...ALLEGHANY VA-ALLEGHANY NC-AMHERST VA-APPOMATTOX VA-ASHE NC-BATH VA- BEDFORD VA-BLAND VA-BOTETOURT VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA- CARROLL VA-CASWELL NC-CHARLOTTE VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA- GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-GREENBRIER WV-HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA-MERCER WV- MONROE WV-MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-PULASKI VA- ROANOKE VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-ROCKINGHAM NC-SMYTH VA-STOKES NC-SUMMERS WV- SURRY NC-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-WYTHE VA-YADKIN NC- 313 PM EST TUE JAN 18 2005

... QUICK SHOT OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RACE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BY SATURDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF SATURDAY EVENING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THE FORM OF SNOW... ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN... OR JUST PLAIN RAIN DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK THAT THE SYSTEM TAKES. AT THIS TIME... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FIRST WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION SEEN THIS WINTER SEASON. HOWEVER IT IS TOO FAR IN ADVANCE TO DETERMINE EXACT SNOWFALL TOTALS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE STORM TRACK... AND SUBSEQUENT WARM AIR THAT COULD MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE AREA....

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Think snow! (Weather.com)

LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...NORTHERN VIRGINIA...AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND IN THE WASHINGTON DC/BALTIMORE CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE MORNING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN INCH IS FORECAST BY EVENING RUSH HOUR. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERNMOST MARYLAND
COUNTIES NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.

Source:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
306 PM EST TUE JAN 18 2005