Snow Showers & Gusty Winds Linger In Peninsulas

Snow showers combined with gusty winds are kicking up snow in parts of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula mid-day Friday. Moderate snowfall is tracking southeast at 20 mph at this time, and will affect areas along and north of I-64 for another hour or so. Additional accumulations should be less than 0.5" from these new showers, but with the gusty winds, snow on the ground will be blown about and can reduce visibilities a bit.

Elsewhere, skies are clear in Central Virginia with much colder air surging into the Mid-Atlantic. Northwest winds will stay in the 15-20 mph range all afternoon, with higher gusts.

Wind Chills are currently in the upper teens and low-20's in the region.

Snow Reports

Only a light snowfall fell in Central Virginia overnight, just enough to dust grassy and elevated surfaces, and make the roads wet enough to produce a thin glaze of ice once temperatures dropped below freezing Friday around sunrise. Here are some of the snow reports coming in this morning:

White Stone 4.0"

Tappahannock 3.0"

Newland 3.0"

Lancaster 2.5"

Reedville 2.0"

Warsaw 2.0"

Northumberland 2.0"

Reston 1.8"

Sterling 1.8"

Vienna 1.5"

Hanover 1.1"

Warrenton 1.0"

Winchester 1.0"

Gwynn Island 1.0"

Ruther Glen 1.0"

King William 1.0"

Reagan National Airport 1.0"

Manassas 1.0"

Disputanta 0.8"

Williamsburg 0.6"

Coatesville 0.5"

Carson 0.5"

Newport News 0.5"

Massanutten 0.5"

Fishersville 0.5"

Luray 0.5"

Staunton 0.5"

Waynesboro 0.4"

Chesterfield 0.3"

Wakefield 0.3"

Charlottesville 0.1"

Cold Front Sweeping Through

The surface low associated with the potent, fast-moving upper system that brought Central Virginia a dusting of snowfall overnight is sweeping rapidly northeast Friday morning. The surface cold front is also following suit, moving quickly through Central Virginia this morning with gusty northwest winds behind it. This front will usher in much colder temperatures that will stay with us all weekend in the region.

Weather Update 6AM

Light snow continues to exit to the east early this Friday morning. As a result, the Winter Weather Advisories have been allowed to expire early for most of the state. Only parts of the Northern Neck remain in the advisory until 8 a.m., where light snow is still falling at this time.

Light Snowfall Ending

A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for far eastern Virginia this morning, where light snowfall is still falling at 5 a.m. The overnight snow left accumulations of less than an inch in Central Virginia, with most places receiving only a dusting. Roads this morning are wet in most places, but not snow-covered, as ground temperatures remained just above freezing most of the overnight period.