2009.04.26
Two more days of "summer" left
Using the National Weather Service-Blacksburg data set, Blacksburg set another record high of 85 today, topping the 84 for April 26 set in 1990. (See my last blog entry and comments for the issues concerning the conflicting data sets.) Roanoke's high of 89 today fell 4 degrese short of the 93 set in 1915.
There appears to be two more days of this summer preview left, with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s possible Monday and Tuesday under strong high pressure. By Wednesday, a cold front begins to make headway into the hot air mass, additional moisture returns. Highs closer to normal in the 70s are expected those days. By late in the week, a cold front will finally push through the heat dome, and more normal temperatures will return to the area.
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That was a nice early summer weekend to have. It got a little too warm in the afternoon to do much outside, but once the sun started going down, we were able to get outside and do the work we needed to do around the house. We even managed to sit around the fire pit Saturday evening once the temps dropped and humidity came up and roast some hot dogs and make smores. Good times, and thankfully the ground has plenty of moisture in it, despite the relatively dry and warm conditions of the past few days. That's really the first time in well over a year that the ground has had adequate moisture from the surface down a couple feet, even with a few days of dry weather since the previous rainfall event.
Comment by Other John — April 27, 2009 @ 8:30 am