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The National Weather Service has placed the Praise 104.1 listening area on a Winter Storm Watch but be prepared for an upgrade to a Winter Storm Warning heading into Sunday until Monday. The weather experts say the storm has all the necessary ingredients — rain, sleet, snow — to drop another wintry mess. While it is still not certain where the heaviest snow and ice will around the region, we do know that there is a good possibility of seeing both overnight Sunday and through the day on Monday. The National Weather Service has now placed the listening area in a Winter Storm Watch, so be prepared for an upgrade to a Winter Storm Warning as we head into Sunday. What we know: Sunday is going to be a very mild day! The closer to the Mason Dixon line you live, the better the chance of seeing temperatures in the 40s. The closer you are to Central Virginia, the better chance you have of seeing temperatures in the lower 60s. D.C. will fall somewhere in the middle for daytime highs, which will still be fairly warm-50s. Sunday evening is still looking like the start time for rain to move into the region. The rain/snow line will creep down from the north to the south during Sunday night. The transition from rain to snow will be a wintry mix, most likely sleet but there will also be pockets of freezing rain. Unfortunately, depending on how quick the column of air can cool will depend on just how long the wintry mix will hold on which will mean more in the way of ice accumulation. The graphic below shows where the rain/snow line could be by 11PM on Sunday night. It is fairly close to the D.C. metro area. This is something we will continue to watch-how quickly can we get cold air into the region for a change from rain to mix to snow. This is still a question to be determined but coming into better clarity. This is why it is just impossible at this time to accurately forecast snow totals/ice totals but again, there will most likely be significant amounts of both.
