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Weather Service: Significant icing expected over Petersburg, Tri-Cities this weekend
On top of the snow and freezing rain falling overnight Thursday into Friday, the National Weather Service is saying that up to a half-inch of ice may fall on Saturday
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PETERSBURG As the third storm in as many weeks bulls over the area, the National Weather Service is now saying that Petersburg now has a greater chance of seeing some significant icing between Saturday and Sunday. The risk for ice accumulations greater than 0.25 inches is highest across central Virginia, with totals as high as 0.5 inches possible, NWS said in a tweet Thursday night.
Snow arrives in Virginia on Friday
Zach s tracking our potential for wintry weather
By: The Weather Authority
and last updated 2021-01-07 06:48:56-05
RICHMOND, Va. Good morning, we are waking up to cold, very frosty conditions this morning. Take a few extra minutes to defrost. Today will be mostly sunny with high temps in the 40s. An upper-level trough will move eastward into the Southeast U.S. by this afternoon. The trough will result in a coastal low to develop producing rain and snow across mainly southern and southeastern Virginia tomorrow. Upper-level energy lagging back to the west of the surface low will produce snowfall farther north, potentially into central Virginia, with the possibility of accumulating snow Friday night into Saturday morning. The low will accelerate northward out of the Mid-Atlantic Saturday afternoon.
it could alter your weekend plans. we have exceptional drought now from south carolina southward all the way down into north portions of florida, and severe drought conditions in southern new england. but as i mentioned, we have a big soaker up the east coast as we go through the weekend. it looks like the southeast side and sunday is the worst for you. up the mid-atlantic saturday and sunday. for new england, i think it will be sunday and monday. if you have plans in new england on saturday, i think you ll be ok. but sunday and monday, it could just be a washout. maybe inches of rain, as much as five inches of rain in the southeast. for today, some light rain for d.c. this is not the same storm system. this is just a weak storm coming through today. it will keep you cool and definitely in the d.c. area. nice in new england today. a little chilly this morning. and also some storms in wisconsin and chicago. but again, the big story if you have plans this upcoming weekend on the east coa