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Yep, a line from Farmville to Richmond looks good currently. Be safe and have fun!

Things are popping down S and SE of Roanoke into NC, currently 3 separate TOR warnings.

I posted this over in the General weather discussion where many of us participate in the prediction game he ran, but for those that didn't but still conversed with him- Obituary information for Roger James Smith

Just got tossed into a Tornado watch here! TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 66 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 855 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026 TORNADO WATCH 66 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS VAC005-009-011-017-019-023-029-031-037-067-083-089-141-143-161- 163-530-580-590-678-680-690-770-775-161800- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0066.260316T1255Z-260316T1800Z/ VA . VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEGHANY AMHERST APPOMATTOX BATH BEDFORD BOTETOURT BUCKINGHAM CAMPBELL CHARLOTTE FRANKLIN HALIFAX HENRY PATRICK PITTSYLVANIA ROANOKE ROCKBRIDGE VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE BUENA VISTA COVINGTON DANVILLE LEXINGTON LYNCHBURG MARTINSVILLE ROANOKE SALEM

Sadly posting this with a heavy, heavy heart- Obituary information for Roger James Smith

Decent squally type shower rolling thru here now at 8 am. Things already popping to the south with STW from Lynchburg/Roanoke to the south and down on the NC/TN line just south of Boone (where a TOR Warning just expired). Probably need a few breaks for some surface heating, but looks to be a rocking day, especially to the east.

Raining now and 58.8/56.2 degrees at 7:50 am. Had 0.65" at 7 am when I dumped the CoCoRaHS gauge. Temp warmed 14 degrees overnight! Lots of 'lines' pushing thru this morning and off to my SW.

When a person that lived with Santa Ana winds in southern California for 35 years says they are tired of this 'blanking wind' in only 5 years, yeah, we do wind well.

Another penny to add to the pile- 11/11 0.1 11/30 0.1 12/02 0.2 (sleet) 12/05 3.8 12/06 1.5 12/08 0.5 12/09 5.1 01/17 0.1 01/25 4.5 (mix of snow and sleet) 01/26 2.8 (95-97% sleet) 02/04 0.3 02/07 1.0 02/23 0.2 03/13 0.1 Total 20.3

Just went to a rain/snow/sleet mix here at 8:20 am. Currently 37.1/33.5 and falling pretty fast.

Looked around on cams, snow at usual places, 'Shoe, Canaan, Highland County, 95% of WV. Looks like snow line is around 1800-2000 feet elevation and falling fast around here.

Set a record high of 81.0 degrees, old mark was 80 degrees from 1990. Crazy temp drop in last 3 hours, 35 degrees! Currently 39.9/35.0 with rain falling here at 8 am with NW winds 12 gusting to 20 mph.

LOL, still 73.3/47.0 at 11 pm here. Will set (tie) the record from 1990 of 81 degrees. Waiting for the snow?!?!

March 9-16th of '95. On 9th I had a 68 high, then a 22 low with 3 inches of snow. Next day an 11 degree low. Rapid turn around and a 77 degree high on the 16th. Crazy.

Either the 2nd or 3rd time already this year where I zoom up to almost a record high then clouds/showers suppress it at the last moment, lol. High was 79.5, record 80 from 1990.

Yep, several opened up here today, crazy. This weekend is the Highland County Maple Festival, hoping those 40's and 50's in the forecast there happen. Something seriously wrong with going to a Maple Festival in shorts lol.

Just chased inside by a gusty shower in last 10 minutes. Been outside all day working on the yard and getting garden area prepped for the upcoming season. High was 79.5 about 1/2 hour ago, down to 69.6/56.4 with the rain falling now.

Thinking the same here. Hope all is well @Roger Smith

So, I was likely heading to a record high, it was in upper 70's right at noon! Then presto! Clouds rolled in and I had several rounds of small gusty showers thru about 10 pm. Enough to NOT allow a new record high at 79.0 degrees (record is 80 from 2009). Same with the low at 48.8 degrees, sandwiched between the current 'warm minimum' record of 50 from 2009 and the 48 degrees from 1983.

Pretty easy to follow the crest of the Blue Ridge this morning!

Shattered. High was 78.7 degrees, new record.

Currently 49.5/49.0 out there at 8 am. Yesterday just missed a record high at 76.6 degrees, record was 78 degrees from 1994. If we hit that temp today it WILL be a record, that is 76 degrees from 1995.

My numbers for the month of February 2026. Total precip was 2.76 inches vs a normal of 2.67 inches, a +0.09 inches above average. The wettest day was the 20th with 1.21 inches falling. There were 12 days with measurable, 4 days with a 'T' and 12 dry days. Total snowfall for the month was 1.5 inches vs a normal of 5.9 inches, -4.4 inches below average. The greatest snowfall was 1.0 inches on the 7th. There were 3 days with measurable, 4 days with a 'T' and 20 snowless days. There were 14 days with measurable SOG at 7 am, 4 days with a 'T' and 10 days with no snow. Averaged high was 43.1 degrees vs a normal of 46.0 degrees, -2.9 degrees below average. The warmest temp recorded was 68.1 degrees on the 21st. Averaged low was 23.2 degrees vs a normal of 24.0 degrees, -0.8 degrees below average. The lowest temp recorded was 5.4 degrees on the 9th. Overall averaged temp was 33.1 degrees vs a normal of 35.0 degrees, -1.9 degrees below average. The highest wind recorded was 46 mph on the 7th. There were 14 days with winds above 25 mph. Plenty of new records, the 1.21 inches of rain set a new daily record on the 20th. New record low temps set on the 9th and 10th. New record 'cool maxes' set on the 1st, 2nd and 8th. A cooler than average month with slightly above average precip, but strangely less snowfall.

That would be a no. Watched lightning go from W/NW to N to N/NE as storm skirted JUST to the north. Still got enough sprinkles to get everything wet.

Watching the skies fill in with lightning off to the W/NW, MAYBE it makes it here in 40-45 minutes.....