Continued sogginess will lead to more scattered storms

As mentioned in Monday's blogpost the amount of water in the atmosphere is very high. That manifested in some locally heavy rainfall, with the rain gauge at the Clarksville airport recording over three inches beginning that evening. Another method to measure such deluges is provided by local river gauges. Check out this snapshot of the gauge at Allen Creek near Boydton:

The rapid water level rise Monday evening is a direct result of the slow moving downpour across western parts of Mecklenburg County.

Today - Wednesday - will bring more rain chances as a couple of upper level shortwave troughs straddle the Virginia / North Carolina state line on their way eastward. The lift provided by those features is already triggering showers and storms over southwestern Virginia this morning. The good news is that the showers will move along without stalling over a given spot on the map. That will reduce the chances of localized flooding across the county.

Highs today will peak in the lower 80s under mostly cloudy skies, with overnight temperatures dropping into the low 70s. Thursday will then have partly sunny skies with more chances of afternoon showers and storms. High temperatures tomorrow will top out at or just under the 90º mark, with heat indices nearing the triple digits for another typically hot and sticky August afternoon.

Chances of afternoon showers and storms will continue through Saturday, with Sunday looking drier but not cooler. More details on the weekend weather will be in Friday's blogpost.