ROANOKE, Va. – In addition to the umbrella, make sure you and/or the kids have our free weather app downloaded for Thursday morning’s rain.
A weakening cluster of showers and storms moving in from Tennessee and Kentucky will likely impact the morning commute in the New River Valley and Roanoke Valley Thursday morning. Rain will overspread the region after 8 or 9 a.m.
A few stronger wind gusts within our downpours will be possible in parts of Henry, Pittsylvania, Halifax and Charlotte Counties between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon.
Outside of that, the threat of damaging weather is very low.
Scattered showers linger into the afternoon on the backside of our storm system.
Later in the afternoon, a breeze out of the west will ride down the mountains and help to dry us out from west to east.
That said, we don’t expect any major warm-up throughout the day Thursday. More sunshine Friday, however, will do the trick.
There should be plenty of time between Friday and Sunday to get outside and enjoy the pool, especially since it will be hotter with highs around 86 to 92°.
This comes ahead of our next storm system that brings an increased chance of thunderstorms next Monday. Early indications show that a few of those could become severe.
Stand by for updates over the next few days.