Storm’s arrival brings accumulating snow, treacherous travel to Virginia and West Virginia

A quick-moving swath of accumulating snow and slippery travel will focus along much of the interstates 64, 81 and 85 corridors of Virginia into Monday evening.

A quick-moving storm is bringing snow and slippery travel to start the workweek for parts of Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, forecast to last into Monday evening. In the wake of the snow, plunging temperatures will cause wet and slushy areas to freeze, adding to travel woes Monday night into Tuesday morning.

Even though the storm began as a rain event east of the Appalachians, a change to snow will occur as the main body of the storm heads offshore and colder air presses in from the north and west. The cold, dry air will keep accumulating snow away from Washington, D.C., and should keep Philadelphia and New York City dry for the event.

The snow will fall on areas that received snow and experienced wintry travel late last week…

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