2008.10.31
No freeze in Roanoke again, but Halloween weather is perfect
It looks like another narrow escape from an official freeze at Roanoke Regional Airport, with a low of 33 this morning. If it was 33 at 6 feet up, where the thermometer is, you can bet is was below freezing at ground level on a cold, clear night with no wind, which allows the cold air to sink. This will be one of those autumns where the official first freeze date won't bear actual reality -- the date will end up being sometime in November, most likely, but we've really had at least four mornings where temperatures were likely at freezing or below almost everywhere.
Regardless ... it will be hard to beat the weather for high school football and Halloween trick-or-treating tonight, with clear skies, and temperatures generally in the 50s during the time folks will be outside. A slow warmup is under way, but it will be very slow, gradually increasing into next week.
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