UPDATED : ROADS NOW OPEN AS OF 12 NOON 1.24.17
Central Virginia Blue Ridge
Strong cold winds working into the area late Monday afternoon started causing freezing conditions up in the mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive. By late afternoon park police has started closing sections on both roads due to icing conditions.
Portions of the BRP and most of Skyline Drive now closed due to ice & snow falling in higher elevations : https://t.co/t9pK8cROFJ pic.twitter.com/dSXcT1KlY8
— BlueRidgeLife (@BlueRidgeLife) January 23, 2017
Photo courtesy of Dane Thompson. A sleet / snow mix now up @WintergreenVA pic.twitter.com/uAZ7t7Gadu
— BlueRidgeLife (@BlueRidgeLife) January 23, 2017
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
146 PM EST MON JAN 23 2017
NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-
146 PM EST MON JAN 23 2017
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRACE
TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING…THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
WILL BE THROUGH 6 PM.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH LIMITED
VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
