Cool for the weekend, but there's still some warm air left...

A chill is in the air this Friday morning and there are even a few flakes showing up on Live Doppler 9000 HD. With the wind and rain on Thursday morning, many leaves were blown off the trees and the landscape is taking on a late fall look.


People are wearing jackets and sweaters and there's a sense that winter can't be that far away. Shameless plug time. Tonight on 9 NEWS NOW at 5PM, Topper Shutt will present the 9 WEATHER NOW Winter Prediction......

Back to the blog.


The rain lately has been great news for our drought. While we do have areas of "Moderate Drought", there are no more areas of "Severe Drought" in our region. Parts of southwestern Virginia are still dealing with extreme to exceptional drought.

After the dryness of the summer and early fall, our improving conditions are great news. We still need to keep the rain machine going (or snow
guns if you prefer) so that we can be in great shape for 2008. For complete details, check out the US Drought Monitor.