Expires:No;;595685 AWUS81 KRNK 042104 RWSRNK NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-051100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 500 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2009 .WEATHER SUMMARY... SATURDAY MORNING STARTED OFF CHILLY WITH LOWS IN THE 50S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH DANVILLE VIRGINIA TYING ITS RECORD LOW OF 56. THE DAY SATURDAY WAS INITIALLY SUNNY ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...HOWEVER CUMULUS CLOUDS QUICKLY DEVELOPED FROM WEST TO EAST MAKING IT A PARTLY CLOUDY MORNING. HIGH CIRRUS SPILLING IN FROM RAIN TO OUR WEST HELPED INCREASE THE CLOUDINESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES MANAGED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN AND INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. .FORECAST SUMMARY... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN TO OUR WEST WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL FIRST START IN THE WEST LATER IN THE EVENING AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SUNDAY. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AS A FRONT WILL REMAIN IN OUR VICINITY. THESE SHOWERS WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE DAY SUNDAY. BEHIND THIS FRONT A HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO BUILD IN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING US DRIER AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. $$ MC