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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA
..SE WV
AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
500 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008
WEATHER SUMMARY
AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF CONVECTIVE FIREWORKS...SKIES
WERE CLEARING AT DAWN ACROSS THE REGION. EARLY MORNING
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 60S EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...AND IN THE LOW TO MID 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ROUNDED OUT THE MORNING HOURS AND
EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON. IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WERE MUCH LOWER TODAY WITH READINGS
IN THE 40 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE AREA. AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES PEAKED IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT COUNTIES...AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S IN THE
MOUNTAINS. NO RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA SINCE SUNRISE
TODAY.
FORECAST SUMMARY
A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD EASTWARD INTO REGION TONIGHT AND ON THROUGH FRIDAY.
BY SATURDAY...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...WHICH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE PICTURE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND ON INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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