Grace Named In the Atlantic

We now have our 7th named storm of the season - Grace. This shouldn't affect the U.S. mainland, however, we will continue to track it!

Cold Plunge For Mid October?

The latest data is showing a blast of cold air for the middle of this month (October 12 to 15). This is still waaay far away, but it's definitely worth watching in the coming days!

Harvest Moon Tonight

Although the Harvest Moon is often in September, technically speaking it is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, so this year it is in October. With clear skies tonight, you will be able to easily spot it in the sky...enjoy!

Peak Fall Colors

I've decided to dust off the good ol' fall foliage map and post it here on the blog. It's time to start planning those trips into the Blue Ridge!

Tracking Earthquakes

Although this has nothing to do with weather, I found it pretty interesting...

I stumbled across a pretty cool website today while looking for information about the earthquake in Indonesia. The USGS provides a map that plots all the earthquakes that have occurred over the past seven days for the entire globe!

Here's the link:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

Crisp, Cool Morning In Parts Of Virginia

Clearing skies and light winds in a dry air mass allowed some parts of Virginia to dip into the 30's Thursday morning. The coldest temperatures were along I-81 in the higher elevations and valleys in western parts of the state. Here are some of the lows from this morning:

Staunton 35
Lynchburg 37
Charlottesville 41
Danville 45
Farmville 46
Fredericksburg 46
Newland 46
Locust Grove 48
Coatesville 48