July 17, 2024

HEAT ADVISORY TODAY FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 8 P.M.

Here’s the exclusive WSVA local AccuWeather forecast
Tonight: mainly cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm. Thunderstorms
can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts. Low 69. Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.
Tomorrow: mostly cloudy and not as warm with a couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm, especially
early in the day. High 82. Winds north-northwest 4-8 mph.
Tomorrow night: mostly cloudy. Low 61. Winds north 4-8 mph.
Friday: clouds and sunshine. High 85. Winds east-northeast 4-8 mph.
Saturday: cloudy with a thunderstorm in parts of the area in the afternoon. High 78. Winds light and
variable.
Sunday: mostly cloudy with widely separated thunderstorms. High 85. Winds light and variable. forecast discussion from the National Weather Service
High pressure will persist offshore through today while a
surface trough will reside east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The surface trough will be overtaken by a cold front late
today into Thursday. This front will then stall to the south
through the end of the week and into the weekend.

Scattered severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are
possible this afternoon and evening, especially east of the Blue
Ridge Mountains. An isolated instance of flash flooding due to
heavy rainfall is also possible, mainly east of the Blue Ridge
Mountains.

Record temperatures on this date
High 101 in 1977
Low 46 in 1930

Sunset tonight 8:37 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday 6:06 a.m.