If you haven’t been tuned into the news this holiday evening, you may have missed the National Weather Service having upgraded the winter storm watch for the metro area to a warning. The warning, in effect from 4 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday, calls for snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches, depending on the region and how the storm develops in the upcoming hours. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has also gone ahead and…

The National Weather Service has just downgraded our Winter Storm Warning slightly to something closer to 7 to 14 inches, with a mix of snow and sleet likely to start things out early this evening. Winds are expected to get up to between 25 to 35 mph, with gusts over 45 mph possible….

It’s been upgraded to a Warning, kiddos, and it’s 10 to 20 inches starting at noon on Tuesday. Heaven help us….