Thursday, January 14, 2010

Sunday Storm System

A low pressure system is organizing over Texas today, and will strengthen along the Gulf Coast into this weekend as it tracks eastward. This storm will turn northeast Saturday and cross through Georgia, the Carolinas, and onto Virginia by early Sunday morning, bringing rain to the region. The latest data still indicates that the precipitation mode will be rain in Central Virginia, as temperatures will remain above freezing both at the ground and in a deep enough layer above the surface. Rain is expected to overspread the Commonwealth from the Carolinas by early Sunday morning, and rain will be likely through the entire day while the low tracks through the area. Here is a snapshot of the low's expected position on Sunday morning: