Valley braces for a foot or two of snow this weekend
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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Central Shenandoah Valley from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Sunday with a forecast for 1 to 2 feet of snow possible.
Locally higher amounts of up to 3 feet are possible at higher elevations.
The snow is expected to begin between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday and will continue through Saturday night. The snow is projected to be heaviest between 1 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday.
Temperatures will be well below freezing for the duration of the event – in the mid- to upper-20s in the Valley and the mid-20s at higher elevations.
Winds will be sustained at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Saturday and Sunday.
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