Some needed rain on the way?Posted Apr19, 2006 at 06:50 PM
Rain, did we say? We need it badly, yes ... we're 5 inches below normal for the year as of 5 p.m., and about 10 inches below normal for the past 16 months ... but would you be willing to sacrifice some of your weekend plans for it? As low pressure areas to our north and southwest link up later this week, and then trudge ever so slowly eastward, lots of Gulf of Mexico moisture will be pulled northward and, likely squeezed out. We could get a few rounds of rain and thunderstorms, really anytime from Thursday night through Sunday. I've posted a map from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the headquarters for the government's national precipitation forecasters, showing what it is calling for in our area over the next 72 hours, extending through late Sunday. The light purple shade over Roanoke, marked with a dot, marks 1.5-1.75 inches of rain. The next darkest shade of purple is 1.75-2 inches, and it extends east to about the New River Valley. Further west are zones of 2-2.5 inches and 2.5-3 inches as the color deepens to red. You can find the latest HPC precipitation forecast maps linked here. |
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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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