Mild Monday, Warmer Through Wednesday, With Storm Chances This Week

A cold front moved through the state Sunday evening, bringing a brief stall to our weekend warm-up. However, Monday afternoon will still be mild with temperatures reaching the upper 50's and 60's in much of the Commonwealth. High clouds continue to overspread the state from the West, as a large low pressure system moves through the Plains and allows moisture to surge ahead of it into the Eastern U.S. High pressure at the surface will remain in place over the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast through mid-week, and winds will remain Southerly across Virginia Monday through Wednesday aiding another warm-up back to highs in the 60's and 70's.

The potent storm system Zach mentioned in the previous blog entry still looks on track to impact our weather Wednesday evening, overnight, into early Thursday with rain and thunderstorms possible. That low is currently moving into the Southwest U.S. through California and Nevada, and we will be closely monitoring its development and progress through the Plains and Mississippi Valley region over the next couple of days, where it has the potential for severe weather.

--Carrie

Spring Storms This Week?

A potent storm system will move across the central U.S. this week, approaching the Mid-Atlantic and central Virginia Wednesday evening. The weekend warmth we just experienced will return to the area ahead of this system. Moisture, wind profiles, and lift should be sufficient for a few strong to severe thunderstorms to develop Wednesday afternoon and evening, especially across the western third of Virginia. We'll have updates on the track, timing, and intensity of this storm system over the next couple of days. Stay With CBS 6, We'll Keep You Ahead of the Storm.

Zach

Near-record warmth this weekend

Richmond almost set a new record high Saturday!

Saturday’s high temperature in Richmond was 69 degrees, which was just one degree shy of the record high for February 7. As a matter of fact, we set that record high of 70 degrees just a year ago in 2008.

The record to beat for Sunday is 75 degrees from 1925. I think we will come close again to the record, as we did today.

Southwestern parts of the state, though, did tie or break record highs for February 7:

Danville: 71 (broke 1950 record high of 69)

Lynchburg: 68 (ties 1925 record high)

Roanoke: 68 (ties 1927 record high)

--Carrie