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We saw isolated thunderstorms develop Tuesday evening just before dark, though most folks never saw a drop of rain. Most of the storms stayed way south & west of Nelson near Roanoke. Afternoon highs topped out generally in the mid 80’s. NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine reached a high of 87 degrees around 4 PM. NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard, reached an afternoon high of a cooler 84 degrees. In Lovingston at NCL-Tiger Fuel had an afternoon high of 86 degrees just before 4 PM. NCL Wintergreen Nature Foundation was the obvious cool spot with a Tuesday high of 73 degrees around 3:30 PM.

On the current surface map below, the cold front that pushed through our area over the past 24 hours is basically washing out and going away. High pressure controls our weather over the next 36 hours, with only very, very isolated chances for a t-storm later today. Best chances are late evening.
Current-Sat Surface Map

Below, on the National Forecast Map, high pressure keeps us mainly dry, but a new system promises more organized storms by the weekend with a chance for severe weather possibly on Sunday. The weekend still has ample sunshine, but there will be better chances for storms.
Today’s Forecast Map

Today look for sunny skies this morning with partly sunny skies by afternoon. Some widely isolated thunderstorms may develop this afternoon, but the majority of them should be south. High temps in Piney River, Martin’s Store, and Tyro will be around 87-88 degrees. On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, Three Ridges, Devil’s Knob, and Montebello, look for partly sunny skies with isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Highs top out around 73 degrees. Winds will be SE around 5 MPH becoming east. Tonight any thunderstorms that do develop fizzle out by midnight and skies becoming partly cloudy. Patchy fog by Thursday morning in areas that do see some showers. Lows valley around 63 degrees. On the mountains overnight lows of about 65 with the scattered clouds. Winds SW 5-10 MPH.

Thursday mostly sunny and warmer Highs near 90. On the mountains look for afternoon highs around 83.The extended forecast shows chances for scattered thunderstorms returning by Saturday. Daytime highs Friday / Saturday upper 80’s to 90 – overnight lows generally in the 60’s. By Sunday we cool to around 80 for daytime highs with the chances for scattered thunderstorms continuing.

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

Know your Nelson
-T-

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Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend off. The weather cooperated for just about the entire three days. We did see a brief thunderstorm last night here in Greenfield at our NCL office. NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine reached a high of 91 degrees with .06″ inches of rain in the bucket from the storm. We noticed some small hail as the storm worked its way east. Nelson and some surrounding counties were placed under severe thunderstorm warnings later in the day. But no real damage occurred. To our east over at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard, Claude’s gauge picked up a tad more rain at 08″ and an afternoon high of 89 degrees. Down 29 in Lovingston at NCL-Tiger Fuel Tim Spicer’s gauge had a little over a third of an inch of rain at .36″ The afternoon high in Lovingston was 90 degrees. Due to the power outages in some locations last night our NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation site and NCL-Wintergreen Winery are currently offline and I can see the data from them. They will be back up later today.

On the current surface map below, northern high pressure is slowly pushing a weak cold front down toward our area. This morning it’s to our north in the NOVA area. Throughout the day it will slowly slide toward us.
Current-Sat Surface Map

Below, on the National Forecast Map, the cold front mentioned above makes it somewhere near Nelson this afternoon. We’ll still have chances for those afternoon thunderstorms late in day after we get the heating, but they don’t look to have as much severe potential as Monday. Though any storms that form will be slow moving ones, so isolated heavy rains could occur. The northern high pressure eventually wins out in the next day or so bringing slightly drier air to Nelson County.
Today’s Forecast Map

Today look for partly cloudy skies with isolated thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Some storms could produce brief heavy rains. High temps in Faber, Schuyler, and Colleen will be around 86-87 degrees. On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, and Montebello, look for partly cloudy skies with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs top out around 74 degrees. Winds will be NE around 5-10 MPH becoming east, except gusty near thunderstorms. Tonight Thunderstorms die out by midnight and skies becoming partly cloudy. Lows valley around 60 degrees. Again, patchy fog in any areas where rain has fallen. – On the mountains overnight lows of about 60-61 as well. Winds E-5 MPH becoming NE after midnight.

Wednesday partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Highs mid 80’s. On the mountains look for low and mid 70’s for afternoon highs with scattered afternoon thunderstorms.The extended forecast shows chances for scattered thunderstorms each afternoon with daytime highs in the mid and upper 80’s and overnight lows generally in the 60’s. The chances for scattered thunderstorms continues into next weekend. Again, most days start sunny with partly cloudy skies by afternoon along with scattered thunderstorms.

If severe weather does break out, remember to come back here, we’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings and coverage of anything affecting Nelson.

Remember Know your Nelson
-T-

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Good Memorial Day to everyone!

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Nelson County Life Magazine
Canoe at Lake Monacan

Let’s remember first and foremost the only reason that most of us can have this holiday off to relax and play is because of the folks in the armed forces that have given their lives for our own country. Lot’s of people think it’s corny, or even roll their eyes when you start talking about this. Not us. We know how much the men and women in the in the military have done in the past, and continue to do today so the rest of us can enjoy our life here in the United States. At some point today while we’re raising a glass, cooking out on the grill, riding the ski boat at the lake, or taking a swim, remember why we really celebrate this day.

And speaking of the weekend, what a great holiday weekend it has been so far. If you haven’t looked around on our website under the recent posts, check them out to see the events that have taken place. It’s on your left under recent posts. Or just click the highlighted link in this paragraph.

Generally speaking this Memorial Day weekend has been near perfect. We have seen some isolated thunderstorms pop up here and there from time to time. But most people never saw any rain for the entire weekend. Today we’ll begin to see more scattered thunderstorms across the area, especially this afternoon as we get the peak daytime heating. Almost everyone made it into upper 80’s or near 90 Sunday as ample sunshine warmed things quickly. Here at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine we reached a high of 89 degrees around 12:30 in the afternoon. Would have easily made it to 90 but those isolated thunderstorms kept the temps just under 90.

Upon the mountain NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation at Devil’s Knob, we showed a high temp of 87 degrees briefly on Sunday around noon. I do think that sounds a bit high for them, but even higher elevations got very warm yesterday, so it’s not out of the question.

On the current surface map below, high pressure off of the eastern coast still controls our weather, but it is finally losing it’s grip and beginning to drift away over the next 36-48 hours. A cold front to our north will be our next weather maker.
Current-Sat Surface Map

Below, the cold front mentioned above gets closer to us, it will stall somewhere in our neighborhood for the next couple of days. With it close by our chances for afternoon thunderstorms increases to about 50% for the area today.
Today’s Forecast Map

We are in the slight risk area for severe thunderstorm development later today.

Today look for mostly sunny skies in the morning with scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Some of these storms could become severe later in the day. High temps in Nellysford, Beech Grove, and Lovingston will be around 88-89 degrees. On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Wintergreen, and Montebello, look for sunny skies early with thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs top out around 80 degrees. Winds will be west around 5-10 MPH, except gusty near thunderstorms that do develop. Tonight look for thunderstorms scattered around the area and mountains, with most of them dying out by midnight and skies becoming partly cloudy. Lows valley around 65 degrees except where rain hits, a tad cooler there and look for patchy fog in any areas where rain has fallen. – On the mountains mild overnight lows of about 65-66 as well. . Winds will be NE 5-10 becoming NW after midnight.

Tuesday looks much like Monday except we may see slightly less thunderstorms and a highs again flirting with 90 degrees. On the mountains look for mid 70’s for afternoon highs. In the extended forecast we have chances for scattered thunderstorms each afternoon with daytime highs in the mid and upper 80’s and overnight lows generally in the 60’s. We’ll have plenty of sunshine during the extended period, but our chances for afternoon thunderstorms are much better than we have seen in the previous week.

If severe weather does break out, remember to come back here, we’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings and coverage of anything affecting Nelson.

Remember Know your Nelson

Have a great Memorial Day!

-T-