Wednesday’s chilly dampness will be followed by a cool but dry weekend.
Kevin Myatt
Kevin Myatt has written about Southwest and Southside Virginia weather for the past two decades, previously for The Roanoke Times. He has led Virginia Tech students on storm chase trips, edited a book on Mid-Atlantic hurricanes and written articles for the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang." X (formerly Twitter): @KevinMyattWx Facebook: Kevin Myatt's Weather Wonders. Email: weather@cardinalnews.org.
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One of our hottest starts to September, after the last two were among the coolest
Still no sign of consistently cooler temperatures or wetter drought-easing weather patterns on the horizon.
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Atlantic hurricane season on a record pace — for lack of activity
Strong winds aloft over the Atlantic related to the ongoing strong El Niño, the warming of the equatorial Pacific sea surface, are keeping tropical development in check.
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Almost a winner a year ago, Lexington woman alone at top of this summer’s Cardinal Weather heat prediction contest
Diana Dymacek of Lexington missed by only one degree total on her best two of three guesses on the summer’s hottest temperature at Southwest and Southside Virginia regional locations.
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September sizzle: Temperatures soar past 100 in Southside Virginia, hit 90s most other places
There is some relief from the heat wave on the way over the Labor Day weekend and into early next week, but it might come with football-interfering showers and storms.
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A difficult-to-summarize summer burns into its twilight
Drought, storms and heat waves all entered the discussion at various times this summer, and heat is resurging into this first week of September.
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The persistent stickiness of a deceivingly warm August cracks, but only momentarily
Heat, humidity and thunderstorms will be on the rebound after the early week hint of autumn.
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Camille and Helene: Sisters of mountain mayhem, but not identical twins
The 1969 and 2024 tropical-induced catastrophes had obvious similarities in impacts, but also many differences that made each one a distinct disaster.
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Storm clusters line up on the northwest-flow track and roll across Virginia
By any name — squall line, bow echo, mesoscale convective system or derecho — Monday’s and Tuesday’s storms stirred up some gusty winds.
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The fog of war: The Revolutionary War may have never reached Virginia without a meteorological miracle
Washington and the Continental Army were about to be bottled up by the British beside the East River in New York, but then, the fog rolled in.
