Now, this should help dent the droughtPosted Apr28, 2008 at 09:14 AMRoanoke is in a break at the moment but another round of moderate to heavy rains is poised to the west. It would appear that today's rainfall will be the Star City's first inch-plus rain in a 24- hour period since October and also ensure that April is our first significantly above-average rainfall month since October. This is all ahead of a strong cold front that will bring some chilly mornings back to the area, possibly some spring frost to the deeper valleys by Wednesday morning, and maybe even some snow showers to higher elevations tonight. It will also be interesting to see on Thursday, when the new Drought Monitor comes out, how much today's rain will roll back the drought status in the area. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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[April 28, 2008 12:27 PM]
julieKevin, As of 12 noon (Mon), we're at 2.3" rain since Sat afternoon. Definitely won't have to water the garden tonight, or tomorrow, or the day after!