2009.07.28
Rain likely to increase overnight, into Wednesday
The last couple of weeks, we've had an interesting phenomenon where it seems the heavier rains often develop at night. Don't be surprised if that repeats itself overnight into the wee hours of Wednesday morning. A strong upper-level disturbance to our west, the one throwing all these wads of moisture across the South as depicted in radar image to the left, will be moving northeastward toward the Ohio Valley. We'll be on the east side, perfect for southerly winds to bring in Gulf of Mexico moisture. With an impulse or two circling the upper-leve low, the potential for bands of rain and storms will increase overnight and continue during the day Wednesday, which might be one of those summer days when rain and clouds hold temperatures below 80. There is a big wad of rain in northeast Tennessee that might move our way this evening. Part of eastern Kentucky is under a flood watch for the threat of heavy rain with this system.
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Just what we need, more rain! I'll take it though...the last hole I dug for transplanting a crape myrtle was bone dry and dusty, though to be fair it was a sunny location near the road that gets toasted in the sun. Other locations are nice and wet. I think the excess rain may have claimed my peach tree though, it has been puny and scrawny and just isn't doing too well.
Comment by Other John — July 28, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
You may notice it is VERY sticky outside tonight ... Roanoke and Blacksburg each have a dew point of 71, Martinsville's is 73 ... anything above 65 is pretty high for this region ... the air is thick with moisture to be squeezed out if the right triggers are there.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — July 28, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
My personal definition of a warm night is 70 degrees. We have not had a night that warm in about 10 years here in Wytheville at 2,400 feet. We have plenty of mid 60's in the summer......though just as many 50's this summer....but with the high dew points we're having today, we may just get a warm night, tonight in Wytheville.
Comment by Rick — July 29, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Didn't get much rain overnight, just 0.02", but it just poured here in Blacksburg for a brief while and it's still coming down pretty heavily.
Comment by Other John — July 29, 2009 @ 12:27 pm