Snow Covered Roads Near Charlottesville

(Road conditions at 12:30 PM)

Be careful if you are travelling westbound this afternoon. Some of the lesser-travelled roads are snow covered in Charlottesville and surrounding areas. You can track road conditions on the following link:

http://511virginia.org/Conditions.aspx?r=1

Saturday Breakdown

Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for communities to the north and west. One to three inches of wet snow will be possible in those areas.


Temps will remain above freezing elsewhere so most snow will melt on impact. However, some snow will accumulate on grassy surfaces and other things that are detached from the ground.

Saturday Storm System

Another upper-level disturbance looks like it will track through our region Saturday, developing a low-pressure system just off the coast of the Carolinas. This low will hug the coastline as it moves northeast Saturday and Sunday, and bring moisture into the area that will start out as rain on Saturday morning. As colder air is pulled into Central Virginia, rain may change over to a wet snow or wintry mix Saturday late afternoon. If this does occur, accumulation would be limited by surface temperatures remaining above freezing while the precipitation is falling. In any case, it does look like Saturday will have a cold rain in Central Virginia with temperatures remaining above freezing at the surface. Precipitation is expected to end overnight before temperatures at the surface fall below freezing Sunday morning. Any thin, wet spots on pavement, though, may freeze Sunday morning, such as on your front steps or sidewalks.