10K Forecast Update

A strong cold front is expected to head southward through Virginia on Friday, bringing a good opportunity for rain during the day, and also ushering in much cooler weather Friday night. Here is a look at the cold front Friday morning:

You can see where it's draped through southern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. This front will track south of the Commonwealth by late Friday, allowing for clearing skies and dry weather for Saturday morning. While I'm sure most of us will be glad for dry weather Saturday, the flip side to the cold front is, of course, the cooler air coming with it. This means Saturday morning will be cold, likely in the mid-30's at the start of the 10K. Temperatures will not reach the low-50's until after 11am Saturday, so I would advise dressing in layers if you're headed out to either run in or cheer on the runners (don't miss the CBS 6 10K Team!) at the race.

Few Showers & Storms This Afternoon

After a round of heavy rain moved through Central Virginia this morning, only isolated showers and thunderstorms will affect the area this afternoon. All of these continue to move northward at about 35-40 mph, and the storms can produce locally heavy rainfall, wind gusts to 40 mph, small hail, and frequent lightning. Severe threat will continue to be low, but because of clearing skies in some locations, that will allow the atmosphere to destabilize a bit and could generate some pretty strong to borderline severe storms this afternoon.
Officially at the Richmond International Airport, 0.19" of rain fell this morning. It looks like most locations received less than a half-inch of rainfall this morning.

Showers & Isolated Storms Monday Morning

Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will track northward through Central Virginia this morning. A few of these storms may approach severe limits with strong wind gusts and small hail, but overall severe threat for our area is very low. These storms will move north at about 40-45 mph and produce locally heavy rainfall, gusty winds, occasional lightning, and possibly small hail. Rain chances will quickly decrease by early this afternoon.