2009.10.21
Progressing between cool and warm, then back to cool
Highs of 76 in Blacksburg and 78 in Roanoke today were well above the normal highs for this date of 63 and 67, respectively, but fell well short of the record highs of 81 for Blacksburg (1993) and 85 for Roanoke (1941). The morning started just a degree above freezing in Blacksburg at 33, 3 degrees below normal, and 42 at Roanoke, only a degree below normal.
We'll see a similar day on Thursday, though the cool start will be about 5 to 8 degrees warmer.
Rain and cooler weather is still on the way over the weekend. A little further down the road, the 6-to-10 day and 8-to-14 day temperature maps from the Climate Prediction Center depict the progessive pattern well, as cooler than normal temperatures expand from the central U.S. early next week toward the east later in the week.
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