000 AWUS81 KRNK 270949 RWSRNK NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-272200- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 449 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 .WEATHER SUMMARY... A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS WHICH BROUGHT IN MUCH COLDER AIR WITH GUSTY WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BEGAN IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW FLURRIES OBSERVED IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AROUND 3 AM. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE LOWER 40S IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY AND EAST INTO THE PIEDMONT AREAS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. LOW TO MID 30S WERE OBSERVED ALONG AND WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS. .FORECAST SUMMARY... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES DURING THE WEEKEND ALLOWING FOR A MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH SUNDAY. $$