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Get our app! Soaking rain expected late Thursday night, Friday morning

Most of the area picks up at least an inch of rain between Thursday night and Friday

ROANOKE, Va. – 60% of our rain in 2023 has fallen on either a Friday or a Sunday, and it turns out those will be the wettest days this week again.

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Showers begin Thursday evening as light and scattered.

Showers begin as light and scattered Thursday evening

Overnight is when the faucet gets turned on, and it starts pouring over much of the area.

Widespread rain Thursday night into early Friday morning

Widespread rain continues into Friday morning’s commute. Budget extra time, and use extra caution out there.

Widespread rain continues Friday morning

Most of us see a break in the rain by midday/early afternoon Friday, as the storm’s energy gets transferred north and east of here.

Most see a break in the rain midday Friday/early afternoon

All we’re left with late afternoon into the evening is a few scattered showers and storms. It appears as though the severe weather threat will mostly be south of here.

Scattered showers and storms continue late Friday afternoon and evening

That said, we’re left with 1 to 3″ of rain out of this storm. While widespread flash flooding is unlikely, streams and creeks may rise.

Impacts from our upcoming soaker

The good news for weekend plans is that Saturday is much warmer and drier. The bad news is that Sunday is trending wetter.

Weekend high temperature forecast for 4/29 and 4/30

A storm to the north and a storm to the south mesh a bit more to bring us an increased chance of showers and storms in the afternoon. Given recent rain, this could lead to some flooding.

Weather pattern for Sunday, 4/30/2023

We’ll turn cooler and windy at times through the first half of next week.