ROANOKE, VA – The Perseid meteor shower will be peaking overnight Sunday (though continues through the month). Look to the Northern sky, with the best viewing after midnight barring any clouds.
Weatherwise, we had another nice summer day Sunday, and it looks like temperatures will be staying in the 80s for all of the upcoming week. Highs on Monday will top out in the middle 80s.
Rain chances this week will be isolated, mainly in the mountains until later in the week. Shower and storm chances will then increase by Friday with an approaching frontal boundary and upper-level impulse, and could linger into at least the start of the weekend.
On the tropical scene, the National Hurricane Center has started advisories on “Potential Tropical Cyclone Five” (a soon-to-be Tropical Depression, then Tropical Storm Ernesto). The forecast track from NHC, and nearly all models are forecasting that this storm will bring tropical storm conditions to the Windward Islands by Monday night and Tuesday, and the storm thereafter strengthening to a cat 2 hurricane by Thursday. The forecast track keeps it far offshore from the U.S., but coastal impacts with high surf and rip currents can be expected along the Southeast Coast, especially later this week.
The Closing Ceremonies for the Paris 2024 Olympics are today, and it’ll certainly be a warm one. Meteo-France (France’s National Weather Service) has places an excessive heat warning for most of the country as temperatures increase throughout the day. Temperatures at 9:30 PM CEST will be in the mid 80s, which is what MAXIMUM temperatures in Virginia will be today. You can catch the Closing Ceremonies at 3:30 PM EST today.