Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year's Eve Forecast Update

A few scattered light rain showers will be possible this evening and overnight in Central Virginia, but the widespread rain from earlier today has exited to the east. All Winter Weather Advisories are also expired now. Patchy fog and mist will continue this afternoon with high temperatures in the upper-30's and low-40's.

Much colder weather is expected to blast into the Mid-Atlantic this weekend. Winds will be in the 20-30 mph range Saturday and Sunday from the Northwest, advecting in much colder air for the first days of 2010.
Here's a recap of some of the winter weather reports this morning in Virginia:
Ice:
Charlottesville 0.20"
Reston 0.10"
near Dulles International 0.10"
Warrenton 0.10"
Standardsville 0.05"
Herndon 0.03"
Massaponax 0.02"
Rixeyville 0.01"

Snowfall:
Covington 3.2"
Craigsville 2.6"
Blacksburg 2.3"
Winchester 2.1"
Staunton 1.3"
Galax 1.0"
Luray 1.0"
Linden 1.0"
Sperryville 0.2"

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