ROANOKE, Va. – Mostly clear skies last through the morning, but partly cloudy skies try their best to make a return later in the afternoon. We are also tracking a late-week front that will bring scattered rain chances.

Afternoon high temperatures return to the low-mid 80s. This stretch of ‘cooler’ and mild weather has certainly been nice.

Here is a look at futurecast Wednesday afternoon. A few very stray showers could develop, but the overwhelming majority of us stay entirely dry Wednesday. Any shower that does develop will be short-lived and only bring drizzle.

While we are calm and dry now, we are expecting showers and storms later in the week. A cold front will push in Friday and eventually move out during the weekend.

Rain chances are near 50% for most of Southwest and Central Virginia both Friday and Saturday.

The latest information on Ernesto shows that it has strengthened in the past 24 hours. It is now a high-end Tropical Storm and is expected to reach hurricane status later today. There is no threat to the US.

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