GENERAL OUTLOOK
Wet weather will continue through Wednesday as multiple storm systems move through the area. Locally heavy rain and a few thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon into Wednesday morning. A cold front crosses our region Wednesday evening bringing cool and dry weather which remains through the start of the weekend.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, then showers in the afternoon. Patchy fog. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
..TONIGHT...Showers. Patchy fog. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
..WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain showers in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Temperature falling into the lower 30s in the afternoon. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
..THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
For most of us, hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Light mountain snowfall is possible Wednesday after a cold front passage. Amounts range from a couple tenths of an inch to no more than one inch over the favored higher terrain locations of Southwest Virginia, the northern Plateau, and the Southern Appalachians.
Wind gusts will increase across the higher terrain this afternoon, then again on Wednesday afternoon, persisting into Thursday. Gusts will approach Wind Advisory levels, between 35 to 50 mph. On Wednesday night, wind chills could dip into the teens to single digits above zero.
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Published at 5.00am on Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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