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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
.WEATHER SUMMARY...
WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY 
MORNING...AND TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF 
FLORIDA...EASTERLY WINDS BROUGHT IN CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA. IT WAS 
ALSO A BIT MUGGY OVERNIGHT...WITH LOWS RANGING FROM AROUND 60 IN THE 
WEST...TO AROUND 70 IN THE EAST.
CLOUDINESS GRADUALLY DECREASED DURING THE DAY...BECOMING AT LEAST 
PARTLY SUNNY OVER THE WHOLE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGED FROM AROUND 
80 IN THE WEST...TO THE MID TO UPPER 80S IN THE EAST. AFTERNOON 
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WERE GENERALLY GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT. 
AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL ON THURSDAY...WHILE MORNING 
LOWS AVERAGED A LITTLE OVER 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. A STRENGTHENING 
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA WITH WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT...KEPT 
THE AIR PRETTY STABLE AND NO SHOWERS DEVELOPED THROUGH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON.
.FORECAST SUMMARY...
THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND OFF THE NEW 
ENGLAND COAST INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL 
CONTINUE TO EXTEND SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.  
TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MAKE ITS WAY SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE 
FLORIDA PENINSULA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT HIGH PRESSURE 
WILL PREVENT ANY RAIN FROM THE STORM MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE LOCAL 
AREA.
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