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Special Weather Statement : Nelson : Light Snow Accumulation Possible Higher Elevations : Update 11:00 AM EST

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Update: 11:00 AM EST : Snow flurries are occurring in the Rockfish Valley, but moderate accumulating snowfall has occurring on the mountain at Wintergreen Resort. At NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation, Devil’s Knob @ 3500 feet, the temperature is 24° as of 11:00 AM

The precipitation area is very small and should not last very long.

Statement as of 4:45 AM EST on December 21, 2007

An area of light snow is tracking northeast into central Virginia.
Some light accumulations… a dusting to one-half inch… are
possible… especially at the higher elevations. This could create
slick driving conditions this morning. Use caution when driving.
Snow is expected to taper off before noon. Temperatures will be in
the lower to mid 30s. Winds will be light.


BREAKING : Manhunt Underway in Neighboring Buckingham County About 15 Miles SE OF Wingina

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Authorities are in the process of organizing a manhunt in neighboring Buckingham County in the vicinity of Route 628 or New Dominion Road. That’s just north of Route 60.


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Apparently there was a home break in this afternoon where the person or person(s) in the home were shot. The suspect fled the scene and is now on the run. Virginia State Police are organizing a search involving search dogs and air with night vision equipment.

There is no word on the condition of the people in the home at this hour, but the search continues.

We’ll update as we know.

Nellysford : Nelson Home Builders Annual Christmas Party

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Photography By Heidi Crandall
For Nelson County Life Magazine
Nelson Home Builders Association Christmas Party
Stoney Creek Bar & Grill
Nellysford, Virginia
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Earlier this week the Nelson County Home Builders Association held their annual Christmas party at Stoney Creek Bar & Grill in Nellysford. Heidi Crandall of Tectonics II was nice enough to grab these photos and send them along! Heidi says the turnout was great and the food delicious!

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Everyone had a great time and got the chance to mingle and see other area builders who seldom get the chance to talk with each other during the year when construction projects are ongoing. Mmmm, think that’s Sharon Stacy there!

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Larry Cabanass, left, and Jace Goodling extend a thank you to all the sponsors who helped support the Christmas dinner this year.

All of these builders, families, and their sub contractors work very hard all year long. Congrats!

Wintergreen Weather : Thursday : Including BRP & Nelson County, VA : Mostly Sunny Today : Rain Chances By Weekend

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Here’s a generic version of the forecast via www.wunderground.com Regular weathercast with audio returns on Friday morning. Scroll to bottom for mountain forecast.



Forecast as of 6:07 am EST on December 20, 2007
Today

Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph…becoming east this afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Friday

Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Friday Night

Cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Saturday


Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the upper 40s. East winds around 5 mph…becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.

Sunday

Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

Monday

Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

Christmas Day

Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.

Tuesday Night


Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Weather Underground Copyright© 2007

FORECAST FOR SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 2000 FEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

.TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.

Wintergreen Weather : Wednesday : Including BRP & Nelson County, VA : Mostly Cloudy Today, Rain & Light Snow/Sleet By Friday?

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

Text Updated 8:40 AM EST for sleet moving through area.

PRESS THE PLAY ARROW BELOW FOR AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Discovery Center Nears Completition
Wintergreen Mountain
Devil’s Knob, Virginia
Discovery Center

I was upon Devil’s Knob yesterday talking to the Tim Merrick and Julie Benner with Wintergreen Real Estate’s Discovery Center. It’s within days of opening and folks it’s a very nice place! It’ll have the Black Bear Cafe inside with great gourmet coffee, along with sandwiches and soups all day from breakfast through dinner, and wi-fi wireless internet! There’ll be more coming out about this in the next few days, but their open house is December 28th from 3-5 PM. We’ll see you there!

There will be some light freezing precip move through the area this morning. Most of this is sleet. Surfaces in the valley are just above freezing, but there could be some light accumulation on the mountains.

Tuesday was a pretty uneventful day. For the most part it was sunny, but a thin layer of clouds moved in by afternoon keeping things cool, but not cold. We reached a high here in the valley of 47 degrees at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine. Last night was not as cold as the previous night. We didn’t see any of those teens, like those we saw on Tuesday morning since the clouds kept the temps up.

Today will be a mostly cloudy day. We’ll see some peeks of sun, but nothing to get too excited over. I can’t even rule out a stray snow shower up in the mountains, but again nothing to care about. There is a chance of snow or sleet early Friday morning and then again Friday night perhaps mixed with some light freezing rain, but the system is looking less impressive now than yesterday. It looks like better chances for just plain rain over the weekend, but again not a widespread event that would squash any weekend plans.

I really want to look at the models that come out Wednesday night to get a better handle on this, but right now none of it looks impressive unless something dramatically changes.


The National Current Surface Map via wunderground

Over the next 24 hours

And for those of you keeping score at home check the detailed numbers below at any of our reporting NCL-Weathernet Stations for real up to the minute live weather data and detailed information including highs, lows, wind speeds, rainfall and much, much more.

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA

*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, Va

*NCL-Tiger Fuel : Lovingston, VA

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Devil’s Knob, Afton, Massies Mill, & Roseland

*Today Mostly Cloudy & cool some light sleet possible this morning.
*Highs Valley: 46-49°
*On the mountains: 37-40°
Winds: SW 5-10 MPH

Tonight Mostly cloudy early, then becoming mostly clear and cold.
* Lows Valley: 24-27°
*On the mountains: 22-25°
*Winds: W-5 MPH

Tomorrow Partly sunny and seasonal.
* Highs Valley: 48-51°
*On the mountains: 40-43°
*Winds: NE-5 MPH becoming SE in the afternoon

Tomorrow night Mostly cloudy with scattered snow flurries or sleet possible near daylight.
* Lows Valley: 29-32°
*On the mountains: 26-29°
*Winds: Light & Variable

The remainder of the week Friday, light snow and sleet early, then changing to freezing rain at night. Saturday through Sunday look rainy from time to time with a slight chance of snow on Saturday night mountains, though temps may not make it low enough at this point. Temperatures are generally 40’s for daytime highs and low and mid 30’s for overnight lows, with the mountains slightly colder. We reach mid 50’s by Sunday in the valley.

Breaking news, breaking weather, whatever the case, we’ll have it all here.

Have a great Wednesday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Outro music bed: Linus & Lucy, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi Trio – Fantasy Records – Berkley, California – 1988 – 1950, 1952

Wintergreen Weather : Tuesday : Including BRP & Nelson County, VA : Sunny & Milder : Snow Possible By Thursday Night

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

PRESS THE PLAY ARROW BELOW FOR AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Clouds in the Valley
Nellysford, Virginia
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Monday was a big contrast to the weekend. The winds settled down for the most part Monday afternoon, though we didn’t warm up very much. In the valley it only reached the mid 40’s for about 30 minutes then began falling. Upon the mountain at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation the temps never made it above freezing. They topped out at a cold 27.7 degrees for a Monday high.

Last night it was another cold one with mid teens to low 20’s for everyone. NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine here in Greenfield reached a low of 15.8 degrees, while NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation upon Devil’s Knob had a low of 17.8° Over at NCL-Hatcreek Farm Horseshoe Mountain, they had a morning low of 17.6° Today will be a bit warmer as winds kick around to the south bringing in slightly milder air. Not a big warm up, but a touch warmer than yesterday. The mountain should make it briefly above freezing into the upper 30’s by afternoon.

Tonight we’ll see increasing clouds which will help keep it warmer than last night. Wednesday will be partly sunny and seasonal. Thursday we’ll see chances for rain, sleet & snow in the forecast overnight. Right now it looks like we have even less moisture than last weekend’s system had to work with, so I am not impressed with this one yet, but stay tuned!


The National Current Surface Map via wunderground

Over the next 24 hours

And for those of you keeping score at home check the detailed numbers below at any of our reporting NCL-Weathernet Stations for real up to the minute live weather data and detailed information including highs, lows, wind speeds, rainfall and much, much more.

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA

*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, Va

*NCL-Tiger Fuel : Lovingston, VA

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Beech Grove, Tyro, & Hickory Creek

*Today Sunny & Milder.
*Highs Valley: 47-50°
*On the mountains: 36-39°
Winds: S 5-10 MPH

Tonight Becoming mostly cloudy and not quite as cold.
* Lows Valley: 26-29°
*On the mountains: 24-27°
*Winds: SW-5 MPH

Tomorrow Mostly cloudy early then partly sunny by afternoon.
* Highs Valley: 48-51°
*On the mountains: 40-43°
*Winds: SW-5 MPH

Tomorrow night Partly cloudy, again, not as cold.
* Lows Valley: 28-31°
*On the mountains: 26-29°
*Winds: SW-5 MPH becoming L & V late

The remainder of the week By Thursday night chances for snow, sleet & rain enter the forecast. Friday snow and sleet early then changing to rain before ending. Saturday through Sunday look rainy from time to time with a slight chance of snow on Saturday night, though temps may not make it low enough at this point. Temperatures are generally 40’s for daytime highs and low and mid 30’s for overnight lows, with the mountains slightly colder.

Breaking news, breaking weather, whatever the case, we’ll have it all here.

Have a great Tuesday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Outro music bed: The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole, Authors: Torme/Wells, 1961, 2005 Capitol Records

Nellysford : Update : Coby Etchison Makes His Christmas Goal & Then Some!

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
For Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
December 2007
Nellysford, Virginia
coby @ valley green

We first told you about Coby Etchison’s Christmas Project here. He wanted to fill up 10 baskets with food for needy families here in Nelson by this past weekend. Well apparently Coby made his goal and then some!

His mom dropped us an update this morning:

Sandy Etchison wrote:
WOW!!! Nelson County is a great place to live huh?? Coby collected soooo much
food. We were shooting for 10 baskets…we got 12 baskets…2 boxes(we ran out
of baskets) a couple of bags and over $80 in cash donations!!!(in only 7
days!!) We went to the dollar store with the cash and bought hats, gloves,
socks,coloring books, crayons and other small personal and gifty type stuff…
it was GREAT!! Coby is glad that his weekends are his again but it was a great
learning exp. for him and we have already talked about a spring project. We
will keep you posted…thanks Sandy

Congrats Coby, and thank you for doing a wonderful thing for the great folks living here in Nelson!

Merry Christmas!

Wintergreen Weather : Monday : Including BRP, Nelson County, VA : Sunny & Breezy : Snow By Late Week?

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Taking The Slopes At Wintergreen
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia
molly on the slopes

Before we head off into the weather, just gotta say it was a beautiful, though windy, day upon the mountain at Wintergreen, Sunday. In the picture above, Molly Brown, with Wintergreen’s Adaptive Ski Program, takes a run down one of the slopes. (You’ll be reading much more about Molly in the coming days!) They had a great day on Sunday as they dedicated the new addition to their headquarters. You can read more about that by clicking here. Also check out several other new weekend additions to recent posts on your left.

What a rock and roll weekend! Though we didn’t get much in the way of wintry precip in the valley, the mountains did get a fair amount of icing Saturday night into Sunday morning. As we talked about might happen last week, this past weekend’s event was more or less an icing event. In the valley we got about two hours of icing. There was a critical period where the temperature fell to the freezing mark briefly and allowed for a light glaze on exposed surfaces. On the mountain at Wintergreen, our NCL Weather Watcher, John Taylor reported slick parking lots, sidewalks, etc, but WPOA kept the roads clear. We were up there Sunday and still noticed lots of ice in the trees along the BRP.

By far the weather headline this weekend was the very high winds on Sunday afternoon. Gust of 50+ MPH at times caused power outages in many areas. Here at NCL Magazine we lost power around 1:30PM for a couple of hours. Crews had to cut up several trees that fell on area roads as well. By late Sunday night the High Wind Advisory had been canceled for Nelson, but remained for areas along and west of the BRP until daylight.

Today will still be breezy with gusts up to 30 MPH on occasion, but the trend will be toward decreasing winds as the day wears on. Tonight promises to be a very cold one as the winds decrease and skies remain clear. By the end of the week we could be looking at the chance for snow again around Thursday. A similar scenario just like the one we had over the weekend is setting up, but this has more of a snow feel to it, at least this far out. Definitely something I’ll be watching and updating as we get closer.


The National Current Surface Map via wunderground

Over the next 24 hours

And for those of you keeping score at home check the detailed numbers below at any of our reporting NCL-Weathernet Stations for real up to the minute live weather data and detailed information including highs, lows, wind speeds, rainfall and much, much more.

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA

*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, Va

*NCL-Tiger Fuel : Lovingston, VA

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Wintergreen, Batesville & Schuyler

*Today Sunny & Breezy. Cold.
*Highs Valley: 42-45°
*On the mountains: 26-29°
Winds: W 10-20 MPH with gusts to 30 MPH – slightly higher mountains – diminishing by late afternoon

Tonight Clear & very cold.
* Lows Valley: 20-23°
*On the mountains: 14-17°
*Winds: W 5-10 MPH

Tomorrow Mostly sunny, slightly warmer.
* Highs Valley: 47-50°
*On the mountains: 41-44°
*Winds: S-5 MPH

Tomorrow night Becoming mostly cloudy overnight.
* Lows Valley: 27-30°
*On the mountains: 24-27°
*Winds: SW-5 MPH

The remainder of the week, Wednesday looks much the same. By Thursday chances for snow and rain enters the forecast with continuing through Thursday night. Friday looks rainy and Saturday night once again has a chance for snow. Temperatures are generally 40’s for daytime highs and low and mid 30’s for overnight lows, with the mountains slightly colder.

Breaking news, breaking weather, whatever the case, we’ll have it all here.

Have a great Monday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Outro music bed: Christmas is Coming, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi Trio – Fantasy Records – Berkley, California – 1988 – 1950, 1952

Wintergreen : Adaptive Ski Program Dedicates New Addition to Headquarters

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Photography By Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Adaptive Ski Dedicates New Addition
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia

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Above, Michael Zuckerman, Executive Director of Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing, makes it official by cutting the ribbon on their recently completed addition to the headquarters at Wintergreen Resort.

Sunday afternoon was a big day for folks involved in Wintergreen’s Adaptive Ski Program. After lots of hard work they officially cut the ribbon on an addition to their headquarters. The addition added roughly 30% more room to what was a cramped facility where they operate the program from.

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Above, a look at the new addition to WAS’s headquarters.

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Michael thanks, Tim Hess senior partner of High Country Associates, contributor and financial supporter of WAS.

Find out more about Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing by clicking here.

High Wind Advisory : 1 PM Sunday To 6AM Monday – CANCELED FOR NELSON 9:06 PM EST

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Though the wind advisory has been canceled for Nelson, many adjoining counties to the south and west are still under advisories or warnings until early Monday morning. You can see more of them by clicking here.

906 PM EST sun Dec 16 2007

…Wind Advisory is canceled…

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has canceled
the Wind Advisory.

Winds have diminished to below advisory criteria.

CANCELED
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
351 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

MDZ016>018-VAZ036>041-050-051-055>057-161700-
/O.EXT.KLWX.WI.Y.0009.071216T1800Z-071217T1100Z/
CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-ORANGE-CULPEPER-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WALDORF…ST MARYS CITY…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…CULPEPER…FREDERICKSBURG
351 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM
EST MONDAY…

WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GUST UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON…AS
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES UP THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THESE
STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING
MONDAY. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT FROM DOWNED TREES AND
POWER LINES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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