Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Warmer today, with record to near-record breaking highs in the low to mid 90s each day through midweek. Remaining dry through midweek as well, with the next appreciable chance for rain...and a big cool down!...coming later Wednesday and Thursday.

A cold front arrives by Wednesday to give the area some additional much needed rain. Some of the showers may be thunderstorms and some of those may be severe. The current hazards possible with these storms may be damaging wind gusts and hail.

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upper 80s to near 90 degrees in parts of the mountains. This heat wave continues through Wednesday when a strong cold front brings storms to the area, with a significant cooldown behind it for the latter part of the week.

The first real heat wave of the year arrives today, with high temperatures 10-20 degrees above normal, in the 80s for the mountains and low 90s for the Piedmont. Near-record highs are possible Monday/Tuesday, with mid 90s in the Piedmont, and

The chance for record highs begins today as temperatures could get up to the upper 80s to mid-90s. The heating trend will continue for the next few days before a cold front arrives to put a lid on it.

Warmer temperatures will be present today but hotter temperatures are in store for next week. Today’s temperatures will be in the upper 70s to upper 80s or about 5-10 degrees warmer than average.

Above normal temperatures are expected today with most places away from the coast in the mid to upper 80s. The heat really builds by Sunday and continues through Wednesday with highs expected to be in the low to mid 90s each day. The next appreciable chance for rain is later Wed.

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D3 (Extreme Drought) Conditions continue to expand across southwest and central VA. The recent rainfall has been beneficial, but it will take more than that to see improvements in the drought. You can submit observations of the drought in your area here: droughtimpacts.unl.edu/Tools/Conditio…

However, the humidity will be on the lower side keeping the heat index values close to the actual temperature.

Temperatures will start to increase today, however below normal temperatures are still expected with highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s. Temperatures rise to above normal on Saturday and especially on Sunday.

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The next few days will be relatively quiet weather with a small chance of showers on Saturday for Western Greenbrier. A warming trend will begin this weekend with Sunday highs reaching into the upper 80s to lower 90s!

Temperatures will start to warm up tomorrow and Saturday, then will become very warm to hot Sunday through mid-next week. Luckily it is not the heart of summer yet, and the humidity will be on the lower side, keeping heat indices around the forecast temperatures.

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