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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

.WEATHER SUMMARY...
AN ARCTIC FRONT CROSSED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA OVERNIGHT BRINGING A SURGE OF COLD AIR WITH IT. WINDS
INCREASED AND WERE GUSTING INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE...WITH THE
HIGHER GUSTS BEING IN THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.
EXPECT THESE WINDS TO CONTINUE INCREASING INTO THE 65 PLUS MPH
RANGE. SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVIER BANDS AND GUSTY
WINDS...WHICH PRODUCED BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT DROPPED LIKE A ROCK THIS MORNING...RANGING FROM LOW TO
MID TEENS IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE
MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WERE STILL IN THE LOW
30S. EXPECT THESE TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY FALL BEHIND THE FRONT
AS WELL.

.FORECAST SUMMARY...
LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND
THEN SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. A
STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TRAILING THIS SYSTEM WILL USHER IN VERY
STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES INTO THURSDAY. THIS IN
COMBINATION WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

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