Election Day Starts a Warm-Up this Week
Needed Showers Arrive for the Late Week
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Temperatures warming for Election Day Tuesday and staying in the seventies most of the week. Our best chance for needed rain, it’s been over two weeks, is Thursday and Friday.
Tuesday - Election Day
Mostly sunny and warm for Election Day. Polls open at 6 AM with temperatures in the low 40s. Daytime highs will top out in the low to mid 70s, roughly ten degrees above average. As polls close 7 PM, temperatures falling into the lower 60s.
Late Week Showers
More warmth Wednesday, with partly sunny skies and with highs back in the low to mid 70s. A stronger cold front will approach and move across the Mid-Atlantic and east coast for the late week. While some late showers could arrive Wednesday night, Thursday is the best day for more widespread showers across the region. Isolated storms are possible, ahead of the front. Showers will likely continue into the first half of Friday, pending the speed of the front. Highs still warm in the low 70s. At this time, general rain amounts of a half inch to one inch.
7 Day Forecast
Behind the front, a nice, cooler and more seasonable weekend with highs back in the sixties. Another front looks to approach by early next week, to bring some more showers.
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