Summer's Last Gasp?

With a little more than a week left in Summer, many of us are already making the mental transition to the onset of Fall in Virginia. The recent stretch of cloudy and mild weather has seemed like the fitting beginning to the gradual stair-step down toward freezing temperatures. But Mother Nature has other plans. A ridge of high pressure will build into the area Saturday and Sunday, resulting in near-record temperatures for the area. Our forecast high of 94 in Richmond will be only one degree shy of the record of 95 set back in the scorching Summer of 1980. The heat will last for only a short period of time, however, as a strong cold front should bring temperatures back to near normal for much of next week.

Zach