Expires:No;;718912 AWUS81 KRNK 082158 RWSRNK NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-091054- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 500 PM EST SUN NOV 8 2009 .WEATHER SUMMARY... CLEAR SKIES AND MILD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WERE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION AT DAWN. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 30S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND IN THE UPPER 30S TO THE LOWER 40S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. WITH NOT A CLOUD IN SIGHT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE STRETCHED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND ON INTO THE AFTERNOON. VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES OF LOWER TO MID 70S OCCURRED TODAY. THATS ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID TO LATE AUTUMN ACROSS THE AREA. IT WAS EVEN WARMER TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN YADKIN AND WILKES COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HIGHS CLIPPED INTO THE LOWER 80S. .FORECAST SUMMARY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE OUR WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH MONDAY. HOWEVER...BY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE HEADING NORTH OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH THE REMNANTS OF IDUH AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST...WILL HELP GENERATE SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS. $$