NWS Winter Weather Advisory (Watauga County)

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Winter Weather Advisory issued January 22 at 3:08AM EST until January 23 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Blacksburg

...Light icing possible later tonight... .Low level moisture will gradually return to the area tonight as Arctic high pressure slides offshore. This should lead to development of light precipitation across northwest North Carolina after midnight, with the rain or drizzle spreading north into portions of southern Virginia by daybreak Wednesday. Given lingering very dry/cold air in place and frozen ground surfaces, much of the precipitation will fall as freezing rain or freezing drizzle. This likely to cause glazing of surfaces including roadways before the morning commute on Wednesday. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Freezing rain expected. Total ice accumulations of a few hundredths of an inch resulting in a light glaze expected. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Virginia and north central and northwest North Carolina. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to noon EST Wednesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute.

Counties Affected:
Alleghany; Ashe; Rockingham; Stokes; Surry; Watauga; Wilkes; Yadkin

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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