Blustery winds will blow snowflakes in tonight and Wednesday
Posted Feb26, 2008 at 12:24 AM
After a cold front pushes through some showers today, strong northwest winds will kick in as a low pressure system develops in the Northeast. This is a familiar prescription for upslope snow showers, and this time, they will likely continue for so long that some of the higher elevation areas in eastern West Virginia could get 6 or more inches of snow. That's why winter storm watches were issued for a few counties over that way on Monday to cover the time from 6 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. Thursday. There will be enough bleed-over from the upslope snows that some places in the New River Valley could get a dusting to an inch, and I wouldn't even be surprised to see a couple of the more vigorous snow showers amid off and on flurries in the Roanoke Valley briefly whiten the ground in a few places. Not a big snowstorm for the New River and Roanoke valleys, but enough snowflakes in the air to remind us that it's still winter.
The latest from the National Weather Service in Blacksburg
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