Brad Weaver of Roanoke wins the snowfall prediction contest by 1 inch on a tiebreaker, following in the footsteps of his mother, a top prognosticator in previous weather contests.
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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What makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’?
When a severe thunderstorm warning gets issued, it refers to two specific storm effects, and those aren’t lightning or pouring rain.
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Flooding to fires: Parched March follows soggy February
After a historically wet February, March could end up among the driest on record in much of Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Spring has sprung after coldest winter in a decade, but there will be some chilly speedbumps
The calendar catches up with a springlike weather pattern with Thursday morning’s vernal equinox, just before a windy reminder that it can still get cold.
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Dirty rain, loopy clouds and a bloody moon on the interface between winter and spring
Some atmospheric and astronomical oddities occur as the weather brings out coats and shorts on the same day.
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Up and down we go: March is taking us for a bumpy ride
Recent warmup gives way to sharp chilldown — that’s why it may be a little rumbly and windy where you are today. Then it warms up next week.
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Icy winter of 2025 remarkably similar to another 31 years earlier
Like this one, the 1994 winter had two big ice storms in Southwest and Southside Virginia, a few small to medium snows, and even flooding in Southwest Virginia.
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Light at the end of tunnel, and it’s not an oncoming train of more rain, ice and snow
After snow Wednesday and early Thursday, relatively calm weather is expected for several days, milder into next week.
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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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Many Virginia soldiers saw their first action in North Carolina. Their ‘loss’ at Guilford Court House actually led toward victory at Yorktown.
Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina battlefield, but lost a quarter of his men in the process.