ROANOKE, Va. – Similar to Thursday, any showers or storms Friday will be relatively hit-or-miss.
Temperatures will also be quite similar, as we reach the mid-to-upper 70s in the mountains and low-to-mid 80s elsewhere.
Most of the storminess stays near and south of I-40 in the Carolinas Friday, though clouds will increase throughout the day here in southwest and central Virginia.
Come Saturday, we’ll be in between storm systems. This leaves storm coverage fairly hit-or-miss once again with high temperatures in the upper 70s and lower 80s.
We’ll be tracking a separate storm system Sunday and Monday. This one promises more numerous showers and thunderstorms. These slow-movers may lead to localized flooding.
Saturday’s outdoor plans are mostly good to go, but you may need to make some adjustments Sunday from 11 a.m. onward.
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Looking toward next week, signs point toward us warming up more. Temperatures will be near average for mid-to-late August.
It doesn’t appear as though we’ll see any extreme heat for the rest of the month.
One of the large-scale weather patterns we track, the Pacific North American (PNA) oscillation, stays in its positive phase. When this happens, we tend to see near-to-below average temperatures and more storminess, much like we’ve seen in the last week or so.