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.
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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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.
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Solar storm brings out bright aurora peeking between the clouds
Virginia’s northwest sky glowed red for a few hours on Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Additional auroras visible at our latitude are possible in the next few nights.
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Winter is coming Monday: Expected snowfall in parts of Southwest Virginia would be earliest in more than a decade
It’s a typical winter setup with Arctic air from the northwest lifting and condensing moisture over the mountains, but showing up a little earlier than we’ve seen lately.
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Why we don’t call the infamous Flood of 1985 the Hurricane Juan flood
The Category 1 hurricane’s fingerprints were on the deadly and destructive flooding 40 years ago this week, but the atmospheric setup that yielded the worst river flooding on record at Roanoke and Lynchburg was much more complicated.
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Rainy last week pulls region out of historic October dryness
Before this week’s sogginess, October 2025 was challenging last October and that of 2000 for lack of rainfall.
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Frost and snow have entered the regional weather chat
We’ve seen ice crystals forming on patches of grass and perhaps some blowing through the air on ridgetops — and there may be more of both, soon.
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Where have the hurricanes gone this fall?
Tropical systems have not been hitting the U.S. or moving inland toward Southwest and Southside Virginia, but high waves have been eating up Outer Banks houses.
