Highs reach the 60s and 70s with sunshine and spring breezes

Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 champion and 2023 runner-up, was knocked out of Sunday's race before completing a lap as part of a three-car crash.

We'll track numerous showers and storms Friday through Sunday

Some beneficial rain is on the way, especially if you're getting the garden started

High temperatures will be close to record levels Thursday afternoon

The political party that captured first place in Thailand’s general election two months ago — only to see the country’s unelected Senators block it from taking power — is fighting back.

Much more refreshing air settles in for an extended period of time - starting Sunday

Highs will be in the 60s and 70s each afternoon Thursday and Friday

The best chance for showers and thunderstorms will be Saturday

Storms will be pretty isolated Monday and Tuesday afternoons

Winds subside, temperatures and rain chances rise in the coming days

Low pressure nearby will keep things feeling like March again

Most shows used to kick off in the fall, air big episodes in November and February, and go out with a bang in May for sweeps.

President Joe Biden is portraying the May jobs report as a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and education.

On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation declaring the second Sunday of each May would be “a public expressions of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country,” also known as, the creation of Mother’s Day.

Happy Saturday and first day of May! While the winds won’t be nearly as strong today, a light breeze will be possible at times.

Expect high temperatures across much of the area to reach into the 60s with a few high clouds drifting through. At this time, the International Space Station will be flying over. This will put our high temperatures in the 70s Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, making it feel like the middle of May at times. Upper air pattern by Thursday, 3/11/2021This will also extend our dry spell to 10 straight days, which hasn’t happened since late December of 2019. Last time we had a dry spell of 10 straight daysThat streak may come to an end late Friday, as a front slowly moves closer to the region.

If their forecast of 8 million jobs lost in May proves correct, it would come on top of April's loss of 20.5 million jobs — the worst monthly loss on record — and bring total job cuts in the three months since the viral outbreak intensified to nearly 30 million. That's more than three times the jobs lost in the 2008-2009 Great Recession. That is still more than all the jobs lost in the Great Recession. Oxford Economics, a consulting firm, estimates that the economy will regain 17 million jobs by year's end, a huge increase by historic standards. Adam Ozimek, chief economist at Upwork, notes that the fastest year for job growth since the Great Recession was 3 million jobs in 2014.

ROANOKE, Va. – After one of the wettest weeks in any month during Roanoke’s recorded weather history, the Star City was on the doorstep of a new record for wettest May. With the showers and storms that pushed through Sunday, Roanoke added 0.91″ of rain to its May totals, pushing 2020 into the top spot for wettest Mays on record with a week to go! We set three consecutive daily rainfall records last week on Tuesday through Thursday. May daily rainfall calendar (WSLS)With rain chances in the forecast later this week, May 2020 can run up the score and climb further out of reach for future Mays. It hasn’t rained quite as much in our other major communities, so May 2020 comes lower on the list of wettest Mays in those locations.

Now that our skies have dried out, we can figure out where this week’s rains ranks in the record books. Roanoke was one of the wettest communities this past week, with 9.26″ of rain falling from Monday through Friday. Wettest 3 day periods in Roanoke (WSLS)With all the rain this week, Roanoke is now experiencing one of its wettest Mays on record. Wettest Mays on record in Roanoke (WSLS)May 2020 in Blacksburg also ranks high on the list of wettest Mays, coming in 12th so far. Danville and Lynchburg were drier this past week, so this year is lower on the list in each of those communities.