Wednesday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, Nelson County, VA : Some clouds : continued warm and dry

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Newest NCL-Weathernet Station @ Hatcreek Farm
Roseland, Virginia

Above Heidi Crandall of Roseland shows off the latest station added to the NCL-Weathernet family. The install was completed on Tuesday afternoon. Heidi is great about sending us some fantastic pictures from time to time in her neck of the woods as well!

What a gorgeous day Tuesday turned out to be. After morning clouds, even some drizzle early, the afternoon ended up perfect. Great weather to finish up the installation of our newest addition to the NLC-Weathernet family. Tuesday afternoon we installed the NCL-Hatcreek Farm station on Horseshoe Mountain in Roseland. Steve and Heidi Crandall were nice enough to provide a location so we can now monitor weather on the other side of Brent’s Mountain. A big plus! As with any of the NCL Weathernet stations, you can get to it by clicking on the drop down menu on the upper left hand side of this web page. We’ll be working out any minor kinks on this station as it goes live over the next few days. They can be a little cranky on the front end! Thanks again to Steve and Heidi for filling in a big gap in that direction!

Now with a new station on the air, it would be wonderful if we could try out that new rain gauge with about 5 or more inches of rain over several days. unfortunately, that isn’t in the cards for the near future. The good thing though, October is generally a month of changing weather patterns and we usually end up with more rainy days later in the month as we transition from warmer to cooler weather especially entering November. But that’s a bit down the road.

Overnight Tuesday we had some drizzle just like the night before, but not anything to really do us any good. Over the extended forecast period, not much out there to provide relief precipitation wise, and temperatures will warm slightly as we go through the week headed toward the weekend. I do see a tiny window for showers Thursday into Friday, but right now only 20%. If conditions change slightly we could have better chances. Keep you posted.

And for those of you keeping score at home, The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Tuesday High: 82.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Tuesday High: 70.0°
0.02″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Tuesday High: 82.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Tuesday High: 79.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Tuesday High: 80.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Tuesday High: 80.8°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA
Tuesday High: 77.0°
0.00″ of rain

*Covesville Store : Covesville, VA
Tuesday High: 78.0°
0.00″ of rain

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map keeps high pressure controlling our weather for the remainder of the week. Temperatures warm to the low 80’s over the next couple of days.

Local forecast
*Today Early morning patchy fog & drizzle then sunny and warm by afternoon.
*High temps in Roseland, Avon, & Arrington around 80°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Patchy morning drizzle & fog, then sunny and seasonal.
Highs top out around 73°
Winds: SE 3-5 MPH

*Tonight Mostly cloudy & mild.
*Lows valley near 60°
*On the mountains overnight low near 55°
*Winds: E-5 MPH

Thursday Partly to mostly cloudy slight chance of isolated showers late.
*Highs valley 83°
*On the mountains around 71°
Winds: ESE 4-8 MPH
*Thursday night: Continued mostly cloudy and mild, 20% chance of showers – Lows near 60° valley & 56° mountains.
Winds: Becoming NE 2-4 MPH

The remainder of the week looks generally dry with daytime highs in the lower 80’s valley – on the mountains lower 70’s – Overnight lows – near 60° valley and mid & upper 50’s mountains. The weekend looks dry for the most part with temps near 80° with only a possible isolated shower during the period.

Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, we’ll have the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Wednesday!

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