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Friday & Weekend Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Hotter & more humid!

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Roseland-Sunset

Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Sunset in Roseland along 151
Roseland, Virginia

Here’s a shot from a beautiful sunset along 151 in Roseland. The photographer wanted to remain unknown, but sent this great shot along. What a perfect ending to a really hot day! If you like hot days read on! If you don’t quit right here.

Did you get your hot and muggies on Thursday. No? Well you really have the chance over the next few days! If you like hot and muggy weather you’re in luck, so is CVEC, the electric meter will really spin part of this weekend. Can you say near 100? I thought so! Though we do have the chance for some scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, it will still remain dry in most areas. We’ll have a couple of moderate days in between, but look for several days of upper 90’s on the way!

Here’s the numbers from Thursday: As of 11:59 PM EDT Thursday night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Thurs High: 95.7 degrees @ 2:43 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Thurs High: N/A degrees @ 0:00 PM (station down due to conference – unknown when available)
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Wed High: 93.7degrees @ 4:05 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyard @ Arrington, VA
Wed High: 94.3 degrees @ 12:43 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Wed High: 94.3 degrees @ 1:48 PM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map shows high pressure moving off to the east and a weak front making its way into the area tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will break out later today and tonight. The weekend looks hot with scattered afternoon storms Sunday.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, the front works through tonight, look for very hot conditions on Saturday with temps near 100. By Sunday about a 30% chance for scattered thunderstorms reenters the forecast. Next week is looking very, very hot with temps in the upper 90’s to near 100 again.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Friday Patchy fog in the morning, then partly sunny & hot scattered afternoon t-storms.
*High temps in Roseland, Sherando & Colleen 94 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Early morning fog, then partly sunny, scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 82 degrees.
Winds SW 4-6 MPH

*Thursday night Scattered thunderstorms ending after midnight.
*Lows valley around 67 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 65.
*Winds SW-5 MPH becoming NW after midnight.

*Saturday Partly sunny, very hot & humid.
*High 99 degrees with heat index of around 102
*On the mountains Sunny and hot with an afternoon high of 85.
Winds SW 3-5 MPH

Sunday Cooler with scattered showers and storms. Highs in the low & mid 80’s, overnight lows in the low and mid 60’s. On the mountains look for temps to be in the upper 70’s and with overnight lows in the low 60’s.

Monday hot weather returns with highs in the mid 90’s then upper 90’s by mid week.

Remember when severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Friday!

Know your Nelson
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Thursday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA : Hot & Humid

Tommy
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Rodes Farm Mtn
Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Mountain Views from Rodes Farm
Nellysford, Virginia

Wednesday was a hot and humid afternoon.There were some very isolated thunderstorms across the area but most of them were very far south. Dewpoints were running near 70 degrees at times during the day. Pretty much anytime they get above 60 it feels sticky. High pressure will help lower the dewpoints a tiny but, but after an air temperature of 90 degrees it doesn’t really matter much. Hot is hot!

Here’s the numbers from Wednesday: As of 11:59 PM EDT Wednesday night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Wed High: 93.0 degrees @ 1:42 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Wed High: 81.3 degrees @ 2:44 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Wed High: 94.3 degrees @ 3:35 PM
0.00″ of rain


*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyard @ Arrington, VA
Wed High: 88.2 degrees @ 5:08 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Wed High: 93.9 degrees @ 4:30 PM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map continues to show a high pressure ridge nearby. This will keep chances for thunderstorms at or below 10% and very hot conditions.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, with high pressure to our north today, humidity will be slightly less for one day before building back in on Friday through next week. Very isolated chances for a t-storm exist today mainly in the mountains. Otherwise the forecast looks the same as yesterday!
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Thursday Patchy fog in the morning, then mostly sunny & hot.
*High temps in Nellysford, Faber & Covesville 95 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Early morning fog, then sunny, an isolated thunderstorm possible.
Highs top out around 82 degrees.
Winds SSW 3-5 MPH

*Thursday night Partly cloudy, mild with patchy AM fog.
*Lows valley around 65 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 62.
*Winds SW-5 MPH.

*Friday Sunny, hot & humid. A lone thunderstorm possible @ 20%.
*High 96 degrees.
*On the mountains Sunny and warm with an afternoon high of 83.
Winds W-5 MPH

The weekend looks hot and humid with isolated thunderstorms possible as a weak front gets near the area, but most areas will remain dry. Highs in the low & mid 90’s, overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s to 70 by the weekend. On the mountains look for temps to be in the low and mid 80’s with overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s.

Remember when severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Thursday!

Know your Nelson
-T-

Lovingston : NCHS Class of 1977 Reunion : Pics

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Special to Nelson County Life Magazine : Web edition
By Sue Woodson
Copyright 2007

Much has changed in 30 years. The NCHS Class of 1977 were Seniors when the Vocational Complex was first completed. Several additions later, including relocation of the Middle School (called ‘Junior High’ in 1977), the facility was nearly unrecognizable to those living outside of the County. Many took the opportunity to explore the old and new; taking family members on a scavenger-type hunt through the building with frequent shouts of, “Here’s my old locker!” and “Hey, where did the library go?” While many classmates still live locally, some came from as far away as Florida, Pennsylvania and Maryland for the event.

If you are a member of the 1977 Graduating Class and missed this reunion, mark your calendars for sometime in 2009 when this class of ‘Governor Alumni’ will turn 50 years old. This opportunity cannot pass unnoticed! To be included next time, contact Sue Woodson : sue.woodson@earthlink.net

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The NCHS Class 1977 gathered at the high school Saturday afternoon for their 30 year reunion. Shown here are approximately half of the 35 or so classmates in attendance.

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Gail Morse Early and Gale Hudson Ferguson catch up while Andre Scott and friend converse with Tammy Branch Ponton

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Randy Carter entertained and educated the next generation by sharing tales that started with, “One time your daddy got in trouble in class because. . . .” (Shown here with the children of Preston Martin)

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Randy Carter, Don Wood, Sue Norvelle Brewer, Tommy Marks, and Freddie Small (guest of Janet Knight Small) reminisce over old times.

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Some had more hair; some had less. Shown here are Burton Goodloe of Stuarts Draft & Danny Bonds of Amherst.

Roanoke : Weather Station mistaken for bomb!

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Our friend, Jeff Vogelgesang, of Heards Mountain sent this in this morning. I just had to laugh, lots! I agree we have to exercise caution in this post 9-11 world, but…….

Note to Josh Palumbo at Wintergreen Nature Foundation, please don’t let them do this to our station up there!

From: Jeff
Date: August 1, 2007
Subject: Weather station mistaken for bomb

From the Roanoke Times

Weather station mistaken for bomb

A bomb-squad recently blew up a “suspicious looking box” mounted to a tree near the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Roanoke, Virgina. Turned out that the “bomb” was actually an amateur weather station placed there by an employee of the Center.
An employee had placed a putty-like substance around the box to make it weather proof.

The investigation is concluded and no criminal charges will be filed.

Wednesday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA

Tommy
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PP-Butterfly
Photography by Paul Purpura
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail @ Stoney Creek
Nellysford, Virginia

Tuesday was somewhat of a transitional day weatherwise for Central Virginia. It wasn’t cloudy, it wasn’t clear, it wasn’t rainy, it wasn’t dry ….. Today will be much more decisive.

Our NCL photographer, Paul Purpura, caught this really great shot in Stoney Creek. We simply have so much beauty here year round, but especially this time of year!

Here’s the numbers from Tuesday: As of 11:59 PM EDT Tuesday night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Tues High: 90.3 degrees @ 5:04 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Tues High: 75.9 degrees @ 1:14 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Tues High: 89.8 degrees @ 5:07 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
OFFLINE CAUSE UNKNOWN : PROBLEM ON SITE WITH WINERY COMPUTER station will be unllisted within 24 hours if no report received


NCL-Mini Tara Vineyard @ Arrington, VA
Tues High: 86.9 degrees @ 5:24 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Tues High: 89.4 degrees @ 5:44 PM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map shows high pressure over the Ohio Valley in control of our weather..
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, high pressure remains in control over the next several days. A weak front gets nearby by the weekend creating slight chances of afternoon thunderstorms. Each day between now & then has a very slight chance of a scattered thunderstorm. Most folks will remain dry.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Wednesday Patchy fog in the morning, especially mountains, then mostly sunny & hot. Isolated chance for a rengade thunderstorm across 20% of the area.
*High temps in Nellysford, Schuyler & Amherst around 94 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Early morning dense fog, then mostly sunny, an isolated thunderstorm possible.
Highs top out around 80 degrees.
Winds NE 4-8 MPH

*Wednesday night Partly cloudy, mild with patchy AM fog.
*Lows valley around 64 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 63.
*Winds L & V 3-5 MPH.

*Thursday Sunny, hot & humid. A lone thunderstorm possible @ 10%.
*High 96 degrees.
*On the mountains Sunny and warm with an afternoon high of 79.
Winds SSW 3-5 MPH

The remainder of the week, generally dry and hot, highs in the low & mid 90’s, overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s to 70 by the weekend. On the mountains look for temps to be in the low and mid 80’s with overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s.

Remember when severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Wednesday!

Know your Nelson
-T-

Tuesday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, VA

Tommy
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Bo-2
Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Bo Holland Phone Company @ RVCC
Afton, VA

We’ve all had to call the phone company from time to time to have them come out and fix the lines. Don’t you just love it when they ask you all of those stupid questions. Have you made sure your phone is plugged in? Does this affect all of the phones in your home? Are you calling us from the phone line affected? And my personal favorite, can you please go to the phone interface on the side of your building and unplug there, then plug in a standard phone to see if you have dial tone there? Can you whistle dixie, stomp your feet, and click your heels three times? There’s no place like home Dorothy! Where are my ruby red slippers?

I must admit the scene above got my attention as I drove up to the Rockfish Valley Community Center Monday afternoon. Bo was busy going through all of the steps mentioned above to make sure Verizon would come out to fix the phone line. Mmmm, can you say lightning strike Sunday night…of course that wouldn’t have anything to do with it!

That was some pretty wicked lightning. Monday we did see some scattered storms, but nothing like Sunday. Most areas remained dry, though the clouds hung in there for most of the morning with some sunshine in the afternoon. We’re headed out of this overcast afternoon thunderstorms scenario for most of the week. Days will be hot and partly cloudy.

Here’s the numbers from Monday: As of 11:59 PM EDT Monday night

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Mon High: 87.4 degrees @ 5:48 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Mon High: 72.0 degrees @ 4:18 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Mon High: 87.1 degrees @ 4:58 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
Mon High: N/A degrees @ 0:00 PM (Station off line cause unknown)
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Sun High: 86.2 degrees @ 5:37 PM
0.00″ of rain

The current surface map shows the front that brought showers now out of our hair and in the Atlantic. High pressure is taking control.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, high pressure takes over. There is an isolated chance for a thundershower this afternoon, mainly south and east, but just about everyone will stay dry.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Tuesday Patchy fog in the morning, then mostly sunny & hot. Very isolated chance for a lone thunderstorm across 20% of the area.
*High temps in Afton, Greenwood & Lovingston around 90 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Early morning dense fog, then mostly sunny, an isolated thunderstorm possible on the BRP south.
Highs top out around 79 degrees.
Winds N 5-10 MPH

*Tuesday night Partly cloudy with patchy fog.
*Lows valley around 62 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 61.
*Winds NNE 3-5 MPH.

*Wednesday Sunny and hot.
*High 94 degrees.
*On the mountains Sunny and warm with an afternoon high of 80.
Winds ESE 3-5 MPH

The remainder of the week looks generally dry and hot, highs in the low & mid 90’s, overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s to 70 by the weekend. On the mountains look for temps to be in the low and mid 80’s with overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s.

Remember when severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Tuesday!

Know your Nelson
-T-

Monday Weather : Wintergreen & Nelson County, Virginia

Tommy
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Peach Camp
Photography by Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine : Copyright 2007
Camp Peach @ Saunders Brothers
Piney River, VA

Okay, Camp Jeep 2007 is now part of the record books. Most of the Jeeps with their little orange flags waving in the breeze have gone home. You know ….. Yvette and I are both are Jeeps owners, several times over, but like we told our friend, Laurel Lee from Amherst the other night @ Camp Jeep taking pics, “We own Jeeps, but we aren’t sure we even understand this whole Camp Jeep thing. It’s a great for the lodging and local restaurants, but those of us living here know it’s sure nice to have the roads back!

We couldn’t help but laugh this weekend when we were out delivering the August issue. We cut across from Piney River on Route 56 to Saunders Brothers and saw the sign above in the picture. Camp Peach! Love it!

Paul Saunders and his family had a big weekend there. Paul even served us up a cup of great smooth ice cream. Yummy! Thanks Paul! The peaches are in! Here’s a couple more pics:

Paul Wagon

Customers

Speaking of Saunders, we are following one of Paul’s sons, Tom, on a scout trip to Wyoming with Troop 32 from Nelson County. Steve Crandall is with him along with others. Steve’s wife, Heidi, is keeping us briefed on their progress out there. She gave us an update late Sunday night on their progress.You can read about their adventures by clicking here.

Finally the dam broke for some of us in Nelson on Sunday. We got 1.55 inches of rain here at Nelson County Life Magazine in Greenfield near Ashley’s Market. Other stations got just under an inch. We lost power for about two hours, but you know, it was really nice, just sitting back and watching the lightning off in the distance and listening to the rain. Our friends, Rick & Sarah from Covesville Store were here having a burger on the grill. Great evening just watching the storms.

We have one more day today of scattered storms before we get back to hot weather with minimal chances for rain. After today it’s going to be hot and dry once again for several days.

Here’s the numbers from Sunday: As of 11:59 PM EDT Sunday

*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine – Greenfield
Sun High: 91.8 degrees @ 3:03 PM
1.55″ of rain (manual, but accurate entry due to power failure)

*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation @ Devil’s Knob
Sun High: 76.6 degrees @ 2:59 PM
0.82″ of rain

*NCL-Wintergreen Winery at the foot of Wintergreen Mountain
Sun High: 90.5 degrees @ 3:39 PM
1.10″ of rain

*NCL-Delfossee Winery & Vineyard near Hickory Creek : Faber
Sun High: 89.8 degrees @ 5:01 PM
0.00″ of rain

*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Sun High: 89.1 degrees @ 3:37 PM
N/A” of rain (unavailable due to storm power failure)

You can see other rainfall totals from across the county by clicking here.

The current surface map shows a front working its way out to sea from Virginia. We’ll see chances of thunderstorms in the area today as the front works out of here.
Current-Sat Surface Map

The National Forecast Map, the front moves out to sea and high pressure works in to bring clearing skies mid week.
Today’s Forecast Map

Local forecast
*Monday Patchy fog in the morning, then partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms across 40% of the area.
*High temps in Piney River, Batesville & Lovingston 84 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Early morning dense fog, then partly sunny, scattered thunderstorms.
Highs top out around 73 degrees.
Winds NNE 5-7 MPH

*Monday night Mostly cloudy early with scattered showers & thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy after midnight with fog.
*Lows valley around 65 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 63.
*Winds WSW 3-5 MPH.

*Tuesday Partly sunny and warmer, slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm in particular south near Amherst.
*High near 90 degrees.
*On the mountains Partly sunny with minimal chances for a thunderstorm.
Highs top out near 80 degrees.
Winds NNE 4-8 MPH

The remainder of the week looks generally dry with afternoon highs hot, highs in the upper 80’s to lower 90’s, overnight lows in the mid and upper 60’s. On the mountains look for temps to be around 80 for daytime highs and overnight lows around 62-63 degrees.

Remember when severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.

Have a great Monday!

Know your Nelson
-T-

Camp Jeep : B-52’s on Stage Saturday night for Finale!

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B-52’s - 1
Photography by Yvette Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Camp Jeep 2007 Closing Night
Oak Ridge Estate : Arrington, Virginia

We’ve been telling you about the three day Camp Jeep event at Oak Ridge Estate since Thursday. Over 12,000 people and over 2500 Jeeps. Wow! Saturday night ended the whole thing with the B-52’s doing a little Roaming and Love Shack to name a few.

Yes, folks you’ll begin to see the number of Jeeps on the roads around here go back to normal starting today. But it looks like they had a great event for Camp Jeep 2007.

Here’s a few more pics Yvette got at the performance.

Stage wide

Stage motion

Crowd

Mother & son

Kid on Shoulders

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Wintergreen : Performing Arts holds Festival Finale

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Medium Orchestra
Photography by Paul Purpura
Nelson County Life Magazine
Wintergreen Performing Arts – Festival Finale
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia

Though there’s still plenty of other events left on the table for the remainder of the year, Wintergreen Performing Arts held its Festival Finale Saturday night on the mountain at Wintergreen. It included the final Academy Concert, a pre-concert talk by Larry Alan Smith, Artistic and Executive Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts and Classics III. Part of the evening was to honor outgoing WPA President John Claman, violinist Robert McDuffie and conductor Peter Oundjian. The dinner was a relaxed and enjoyable celebration of WPA.

Here’s more of the shots Paul got at Saturday night’s performance and Festival Finale Gala Dinner.

Violin

3 Group

Larry

Gala

Conductor

Lovingston : The Long Way Home : Model A Ford makes its way back home : Video

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It’s our cover story in the August issue of NCL out on shelves now. (Page 22) This is a great story about Paul Shelton’s 1931 Model A Ford making its way back home. The video of its arrival, his surprise when it rolls up to McDonalds in Lovingston, and much more included. Enjoy!
-T-

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