ROANOKE, Va. – Sunday’s warmth came within a few degrees of tying records in parts of the area. A shift in the wind won’t allow that to happen, though, Monday afternoon. High temperatures will range from the upper 40s and lower 50s in the west to upper 50s and lower 60s in the east.
A weak storm system thousands of feet above us may be just enough to squeeze out isolated rain showers after 1 p.m. or so. Cold air above may even be enough to generate tiny piece of hail.
Come Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, a slightly stronger system will clip us from the north. This, too, will generate isolated rain showers. An increase in the cold air above the surface will allow snow to accumulate on our favored west-facing slopes.
Hit-or-miss snow showers will make it over into parts of the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley and Highlands. Any accumulation there would be very light and very streaky.
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Beyond mid-week, afternoon temperatures gradually rise into the weekend. Before you know it, we’ll be back in the 60s.
This warmth is building ahead of a much deeper, stronger storm system. This will likely bring soaking rain (maybe even a few storms) by Sunday.
As cold air wraps around the system, a brief shot of snow will be possible. Once again, however, it doesn’t appear as though we’ll see widespread accumulations.