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Marine Weather and Tides Pamplin City, VA Version 3.4

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Sunrise 7:18AM

Sunset 5:00PM

Tuesday December 10, 2019 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)

Moonrise 4:05PM

Moonset 5:30AM

Illumination 98%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Pamplin City, VA

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Area Discussion for - Blacksburg, VA

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FXUS61 KRNK 101432 AFDRNK

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 932 AM EST Tue Dec 10 2019

SYNOPSIS. A cold front is approaching the Mid-Atlantic region early Tuesday morning and will traverse through the region throughout the day. A wave of low pressure is expected to develop along the front Tuesday night before moving off the Mid- Atlantic coast Wednesday. Another storm system will impact the region for the end of the week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/. As of 932 AM EST Tuesday .

A cold front entering the western mountains this morning will move east this afternoon into tonight. Southwesterly flow ahead of the front pushing air into our region. Rain will be our primary PTYPE today, until post frontal cold air advects into the west this afternoon into tonight. This will result in a transition of rain to snow starting first in the western mountains, then spreading east with time across forecast area. Current forecast snow amounts looked good. Modified temperatures utilizing the latest surface obs, their trend and blend in the NBM for late morning into this afternoon. Want to review 12z run of models before making adjustments in tonight forecast.

As of 445 AM EST Tuesday .

Today's cold front is currently situated just west of the VA boot tip pulling behind it much cooler air as well as with a notable pocket of warm air advection just ahead of it. Rain guidance for today has not changed much on the front end of this system: we are already seeing light showers along the western slopes and parts of the Mountain Empire. As we go through this morning, those showers will increase somewhat in intensity and move further east as the front pushes through. Guidance places the leading edge of the front through central VA and NC by noon. This means that a majority of our rain for today and tonight is going to be post frontal.

The main change that has come with the forecast with this system is the change in end timing, having sped it up. Because of this: our snow amounts going into Wednesday morning have dropped slightly, mainly for parts of the western slopes. Cold air certainly will still over-run rain soon enough to create a change over, but the now faster guidance means that snowfall time will be shorter with moisture quickly running out near sunrise Wednesday. Placing amounts to locations, the western slopes will see amounts generally around 1-2" with still a few areas locally up to ~3". Most other areas from the Blue Ridge west will be ~1", but locally higher amounts for higher elevations like around Mountain Lake. Some snowfall is possible east of the Blue Ridge, but temperatures before the limited change over window will be relatively warm . so little or no accumulation from the foothills and down into the Piedmont.

Another notable change with guidance in the short term is the introduction of some freezing rain for high elevation areas, mainly in the Mountain Empire region. Warm air aloft should impact precip type early on in the change over, bringing some possible light accumulations. That mentioned, collaboration with neighboring offices brought the agreement of no advisory criteria with this as any accumulation would be on elevated surfaces as roads and sidewalks would not experience any accumulation.

SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/. As of 330 AM EST Tuesday .

Lingering precipitation behind frontal boundary will rapidly taper off from west to east Wednesday morning with some wet flakes making it a bit east of the Blue Ridge as precipitation ends. A large area of high pressure will then build in from the midwest with quiet weather across the Appalachians and central mid Atlantic region through Thursday.

As the center of the high pushes off to the northeast it will wedge firmly down east of the mountains and maintain this position through the end of the week. The pool of cold air in the wedge will combine with a developing coastal low to bring some mixed precipitation to the region Thursday night into Friday. Expect some light snow/sleet at the onset before daybreak Friday with a transition to freezing rain shortly thereafter. With the coastal low pushing a good amount of precipitation over the wedge, expect most locations will see a decent glaze of ice by Friday morning, with a gradual transition to plain rain Friday afternoon though pockets of freezing rain will likely linger for a bit longer. May see ice accumulations of one to two tenths but this is a complicated situation and expect many of the fine details to change/evolve over the next few days so definitely worth keeping a close eye on.

Temperatures will be running below normal through the period, with a trend for even cooler conditions for Friday as we sit solidly in the wedge.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/. As of 225 PM EST Monday .

Southwest surface and low level winds will warm the airmass and place the region in the warm sector into Saturday. Combination of upper diffluence, deep moisture and upslope flow into Saturday will support precipitation. ECMWF and GFS bufkit soundings have the column warm enough for only rain by Saturday. Low clouds, snow showers and upslope remain along the western slopes of the central Appalachians through Sunday.

AVIATION /14Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/. As of 715 AM EST Tuesday .

Plan for a series of changing ceilings and visibilities over the current TAF period.

IFR/MVFR conditions out west from misty/fog conditions from Winston- Salem to LYH, ROA and DAN will try to lift to higher ceilings, but Roanoke and Lynchburg will take some time to improve as rain moves in this AM. Areas west for BCB, LWB, and BLF will be dealing with the current rain and low ceilings before improving this afternoon, besides BLF which will likely stay at least MVFR through the afternoon.

Tonight, rain will be transitioning over to snow for sites east to ROA. During the transition to snow, both ceilings and visibilities will be affected. Areas east at LYH and DAN will likely not experience this change over and remain with rain through the period. However, heavier rain will again drop ceilings and potentially impact visibilities some.

Conditions start to improve tomorrow morning after the snow and rain, slightly before 12Z.

Forecast confidence is medium.

Extended Aviation Discussion.

A transition to VFR is expected Wednesday afternoon into Thursday, followed by poor flying conditions again for Friday and into the weekend as low pressure envelops the southeast CONUS. There is also the potential for this system to produce freezing rain across parts of the Mid-Atlantic Friday. Sub-VFR is possible on Saturday with precipitation and clouds.

Forecast confidence is moderate to high.

RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. VA . None. NC . None. WV . None.

SYNOPSIS . KK/RR NEAR TERM . KK/RR SHORT TERM . mbS LONG TERM . AMS AVIATION . KK/RR/WP

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Airport Reports

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Farmville, VA	12 mi	35 min	SW 7	3.00 mi	Rain	58°F	56°F	94%	1012.9 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Falling Creek entrance, James River, Virginia

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