10:30 AM: Snow again — an early start
• UPDATE 5 AM: Well, here we snow again … overnight and early morning
• UPDATE 7:10 PM: Mix of winter advisories as ‘moderate’ snow heads toward region
• UPDATE 12:20 PM: Next shot of snow likely on Tuesday
• Take a deep (but quick) breath before the next round of winter
• UPDATE 11:30 AM: One more piece to the storm today
• UPDATE 10:25 PM: Where does the winter storm go from here?
• Roanoke at nearly half a foot halfway through the day
• UPDATE 10:30 AM: Intense snow band moving north toward Roanoke

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Special packages

• Chasing the wind: On the road in Tornado Alley