Thursday, April 07, 2005
Late afternoon update
Steve Scolnik @ 3:45 PM
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch until 11am Friday morning.
Currently
It's not as spectacular as yesterday, but sun shining through an increasing high overcast has brought temperatures in the low to mid 70's to the Washington metro area this afternoon. Humidity has increased with dewpoints generally in the 50's and relative humidities 50-60%. Winds are brisk from the southwest, gusting as high as 30 mph. At mid-day, radar showed showers west of Roanoke in southern Virginia and some widely scattered activity in West Virginia. The southern portion of the area in Virginia strengthened and the northern portion expanded just west of the northern part of I-81 as it moved eastward into mid afternoon. By 4pm, the leading edge of showers had moved east of Charlottesville. The northern end of the rain area was just south of I-66. These showers should be moving into the southern suburbs by 5 to 6pm.
Outlook
The chance of showers in the DC area will increase tonight as a low pressure area in Kentucky and Tennessee this morning moves slowly to the Carolinas by tomorrow morning. As they have for a couple of days, however, the model forecasts are keeping the heaviest rain in North Carolina and southern Virginia. Cooler air will move in Friday, but an easterly wind will cause skies to remain mostly cloudy. Highs will be around 60. For the weekend, clouds will decrease with seasonable temperatures, highs in the mid 60's.
Currently
It's not as spectacular as yesterday, but sun shining through an increasing high overcast has brought temperatures in the low to mid 70's to the Washington metro area this afternoon. Humidity has increased with dewpoints generally in the 50's and relative humidities 50-60%. Winds are brisk from the southwest, gusting as high as 30 mph. At mid-day, radar showed showers west of Roanoke in southern Virginia and some widely scattered activity in West Virginia. The southern portion of the area in Virginia strengthened and the northern portion expanded just west of the northern part of I-81 as it moved eastward into mid afternoon. By 4pm, the leading edge of showers had moved east of Charlottesville. The northern end of the rain area was just south of I-66. These showers should be moving into the southern suburbs by 5 to 6pm.
Outlook
The chance of showers in the DC area will increase tonight as a low pressure area in Kentucky and Tennessee this morning moves slowly to the Carolinas by tomorrow morning. As they have for a couple of days, however, the model forecasts are keeping the heaviest rain in North Carolina and southern Virginia. Cooler air will move in Friday, but an easterly wind will cause skies to remain mostly cloudy. Highs will be around 60. For the weekend, clouds will decrease with seasonable temperatures, highs in the mid 60's.
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