Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued For Parts Of Virginia

VIRGINIA — The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for parts of Virginia. Forecasters say a wintry mix is likely to affect the Monday morning commute in the northern and central parts of the state.

Precipitation will arrive late Sunday and continue Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Snow and ice may accumulate.

By Monday afternoon, the mix will transition to pure rain, and scattered showers with freezing rain may persist until the evening in the Allegheny and Potomac Highlands.

These counties are under the hazardous weather outlook:

• Albemarle
• Clarke
• Culpeper
• Fauquier
• Greene
• Highland
• Loudoun
• Madison
• Nelson
• Orange
• Page
• Rappahannock
• Warren

The hazardous weather outlook also applies to western and central Maryland and eastern West Virginia.

Much of the region will see snowfall overnight, forecasters say, even areas that are not included in the hazardous weather outlook.

People should give themselves extra time Monday morning due to potentially slick conditions.