Old year warmth out, new year chill inPosted Dec31, 2007 at 12:04 AMAppropriately for the last day of a year that will finish as our warmest on record in Roanoke, we will see mild temperatures today, certainly in the mid to upper 50s and possibly even topping 60. But the first day of 2008 will bring a rude awakening that winter is still alive and well. A strong Arctic cold front will usher in a few days of breezy, cold, snow-showery weather. The snow will likely pile up nicely in the western upslope regions of West Virginia and far western Virginia during that time. A couple of stronger disturbances moving through the atmosphere may even push some accumulating snow eastward into our region by Wednesday. It won't be a lot of snow but a white ground is certainly possibly by Thursday morning. Snow or not, it will be cold, with lows in the teens to lower 20s and highs probably not getting above freezing at least one or two days in the middle to latter part of the week. |
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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." .....Advertisement.....
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