Pinpoint Weather: Mostly dry midweek, late-week rain chance
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)—High pressure will build into the area from the west, leading to drier weather for the next few days.
Patchy dense fog is possible for the Tuesday morning commute. Otherwise, a mix of sun and clouds is slated for the day. Afternoon highs will range from the mid-60s to the mid-70s. A few spotty rain showers may pass through—more so north of I-64—but many locations will stay mostly dry.
Wednesday will be drier, outside of a couple of stray light rain showers. Temperatures will rise into the seasonably mild 70s under mostly to partly sunny skies. A few spots in Southside could hit the 80-degree mark.
Unsettled weather will return for the second half of the work week. A cold front will dip through the region on Thursday, resulting in the potential for scattered showers and isolated storms. Temperatures will warm up into the 70s and lower 80s under increasing cloudiness.
Scattered showers and isolated storms remain possible into Friday, although not everyone will see rain. Cool northwesterly flow behind the front will lead to highs in the 60s and lower 70s.
Thursday's front will stall over the southeastern U.S. over the weekend. The location of this front will determine rain coverage in Southwest and Central Virginia on Saturday and Sunday. At this time, it appears most of the rain will stay south of the Virginia-North Carolina line.
Expect partly cloudy to mostly clear skies over the weekend. For Saturday, highs will be in the 60s and lower 70s. Mother's Day will be seasonably mild with afternoon temperatures in the upper 60s and 70s.
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