Meanwhile, to our south Hurricane Idalia will be making landfall on the Florida coastline as a “major” hurricane (a moniker reserved for storms Category 3 and above). Another confirmation of the drying air coming in, morning temperatures will finally sag back into the 50s starting Thursday morning, a good way to finish off the month of August and get prepared for September. Highs Wednesday and Thursday will stay closer to 80°, if not stay in the 70s all day. We’ll be in the 70s and 80s by day, and the 60s at night.Įarly Wednesday morning should see the last of this moisture squeeze out of the clouds, with a northerly breeze helping to bring back the sunshine and dry out the ground. ![]() Temperatures won’t be a problem today, though is representative of the tropical-lite air that is overhead. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for these areas from this afternoon into tonight. If you live in those areas, or know folks that do, be vigilant to the last drop of rain in this scenario, right through the overnight hours of tonight. ![]() It is anticipated that these kinds of rain showers will be coming in this afternoon the kind that most of us can handle with just brief disruption but that can flood some of these valleys out yet again. With a ‘normal’ amount of ground saturation, we can withstand about 2.5″-3″ of rain in a three-hour period before flooding would occur, yet in these mountain valleys barely 1″ of rain will have the same effect. ![]() (WSAZ) - After some communities were hit with upwards of four inches of rain yesterday (largely from Boone county northeastward through Braxton county in the mountains of West Virginia), they have been left extremely vulnerable for future flooding should new downpours develop.
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