Comments on: Some nighttime weather fireworks on Independence Day? http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/07/03/some-nighttime-weather-fireworks-on-independence-day/ Kevin works the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, offering weather reporting training classes to reporters and advising the newsroom on upcoming weather stories. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kevin Myatt http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/07/03/some-nighttime-weather-fireworks-on-independence-day/#comment-3042 Kevin Myatt Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:11:58 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2511#comment-3042 Rain has reached the Va.-WVa. border ... it may struggle getting over the mountains at first til things moisten up more, but still could be a close call in the Roanoke and New River valleys for evening fireworks shows. NWS forecasts still favor more of an 11 p.m. time for rain to begin. Rain has reached the Va.-WVa. border ... it may struggle getting over the mountains at first til things moisten up more, but still could be a close call in the Roanoke and New River valleys for evening fireworks shows. NWS forecasts still favor more of an 11 p.m. time for rain to begin.

]]> By: Other John http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/07/03/some-nighttime-weather-fireworks-on-independence-day/#comment-3041 Other John Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:35:50 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2511#comment-3041 I'm enjoying the pleasant weather. We're airing the house out using window fans, and it's nice and pleasant inside. Been able to do a lot of work outside too since it's not blazingly hot. Ought to shape up nicely for this evening, we can watch the fireworks from Radford from our front porch! I'm enjoying the pleasant weather. We're airing the house out using window fans, and it's nice and pleasant inside. Been able to do a lot of work outside too since it's not blazingly hot. Ought to shape up nicely for this evening, we can watch the fireworks from Radford from our front porch!

]]> By: Kevin Myatt http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/07/03/some-nighttime-weather-fireworks-on-independence-day/#comment-3040 Kevin Myatt Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:47:05 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2511#comment-3040 The National Weather Service in Blacksburg seems pretty confident that tonight's local fireworks displays will get in before the rain, which is moving eastward through the Ohio Valley this afternoon. In its 10 a.m. forecast discussion, the NWS notes that showers and thunderstorms may reach the western edges of its forecast area (primarily West Virginia) by early evening, but "the bulk of precip a few hours later which should allow fireworks displays to proceed as scheduled and certainly over the eastern 2/3 [of its forecast area] this will be the case." The National Weather Service in Blacksburg seems pretty confident that tonight's local fireworks displays will get in before the rain, which is moving eastward through the Ohio Valley this afternoon. In its 10 a.m. forecast discussion, the NWS notes that showers and thunderstorms may reach the western edges of its forecast area (primarily West Virginia) by early evening, but "the bulk of precip a few hours later which should allow fireworks displays to proceed as scheduled and certainly over the eastern 2/3 [of its forecast area] this will be the case."

]]> By: Kevin Myatt http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/2009/07/03/some-nighttime-weather-fireworks-on-independence-day/#comment-3039 Kevin Myatt Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:10 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/weatherjournal/?p=2511#comment-3039 There seems to be a good chance that Saturday night's storms will primarily be to the west of us in Kentucky and Tennessee, and whatever occurs here might be very late AFTER the Fourth of July fireworks. Still bears watching on Saturday, but overall it looks pretty good with highs in the low to mid 80s and generally dry. Do folks like the not-so-hot Fourth or does it seem more fitting to have a hot-as-a-firecracker Fourth? There seems to be a good chance that Saturday night's storms will primarily be to the west of us in Kentucky and Tennessee, and whatever occurs here might be very late AFTER the Fourth of July fireworks. Still bears watching on Saturday, but overall it looks pretty good with highs in the low to mid 80s and generally dry.

Do folks like the not-so-hot Fourth or does it seem more fitting to have a hot-as-a-firecracker Fourth?

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