ROANOKE, Va. – Thursday to Saturday is a rainy stretch with isolated storms possible each day. Friday has the best chance of storms developing high winds or hail. After this front moves through we have calmer, cooler weather at the start of next week.
Thursday’s frontal movement means a storm chance from Quebec to Florida with the main risk in New York and Pennsylvania.
The first round of showers causes some downpours in the Highlands before noon.
We get a short break in the middle of the day before storms return after 2:00 PM. The afternoon’s storms are isolated like they are in the morning.
By sunset the storms calm, and after sunset few showers stick around. We stay dry for most of the night.
The showers and clouds help temperatures stay slightly cooler than they were on Wednesday. Most highs stay in the upper 80s or low 90s.
Friday brings another round of storms. The showers are more widespread, but the severe threat is rather similar. There is a chance of hail on Friday, but it’s hard for that hail to grow large.
The Atlantic has one named storm right now, but any development stays away from us until next week.
Hurricane Lee will strengthen quickly becoming a Category 4 by Saturday morning. By the middle of next week the storm is well offshore. Keep checking in with us to see if we get any rain and wind from this system.