Last Updated:  500 PM Friday, May  9 2008


.WEATHER SUMMARY...
THE COLD FRONT THAT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY EVENING...MOVED 
EAST INTO THE PIEDMONT FRIDAY MORNING. LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE...AND 
LOW CLOUDS LINGERED IN AREAS BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GUSTY WEST 
WINDS. OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAINED MILD IN THE UPPER 50S ALONG AND WEST 
OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE UPPER 60S EAST. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES 
REMAINED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...FILTERING IN FROM ANOTHER STORM 
SYSTEM TO THE WEST. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW 
60S WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...TO THE UPPER 70S EAST.    

.FORECAST SUMMARY...
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE NORTHEAST ALONG THE BLUE 
RIDGE THIS EVENING...WITH RAINSHOWERS...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS...AND 
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. DENSE FOG WILL LINGER BY SUNRISE AS WINDS 
SUBSIDE...WITH LOWS IN THE 50S. A BREIF BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY WITH PEAKS OF SUNSHINE...BEFORE THE NEXT LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC FROM THE TENNESSEE 
VALLEY. MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THIS SYSTEM. AN END TO STORMY WEATHER 
WILL START TUESDAY..AND LAST THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.