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Nelson County Life Magazine – Copyright 2007
Above the James River
Near Wingina, Virginia

Top above, Al Stacey flies us over The James River near Winginia where the batteau boats are making their way down the James toward Richmond by this weekend. You can see several of the boats off in the distance in front of Al. Below Al is a closer shot of Captain Brian Roberts’ batteau, The Fluvanna, along with the crew working down the river. You’ll get to read lots more about Brian in our July issue of NCL out next week!

Monday was a hot day with very isolated thunderstorms, but where they did pop up they were intense. Our photographer Paul Purpura who was out shooting another story grabed a couple of shots of the damage last night. You can see our original post about the storms Monday here.

Most locations didn’t get any rain. The ones that did generally got about 1/3 of an inch. Here at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in Greenfield we didn’t get a drop. But we reached a high of 96 degrees. Toward Lovingston where the bulk of the rain fell Our NCL-Tiger Fuel gauge picked up .32 inches of rain with an afternoon high of 95 degrees. You can view other rain totals across the county here.

On the current surface map below, two high pressure areas off the coast have been keeing us hot and muggy. That continues today, but more widespread, perhaps severe thunderstorms will move in this afternoon and tonight.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, a cold front moves through the area over the next 24 to 36 hours eventually bringing in milder temps for the remainder of the week. Some storms later today may become severe with hail and damaging winds.
Today’s Forecast Map

*Today Mostly sunny this morning, with partly cloudy skies this afternoon. Scattered heavy thunderstorms developing about 30% of the area by afternoon. They increase by evening.
*High temps in Wingina, Lovingston and Nellysford 94 degrees with a heat index of near 100
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Montebello, partly cloudy with scattered storng thunderstorms late afternoon. Highs top out around 85 degrees. Winds SW 5-10. Gusty near any thunderstorms that form.

*Tonight heavy thunderstorms early evening over 60% of the area, decreasing intensity after midnight, patchy fog in areas where it rains.
*Lows valley 65 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight lows of about 63.
*Winds W 10-15 MPH. Becoming NW after midnight.

*In the extended outlook
WednesdayIsolated thiunderstorms earyl then mostly sunny by afternoon. Milder. High 85 valley – 78 on mountains.
Thursday mostly sunny. Highs 86 valley around 80 mountains. Overnight lows generally in the mid 50’s valley, upper 40’s mountains by Friday night. The weekend looks generally dry with partly to mostly sunny, scattered thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon with temps in the upper 80’s to near 90.

Remember there is a chance for severe weather this afternoon.
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-

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Photography by Paul Purpura
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Fog on the slopes @ Wintergreen & droplets on a day lily
Wintergreen Mountain, Virginia

Thursday was a gloomy day across Central Virginia and Nelson County. If you were up on the mountains anywhere you were in the clouds. A low gray level of clouds blanketed the area all day. In the pictures above Paul Purpura caught a shot of an almost ghostly looking ski lift at Wintergreen. Below that, using his super duper lens, he got a fantastic closeup of water droplets on a day lily on the mountain. I was up there at lunch Thursday, it was one soggy day.

Over the past 24-36 hours many folks have seen over an inch of rain while others have barely seen a tenth of an inch. Generally speaking most everyone has seen a little something though. Today we’ll pretty much stay socked in with the clouds for one more day before the weather begins a major improvement.

On the current surface map the stubborn low off of the New England coast continues to spin clouds our way. Old moisture areas continue to hang in the Central VA area as well. Eventually high pressure will win out and we’ll begin to see clearing skies by the weekend. I think we might even see a peek at the sun late today in some locations.
Current-Sat Surface Map

On the National Forecast Map, not much happens today and it will look much like Thursday did. Winds will go more southerly, so we warm up just a tad more than Thursday. Low gray clouds with scattered rain showers. If we do get a little sun we could see an isolated thundershower develop, but that is a long shot.
Today’s Forecast Map

*Today Mostly cloudy, still cool with passing showers on occasion. Patchy fog early, then light showers throughout the day, but only about 20% of the area will see them at any given time. We may see breaks in the clouds by late afternoon.
*High temps in Shipman, Tye River, and Woods Mill around 71 degrees.
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Montebello, mostly cloudy very foggy with misty rain most of the day. Highs top out around 67 degrees. Winds S 5-10.

*Tonight Mostly cloudy trending to partly cloudy after midnight. Fog developing again.
*Lows valley 58 degrees.
*On the mountains overnight low of 55.
*Winds S 5 MPH.

*In the extended outlook
Saturday Mostly cloudy, slightly warmer.
*High 73 valley – 65 on mountains.
Saturday becoming mostly sunny, much warmer. Highs 84 valley around 73 mountains. Overnight lows generally in the upper 50’s to near 60 valley, & same mountains. By Sunday skies remain mostly sunny with highs reaching near 90.

Next real chances for rain come back in the forecast around Wed of next 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 and weekend!

Know your Nelson
-T-