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Thursday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP, & Nelson County, VA : Continued warm and mostly dry

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Weathercast by Tommy Stafford, Nelson County Life Magazine

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Photography by Amy Childs
For www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Changing the light bulbs
Nellysford, Virginia
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So how do you change a light bulb way up there? With a forklift of course! Kay Pfaltz upon her pedestal changes out the lights in front of Basic Necessities. Brian Kidd of Wintergreen Hardware drives the forklift, I mean mobile pedestal to help out. Amy Chiilds of Taylor’s Creek was sitting in Basic when she saw Kay out front rising above, she sent this pic to us! Thanks Amy!

Well, Wednesday was another perfect day to be out changing the outdoor lights. It even got hot in some parts of Central Virginia as warm high pressure controls our weather. Though we had some morning clouds and light drizzle, that quickly gave way to mostly sunny skies and very warm, in truth, hot, temperatures. Thursday and much of the extended period looks very similar with warm conditions and unfortunately, very minimal chances for rain.

Also I want to mention that yes, yours truly, will be the emcee for The Wintergreen Nature Foundation’s annual golf tournament tomorrow over at Stoney Creek Golf Course. This ought to be a real interesting day since I still don’t really know how to play golf yet! Not to worry I am just riding around in the golf cart and talking! Seriously, it’s a great cause with a nice silent auction, and a great day of golf. The guys at TWNF do great work on preservation here in Nelson and this is a big benefit for them. See you there!

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
Wednesday High: 87.4°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Wednesday High: 75.0°
0.02″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Wednesday High: 87.3°
0.00″ of rain

*NEW*NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain : Roseland, VA
Wednesday High: 84.9°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Wednesday High: 86.5°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Wednesday High: 86.4°
0.00″ of rain

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

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

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map continues to show high pressure in control of our weather right on through the weekend. Temperatures will be hot over the next 24 hours cooling slightly by the weekend. Better chances for rain enter the forecast by mid week next week with daytime highs dropping to the upper 60’s to near 70 by Wednesday of next week.

Local forecast
*Today Early morning fog then sunny and hot.
*High temps in Nellysford, Greenwood, & Shipman around 90°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Morning fog, then sunny and warm.
Highs top out around 79°
Winds: SE 5-10 MPH

*Tonight Mostly cloudy & pleasant some scattered sprinkles possible especially locations south.
*Lows valley near 60°
*On the mountains overnight low near 58°
*Winds: Light SE

Friday Partly to mostly cloudy at times & not as warm, possible sprinkles south.
*Highs valley 83°
*On the mountains around 73°
Winds: SE 4-6 MPH
*Friday night: Mostly cloudy and mild early evening with partly cloudy skies late, 20% chance of sprinkles – Lows near 60° valley & 58° mountains.
Winds: E 2-4 MPH

Friday into the holiday weekend look for generally dry conditions with daytime highs in the low and mid 80’s valley – on the mountains low & mid 70’s – Overnight lows – near 60° valley and upper 50’s to near 60° mountains. Cooler temps move in next week after Columbus Day.

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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Virginia Governor’s Cup Wine Competition Results 2007

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Virginia Governor’s Cup Wine Competition Results

The 2007 Virginia Wineries Association Governor’s Cup Judging Committee is pleased to announce there were 352 entries in this year’s event, amongst which these wines were awarded the following medals:

Afton Mountain
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Dessert Wine Blends White Sweet Afton 2005 $20.00 Bronze
Gewurztraminer Kilaurwen Vineyard 2006 $19.00 Silver
Riesling 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Sparkling Brut Tete de Cuvee Bru 2005 $28.00 Silver


Cardinal Point
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2005 $25.00 Bronze
Cabernet Franc 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Chardonnay Barrel Barrel Select 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Proprietary-White Quattro 2006 $16.00 Bronze
Proprietary-White A6 2006 $17.00 Silver
Viognier 2006 $18.00 Gold


Delfosse
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2006 $23.00 Bronze
Chardonnay Barrel Resere 2005 $25.00 Silver
Late Harvest Viognier Ambroi 2005 $27.00 Silver
Meritage – Red Mer 2005 $30.00 Bronze
Merlot 2005 $27.00 Bronze
Pinot Gris 2006 $18.00 Bronze
Proprietary-White Reserve d’Oria 2005 $26.00 Silver
Viognier Reserve 2006 $29.00 Bronze
White Table Wine Deer Rock Farm White 2006 $14.00 Silver

Veritas
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2006 $18.00 Silver
Chardonnay Unoaked Saddleback Chardonnay 2006 $18.00 Bronze
Dessert Traminette Kenmar 2005 $50.00 Silver
Petit Verdot 2005 $30.00 Bronze
Petite Manseng 2005 $25.00 Silver
Red Table Wine Claret 2006 $20.00 Bronze
Ruby Port Othello 2005 $30.00 Silver
Viognier 2006 $20.00 Silver

Wintergreen Winery
Varietal Description Appellation Year Price Medal
Cabernet Franc 2004 $20.00 Silver
Chardonnay Oaked Black Rock Reserve 2006 $20.00 Gold
Merlot 2005 $20.00 Bronze
Viognier 2006 $20.00 Bronze

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

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REFRESH Nelson County Life Magazine HERE for the latest updates:

    ***NEWS ALERT : SEE BREAKING STORY FROM TUESDAY NIGHT BELOW THIS WEATHERCAST : NEWS ALERT***

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
www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Newest NCL-Weathernet Station @ Hatcreek Farm
Roseland, Virginia
Hatcreek-NCL Station
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!

Know your Nelson.COM
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Afton: Fatal Wreck Tuesday Night : Route 151 @ Tanbark near Afton Service Center

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Updated 12:37 PM EDT 10-3-07
By Tommy Stafford

NCL has obtained additional information about Tuesday night’s accident on Route 151 near Tanbark Road. An initial eyewitness told NCL she saw a tractor trailer go through the accident scene as she was pulling up. As we stated in our earlier reporting we did not notice any large truck on the scene during our time there and had no verification as to whether it had any part in the wreck. Tommy Harvey of the Rockfish Valley Fire Department and owner of Afton Service Center, told NCL this afternoon that video surveillance cameras at his business caught the accident on tape as it happened. Mr. Harvey tells NCL that a truck was not involved in the accident, though one could be seen passing through the accident scene shortly after it happened. “It did not contribute to or was it involved in the accident,” says Harvey. As stated earlier below by VA State Police Sgt. David Cooper, the cause of the accident appears to be from the car being driven by 65 year old Lloyd Puckett swerving into the path of Ms. Gertrude Johnson of Nellysford.

Updated 10:15 AM EDT 10-3-07
By Tommy Stafford

NCL has learned that 54 year old Gertrude Ann Johnson of Nellysford was killed last night in the accident we have been reporting. According to Sgt. David Cooper with the VA State Police in Appomattox, Ms. Johnson was killed after a car being driven by 65 year old Lloyd Wayne Puckett of North Headwater, Virginia crossed the double yellow line heading northbound into her southbound lane near Tanbark Road. Sgt Cooper says another passenger in the car with Ms. Johnson, 63 year old Betty Sanford of Greenfield was injured as well and transported to UVa Medical Center. Her condition is unknown at this time. Mr. Puckett was injured as well and transported.

Sgt Cooper said the accident is still under investigation and charges will be forthcoming.

Updated 8:20 AM EDT 10-3-07
By Tommy Stafford

Nelson County Life Magazine has confirmed with Virginia State Police this morning that last night’s accident in Afton on 151 did involve the death of one of those involved. We do not know the name of the person killed at this point, but VSP did confirm it as another fatality. This makes five traffic deaths on either 151 or 6 in just the past month.

More updates later today.

Updated: 12:10 AM EDT 10-3-07 : Authorities have reopened Route 151 as of 12:10 AM – all traffic is flowing normally again.

Updated 10PM EDT 10-2-07 by Tommy Stafford

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
NelsonCountyLife.com – Copyright 2007
Serious Accident @ Route 151 near Tanbark
Afton, Virginia
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This is the scene just before 10PM on Route 151 near Tanbark in the vicinity of Afton Service Center. The entire road is blocked and NCL has learned this is most likely another fatal accident.

It appears that Route 151 through Nelson County has become deadly once again Tuesday night. Though still unofficially confirmed, NCL believes at least one fatality has occurred since the county medical examiner, Dr. Bob Raynor, was dispatched to the scene around the time NCL left on the way back to the office to file this report. A teenage eyewitness who had just left her evening job as a waitress at a nearby restaurant, said the wreck happened right in front of her as she was traveling northbound along Route 151. “I saw what looked like a large semi style truck going through the intersection as the accident happened. I was not sure if it hit the cars or if they were swerving to miss it,” says Jennie a waitress at D’Ambola’s Restaurant in Afton. We do not know Jennie’s last name as of this report. But did speak personally with her on the scene while she was stuck in traffic.

On the scene, NCL didn’t see a large truck, but the entire view on the north side of the accident was blocked from our view so we have no way of knowing if a truck has anything to do with this particular accident. We saw two cars involved when we arrived. One shown in the top photo above in the center of 151 and another car off the west shoulder of 151. Rockfish Fire & Rescue Crews were working at a very intense pace to try and free the victim or victims inside the crushed vehicle.

Accident reconstruction teams from VA State Police were called to the scene. This is an almost certain sign that a fatality has occurred, but again not verified as of this preliminary report late Tuesday night. Authorities are diverting all large trucks away from the area and keeping them on I-64, Route 250 and U.S. 29 until the scene has been cleared.

Additional photos of the scene as it appeared just before 10PM Tuesday night.
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Picture(s) will be posted shortly … Chopper is about to land … Accident reconstruction team has been requested … County medical examiner has been called out to the scene … Albemarle County being asked to held redirect truck traffic … Truck traffic from Rt. 29 to Rt. 6 will have to be redirected, Faber Fire asking for assistance …. 10:07PM

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There are reports of a multi vehicle crash with multiple entrapments near Afton Service Center and Rt. 151. Developing …

Regular Weathercast back on Wednesday

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The normal NCL Weathercast will return on Wednesday.

Here’s the generic NWS form for the remainder of today:

NELSON

1014 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007
.THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
AREAS OF DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG IN THE
MORNING…THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.COLUMBUS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

Above 2000 feet along the BRP:

1027 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007

.THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING…THEN
PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

BRP : Big Fall Farm Harvest Festival @ Humpback Rocks w/ video

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Video : Sights & sounds from this past weekend’s event above.


Photography by Tommy Stafford
www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
Fall Farm Harvest Festival on The BRP
Nelson County, Virginia
Apple Butter
Above a demonstration of how apple butter is made at this past weekend’s Fall Farm Harvest Festival held at Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Girl Basket
Here a youngster takes a shot at learning how to make a basket from scratch.

Ann Mooney
Is that Ann Mooney from Piney River? You bet your herbs is it! Ann in period dress, shows some of the home and natural remedies used throughout the centuries.

Band
Above and below, Saturday & Sunday’s event had plenty of mountain music to go along with the displays.

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Yarn Spinner
Here this lady demonstrates how yarn was spun in the pioneer days.

Breaking : Augusta County : Major Power outage affecting area

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NCL has learned that a major power outage affecting about 13,000 customers is underway in Augusta County. We notice that a sister weathernet station at Stuart’s Draft went offline around 9:30 to 10:00 this morning. As of this post it is still not reporting.

You can read more here on the NBC 29 site.

More as we know.
-T-

Monday Weather : Wintergreen, BRP & Nelson County, VA : Continued mild & beautiful

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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
www.NelsonCountyLife.com : Copyright 2007
View From The Blue Ridge Parkway
Nelson County, Virginia
Raven's Roost looking SW
View from Raven’s Roost on The Blue Ridge Parkway looking southwest.

What a fantastic weekend! Look at that sky from the overlook at Raven’s Roost on the BRP! You could see for miles and miles with no visibility restrictions at all! It’s a sure sign that fall is on the way when you start losing that haze layer generally associated with summer. Also be sure to check lots of the events we covered this past weekend by looking and clicking under Recent Posts to your left.

Before I get way off into the forecast, I want to throw out a Nelson County Life “hello” to Bruce and Debbie Flight in Richmond. They own a place in Stoney Creek, and are here most weekends. They are regular visitors to the weather post each morning, but only recently began listening to the audio version so they can keep up with what’s going on back here in Nelson while away! Howdy! to Bruce and Deb. And one final hello to what must be our most distant listener. John, I wish I knew your last name, but I do know you live in New Zealand. John too has a place here in Nelson at Wintergreen, but calls New Zealand home. Last week he was telling Yvette how much he enjoyed being able to listen to the audiocast over there so he can keep up with the weather here as well! Again I think I am safe in saying John, you are our most distant listener! Thanks to you and the Flights for dropping by each day! Wasn’t it Minnie Pearl that said, “How Dee?” Think that was her, I really ought to know that being from Tennessee and all.

The weather’s been great, but dry. Fire dangers I noticed up on the BRP are posted as extreme and many lake and rivers are very, very low. Wish I had better news folks, but this is going to be a dry week. Next weekend promises a chance for some rain, but nothing impressive at least looking this far out. Here at NCL-Greenfield we ended the month of September with only 0.59″ of rain in the bucket for the month. Some locations in Nelson have received a couple of inches, but that’s not much when it’s been as dry as it is. Our high temp for the month of September was 96° on the 7th. Our lowest temp for last month was 39° on the 17th.

Above at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation their high for September was 86° on the 8th and the 25th. The low of 38° occurred on the 25th. For the month they racked up 1.14″ of rain in the bucket. You can get all of the detailed monthly data by clicking on the links below next to the reporting NCL-Weathernet stations. Once there just click on the tabs for month, previous month, etc for lots of neat weather data!

There’s some generalized tropical activity out in the Atlantic and some areas of disturbed weather not too awfully far off the east coast. Right now, that’s about all they are, but we could only hope that a depression might throw some rain our way by week’s end. Right now nothing in play. Tropical Storm Melissa we talked about over the weekend will probably fall victim to wind shear just like Karen did, but that remains to be seen. TS Karen actually still is a low pressure area out there, but nothing more. I’ll be watching and keep you informed on what takes place this week. You can get an overview by clicking here on all of the tropical activity.

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: 80.4°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob, VA
Sunday High: 70.5°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove, VA
Sunday High: 81.7°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard : Faber, VA
Sunday High: 79.5°
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston, VA
Sunday High: 79.5°
0.00″ of rain

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

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

Today’s Forecast Map

The National Forecast Map has high pressure as the dominate feature affecting Virginia and much of the Mid-Atlantic for the early part of the week. Expect seasonal days with cool and comfortable nights. There is a tiny, tiny chance of rain Tuesday into Wednesday, but not impressive enough at this time to say much else. The weekend has slight chances of rain as well.

Local forecast
*Today Early morning patchy fog then sunny and mild.
*High temps in Lowesville, Lovingston, & Schuyler around 78°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Patchy morning fog, then sunny and seasonal.
Highs top out around 69°
Winds: S 3-5 MPH

*Tonight Clear and cool.
*Lows valley near 52°
*On the mountains overnight low near 50°
*Winds: SE 5-8 MPH

Tuesday Continued sunny and slightly warmer.
*Highs valley 80°
*On the mountains around 72°
Winds: SE 4-8 MPH
*Tuesday night: Partly cloudy – Lows near 53° valley & 50° mountains.
Winds: ESE 4-6 MPH

The remainder of the week looks generally dry with daytime highs in the upper 70’s to lower 80’s valley – on the mountains mid and upper 70’s – Overnight lows – upper 50’s° valley and mid 50’s mountains. Rain may be in the forecast by late next Saturday.

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-

Tyro man breaks state pumpkin record!

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William Layton’s Last Chance Pumpkin

Linus, your Great Pumpkin was grown in Nelson County.

William Layton of Tyro, the subject of our October 2007 cover story, broke the state record this weekend for the biggest pumpkin grown. At the Virginia State Fair in Richmond, “Last Chance” (shown above in the patch, prior to cutting) weighed in at 1138 pounds, breaking the old record by more than 200 pounds. The pumpkin on this month’s cover, Baby Huey, took home second place at 824 pounds. Media coverage here, here and here.

Congratulations William!

Schuyler : Happy Trails Mr. & Mrs Randolph : Randolph’s Grocery

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Photography by Tommy Stafford
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Farewell Randolph’s Grocery
Schuyler, Virginia
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This is what the door looks like at the legendary Randolph’s Grocery just east of Schuyler.

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A closer view of their farewell message in mid September 2007.

We first told you about Mr. Russell Randolph in our April 2006 NCL. Back then, in spite of some rather tough health issues just the year before, Mr. Randolph continued to operate his store just as always since 1981. He had worked at the old store since 1954, back when he was just 16 years old. I always loved stopping at Mr. Randolph’s store on my way out of Shipman going to Schuyler delivering the magazine each month. There’s not much out there on the trip between James River Road and where you turn toward Schuyler. Mr. Randolph’s store was always a nice place to stop and take a break from a day’s driving around the county. He always smiled, never complained, and was always happy to see us come by with the new issue. I didn’t know Mr. Randolph for very long, just a couple of years.

When I was making the route last week, I was saddened to see the sign in the photos above on the old wooden door as you enter the store. On September 15th Mr. & Mrs. Randolph finally called it quits. What a long road they have traveled. They deserve a rest! But I will miss seeing Mr. Randolph as I make my way through the intersection at Glade Road toward Schuyler.

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Mr. Randolph poses for a picture in March 2006. He appeared in our April 2006 edition, page 28.

Though I won’t be stopping for a soda there anymore along the way, I will always have fond memories of my times there.

Best of luck to you both Mr. & Mrs. Randolph! We will miss you!

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