Heat, humidity and thunderstorms will be on the rebound after the early week hint of autumn.
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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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.
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Squall line winds knock out power to more than 100,000 in central, western Virginia
Monday’s storms may be the harbinger of additional rounds of potentially severe storms on Tuesday and beyond.
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We’re going to tire of hearing about El Niño, but we’ve got to deal with it
The recurring warm-water phenomenon in the Pacific is a reality and it might become the strongest on record. But its effects on Virginia weather are not set in stone.
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Going with the northwest flow: Some storms, a few puffs of smoke, but not all that hot
The extreme heat has shifted out west, with high pressure bending the upper-air flow southward over Virginia.
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It has poured at my house four days this month. How are we still in drought?
Think beyond your backyard, much wider in space and time, to understand that drought is more than about what falls in your particular rain gauge.
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Canadian wildfire smoke wafts over Virginia, dirtying skies and posing health risks
The Department of Enviromental Qualilty has issued an Air Quality Alert for most of the state as far west as the Roanoke Valley, as unhealthy levels of smoke are expected to reach the surface on this Friday.
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Sampler size of what is needed to end the drought, then a sampler size of a repeat heat wave
Parts of Southwest and Southside Virginia have gotten some meaningful rain in the past few days, but mid-upper 90s are making an encore appearance the rest of this week.
