Is there potential for wintry weather in Central Virginia this weekend, next week?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A weather system will move into Central Virginia beginning Sunday evening and last into Monday. This system will have the potential to bring wintry weather, but this does not look like a big snow maker that many of you are hoping for. This is the latest as to what StormTracker8 Meteorologists are seeing: Over the past couple of days, our different weather models have slowly started to shift this system farther north with the general track and that will have a significant impact on the type of weather we will see across Central Virginia. Early in the week, the system looked to pass a little bit more south which would keep the cold air in place for a better chance to see snow or a snow and wintry mix scenario. Over the past 24 to 48 hours, a subtle trend has moved this system northward. This brings in a better chance of a wintry mix for many and even that change to rain for a larger portion of Central Virginia especially along and south of I-64. The forecast for Sunday, Jan. 5 into Monday, Jan. 6 is becoming a little clearer, but it is not fully set in stone. It looks like we will start off with partly sunny skies early in the day Sunday but as this system approaches clouds will quickly increase and by the afternoon, we will be cloudy with temperatures in the upper 30s to possibly near 40. Between 6 and 9 p.m., we could have our first areas of light snow or snow showers developing across central Virginia. As we get closer to midnight slightly warmer air will begin to move up from the south and begin to change that area of light snow or snow showers to a mixture of snow, sleet and rain. There might even be a few pockets of freezing rain, especially along US HWY 29 and US HWY 15. However, as we approach early Monday morning, that slightly warmer air will increase a bit more and change that wintry mix over to all rain for all areas south of Interstate 64 and possibly as far north as the town of Ashland in Hanover County. That would push that wintry mix line north through Fredericksburg up toward Washington, D.C. This setup does not typically bode well for any significant accumulations at least in central Virginia. Where we could see some accumulations would be for areas from Fredericksburg north and west to Culpeper then north into Warrenton and Winchester and the upper Shenandoah Valley. As far as amounts for those areas, it is tough to tell right now because we need to see how that cold air will stay locked in place, if it does. The rain that moves in with this system will move out around noon to 2 p.m. on Monday. As this system slides off to our northeast, it will bring down colder air on the back side. And if there is some lingering moisture in the air, we could finish out with a few flurries, or maybe a couple of snow showers later Monday afternoon and evening, but that moisture will be very limited. Behind the system, we will have a prolonged stretch of below normal temperatures for daytime highs and overnight lows lasting into and probably through the middle of January.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A weather system will move into Central Virginia beginning Sunday evening and last into Monday. This system will have the potential to bring wintry weather, but this does not look like a big snow maker that many of you are hoping for.
This is the latest as to what StormTracker8 Meteorologists are seeing:
Over the past couple of days, our different weather models have slowly started to shift this system farther north with the general track and that will have a significant impact on the type of weather we will see across Central Virginia.
Early in the week, the system looked to pass a little bit more south which would keep the cold air in place for a better chance to see snow or a snow and wintry mix scenario. Over the past 24 to 48 hours, a subtle trend has moved this system northward. This brings in a better chance of a wintry mix for many and even that change to rain for a larger portion of Central Virginia especially along and south of I-64.
The forecast for Sunday, Jan. 5 into Monday, Jan. 6 is becoming a little clearer, but it is not fully set in stone. It looks like we will start off with partly sunny skies early in the day Sunday but as this system approaches clouds will quickly increase and by the afternoon, we will be cloudy with temperatures in the upper 30s to possibly near 40.
Between 6 and 9 p.m., we could have our first areas of light snow or snow showers developing across central Virginia. As we get closer to midnight slightly warmer air will begin to move up from the south and begin to change that area of light snow or snow showers to a mixture of snow, sleet and rain.
There might even be a few pockets of freezing rain, especially along US HWY 29 and US HWY 15. However, as we approach early Monday morning, that slightly warmer air will increase a bit more and change that wintry mix over to all rain for all areas south of Interstate 64 and possibly as far north as the town of Ashland in Hanover County.
That would push that wintry mix line north through Fredericksburg up toward Washington, D.C. This setup does not typically bode well for any significant accumulations at least in central Virginia. Where we could see some accumulations would be for areas from Fredericksburg north and west to Culpeper then north into Warrenton and Winchester and the upper Shenandoah Valley.
As far as amounts for those areas, it is tough to tell right now because we need to see how that cold air will stay locked in place, if it does.
The rain that moves in with this system will move out around noon to 2 p.m. on Monday. As this system slides off to our northeast, it will bring down colder air on the back side. And if there is some lingering moisture in the air, we could finish out with a few flurries, or maybe a couple of snow showers later Monday afternoon and evening, but that moisture will be very limited.
Behind the system, we will have a prolonged stretch of below normal temperatures for daytime highs and overnight lows lasting into and probably through the middle of January.
