Last Updated:  325 AM Saturday, May 17 2008


.WEATHER SUMMARY...
AFTER LIMITED MORNING SUNSHINE FRIDAY...SKIES BECAME CLOUDY BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVED FROM WEST TO
EAST ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW AND MID
50S...AT SOME COOLER MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S
ACROSS SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. 

CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN AMOUNTS WERE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE LOWER 40S IN
THE COLDER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO THE LOWER 50S IN THE LARGER CITIES.


.FORECAST SUMMARY...
A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY...WITH SOME SHOWERS
KEEPING COOLER THAN NORMAL WEATHER INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT
WEEK.