Update: The National Weather Service Office in Blacksburg has issued a Winter Storm Watch for our Roanoke/Lynchburg/New River Valley listening areas for February 10 - 12:
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 5 inches and ice accumulations around three tenths of an inch possible. Some light sleet accumulations as well.
* WHERE...Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia.
* WHEN...From late Monday night through Wednesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Ice accumulation on power lines and tree limbs may cause power outages. Power outages and tree damage are possible due to the ice. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday morning and evening commutes.
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Weather Alert: A combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected to start late Monday evening into Tuesday.
From ABC13 - WSET Meteorologist Will Stafford:
If we see anything on Monday it won't come until well after the sun goes down. I'd use Monday as a day to get anything you need to get done, done - because the next chance you may have to do it with good weather will be Friday.
Tuesday is a Weather Alert Day.
We will see snow move over the area from west to east. Some of this snow will come down heavy at times before it starts to change over to more of an icy mix from south to north.
On Wednesday, we will look for a transition of snow to ice to rain before the end of the day.
Too early to talk totals but in general expect more snow accumulation to the north, less to the south. More ice to the south, with less to the north.
More on the expected winter weather at ABC13 - WSET.
Keep up-to-date on changing weather, road conditions, school closings and more from our iHeartRadio Roanoke/Lynchburg STORM CENTER.