AIR MASSES CLASH; SUNNY SNOWFALL RESULTS.(LOCAL)

The Virginian Pilot | February 5, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: RICHARD S. KOONCE THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Sunny skies and snow?

That unusual combination hit most of Hampton Roads for less than 15 minutes Monday afternoon.

``What happened is we had an upper air system swing through that brought much colder air into the region, and that's why it became so windy,'' said Tim Gingrich, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wakefield.

The cool air mass caused instability in weather conditions when it combined with a warm air mass contained mainly in the lower levels of the atmosphere, ...

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