Viewer Snow Pictures from Rawlings, VA

CBS 6 viewer Ed Jones sent us this picture taken outside his front porch in Rawlings, VA, which is just west of I-85 south of McKenney in Brunswick County. Ed took this photo at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Light snow is still being reported in parts of Southern and Central Virginia at 5:30 a.m., but I expect most of the snow to move into the region after 8 a.m. and continue through early afternoon.

Ed sent some new pictures, which he says were taken "at 5:35AM out near my mailbox and the road which goes by it on Lew Jones Road in Rawlings, and they show the tracks left from my morning paper carrier and the snow already accumulating on the road." Thanks, Ed, for your photos and report!

--Carrie

Tuesday Morning Update 4:45AM

Dew points have dropped significantly from Petersburg north toward Richmond, indicating drier air near the surface. Snow falling into this drier air is evaporating before it can reach the surface. A good example is at Petersburg, where light snow was falling from 1:40-2:20 a.m., but then the dew point temperature dropped from 25 degrees to 16 degrees in an hour and a half. It took a while for snow falling into this drier air to overcome and make it to the surface again without evaporating first, and light snow is now being reported again in Petersburg at 4:20 a.m. I expect this trend to continue in Southern and Central Virginia early Tuesday morning, as snow falling into the drier environment must "re-moisten" the lower levels and allow snow to make it to the surface.

Snow currently just south of the border will continue to expand northeastward into Virginia by mid-morning. I expect most of Central and South-central Virginia's snow to fall from mid-morning through early this afternoon. By late this afternoon, I expect snow to only be falling in Southeast Virginia, south of a line from Emporia to Smithfield. Some flurries may linger near this line through late afternoon, but will not significantly add to totals.

--Carrie

Tuesday Morning Update 3:30AM

Light snow continues to move into the southern half of Virginia early Tuesday morning, with light snow being reported from Petersburg to Farmville and south into North Carolina. At 3 a.m., light snow was falling at Emporia, Danville, Norfolk, Lynchburg, and Blacksburg. Light snow was also falling over the Richmond metro area, but most is evaporating before it reaches the ground at this time.

This light snowfall will continue to spread northeastward into Southern and Central Virginia Tuesday morning, with the highest accumulations of 3" to 5" expected south of a line from Emporia to Smithfield. South of a line from South Hill to Petersburg to Melfa, I expect 2" to 3" snow accumulation by the end of Tuesday. From Danville, to Farmville, to the Richmond metro, to the Northern Neck and points south, I expect only light accumulations up to 1" to 2" at most. North of these locations, only a dusting is possible.

I will post updates here through the morning!
--Carrie