THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, January 4, 1996 TAG: 9601040304
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY STEVE STONE, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
Just hours after the mercury hit a springlike 58 degrees Wednesday afternoon, nature reminded Hampton Roads that it really is winter as snow fell over the region.
And there may be more flurries to come.
It was little more than a thrill to watch Wednesday night, however. Temperatures in the mid-30s didn't let the flakes survive long after they hit the ground.
``This area of precipitation was slowly moving southeast and will likely diminish around midnight,'' said Wayne Albright, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Wakefield. ``There could be isolated spots receiving a very small accumulation on grassy areas and vehicles.''
The mixture of snow, sleet and rain began falling in Williamsburg, Petersburg, Wakefield and Emporia about 9 p.m. and spread east through Hampton Roads cities about 10 p.m.
In downtown Norfolk, where snowflakes filled the beams of car headlights and streetlights, it appeared some motorists were slowing, but there were no reports of any bad driving conditions. On the Peninsula, some lawns were white.
Today should be mostly sunny with an increase in high clouds during the afternoon and a highs in the low to mid-40s.
Tonight is expected to bring increasingly cloudiness with a few flurries toward morning and lows in the upper 20s.
Friday is likely to be cloudy with some morning flurries with a high in the low to mid-40s. by CNB