We’re starting off October with plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures. Highs today will wind up in the lower to middle 70s, a few degrees above the normal.
With the sun setting earlier these days (we’re losing a bit more than two minutes of daylight each day this time of the year), temperatures will fall off quickly, and by tomorrow morning, many areas will be in the upper 40s, with some others in the lower 50s. There could even be some patchy frost in the highest elevation locations in the state. A Frost Advisory has been issued for tonight for locations just to the northeast of the area.
This is despite a breeze that will develop overnight and last through the day tomorrow as the dominant high-pressure center interacts with the retreating Hurricane Imelda.
Tomorrow will be another sun-splashed day, but a bit cooler than today as highs are only around 70 degrees. The high really begins to flex its muscles, and there will be very few clouds in the skies. Tomorrow night will be another good night for the stargazers, with the only downside being the Moon at nearly 70% full. That, and the cool weather causing anyone outside late to break out a jacket before heading out.
The early part of the extended forecast, including our Fabulous Football Friday night games, is looking similar to what we’re expecting tomorrow – and what we saw today. It will get gradually warmer as well; highs will be in the mid to upper 70s by Saturday, a trend that lasts through next Tuesday. With the flow turning to a more southerly one by this weekend, the humidity levels will go up a bit as well. While the sunshine is nice to see, we’re still very dry around the region. Tomorrow, the latest Drought Monitor will come out, and it will likely bear bad news. Most of the area will be in some category of drought, as the showers that fell last weekend were not enough to erase the drought conditions (the last five days of September saw 0.06″ of rain at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport). The next chance for showers will be late Monday night in the southern coalfields and Greenbrier Valley due to a disturbance moving in from the southwest. Much better rain chances are in the forecast beginning Tuesday as a front moves into the area from the northwest.
For the video version of the forecast, be sure to copy and paste the link below into your browser…
https://youtu.be/s5o1H_BOCtg
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