Winter weather advisory: 2-4 inches of snow expected Tuesday

Snow showers are likely to occur all morning.

The snow is expected to fall after 3 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

“That will help a little bit to prevent the snow from sticking when it begins to fall overnight”, said Jennifer McCord, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The forecast says snow will develop this afternoon from west to east, with a brief period of heavy snow possible late this afternoon and evening affecting the evening commute.

While the NWS is issuing winter weather advisories for counties north, Racine County will not have an advisory for now. While the weather will be significant, the word advisory implies that severe winter weather is not anticipated.

Even if precipitation stays all snow, the bulk of the accumulation will end during the morning, as temperatures look to be above freezing in the afternoon.

Occasional snow. Low around 28. West wind will reach 16 to 18 miles per hour.

Winds between 40 – 50 miles per hour with gusts up to 75 miles per hour. Areas west of Billings will see greater snow accumulations the next several days.

More than half of that figure – 5.6 inches – at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport came Saturday. Northeast breeze 5 to 10 miles per hour.

Map: How much snow fell in Western New York? This shower chance is weak, although the morning run of the NAM model was pretty aggressive with rain/snow showers through Wednesday night. West wind 8 to 11 miles per hour.

But the daytime high Tuesday could get past 40 degrees, turning the precipitation to rain. West wind 7 to 10 miles per hour.

A slight chance of snow showers.

Wednesday should be partly sunny and breezy.

A chance of snow. Otherwise, it will become mostly sunny during the day, with increasing and gusty northwest winds.

Friday Night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28.