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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
955 PM EST SAT MAR 29 2003


...SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND COLD SUNDAY NIGHT...

WINTER WILL MAKE A BRIEF RETURN SUNDAY.  THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED 
THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO STALL ALONG 
THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT.  LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THIS FRONT 
LATE TONIGHT...AND MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST SUNDAY MORNING.  

PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE VIRGINIAS AND 
CAROLINAS EARLY SUNDAY...WITH MAINLY RAIN EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.  
WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ENOUGH COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE 
FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

AN ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF 
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHWEST 
NORTH CAROLINA.  COLDER TEMPERATURES IN THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL 
SUPPORT ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES.

LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED FOR AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE 
RIDGE...ALTHOUGH AN INCH OR TWO MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 
2000 FEET. 

AT THIS TIME...BASED ON THE FACT THE GROUND HAS BEEN VERY WARM... 
SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO JUST GRASSY AREAS. THE SNOWFALL 
RATE MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH...THAT A FEW ROADS COULD GET SLICK 
SUNDAY...OTHERWISE...MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON GRASSY OR 
ELEVATED SURFACES. 

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END SUNDAY 
NIGHT...HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP INTO THE 20S.  
THESE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE OF CONCERN TO EARLY GARDENERS 
WHO WISH TO PROTECT FLOWERS OR FRUIT TREES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY 
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

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