Icy Shenandoah Valley

It was the first wintry precipitation this year in the Shenandoah Valley as snow, freezing rain, and sleet moved in overnight and continued throughout Thursday.

Temperatures have hovered between 30 and 32 all day so nothing is melting … yet.  This isn’t the earliest we’ve had snow/ice west of Staunton. In October 2011 we had 4-5 inches of the white stuff.

The forecast says temps will begin rising overnight and continue to the mid-40s on Friday so everything will melt. Not that I like ice but there really isn’t anything we can do about it so we’re enjoying the wintry scene out the windows while we can. Our Shenandoah autumn continues…

Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell
November 15, 2018