ROANOKE, Va. – Saturday brought us a beautiful start to the weekend, with more mild mid-summer weather ahead.
Temperatures tonight will dip into the comfortable mid 60s, with some patchy fog in spots into sunrise Sunday. The rest of the day Sunday will be mainly sunny and pleasant for August, with highs in the middle 80s.The main lingering impact from Debby’s rainfall with respect to river levels is the Dan River at South Boston, which will drop back below flood stage by early Sunday.
Temperatures remain in the mid 80s for much of the week, with clouds building slowly by Tuesday and Wednesday. There’s a chance we could see a few isolated showers Tuesday, with stronger storms possible later in the week Thursday and Friday with an upper-level trough approaching.
We’re also continuing to monitor the tropics, as there is a significant chance we see our next tropical system form. The National Hurricane Center is giving this system a 40% chance of formation over the next 48 hours, and an 80% chance over the next 7 days. Currently, models are indicating this storm will stay off the coast and remain a fish storm, but we’ll still have to keep an eye on it for any changes. There could be some stronger rip currents and choppy conditions at the beach as this storm turns north. This would be our fifth storm in the Atlantic this year, and would be named Ernesto.