We’re tracking some showers that are making their way through the area this evening. The showers are associated with a front that is slowly making its way through the region. The showers are heavy at times over Appalachia, but most of the heaviest showers are south of the state line in Virginia.
A strong wind gust or two is possible for some areas, but heavy rainfall with the showers is the main weather concern. The usual threats apply, but widespread flooding is not a concern yet since we were so dry going into this week. The chance for showers stays with us through the rest of the night, and the cloud cover keeps us mild for the season. Lows will be in the lower 60s.
Tomorrow, we’ll see more showers and storms, especially early in the day. The weather for Fabulous Football Friday should be decent temperature-wise, but there will be scattered showers at kickoff in some areas.
The best chance for rain will be in the Southern Coalfields and Greenbrier Valley. Highs will actually be above the normal despite the cloud cover, generally in the mid-70s.
The weekend will feature rain chances both days, especially on Saturday. A disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere will lead to a 70% of rain on Saturday, especially in the higher elevation areas. Sunday will be somewhat drier, but there will still be rain chances. Highs both days will be in the 70s, with Sunday the warmer of the two days due to more sunshine.
Next week, the big player in the weather over the Atlantic Coast will be a tropical disturbance currently located near Hispaniola. The storm is currently expected to strengthen once it gets further away from Tropical Storm Humberto. Many of the global forecast models then take it into South Carolina early next week. They then expect it to turn to the west and stay to our south.
How close it gets will greatly determine how far north the heavy precipitation goes. For now, it looks like some areas in the Greenbrier Valley and Southern Coalfields will pick up more than 2 inches of rainfall.
This will cause some flooding concerns in some areas. If that occurs, we will have gone from drought to flood in a span of two weeks. At the moment, there is great uncertainty with this next tropical system, and we will be tracking it very closely for you.
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