Tuesday's storm system is over northern New England this Wednesday morning. In its wake Mecklenburg county is dealing with gusty winds, downed trees, and high water levels in local creeks and streams. This graphic for Allen Creek near Boydton shows it to be at minor flood stage this morning, likely representative of many such watercourses around the county after yesterday's rainfall totals of 2.5 to 3 inches:
Winds will be westerly today, gusting over 25 mph at times. Temperatures which began the morning around the 40 degree mark will climb to afternoon highs near 50, pretty much at the average for January. Sunshine will dominate both today and Thursday as high pressure takes temporary control of the weather.
Overnight lows will drop to near freezing by dawn tomorrow. Local thermometers will then top out in the mid-50s accompanied by somewhat less vigorous breezes out of the southwest. By Friday morning those readings will drop to the upper 20s, perhaps a foreshadowing of a cold snap on the way for next week.
But before then Friday's weather will feature another in the recurring series of January storm systems. Rain will be likely by the afternoon, although overall totals won't be as much as this past event. There is also another possibility of severe weather Friday evening as the track of this system again keeps Mecklenburg county in the warm sector.
Friday morning's blogpost will take a closer look at that possibility, but just know that the end of the work week is likely to involve sheltering during severe weather warnings again.
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