..WINTER STORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 545 AM EST TUE FEB 25 2003
...PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES TO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY...THOUGH MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHSIDE AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE TIDEWATER REGION... ALONG WITH THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION NORTH CAROLINA NORTH OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL BE LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY... HOWEVER DAYTIME ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MAY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS NORTHWEST OF A FARMVILLE TO RICHMOND TO SALISBURY LINE. SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...WARMER AIR WILL BUILD IN FROM THE OCEAN...WHICH WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AS A QUICK TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS ANTICIPATED.