Thunderstorm last night with vivid cloud to ground lightning, high winds and
rain....39 degrees at 11 AM....High got up to 42 at 3:30 PM...Today at 11AM
it was 23 degrees with light snow...A little over an inch on the ground but
the wind won't let it accumulate much...keeps blowing around with gusts up
to 35 MPH last hour....Wind chill at 12 Noon was 7 degrees....Strange
weather even for the North Carolina High Country..
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
445 AM EST SUN DEC 17 2000
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TODAY...
.TODAY...RAIN MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY. SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY LATE AFTERNOON 1 TO 2 INCHES. TURNING MUCH COLDER
AND VERY WINDY. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S. WEST WIND
INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY AND CONTINUED BLUSTERY WITH SCATTERED SNOW
FLURRIES. LOW IN THE MID TEENS. WEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S.
.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 20 TO 25.
.TUESDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGH IN THE MID 30S.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGH IN THE
LOWER 30S.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 20S. HIGH NEAR 40.
.FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...FAIR. LOWS 20 TO 25. HIGHS NEAR 32.
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN NORTH CAROLINA: ALLEGHANY, ASHE, WATAUGA. IN VIRGINIA: GRAYSON.
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
656 AM EST SUN DEC 17 2000
...RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...
BETWEEN 7:00 AND 9:00 AM...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE TO AROUND 20
DEGREES. SNOW WILL ALSO BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA...AND MAY
ACCUMULATE SEVERAL INCHES BY NOON TODAY. SOME OF THE WESTERN FACING
SLOPES IN WATAUGA AND ASHE COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA...ALONG WITH
MOUNT ROGERS IN VIRGINIA COULD SEE AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW. HIGH
WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS. NOW IS THE TIME TO
MAKE PREPARATIONS...BUNDLE UP...IT IS GOING TO GET COLD.
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN NORTH CAROLINA: ALLEGHANY, ASHE, WATAUGA. IN VIRGINIA: GRAYSON.
Jess L. Parks
web.infoave.net/~jlparks/index2.html
Todd, NC 28684
Ashe County
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