Strong Thunderstorms Possible Sunday

A strong upper storm system is headed east after producing tornadoes Thursday in Colorado, Kansas, and Texas. This storm may be responsible for more tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley region. Virginia will begin to feel the impacts of this storm on Saturday with showers overspreading the area along with greater cloud-cover, but our risk for severe storms will arrive on Sunday.

We'll have a surge of low-level moisture from the southwest into Virginia on Sunday as the upper storm system nears. You can see the southwest surface winds into Central Virginia Sunday early afternoon, along with warm temperatures here:

And below is the resulting surge of rising dewpoint temperatures in the Commonwealth, which will approach 65 degrees Sunday afternoon:

At this time, the primary threat in Central Virginia appears to be for damaging winds, but we will be closely monitoring for the additional threat of tornadoes as well. Stay with CBS 6, we'll keep you ahead of the storm!

Dense Fog Thursday Morning

After Wednesday's soaking rainfall in Central Virginia, winds remained light overnight with decreasing cloud-cover higher up. These factors combined have allowed widespread dense fog to develop early Thursday morning, with most visibilities at a quarter-mile or less. There is a Dense Fog Advisory in effect for most of the area until 9 a.m., but it will take most of the morning for the fog to completely lift. Fog will be at its densest in low-lying spots and also along rivers, creeks, and streams. Skies will become partly cloudy this afternoon, allowing for a warmer afternoon in the mid-70's area wide.

Soaking Rain Showers

A good, soaking rain will continue to track northeast through Central Virginia today as an upper-level storm system passes overhead. Totals should run about a quarter of an inch or less, but this is still welcome rainfall as Richmond is now about 1.5" below average for the month. We'll have another round of rain this weekend as a large storm system approaches from the west. Here is the infrared satellite image Wednesday morning with the two storms depicted:

The second storm over the Western U.S. has a history of already producing severe weather out west, and this system is expected to bring strong to potentially severe thunderstorms to Central Virginia by Sunday.