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BREAKING : SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT : Major Travel Problems in Lynchburg / Appomattox Areas

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The light precipitation we talked about in this morning’s forecast has moved into areas south and west of Nelson. In Lynchburg, countless accidents are underway, many on Route 29. Major accidents that are completely shutting down many roads. VA State Police report accidents with numerous cars involved.

If you are traveling into that area, VA State Police are advising to wait a couple of hours beofre you head that way. Within 2-3 hours the temperatures in that area should rise above freezing.

The major concern is freezing rain which is creating all of the accidents.

You can see many of the accident locations by visiting VDOT Traffic 511 by clicking here.

Current Winter Weather Advisory Covering the Lynchburg area NELSON IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS:

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
854 AM EST FRI DEC 7 2007

…FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING.

EXPECT SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN…MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET THIS
MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OR CHANGE TO
LIGHT RAIN. A THIN COATING OF ICE WILL CREATE SLICK SPOTS ON
UNTREATED ROADS…ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

Beech Grove : Old Arrington Train Depot Being Reassembled : The Village @ Glen Mary

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Coffee House Construction Begins : The Village at Glen Mary
Beech Grove, Virginia

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After lots of waiting and lots of dirt work, Steve Crandall of Tectonics II, is starting the process of what will eventually become the restaurant & brewery side of The Village at Glen Mary in Beech Grove. That’s along Route 664 on the way to Wintergreen Resort. This week Steve’s crews began reassembling the old Arrington Train Depot, originally built in 1870. Eventually the building will be a coffee / sandwich shop combination as a part of The Village at Glen Mary. “We’ll have a deck out on the back and you’ll be able to sit right there with a view of Three Ridges, “says Steve. The old depot is the first phase of construction where Nelson’s next micro brewery will be located in the coming months as construction progresses.

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Wintergreen : Just Before Sunrise From The Overlook

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Photography by Christina Kline
Mountain Photographer
Christina@NelsonCountyLife.com
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia

Morning overlook @ Wintergreen
Our Mountain Photographer, Christina Kline, sent this one to us this morning. A beautiful view from the overlook above Wintergreen Resort. Ski season officially opens this Saturday. Brrrrrrrrrrrr! That looks cold! It was, when Christina shot this picture our NCL weather station on the mountain showed about 7 to 8 degrees!

Remember you can always check mountaintop conditions and temperatures too by visiting our very own weather station, NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation atop Devil’s Knob.

Wintergreen Weather for Thursday : Including The BRP & Nelson County, VA : Sunny but cold : warming by late weekend

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Annual Christmas Tree Lighting @ Stoney Creek
Nellysford, Virginia

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The first light snow of the season for the valley is history and sunny skies will be moving in today. In the picture above folks gathered last night for the annual Christmas Tree lighting at Stoney Creek in Nellysford. In addition to the tree lighting, there was caroling and Santa Clause dropped by for a visit. Though there wasn’t a lot of snow, there was just enough flying around in the air to make it feel like Christmas. You can see more of last night’s pictures at the tree lighting by clicking here. Speaking of snow Wintergreen Resort opens for ski season this coming Saturday December 8th. They’ve been making snow all week and it looks like they are about to make it official!

Don’t be looking for snow over the next several days as we’ll see much warmer temperatures by the end of the weekend into early next week. Rain enters the forecast by Monday, though we may see a few sprinkles or flurries late Thursday night into Friday morning, but nothing more.

The National Current Surface Map via wunderground

Over the next 24 hours

Regional Radar look via Wundergound.com

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 Magazine custom area forecast including: Stoney Creek, Arrington & Montebello

*Today Becoming mostly sunny, but remaining cold.
*Highs Valley: 34-37°
*On the mountains: 30-33°
Winds: N 5-10 MPH

Tonight Partly cloudy early evening then becoming cloudy overnight. Light sprinkles or snow flurries possible by daylight.
* Lows Valley: 20-23°
*On the mountains: 19-22°
Winds: S-5 MPH

Tomorrow Light morning flurries, cloudy in the morning some, sun peeking through by afternoon, slightly warmer.
* Highs Valley: 44-47°
*On the mountains: 40-43°
Winds: SW 5-10

Friday night Mostly cloudy & not as cold.
* Lows Valley: 34-37°
*On the mountains: 33-36°
Winds: SW-5 MPH

The weekend looks mostly cloudy with moderating temperatures. – Highs in the low and upper 50’s valley – mid 40’s to lower 50’s mountains – lows upper 30’s to mid 40’s valley and low and mid 30’s mountains. Rain showers may work into the forecast as early as Sunday evening continuing off and on through Tuesday night.

Temperatures warm to the mid 60’s by Monday in the valley.

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

Have a great Thursday!

Know your Nelson.COM
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Nellysford : Stoney Creek Annual Tree Lighting & Caroling

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine © 2007
Tree Lighting at Stoney Creek
Nellysford, Virginia

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With snow flurries in the air, the Christmas season officially kicked off Wednesday night at Stoney Creek with their annual Christmas Tree lighting and caroling outside of Stoney Creek Bar & Grill. Santa Clause even made an appearance later in the evening, but chose to ride in on a fire truck, saving the sleigh for Christmas!

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Above, Santa steps down from a Wintergreen Fire Truck to make his way to the waiting kids.

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Here kids wait for their turn to tell Santa what they want for Christmas!

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And one at a time they got their chance!

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Above, Emily Pelton, of Veritas Vineyard & Winery, waits to let her little one see Santa.

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A huge crowd turned out for the evening. Many folks joined in and sang along with familiar Christmas favorites.

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A huge tree decorated in lights was turned on around 6PM Wednesday night.

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David Witmer, of Wintergreen Performing Arts, reads The Night Before Christmas.

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Datebook : Afton : LYRICS ALIVE CONCERTS THURSDAY AT ROCKFISH RIVER ELEMENTARY

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LYRICS ALIVE CONCERTS THURSDAY AT ROCKFISH RIVER ELEMENTARY

Mary Bomar and Bob Ritter of Lyrics Alive are back in Nelson County leading songwriting workshops. This is their fifth year working with the fourth graders at Rockfish River Elementary School. Bob and Mary are professional musicians from Indiana who work with students to set poetry to music.
Teacher Nichole Dowdy facilitated the writing of two poems by each 4th grade class. The theme this year is WINTER. This week Mary and Bob are helping the students to polish their lyrics and turn them into songs for the concerts on Thursday.
In a separate workshop at Nelson County High School, Bob and Mary are collaborating with several talented high school musicians to write the melody create instrumental accompaniment for one of the songs. These students will perform with the 4th graders at the Thursday concerts.
Two concerts are scheduled for Thursday at Rockfish River Elementary. At 9:30 a.m. the 4th graders will perform their songs for the 3rd and 5th grade students. The evening concert at 7:00 p.m. is open to parents and the community.
Come enjoy the creativity!
These workshops and concerts are made possible through the generosity of the Dave Matthews Band’s Bama Works Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, in conjunction with a Local Challenge Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
For more information please feel free to contact Betty Tabony, Nelson County Public Schools Gifted Coordinator at (434)361-1791 or to e-mail her at btabony@nelson.k12.va.us

Datebook : Lovingston : Rapunzel’s December Events

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Rapunzel’s Coffee & Books
December 2007 Schedule of Events
Www.rapunzelscoffee.com 434-263-6660

12/1: John Brannen (8pm, $5) country-rock.
12/7: Bent Theater Comedy Improv (8pm, $5)
12/8: Danny Schmidt (8pm, $5) folk singer-songwriting.
12/14: Open Mic night. (8pm, open to all.)
12/15: the Accordion Death Squad (8pm, $5) ratsylvanian gypsy music.
12/21: Brian Patrick & Alex Albrecht (8pm, no cover) singer-songwriting.
12/22: Annual Christmas Celebration (8pm, $7)
Featuring Eli Cook, Bill & Linda Staton, Bobby St. Ours, Dallas Wesley,
Blue Line Highway, Trees On Fire, Andy Waldeck & Jenn Rhubright, Junior Moment,
Mongrel, Molimo, The Rick Olivaris Jazz Trio, Gene & Gayla Mills, Accordion
Death Squad, Red River Roller Coaster, Thomas Gunn, Willie Kirschbaum, Mary
Gordon Hall & Blue O’Connell, the Acme Swing Manufacturing Company, bellydancing
by Fata Morgana, & more!
12/28: David Hofmann & friends (8pm, no cover) folk singer-songwriting.
12/29: Junior Moment (8pm, $5) acoustic folk-rock.

Open Jam Every Wednesday, 7pm.
Belly Dance classes every Wednesday, 6:30pm.

Datebook : December : Wintergreen Nature Foundation

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The Wintergreen Nature Foundation
Photography by Josh Palumbo

Christmas Shoppe is Now Open
New children’s books, games, toys, are all in stock for the holidays. We have great gift ideas for children and adults from hand-thrown pottery to beautiful gift sets there is something for everyone on your list. And don’t forget your feathered friends this winter; we have suet that will keep the birds fat and happy this winter. Come by Trillium House to see what we have for under your tree.

Saturday, December 15 9 AM
Christmas on the James
Just a few seats left on our trip to Berkley Plantation. Join costumed interpreters at Berkley Plantation and learn how the Harrison Family celebrated Christmas during the 18th century. Continue our journey back in time with a tour of Shirley Plantation for a 12 generation family affair. We’ll finish the evening with dinner at Maggiano’s. Cost is $35 Nature Foundation members and $40 for non-members. Bring money for lunch and dinner. Reserve your space by December 5th by calling The Nature Foundation at 434-325-8169.

Wintergreen : Weather : Light snow continues at Wintergreen 11:30 AM EST

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Photography by Christina Kline
Mountain Photographer
Christina@NelsonCountyLife.com
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia

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Christina sent these to us from the mountain a little while ago. And John Taylor updates us on conditions while out:

Just drove from wg to cho airport. Wg roads snowy but heavily treated. Easy driving. Wg gatehouse to Beech Grove a little dicey but perhaps since treated. I-64 bridges and overpasses snowy but snow is not sticking on ground yet here at cho APO. Off to CA.

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Special Weather : Snow Advisory Continues today, accidents starting, and accumulating snow

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Greenfield, Virginia

Greenfield Snow
Beginning snowfall in Greenfield, the Rockfish Valley of Nelson County, VA, just after 10 AM EST

Snow continues to fall across most of Central Virginia at this hour. Wrecks are starting to occur in portions of the area as well. Mainly north and east of Nelson at this time, but roads are slowly becoming slick. Let’s be careful out there!

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Here’s what it looked on I-64 at Afton Mountain Exit 99 from the VDOT camera there, via Trafficland just after 10AM.

Here’s the latest snow advisory from The National Weather Service:

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
944 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING.

LIGHT SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
CURRENTLY OVER THE MIDWEST. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FOR
A PERIOD DURING THE AFTERNOON…BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

We’ll have updates throughout the day as needed.
NCL

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