Freeze Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1008 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY...

.COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA TONIGHT RESULTING
IN OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING IN SPOTS.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-251130-
/X.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-051025T1300Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...
RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...
NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...
UNION...LEWISBURG
1008 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL END THE FALL AGRICULTURAL
GROWING SEASON AND THE FROST AND FREEZE PROGRAM UNTIL THE SPRING
OF 2006 FOR THE MOUNTAINS.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
258 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-TUESDAY)...

EYE OF WILMA EMERGES INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. AT 1 PM
EDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  SHE WILL CONTINUE MOVING AWAY
FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. SEE TPC FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS.

COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA. KFCX 88D
SHOWED PERSISTENT BANDS OF MOISTURE IN THE WEST. REPORTS OF RAIN
...SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LIGHT
ACCUMULATION OF AROUND INCH REPORTED IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY OF
WEST VIRGINIA. WILL BE ISSUING A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 2OS AND
LOWER 30S. WILL KEEP BEST CHANCES OF PCPN IN THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
TONIGHT. FOR TOMORROW...UPSLOPE WEST FLOW WILL HOLD PLENTY OF CLOUDS
AND CONTINUED CHC OF PCPN IN THE WEST. ELECTED TO ADD SOME LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATION TO NORTHWEST SLOPES. LOWERED MAX TEMPERATURES
ON TUESDAY CLOSE TO MOS VALUES.
&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

TUE NIGHT-WED NIGHT...

WE WILL SEE THE MAIN UPPER LOW LIFT NORTHEAST TO THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST TUE NIGHT. PIECE OF VORT ROTATES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SRN
APPALACHIANS DURING THIS TIME...KEEPING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE UPSLOPE OF GREENBRIER COUNTY. MOST
LOCATIONS WILL SEE LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION THANKS TO GROUND TEMPS
STAYING WARM FOR NOW. HOWEVER...HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND WRN
GREENBRIER COULD SEE AN INCH OR SO...ON GRASSY SURFACES. PRESSURE
RISES IN 6 HOURS WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 5 MB RANGE...ALTHOUGH 8H WINDS
ARE NOT TOO STRONG. WILL HAVE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LINGERING SCATTERED RA/SN SHOWERS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE
WEST...DRYING OUT BY WED NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE
TN VLY. COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPS.

THU-MON...

THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN A LONG WAVE TROUGH THROUGH MOST OF THIS
PERIOD. A CLOSED LOW OVER THE MIDWEST WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTH AND
THEN EAST THROUGH SATURDAY TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. SURFACE
CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS ALONG THE NC/SC COAST BY SATURDAY WITH THIS LOW
TAKING A PATH NNE EAST OF THE COAST. THE UPPER LOW MOVES OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. DURING THIS TIME EXPECT THE CHANCE
FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...WITH THE SNOW MAINLY CONFINED TO THE
WESTERN FORECAST AREA. IT APPEARS THAT THE LOW OFF THE COAST WILL
STEAL MOST OF THE MOISTURE/PRECIP...SO WHAT WE GET WILL BE MAINLY
DRIVEN BY THE UPPER LOW. WE DRY OUT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BY
MONDAY...TEMPS SHOULD WARM CLOSE TO NORMAL.
&&

.AVIATION...

VFR AND MVFR WITH AREAS OF IFR/LIFR IN RAIN/SNOW AND FOG. LOW CLOUDS
WILL OBSCURE MOUNTAINS IN THE WEST. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE LOW
CLOUDS AND THREAT FOR PCPN ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES IN THE
MOUNTAINS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS FA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LARGE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT NOTED ACROSS
REGION FROM THE LOWER 30S IN WEST VIRGINIA TO NEAR 60 IN SOUTHSIDE.
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT. A LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FT. THE BEST
CHANCE OF PCPN WILL BE IN THE WEST.

&&

.CLIMATE...

WE HAVE A FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EVERYONE WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...EXCLUDING THE ROANOKE AND SRN SHENANDOAH VALLEYS. THIS WILL
BE THE OFFICIAL END OF THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM FOR THE FALL FOR
THESE AREAS...WHERE A FREEZE OCCURS OR NOT. AREAS EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM RUNS UNTIL NOVEMBER 5TH.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...FREEZE WARNING FOR VAZ007-009>020 FROM 8 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM
     TUESDAY.
NC...FREEZE WARNING FOR NCZ001-002-018 FROM 8 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM
     TUESDAY.
WV...FREEZE WARNING FOR WVZ042>045 FROM 8 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM TUESDAY.
&&

07/05/07

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
510 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-250915-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
510 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.