Periods of snow from Friday and Saturday are expected to drop 3-6 inches of snow on much of Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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.
White landscape isn’t changing soon and might get snow added to it
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