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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA
..SE WV
AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008
WEATHER SUMMARY
CLOUD COVER INCREASED FRIDAY MORNING AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM TO THE
NORTHWEST MOVED GRADUALLY CLOSER. MORNING LOWS RANGED FROM THE MID
50S IN THE WEST...TO THE MID 60S IN A FEW AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE. WINDS OVERNIGHT WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...AND THERE WAS JUST
A BIT OF LIGHT FOG AROUND SUNRISE...MAINLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
A BAND OF MAINLY LIGHT RAIN MOVED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE
MORNING. SHORTLY AFTER NOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED INTO
A LINE JUST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THEN MOVED EASTWARD INTO THE
PIEDMONT. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS
WEAKENED...AND LEFT ONLY RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE PIEDMONT BY LATE
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER MORE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO THE
NORTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA BY LATE AFTERNOON.
HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 70S IN THE WEST...TO THE MID
90S IN THE PIEDMONT. AT THE MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE
REACHED THE LOWER 90S...THEN A THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURE
BACK TO THE MID 70S. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT THE AIRPORT IN
DANVILLE...EXCEPT THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 96 BEFORE IT RAINED.
FORECAST SUMMARY
THE FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA AS A STATIONARY FRONT FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEKEND...THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS IT TRIES TO MOVE INTO A
LARGE AREA OF STATIONARY HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC.
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