Showers and a few rumbles of thunder are back in the region Tuesday morning! As of 6:30 a.m., we are starting to see parts of the NRV and Lynchburg Zones drying out, but the widespread showers are now affecting the Roanoke, Highlands, and Southside Zones, along with eastern parts of the New River Valley.
All that to say, your ‘Out the Door’ forecast calls for the umbrella and raincoat Tuesday morning! Any rainfall wraps up around 2 p.m.
Although it makes for a dreary morning, this rainfall is seriously needed. Totals over the past 24 hours in the NRV to Highlands Zones are measuring around a tenth of an inch to just shy of the one-inch mark. These are radar-estimated totals from our weather computer, so this is not an official record, but as of now, it is showing that we have picked up some beneficial rainfall!…