Whether this holiday warm spell will be a trend for the rest of winter, or if cold and snow come roaring back as after some previous warm Christmases, remains up in the air, for now.
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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After one of its colder, snowier starts, December is about to shift gears
It may not qualify as “Torchmas” in Virginia, but Christmas week looks likely to be much milder than the first half of December has been.
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Virginia is for (snow) lovers? Two winter storms in four days, more snow chances ahead
Getting two widespread accumulating snows before Dec. 10, even before Christmas, is rare.
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Here we snow again: Another round of snow expected for much of Virginia on Monday
Most of Virginia is expected to receive 1-4 inches of snow on Monday, just three days after a similar snowfall covered all but some edges and corners of the commonwealth.
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Season’s first widespread accumulating snowfall expected for Virginia overnight into early Friday
A quick-hitting snowfall of 1 to 4 inches, with some localized amounts of up to 6 inches, is expected over a large part of the commonwealth still three weeks before Christmas.
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A couple of scrapes with ice already, and maybe snow on Friday?
Enough moisture and cold air are connecting in this first week of December for marginal wintry precipitation episodes in Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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First week of December likely to bring more wintry mix to Virginia
Following on the heels of patchy ice on Sunday morning that may have contributed to a fatal traffic accident, ice and/or snow are possible overnight Monday into early Tuesday and again by Friday.
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A chilly Thanksgiving ahead, but nothing like the Great Appalachian Storm of 1950
An oddly tracking and intensely wrapped-up low-pressure system made for an unforgettable “White Friday” for much of western Virginia 75 years ago.
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Will it or won’t it snow much this winter? Opposing factors push and pull on predictions, outcome
Winter guessing season is upon us, and you still have your opportunity to send in your picks for our Cardinal Weather snowfall prediction contest.
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Now that some have seen first snow, let’s start the snowfall prediction contest
Monday brought the earliest accumulating snow in over a decade to several locations in western Virginia, but many others got only flurries or no flakes at all.