CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Big temperature swings ahead! October warmth that feels like Summer, is still with us Friday, with afternoon highs in the upper 80s to around 90. These temperatures will take a big tumble by the weekend, as an approaching cold front, turns us sharply cooler and brings back the rain.
Friday
Mostly sunny with late day clouds Friday. Another very warm afternoon with highs at Summer like levels. A late day or evening shower or storm possible. the cold front will move across the region and settle to our south by Saturday morning. Highs Saturday, after midnight and then falling. Mostly cloudy with showers and sharply cooler, temperatures in the 60s. Some twenty plus degree drop from Friday’s warmth.
Weekend – Much Cooler and Wet
Cloudy, cool with rounds of rain for this first weekend of October. Some of the rain, the remnant tropical moisture from a former eastern Pacific hurricane. More scattered showers Saturday. Late Saturday night into Sunday, steadier, soaking rain expected. Temperatures in the low 60s. At this time, rain to taper off late Sunday. Early amounts approaching or just over one inch…