Sunday Evening Update:
Tonight’s low temperatures will be even colder than last night’s, seeing lows in the 30s and 40s.
The National Weather Service has issued freeze warnings for Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties starting this evening into tomorrow, along with frost advisories during the same time period.
As for the winds, they will quickly calm down overnight. Tomorrow they will pick back up, but be less intense than they were today.
As for tomorrow evening, the entire region is under a freeze watch that extends into Tuesday morning.
There is a high likelihood of frost Tuesday morning in particular. Luckily, temperatures will start to warm up from here, reaching the 80s by the end of the week.
Sunday Morning:
Yesterday had its fair share of gusty winds, but we will actually see those winds intensify this morning.
While a majority of these wind gusts will not exceed the 30 mph range, some areas could see up to 50 mph gusts this AM.
These winds are caused by a strong cold front that pushed through last night, which is also the cause of our over 20 degree drop in temperatures.
Highs will stay in the 50s and 60s today, and will linger around these temperatures for the next few days.
Rain will continue off-and-on throughout the morning. Following the front, there is a large surface high, which will quickly clear our skies and stop the rain.
By about 10 AM, the rain will start to wrap up across the region, with more eastward counties potentially seeing the rain end closer to 11 AM.
This rain has been very light for most, so far. Some areas in the NRV saw some brief heavy rainfall, but a majority of it being more of a drizzle.
Even as we finish up this system, our rainfall totals are not looking too impressive, with a lot of areas seeing trace amounts.
Another system is anticipated next weekend, and is seemingly more likely to have rainfall will come from that.
After the rain wraps up later this morning, that surface high will take over, giving us dry weather to start the week.
Wednesday, that surface high will be displaced by another front that will warm temperatures back up into the upper 70s and potentially producing a few showers.
To end the week, there is a slight chance of seeing a few rain cells across Virginia, but we will remain mostly dry until our next big weather maker comes next Saturday.