Forecast Last Updated at Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 11:33AM
Dry For Now
Today and early Thursday will be the "picks of the week" with plenty of sun and warm temperatures. Today remains dry without a mention of rain in the forecast. Clouds increase Thursday afternoon and rain returns late Thursday with widely scattered storms. Coverage of showers and storms becomes more scattered Friday through Sunday as temperatures are dialed back a few degrees. We may catch a break in coverage of showers and storms as we begin the next workweek, becoming more widely scattered.
It's Calendar time again! Through August 26, we are selling the 2019 Blue Ridge Parkway Calendar at the pre-publication price of $12. Order yours now at RaysMarketplace.Com. We will begin shipping them August 27 and they will begin appearing in stores around the same date.
The calendar contains over 50 photos from the RaysWeather.com Blue Ridge Parkway Photo Contest. But it includes much more--climate data, a Blue Ridge Parkway map detailing popular waterfalls, and even November/December 2018 calendar pages so you can begin using it soon.
Wednesday Hi: 83 Lo: 62  Scattered clouds: Seasonably warm; Light and variable wind  |
Thursday Hi: 85 Lo: 64 Partly sunny; Widely scattered PM showers and thunderstorms; SW wind 5-10 mph |
Friday Hi: 83 Lo: 66 Mostly cloudy; Scattered showers and thunderstorms, generally during the afternoon hours; SW wind 5-10 mph |
Saturday Hi: 82 Lo: 66 Mostly cloudy; Scattered PM showers and thunderstorms |
Sunday Hi: 81 Lo: 66 Mostly cloudy; Scattered mainly PM showers and thunderstorms |
Further Out
Monday - Mostly cloudy; Widely scattered mainly PM showers and thunderstorms; High near 80 degrees; Low in the mid 60s
Tuesday - Mostly cloudy; Widely scattered mainly PM showers and thunderstorms; High in the lower 80s; Low in the mid 60s
Forecast Discussion
High pressure over the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic allows for one more really nice day. Abundant sunshine and warm temperatures will take center stage Wednesday and early Thursday. Chances for showers and storms increase Thursday as well as afternoon clouds. High pressure shifts over the eastern seaboard Thursday into Friday as more moisture builds into the region. This will result in increasing clouds late Thursday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms developing through the PM hours.
Coverage of showers and storms becomes more scattered Friday as an upper level disturbance moves into the region out of the Ohio Valley with a cold front extending through the Great Lakes and the Midwest. The upper level disturbance hangs over the Appalachians and into the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend as the front stalls over the region. This will result in another round of scattered showers and mostly PM thunderstorms both Saturday and Sunday. Cloud cover through the weekend will help take a bite out of high temperatures.
The upper disturbance moves off the New England coast by Monday as our stationary front lingers over the region. Coverage of showers and storms looks more subdued Monday (widely scattered) without the upper support from the weekend. The next upper low develops Monday over the Central Plains and quickly moves into the Midwest with a low pressure at the surface and a developing warm frontal zone across the Tennessee Valley. This will keep clouds around with continued widely scattered coverage of mostly PM showers and thunderstorms Tuesday.
Announcements
Using information from RaysWeather.Com
First, all data and forecasts on RaysWeather.Com are the intellectual property of RaysWeather.com, Inc. Here is our usage policy regarding rebroadcast or redistribution of any information from our site...
"The reader is not permitted to reproduce, retransmit, redistribute any weather data, forecasts, analysis, image, or any other product from this site to any other person or entity, in any format by any means. All information, data, and images contained on any page of this site are copyrighted by RaysWeather.Com, Inc. (unless otherwise noted) and is the property of RaysWeather.Com, Inc. Information, data, and images from this site may not be archived or stored for future use. Exceptions to this condition of use may only be made by express, written permission of RaysWeather.Com." See our Terms and Conditions page.
In short, if you do not have a written agreement with us to do so, you do not have permission to republish any information found on this site. If you work for a media entity (TV, radio, website, newspaper, etc.) and wish to republish information from this site, please contact us at raysweather.com or call our offices at 828.264.2030.
