Pleasant Friday, Tracking Weekend Rain

Mountain snow possible Sunday night

ROANOKE, Va. – If you are planning on snagging some holiday deals early Friday morning, you’ll want to layer up.

Early morning temperatures will be in the 30s.

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It’ll be feeling pleasant for the Commonwealth Cup Friday afternoon, with a kick off temperature near 50 degrees.

Highs will reach into the low to mid-50s under a mixture of sun and clouds.

Friday evening will be dry for the opening night of Illuminights at Explore Park.

A system developing out west will bring rain showers to southwest Virginia for the weekend.

Scattered rain showers will move in Saturday as the system approaches the region.

It will be a cold rain.

The wedge will develop, resulting in a lot of clouds and temperatures only in the 40s.

Rain showers will continue overnight and into Sunday with the passage of a cold front.

The wedge will erode Sunday and temperatures will warm into the mid-50s.

A gusty wind will develop late Sunday, which could help to generate some light snow/flurries for the mountains Sunday night into Monday morning.


About the Author

Beverly Perry is an Emmy award-winning meteorologist who came to Roanoke in September 2017.

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