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Issued by the National Weather Service

Winter Weather Advisory  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY   Winter Weather Advisory

Areas Affected:
Augusta - Rockingham - Shenandoah - Frederick - Page - Warren - Clarke - Nelson - Albemarle - Greene - Madison - Rappahannock - Orange - Culpeper - Northern Fauquier - Western Highland - Eastern Highland - Western Loudoun - Northern Virginia Blue Ridge - Central Virginia Blue Ridge - Hampshire - Hardy - Eastern Grant - Western Pendleton - Eastern Pendleton
Effective: Mon, 12/1 5:10pm Updated: Mon, 12/1 8:52pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Tue, 12/2 1:15am Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely

 
Details:
...FIRST WIDESPREAD WINTER EVENT OF THE SEASON...

.Precipitation is expected to overspread the area after midnight
tonight from southwest to northeast. While precipitation is likely
to start as snow areawide, it is expected to mix with and change to
sleet and freezing rain for most of the area. Locations along and
south of US-50/I-66 likely end the event as rain as temperatures
warm through the morning. Areas along the Mason-Dixon Line are most
likely to remain all snow through the event, but that remains
uncertain given exact low track. The Tuesday morning commute could
be impacted for all areas in the Winter Weather Advisory. Updates to
the forecast are likely, so please remain weather aware for the
first widespread winter event of the season.

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected, with a majority of the
precipitation expected in the form of freezing rain. Total snow
and sleet accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations
around one tenth of an inch, with upwards of two tenths of an inch
possible on the higher ridges.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest, and western
Virginia and eastern West Virginia.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to noon EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Tuesday morning commute.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Precipitation is expected to overspread the
area after midnight tonight. Precipitation is expected to start
briefly as snow before mixing with and changing over to sleet and
freezing rain.

Information:
Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.