a winter storm watch has been posted northern neck the middle peninsula the williamsburg james city county area and south down through franklin now talk a lot more about that will talk about the impacts coming up in a bit here's ashley sorry craig you really are kind of summed up what's happening during the traffic network as well really the focus is going to be a ride in before you get to the interstate you may see those slick and icy spots on the road but the interstates appear to be in fine shape right now so at this point i'm just tracking traffic flow and a little bit overnight road work so we do have one project in portsmouth to sixty four eastbound just past frederick as we're approaching effing him right now the right lane is blocked a quick live look for you can see here it actually looks like it's kind of wrapping up so hopefully the next time we checked traffic. this will be clear analogy now but again you can see the roads are dry certainly on the interstate so a bit of good news there and back on the traffic network maps of course an ongoing roadwork in hinton six sixty four n

snow and there are winter storm watches already in place for the northern neck the middle peninsula williamsburg james city county area down through franklin and into north carolina and the air is out to the west so we are bracing for the wintry weather today the calm before the storm i said that within two or three times last half hour and this is what i want you to know today's your day we could still get out take care of whatever you need if you don't like dealing with the wind in the rain and maybe the wintry mix out for much of the metro. today's your day to get those last minute things taken care of as far as the current conditions go it is very ably cloudy to partly cloudy thirty three at the airport the windsor like we will see at about five fifteen mph highs today will reach the mid thirties we will see deteriorating conditions tomorrow i'll show you that with our future cast will talk about snowfall potential through the weekend coming up let's check in now with ashleigh. all right craig went head over now to norfolk and sixty four westbound at the hr bt if you're headed to hampton would give you

by winter storm watches up now for the northern neck middle peninsula parts of the pencil williamsburg james city county west county suri and southampton franklin area west of that also sussex in emporia under the winter storm watch winter weather advisory shaded in blue down there when she gets out of the northampton in north carolina roanoke rapids area southeast of pick up the winter weather advisory and then the area shaded in pink. this is where the heavy action is going to be with very heavy snow and treacherous driving conditions south boston to lynchburg lots and lots of snow for that part of the commonwealth yesterday and yet the turnout thirty three for forecasts high we officially made up to thirty seven so the streak and are reset didn't quite make it a miss by one degree. very frustrating and talk to jeff last as it's okay it's just one degree and really the things that we mailed yesterday with the forecast the light snow showers in the florida came through during the evening right on cue so that was a very very important part of a forecast that was spot on what we're seeing today's

middle peninsula. you are under a winter storm watches include gloucester and mathews a brown kill morning kept a hand as you see williamsburg james city county that area also under the watch to on a life but a nordstrom the communities up there to the west of williamsburg to richmond petersburg south to emporia around franklin southampton winter storm watch as is north canton north carolina out toward roanoke rapids in areas south of that there's a winter weather advisory in this area shaded in pink lynchburg south boston out towards the mountains not winter storm watch but winter storm warnings and they are preparing for a very heavy snow some areas of flint half to two feet of snow a real possibility sad to leave that are at right now initiated temperatures we are in the mid thirties right now wind chills little cooler in the twenties for many areas we are enjoying the sunshine enjoy it now while we have it this is the calm before the storm that system will move in aid to the satellite radar images the flurries we saw last night they are out of the picture now you don't have to worry about any of that this afternoon so the view of a

gets down to hartford thirty areas west of that james city county surrey sussex southampton franklin and north hampton north carolina also the middle peninsula and the northern neck all under winter storm warnings so that's what's going on and this is a huge system you can see this snow extends all the way back across kentucky tennessee back towards arkansas we've got a live picture we could shave from little rock snow on the backside of the cyst is still coming down a massive storm system to be sure i will come back to what we're going to find here across our area the snow is going to move in temperature starting off upper twenties low thirties is you can see in as we go through the day the snow showers approaching it's going to transition to rain near the coast later as we head to the afternoon but i still think a decent amount of snow or mixing really impacting the rose tremendously through the afternoon and evening to the north and west and then the changeover to rain we're going to see the increasing winds tides building is and this is just really seeming to see the rain early tomorrow and then snow transitioning on the backside of this