ROANOKE, Va. – Smoke became thick at times Wednesday, and it will stay that way Thursday. This is thanks to wildfires in western Canada and upper level winds dragging smoke down from it.
By Friday, it will slowly move from west to east and out of the area.
This happens as storm clusters dive down from the northwest. One such cluster misses us Thursday.
We stand the chance of a few showers from another Friday morning, but the better chance for showers and storms develops late Friday afternoon into the evening.
Some of these could be strong to severe. Damaging wind gusts would be the main threat with any storms that develop over us.
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High temperatures will be typical of late June the next two days. Most of us reach 83 to 89°.
The weekend features more scattered storms, thanks to heat, humidity and a weak disturbance to the north.
Once that fizzles out, most storms will be focused to our south. We’re feeling cautiously optimistic about the forecast heading into the 4th of July next Tuesday.
High temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s, while low temperatures drop into the 60s and 70s.