000
AWUS81 KRNK 032203
RWSRNK
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-041100-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

.WEATHER SUMMARY...

A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD HAS KEPT
TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
FRIDAY MORNING LOWS RANGED FROM THE MID 50S...TO AROUND 60. A LIGHT
WESTERLY WIND CONTINUED OVERNIGHT IN MOST PLACES. SKIES WERE MOSTLY
CLOUDY...BUT CLEARED BRIEFLY BEFORE SUNRISE.

AFTER SUNRISE SKIES AGAIN BECAME CLOUDY WITH COLD AIR STRATOCUMULUS
...FIRST OVER THE MOUNTAINS THEN INTO THE PIEDMONT. CLOUDY SKIES OF
THIS TYPE ARE UNUSUAL FOR EARLY JULY...AS WAS THE LACK OF ANY
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S
IN THE WEST...TO AROUND 80 IN THE EAST. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WERE
GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MOSTLY LIGHT
WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUED THROUGH THE DAY.

.FORECAST SUMMARY...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WITH A TROUGH
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE
INTO THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY WITH A MOSTLY SUNNY
AND DRY DAY...BUT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES
AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY EVENING. CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF
RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ON
THE COOL SIDE.

$$

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AWUS81 KRNK 032117
RWSRNK
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-041100-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

.WEATHER SUMMARY...

A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD HAS KEPT
TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
FRIDAY MORNING LOWS RANGED FROM THE MID 50S...TO AROUND 60. A LIGHT
WESTERLY WIND CONTINUED OVERNIGHT IN MOST PLACES. SKIES WERE MOSTLY
CLOUDY...BUT CLEARED BRIEFLY BEFORE SUNRISE.

AFTER SUNRISE SKIES AGAIN BECAME CLOUDY WITH COLD AIR STRATOCUMULUS
...FIRST OVER THE MOUNTAINS THEN INTO THE PIEDMONT. CLOUDY SKIES OF
THIS TYPE ARE UNUSUAL FOR EARLY JULY...AS WAS THE LACK OF ANY
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGED FROM THE MID 60S
IN THE WEST...TO AROUND 80 IN THE EAST. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WERE
GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MOSTLY LIGHT
WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUED THROUGH THE DAY.

.FORECAST SUMMARY...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WITH A TROUGH
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE
INTO THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY WITH A MOSTLY SUNNY
AND DRY DAY...BUT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES
AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY EVENING. CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF
RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ON
THE COOL SIDE.

$$

BS