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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2005

...THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CROSSED THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE WEST 
OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SKIES REMAINED CLOUDY OVERNIGHT...AND
LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOWER TO MID 50S IN THE WEST...TO 
THE MID 60S IN THE EAST.

LIGHT RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE NIGHT AND 
THROUGH THE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY A QUARTER INCH 
OR LESS. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WERE FROM THE NEW RIVER VALLEY INTO THE 
NORTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MID WEST...FLOW ALOFT WAS NEARLY 
PARALLEL TO THE SLOW MOVING FRONT...AND SKIES WERE CLOUDY BOTH AHEAD 
OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT. SKIES BEGAN CLEARING FROM THE WEST DURING 
THE LATE MORNING...AND TEMPERATURES BEGAN RISING IN THE WEST WHILE 
REMAINING STEADY IN THE EAST. 

BY MID AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 60S THROUGHOUT 
THE LOCAL AREA. IN AREAS WHERE THE SKIES BECOME SUNNY IN THE LATE 
AFTERNOON...DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AFTER 5 PM.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND OFF THE COAST BY 
MONDAY MORNING...AS HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES INTO THE LOCAL AREA FROM 
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE 
REGION FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY.

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