After snow Wednesday and early Thursday, relatively calm weather is expected for several days, milder into next week.
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 (formerly Twitter): @KevinMyattWx Facebook: Kevin Myatt's Weather Wonders. Email: weather@cardinalnews.org.
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Snow expected Wednesday over most of Virginia, may be heavy for Richmond and Hampton Roads
Most of Cardinal News’ southern Virginia coverage area expected to see 1 to 4 inches, but the Southwest corner and some parts of Southside could get a little more.
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Power restored to most of 200K who had lost it, ahead of expected Wednesday snowfall
Wind, ice and flooding contributed to pushing power outages across Virginia over 200,000 twice in four days.
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Gusty winds break more trees and power lines after days of ice and flooding
Strong westerly winds gusting over 50 mph were bringing in Arctic air, setting up a likely midweek snowfall.
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Saturday flooding, Sunday high winds bring additional weather woes as thousands still without power from ice
Rain will subside on Sunday, but winds will kick up, likely causing more tree and power line damage. Snow is likely for Virginia by Wednesday.
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Ice storm cuts power to over 200,000, litters landscape with broken trees
The outages are two-thirds of what they were during Helene. Temperatures are expected to reach the 40s today over much of Southwest and Southside Virginia, but gusty winds behind a cold front may bring more ice-laden limbs down.
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Battle of the atmosphere brings wide variety of weather to Virginia
The last several days’ weather has varied from lightning bolts to freezing rain — even happening at the same time.
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Power outages mount as freezing rain turns to ice
Temperatures may rise a few critical degrees to just above freezing later today over parts of the southern half of Virginia, but progress will be stubborn with widespread snow cover and cold air being banked against the higher terrain.
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Ice continues to be threat Wednesday after snowy Tuesday
Up to 15 inches of snow fell on western Virginia, but precipitation was continuing as freezing rain into Wednesday.
