- Winter Storm Watch for Albemarle County, Virginia
- Winter Storm Watch issued February 13 at 8:45PM EST until February 16 at 10:00AM EST by NWS
- Effective: Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 8:45 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 10 a.m.
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 TO
10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING...IN THE TEENS SUNDAY NIGHT...RISING INTO THE
UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
* WIND CHILLS...10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION...POTENTIAL FOR 5 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW AND
SLEET. POTENTIAL FOR AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE FROM
FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING...LOWEST WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL LEAD TO FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. SNOW AND
ICE WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT.