An El Niño winter that shifted wildly from warmth to snow also spawned one of our region’s worst tornadoes in decades.
Kevin Myatt
Kevin Myatt has written about Southwest and Southside Virginia weather for the past two decades, previously for The Roanoke Times. He has led Virginia Tech students on storm chase trips, edited a book on Mid-Atlantic hurricanes and written articles for the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang." X/Bluesky: @KevinMyattWx. Facebook: Kevin Myatt's Weather Wonders. Email: weather@cardinalnews.org.
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Despite our recently departed Arctic chill, it’s been a warm, dry winter over much of the U.S.
The warm part of that equation is breaking in for at least a short spell in Virginia this week, but the dry part has been with us despite the mostly melted snowpack.
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A hard winter thaws: Where we are, where we’ve been, where we’re going
As we enter a milder period, there is no doubting the bona fides of this winter as one of the most impactful of the 21st century so far.
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Signs of a pre-Valentine’s Day thaw, but winter still has a few cards to play
Saturday’s snowstorm had a hard north edge. The wintry pattern may not end as sharply, but looks to loosen next week.
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More snow expected in southern Virginia on top of last weekend’s icy shell
Periods of snow from Friday and Saturday are expected to drop 3-6 inches of snow on much of Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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White landscape isn’t changing soon and might get snow added to it
Arctic air is locked in after this past weekend’s sleety winter storm as we monitor another possible snow system for coming weekend.
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Thousands without power after winter storm as Arctic air outbreak rolls in
Most of Virginia was spared heavy glaze ice accumulation in favor of sleet and snow, but a few counties in Southwest Virginia experienced a major ice storm.
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Sleet, ice, snow pile up on most of Virginia, snarling travel and knocking out power
Through mid-morning, freezing rain has largely been a fortunate no-show in the winter storm, except in some of the state’s Southwest counties near the Tennessee border.
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Snow, sleet, ice expected to lay down ‘glacier’ on Virginia ahead of bitterly cold temperatures
Several inches of snow topped by ice are predicted over most of Virginia with a weekend winter storm.
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Weekend winter storm likely. Is it the ‘big one’ or just a big mess? It’s complicated
The moisture and cold air look sufficiently deep for a big snow — if sleet and freezing rain don’t get heavily involved.