A combination of two storm systems will bring some much-needed rainfall to the Commonwealth this weekend, starting with scattered showers Friday afternoon and evening. A second, stronger storm system will move through the Deep South this weekend and to the coast, and is expected to bring more widespread rainfall to Central Virginia Saturday and Sunday.
Colder air will also be moving into place on the North and West side of this low, which will allow some of the rain to become a winter mix and snow in parts of the Southeast. There is a chance eastern and southeastern parts of Virginia could receive snowfall at the beginning of next week as well from this system, but we will be watching its development and progress closely this weekend.
I mentioned that colder air—there is a 20+ degree drop behind that cold front as it is moving through the mid-section of the country Friday morning. For example, in St. Louis, MO, the front passed overnight, dropping about 20 degrees in six hours, from a temperature of 60 degrees at 9 p.m. Thursday to 39 degrees by 3 a.m. Friday. I do not expect as drastic a temperature drop in Central Virginia from this front. Temperatures will fall gradually from the upper 40’s early Saturday morning to the low 40’s by Saturday afternoon.
Colder-than-average temperatures will stay with us into the middle of next week.
--Carrie--
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