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Datebook : Faber : “Elvis” Fundraiser for Faber Vol. Fire Dept : Oct 27th – 7PM

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Sat. Oct. 27th

“5th annual steak dinner and ”Memories of Elvis”


At the Nelson County Rescue Squad building on Route 6 East at
Faber.

Michael Hoover, ”Elvis tribute artist” has performed nationwide since
1979 providing family enjoyment singing Elvis’ greatest hits.
We serve a ribeye steak dinner with all the trimmings from 4:30-6:30 with
his hour long performance at 7:00pm. and we sell advance tickets for
$20.00/person.
We (fire dept. auxiliary) extend an invitation for you to come join us for
great food and a great entertainer.

For more info contact: 434-263-5827
or: 434-263-4822

Thursday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, & Nelson County, VA : Showers continue through Saturday

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : © 2007
Blue Mountain Brewery Opens
Afton, Virginia
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Above, Mandi Smack, co-owner of Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, prepares a sampler tray of the different beers available at Nelson’s first micro brewery that opened Wednesday. You can read and see more pictures about their opening by clicking here.

First congratulations to Blue Mountain Brewery on their opening yesterday in Afton, Virginia. They are Nelson’s first micro brewery joining a large group of wineries that have been open here for years. Though the first, not the last, another is slated to open in Beech Grove sometime next year in the Glen Mary Village.

Finally, finally, finally, some decent rainfall over the past 24 hours. Not a huge rain, but many locations have picked up some nice rainfall. To our south near the NC border they even had tornado warnings issued Wednesday afternoon associated with some severe storms. Fortunately as I discussed earlier in the week, chances for rain hang around through the first part of the weekend. By the time the rains ends, we could see anywhere from 1 to 4 inches by the weekend. We should see the rain slacking off by late Saturday. Temperatures remain generally in the 60’s for daytime highs until late in the weekend and early next week when we’ll see more fall like weather with temps in the 50’s for daytime highs.

The current national forecast map shows a cold front barely through Central Virginia with an associated low pressure area to our west that will continue to provide chances for rain through the first part of the weekend.

Out 48 hours we still have rain in the Nelson area.

Regional Radar look via Wundergound.com

And for those of you keeping score at home, The total rainfall numbers as of 6:00 AM Thursday morning

Here’s a neat google map of all personal weather stations in the area, including all of the NCL ones.

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton, VA
Wednesday High: 73.2°
1.15″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Wednesday High: 64.9°
1.82″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Wednesday High: N/A°
0.00″ of rain (rain gauge out of service)

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Wednesday High: 70.3°
1.92″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA
Wednesday High: 71.2°
0.48″ of rain estimated

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Wednesday High: 70.7°
3.36″ of rain

*Non-NCL reporting station: Warminster @ Wingina
Monday High: 72.6°
0.50″ of rain

Other area reporting rain totals via The Nelson Automated Flood System.

Your local forecast including: Afton, Lovingston, & Ivy
*Today Cloudy & cool with rain over 90% of the area.
*Valley : High temps around 60°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Rain and chilly.
Highs around 53°
Winds: NE 10-15 MPH with higher gusts early

*Tonight Cloudy with rain continuing over 70% of the area.
*Lows valley near: 50°
*On the mountains: 45°
*Winds: NE 10-15 MPH

Tomorrow Fog. Cloudy with rain continuing over 70% of the area.
* Valley: 64°
*On the mountains – near 60°
Winds: NE 5-10 MPH

*Tomorrow night: Rain continues – Lows near 52° valley – 50° mountains.
Winds: N 5-10 MPH becoming SW late

The weekend Showers continue through Saturday evening when they should begin to taper off Sunday looks mostly sunny right now. – Daytime highs generally 60’s valley – on the mountains upper 50’s to near 60° – Overnight lows – mid 40’s valley & around 40° mountains.

By Monday morning look for lows in the mid 30’s mountains, upper 30’s valley – Daytime highs upper 50’s valley – low and mid 50’s mountains.

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 Thursday!

Know your Nelson.COM
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Afton : Nelson’s First Brewery Opened Wednesday : Blue Mountain Brewery!

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Blue Mountain Brewery
Afton, Virginia
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Mandi Smack, co-owner of Blue Mountain Brewery, prepares a sampler tray of all of the beers they make at their newly opened brewery in Afton.

Move over grapes and make room for hops! Blue Mountain Brewery opened its doors Wednesday at noon. Even with a rainy day, tons of folks packed Nelson’s first micro brewery. “It’s been awesome,” says Mandi Smack, co-owner and wife of Taylor, who is the official brew master of Blue Mountain. In addition to several beers they make, Rockfish Wheat is our personal favorite, they are serving several yummy dishes for lunch and dinner. At Wednesday’s opening we had the grilled vegi pizza! Perfect and very good!

Matt Nucci, co-owner, of the brewery was busy Wednesday behind the bar meeting and greeting customers. Congrats to Taylor, Matt & Mandi! First class operation!

You need to go by and check it out. They are open until 8PM. Visit their website for more information on days and hours of operation.

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Above, this couple was on their way to camp here in the Blue Ridge, saw the open sign, and pulled on in for a taste!

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Here’ Arlene Huholdt serves up one of the yummy sandwiches at Wednesday’s opening!

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This is a sampler tray of the different beers made at the brewery. They go from a lighter type of beer all the way to a more hearty style of ale.

Wednedsay Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, Nelson County, VA : Showers continue

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Regional Radar look via Wundergound.com

Regular weather returns on Thursday, till then generic NWS forecast:
NCL

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
342 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2007

VAZ036>040-050-051-055-056-242300-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…CULPEPER…
FREDERICKSBURG
342 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2007

.TODAY…SHOWERS LIKELY THIS MORNING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH…BECOMING NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
70 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…SHOWERS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING…THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE
MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF
RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF RAIN
60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

BRP Forecast above 2000 feet:

FORECAST FOR SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 2000 FEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
342 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2007

.TODAY…CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER

Afton : Rockfish River Elementary : Community Helpers’ Day

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Rockfish River Elementary
Afton, Virginia
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Above a member of the Rockfish Valley FD lets one of the youngsters see what it’s like to wear a breathing pack used when firefighters fight fires.

There were all kinds of demonstrations in all different occupations Monday at the Rockfish School. Youngsters got the chance to see all kinds of careers they might one day have interest in. Thanks to Stacey Johnson, Courtney Truslow, and principal, Nita Hughes, for inviting us over and showing great hospitality while there!

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This fellow got to try out the mask portion of the rig, just in time for Halloween!

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What can brown do for you?

gravel truck
From delivery trucks to dump trucks!

Verizon
Not that any of these youngsters needed any help talking, but these guys from Verizon showed them how their conversations travel across wires and how they work on them.

CVEC
And if you’re not interested in telephone wires, how about electric ones, the folks at CVEC showed them all about it!

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Or if climbing poles isn’t in their future, maybe climbing trees with Smokey Bear might be!

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OK, not interested in that Smokey Bear, how about this one?

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Or a pilot or flight nurse / paramedic on one of these awesome helicopters. Air Care 5!

These were just a few of the demonstrations at Monday’s event. All of the folks that showed up had a great time and all of the kids got a chance to see what the future just might hold for them!

NCL

Tuesday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, Nelson County, VA : Showers today : clearing by Thursday?

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : © 2007
Above the Shenandoah & Rockfish Valley with Aircare 5
Afton, Virginia
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Roseland’s, Betsy Smith, Air Care Flight nurse from PHI (Petroleum Helicopters, Inc) in Weyer’s Cave is seen above on our trip to Rockfish River Elementary School Monday. Students there got to look at all types of careers at Community Helper’s Day they might want to do one day, including helicopter pilot or flight nurse. NCL rode along with Air Care on the trip from Shenandoah Valley Regional to Rockfish and back. You’ll be reading much more about Betsy in the coming weeks and some pretty neat things our local Nelson gal is up to! Meanwhile be sure to check out all of the other fantastic photos from yesterday’s career day at Rockfish River Elementary by clicking here. We had a great time there and appreciate Ms. Nita Hughes and the entire staff treating us to lunch! It was awesome, and the weather perfect, thank you very much!

Good thing we weren’t flying today as the skies won’t be anywhere as clear as Monday, but you know I think we’ll all take the rain we can get. It was already around us last night, though most areas remained dry. Today rain should eventually work into all areas of Central Virginia. As I talked about Monday, there are differing views on how long the rain may hang around, but today most folks should see a respectable amount. Again, nothing to get us out of the drought situation, but at least we are headed the right direction. I don’t see any wild temperature swings over the next 5-7 days, though we’ll briefly cool a smidgen during that period – no real cold temps. We have yet to get a killing frost, very unusual for October. Not unheard of, but certainly rare.

The current national forecast map shows the approaching cold front and associated low pressure system in our area. Over the next 24-36 hours expect off and on rainfall, the best shot today and tonight. Over the extended period, it’s hard to tell what this system wants to do. We could have chances for scattered showers remaining in the forecast through Friday.

Out 48 hours we still have the front nearby, but barely through Nelson at the end of that period.

Regional Radar look via Wundergound.com

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
Monday High: 82.2°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Monday High: 74.8°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Monday High: 80.2°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Monday High: 77.7°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Monday High: 78.6°
0.00″ of rain

*Non-NCL reporting station: Warminster @ Wingina
Monday High: 81.1°
0.00″ of rain

Your local forecast including: Afton, Roseland, & Crozet
*Today Mostly cloudy early with light showers possible, then cloudy with rain by afternoon over 60% of the area.
*Valley : High temps around 73°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Cloudy with rain developing.
Highs top out around 70°
Winds: SW 10-15 MPH

*Tonight Cloudy with showers continuing.
*Lows valley near: 55°
*On the mountains: 52°
*Winds: SW 5-10 MPH

Tomorrow Mostly cloudy in the morning with scattered showers, some sun by late afternoon possible.
* Valley: 74°
*On the mountains – near 65°
Winds: NW 10-15 MPH

*Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy slightly cooler – Lows near 47° valley – 42° mountains.
Winds: N 5-10 MPH

The remainder of the week Clearing skies on Thursday, but some models still say showers. – Daytime highs generally mid and upper 60’s valley – on the mountains lower 60’s – Overnight lows – mid and upper 40’s valley & low 40’s mountains.

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 Tuesday!

Know your Nelson.COM
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Monday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP & Nelson County, VA : Sunny & Warm : Rain by Tuesday??

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

AUDIO VERSION OF FORECAST (some PC users may need to click play button twice)

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : © 2007
Walton’s Mountain Museum 15th
Schuyler, Virginia
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A fabulous weekend in Central Virginia! After some much needed rainfall toward the end of last week, Saturday & Sunday cleared out to be wonderful days with temps again above normal around 80 degrees. At night we have seen some 30’s for overnight lows in the past few days. The weather was perfect for the 15th anniversary of The Walton’s Mountain Museum in Schuyler this past weekend. Hayrides, all kinds of music and food, along with plenty of history on The Walton’s television series inspired by our very good friend, Earl Hamner, Jr’s childhood in Schuyler.

We’ll see a return of those 80 degree temps again today before some pretty drastic changes begin taking shape over the next 48 hours. Expect chances for rain to increase on Tuesday and depending on which models and forecasters you listen to, the rain could last much of the week. The NWS in Sterling. VA says it will be a Tuesday rain event ending by Wednesday night. The NWS in Blacksburg which forecasts as far north as Amherst, shows rain hanging in there until Friday afternoon. I understand why their is so much of a divide since the computer models they look at are not agreeing at all right now. But, I can tell you I favor the NWS in Blacksburg more, they generally are far more accurate than the ones in the D.C. area, who are actually in charge of forecasting our weather believe it or not! And if you’ve been here very much over the past year you know my feelings about relying on computer weather models too much. Mmmm, wonder what happened to that extremely active hurricane season predicted!

Regardless of which forecast you believe we will see a cool down of temps after today, first to the 70’s then 60’s later in the week.

The current national forecast map shows an approaching cold front that will provide rain chances by Tuesday at the latest. Over the next 24 hours we’ll better be able to tell how much and how long the rain will last.

If you go out about 48 hours you can see the front still in the area with chances of rain.

Regional Radar look via Wundergound.com

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
Sunday High: 79.7°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Sunday High: 68.9°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Sunday High: 79.0°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Sunday High: 78.1°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Sunday High: N/A°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Sunday High: 78.6°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington, VA
Sunday High: N/A°
0.00″ of rain

Your local forecast
*Today Patchy morning fog, then sunny & Mild
*High temps in Schuyler, Beech Grove, & Tyro around 80°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Patchy morning fog then sunny & pleasant.
Highs top out around 70°
Winds: SW 5-10 MPH increasing 10-15

*Tonight Partly cloudy early becoming mostly cloudy late. Showers possible after midnight. Mild.
*Lows valley near: 60°
*On the mountains: 58°
*Winds: S 10-15 MPH

Tomorrow Cloudy with showers in the morning with rain likely by afternoon over 50% of the area. 80% of the area.
* Valley: 74°
*On the mountains – near 67°
Winds: S 10-15 MPH becoming SW around 5 MPH by afternoon.

*Tomorrow night: Rain showers continuing – Lows near 57° valley – 42° mountains.
Winds: SW 5-MPH

The remainder of the week Showers continuing through at least Wednesday night possibly Wednesday, maybe as late as Friday – Daytime highs generally mid and upper 60’s valley – on the mountains cloudy, damp & cool highs in the mid and upper 50’s – Overnight lows – mid and upper 40’s valley & low 40’s mountains.

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 Monday!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Nellysford : Lake Monacan @ Stoney Creek extremely low

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If you’ve been by Lake Monacan in Stoney Creek lately, you’ve no doubt seen the impact of the recent drought on the water levels there.

Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2007
Lake Monacan @ Stoney Creek
Nellysford, Virginia

Below is a photo we took on October 7th. Low even then.
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We were back on Sunday October 21st to take some additional photos below:
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It’s hard to tell because the positioning of my camera was in a different location, but it is lower than it was on the 7th. For additional photos scroll below.

Below Henri Weems of Rodes Farm stands on top of the overflow spillway that is usually under water.
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Below, Henri grabs a rare photo of the spillway.
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Looking back toward the spillway facing south.
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Under normal conditions Henri would easily be under water where he’s standing looking back toward the dock.
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Sunday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, & Nelson County, VA : Sunny & Pleasant : Updated

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

Photography by Hayley Osborne
Nelson County Life Magazine : © 2007
Morning Light in Greenfield
Greenfield / Afton, Virginia
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Before we get into the thick of it, want to point out this weekend’s featured weather photo shot by Hayley Osborne. Lots of you know Hayley, she’s a local gal born and raised here in Nelson. Her photography is excellent. You’ll begin seeing lots of her work appear in the pages of NCL starting in November and beyond.

The dam has broken on the long stretch of dry weather. Showers began Friday morning, giving us as much as an inch of rain or a tad more in some locations. This certainly won’t be enough to take us out of a drought. But it will certainly help some temporarily.

Skies will remain clear for the rest of the weekend.


Regional Radar via Wunderground.com

Today’s Forecast Map

On the National Forecast Map, the cold front worked its way through the area Friday is now out to sea. We return to a more southerly wind flow Sunday bringing in warmer conditions once again. Chances for rain enter the forecast again by Tuesday.

Local forecast

Sunday Sunny & warmer – Daytime highs near 80° valley – on the mountains near 70° – Overnight lows – upper 40’s° valley – low 40’s mountains.

Monday Continued sunny & mild. Daytime highs near 81° valley – near 70° mountains. Rain possible again by Tuesday.

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 Weekend!

Know your Nelson.COM
-T-

Greenfield : Accident Route 151 : Ashley’s Market @ Creek Road

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UPDATE:
Project151.org has obtained dramatic surveillance video of the crash as it happened. Watch it here.

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Accident: Route 151 at Ashley’s Market : Project 151.org has details by clicking here.

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