Early week snowstorm potential

**beamer_ball** · January 25th, 2011, 06:53 AM

Most sticking with lower end amounts. Morristown now has a winter storm watch posted for the area. They say a general 2-5, with over 6 possible in highest elevations. Not really anything much more than what we can typically see if theirs holds true.

Watch info:
National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

**basketballguy** · January 25th, 2011, 12:58 PM

What's the update on our areas forcast now?

**imported_elp6n** · January 25th, 2011, 04:34 PM

Local Severe Weather Alert for Norton, VA (24273)

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARING AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VERY HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ENOUGH INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING TO CREATE HAZARDOUS ROADS. SECONDARY AND BACK ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED BY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY

**LCAS_712** · January 25th, 2011, 04:48 PM

u beat me too it!!!!

**imported_elp6n** · January 25th, 2011, 04:53 PM

my iPhone weather app keeps me on track

**beamer_ball** · January 25th, 2011, 06:44 PM

I should take back what I said this morning, it was early, haha, but just wanted to put a reminder that while the amounts don't seem overwhelming (at least for now), the main concerns are for the greater possibility of more than what they expect but also mainly due to the nature of the snow. Its that quick changeover causing it to the heavy wet type and when you get 5-6 and more inches of that, then it becomes a bigger issue for downed trees and power lines. Its not like the previous damaging snow was all that great either, it was the type of snow and how it came that created the problems. We might escape that scenario this time, or maybe not, either way I just didn't want anyone to think that there would no threat of that.

**imported_elp6n** · January 25th, 2011, 07:41 PM

Although 6" of snow in itself isn't too horrible, I dont want the heavy snow. I like having electricity.

On one side, all the downed trees that landed on power lines from Dec 09 were cleared away. On the other side other trees were weakened during that storm...

**collegetrumpet2010** · January 26th, 2011, 01:07 PM

Where's the snow?

**SWVA-Football** · January 26th, 2011, 01:20 PM

Still coming down here in Coeburn, but not sticking or amounting to much of anything.

**beamer_ball** · January 27th, 2011, 09:10 PM

One complicated storm system, so little difference in track and such can drastically change things so much, but that's forecasting and the nature of this stuff. I have to say, the NWS earlier in the morning did have concerns that the low would speed up and exit the region quicker lessening the totals and that was part of the problem, along iwth the northern low being a little too far north and west and it slowed down some iin the beginning I believe which helped bring a little warmer air northward. But hey, who's complaining? Look just to our east...that happened to us not too long back, I don't believe anyone wanted a repeat and we were close. Wise was sitting at 36 for a long while, take that down just a bit and it wouldn't have been good. Those concerns regarding the wet nature of the snow also were certainly very real as you could see in the higher elevations. And yet again, people still around saying they were calling for a foot of snow when they weren't, lol.