Cooler weather pattern bumping Erin out to sea, and Erin’s spin enhancing the cooler weather pattern.
Kevin Myatt
Kevin Myatt has written about Southwest and Southside Virginia weather for the past two decades, previously for The Roanoke Times. He has led Virginia Tech students on storm chase trips, edited a book on Mid-Atlantic hurricanes and written articles for the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang." X/Bluesky: @KevinMyattWx. Facebook: Kevin Myatt's Weather Wonders. Email: weather@cardinalnews.org.
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This week 85 years ago: A flood that still hasn’t been topped at some southern Virginia locations
The remnants of a hurricane that struck the South Carolina coast lifted the New River to a height that even Hurricane Helene couldn’t quite match.
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August starts with historically cool days on heels of especially sticky July
Moisture is creeping back with showery days ahead, but hot temperatures look to stay away until next week.
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A hint of fall? Front breaks through heat, stickiness for much cooler weekend
Low temperatures dip into the 50s and highs stay below 80 in much of Southwest and Southside Virginia by Sunday.
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Higher dew points bring stickier days, warmer nights, raising human heat stress
More moisture in the lower atmosphere means perspiration works less effectively and can stymie bodily recovery with warmer nighttime temperatures.
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Backdoor opens for brief relief from stickiness and storms, but oven door soon opens with hot blast
It’s not quite as hot and less humid for a couple days, but temperatures soar again by the end of this week and sticky-stormy weather rebuilds into next week.
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Lazy atmospheric flow stalls sticky-stormy weather in Virginia
Flooding, gusty winds and dangerous lightning for some, a few distant rumbles and maybe sprinkles in the dust for others.
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A time for empathy as Texas, North Carolina suffer historic floods
Halifax County in Virginia experienced flooded roads as the plume of heaviest rain in central North Carolina edged over the state line on Sunday.
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Tropical Storm Chantal rains on the end of the Fourth of July weekend
The tropical system that moved inland in South Carolina early Sunday marks the start of a change from a sunny, dry holiday weekend to more sticky and stormy days ahead.
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Lightning can be a hair-raising experience in summer thunderstorms
Getting inside a sturdy structure or at least an automobile is the best move when thunder roars, but just not being in water or being the tallest object around is a good start.
