Beautiful Start To Weekend!

After a strong cold front swept through Central Virginia last night (see severe weather reports here), rain is ending early this Friday morning and skies are also clearing from west to east.

Here's the visible satellite image at 7:30 a.m.:

High temperatures this afternoon will be about 20 degrees cooler than recent days, but that merely puts our temperatures back to average for this time of April. With clear skies overnight, lighter winds, and drier air, a cold start to both Saturday and Sunday mornings is expected, with lows dipping into the upper-30's and low-40's. No other significant chances for precipitation are in the forecast over the next week. A weak cool front will slide south into the Commonwealth Monday and Tuesday, bringing more cloud cover and reinforcing cooler air to the region.