Expires:No;;562096 AWUS81 KRNK 230859 RWSRNK NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-232100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 459 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 .WEATHER SUMMARY... SCATTERED LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS PASSED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT...RESULTING IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT VARIED FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN ACCUMULATION...TO BETTER THAN A HALF INCH IN A FEW AREAS. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES HELD MOSTLY IN THE LOW TO MID 60S...ALTHOUGH UPPER 50S WERE OBSERVED IN A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. .FORECAST SUMMARY... SHOWERS WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS DEVELOPING INTO THUNDERSTORMS WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. HIGHS FOR TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 70S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...TO AROUND 80 ACROSS SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM AROUND 30 MPH FOR MOST LOCATIONS TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGELINES DURING THE AFTERNOON. $$