Storm to bring new strip of snow for southern Virginia, North Carolina
The lingering cold across the East is setting the stage for another wave of snow for some areas of the southern United States this week.
Snow and a wintry mix spread across Kentucky on Tuesday, Feb. 3, creating hazardous travel as thick flakes fell while a zoo captured southern white rhinos reacting to the snowfall in their enclosure.
The new storm that brought fresh snow to parts of Kentucky and Tennessee earlier this week will bring a small amount of snow and slippery travel to parts of North Carolina and southern Virginia into early Thursday. Other states that have been in a deep chill will finally get a little relief.
Recent storms in the second half of January have brought a significant dose of snow and ice to not only the northern tier of the country, but also the southern United States. The cross-country snow and ice storm during the last full weekend in January brought enough ice to cause widespread, days-long power outages in Mississippi and Tennessee. In the final days of January, a bomb cyclone brought over a foot of snow to parts of North Carolina.
Snow quickly developed over Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday, then moved into North Carolina and Virginia Wednesday night.
Unlike the last few storms that passed through the region, this one did not strengthen rapidly, which generally kept snowfall totals on the lower end than recent ones.
Rain falling over parts of North Carolina will continue to transition to a bit of snow early Thursday morning before ending by midday. Colder air will move back in across much of the eastern U.S. on Thursday.
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Cities such as Nashville and Raleigh had high temperatures near 50 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday. Nashville has been mostly in the 30s each afternoon for the last 10 days, with low temperatures in the teens and 20s during this time.
The warmer air, in addition to the rain, helped to melt some of the snow across the southern Appalachians and Carolinas.
This map shows the snow depth across the southeastern United States as of early in the morning on Thursday, February 5.
Behind the storm, yet another wave of cold air is expected to push into the Ohio Valley and the Southeast. This is expected to bring high temperatures back to near-freezing levels and low temperatures back into the teens and 20s.
Temperatures dipping back below freezing will give the opportunity for any lingering wet or slushy areas to refreeze and turn icy, even late into the week.
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